PHOENIX, Arizona, May 26 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrep) -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * New Report: Arizona's Past Is Being Buried by Political Correctness * Arizona has long been a hub of archaeological discovery, helping scholars uncover the history of the ancient Southwest. But a new Goldwater Institute report warns that ideological activists are twisting a well-intentioned federal law aimed at ensuring the respectful treatment of Native American ancestral rema  more

DEKALB, Illinois, May 26 -- Northern Illinois University issued the following news: * * * From NIU to the Ivy League, Skye McCord to study archaeology at Cornell University * Skye McCord in a tomb at the Valle Gianni Field School dig site in Gradoli, Italy. Skye McCord remembers becoming fascinated by archaeology by watching as many documentaries and PBS Nova episodes on the subject as possible as a kid growing up in Crystal Lake, Illinois. They joke that it felt natural because they have "  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- PINNACLE ARCHAEOLOGY, Boise, Idaho, won a federal contract award for $114,286 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho, for environmental consulting services. Contract Award Number: 140L2626P0054; ueiSAM: DWJ7A3R9JW15; NAICS Code: 541620; Product Service Code (PSC): B503; Solicitation Number: 140L2626Q0026  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 27 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: * * * UNO Archaeologists to Lead WWII Recovery Mission in Italy University of New Orleans Archaeological Research and Curation (UNO ARC) is pleased to announce the launch of its latest partner project with the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), intended to help fulfill the agency's mission of achieving the fullest possible accounting of American service personnel missing in action. P  more