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The Capital - Wed Oct 15, 1:37 pm EDT
Archaeologist Dr. William M. Kelso, director of archaeology at the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, was one of the few people who thought the fort at Jamestown, Va., built in 1607, could be located.
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Portales News-Tribune - Tue Oct 14, 11:39 pm EDT
Eastern New Mexico University's Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology, Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site, and Mu Alpha Nu Anthropology Club will host the eighth annual Blackwater Draw Atlatl Throw on Saturday at the Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site.
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Gaffney Ledger - Wed Oct 15, 12:38 pm EDT
The 17th annual South Carolina Archaelogy Month in October will culminate with the S.C. Archaeology Field Day on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site near Summerville.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Oct 14, 9:00 am EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, NM----The Cultural and Natural Resources Practice of TRC Companies, Inc. today announced it has won a $1.4 million archaeological data recovery project with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Amarillo, Texas.
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Harwich Oracle - Sat Oct 11, 10:31 am EDT
October is Massachusetts Archaeology Month. Brooks Free Library has collaborated with Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and Harwich Conservation Trust to mark the event with programs that look at Harwich’s earliest peoples, with the help of archaeologist Fred Dunford.
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MSNBC - Wed Oct 15, 4:05 pm EDT
Women have had poor dental health compared to men since the hunter-gatherer era, and now an anthropologist is pointing to an overlooked explanation — hormonal and dietary changes related to higher pregnancy rates .
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The Oregonian - Mon Oct 13, 4:57 pm EDT
Oregon State Historic Preservation OfficeEarly efforts to protect Cloud Cap Inn included wrapping the historic building in fire-resistant foil. The building was later bombed with fire retardant. A U.S. Forest Service archaeologist who helped protect Cloud Cap Inn and other...
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Science Daily - Tue Oct 14, 1:20 pm EDT
Reproduction pressures and rising fertility explain why women suffered a more rapid decline in dental health than did men as humans transitioned from hunter-and-gatherers to farmers and more sedentary pursuits, says an anthropologist.
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Newport News-Times - Wed Oct 15, 4:15 pm EDT
The top films of the 2008 edition of The Archaeology Channel Festival are on the screen in the Alice Silverman theatre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Newport Performing Arts Center.
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Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune - Tue Oct 14, 11:33 am EDT
PERRYSBURG - Dr. G. Michael Pratt, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies and professional programs...
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Logan Herald-Observer - Wed Oct 15, 5:07 pm EDT
Kenneth Powell never thought his archeology degree from Dana College would come in handy, but it has been surprisingly helpful as he restores the outside of half of the former Countryside Timekeeper to its grandeur beauty from the days of yore.
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Explorer News - Mon Oct 13, 2:16 pm EDT
Randy Metcalf/The Explorer , Archeology field technician Estee Rivera last week sifted through gravel from one of dozens of pit houses along Silverbell Road. Archeologists have about two weeks to finish their work.
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Everett Herald - Wed Oct 15, 3:09 pm EDT
Kaley Trapp throws open the gym door, trying to look confident. She's been imagining this day for weeks -- years, really -- since her debut as an archeologist in a first-grade play. Now a seventh-grader at Cedarcrest Middle School, she feels destined to be Gretel.
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Coming Soon - Tue Oct 14, 3:10 pm EDT
ComingSoon.net didn't have a whip, a fedora or even a line of shots when we sat down for a leisurely lunch with actress Karen Allen, but we did get her to join us on an archeological adventure of sorts, digging through the memories of her life as Indiana Jones' true love, Marion Ravenwood.
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Orlando Sentinel - Sun Oct 12, 4:30 am EDT
Vibert White came to the University of Central Florida in 2003 to head up UCF's public history program, a blend of archaeology, anthropology, oral history and the collection of everyday artifacts. The program was subsequently discontinued, but White has continued to teach a class on public history and pursue it in his research and writing. His book due out in January, The Pullman Porters of ...