Newswise Feature Channel: Archaeology and Anthropology

Preserving History with a Click of a Laser

University of Northern Colorado — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:40:37 EST

In the corner of a lab room in Candelaria Hall is a handheld tool that looks similar to a barcode scanner grocery store clerks use at the checkout line.

Algunos recubrimientos protectores de resina pueden danar las piezas arqueologicas metalicas

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:05:00 EST

Los investigadores han informado en ACS Central Science que algunas de las resinas utilizadas para estos recubrimientos reaccionan con metales ferrosos y pueden causar danos. El equipo creo una estrategia de imagen de fluorescencia no invasiva que revela las senales temprana de estas reacciones quimicas perjudiciales, y confirmo su utilidad en piezas arqueologicas antiguas.

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Some Protective Resin Coatings May Damage Metal Artifacts

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:00:00 EST

Conservators and museum technicians use clear coatings to protect archaeological metal objects, preserving their detailed views. However, some resins in these coatings react with iron-containing metals, causing damage.

Shifting Focus From Past to Present, an Art History Major Prepares to Launch His Future

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:10:05 EST

Inspired by the ancient artifacts exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Reece Goodson?initially wanted to dig up ancient art at archaeologic sites in exotic locations.

MSU to Create First-of-Its-Kind Database for Analyzing Human Remains

Michigan State University — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:30:18 EST

MSU to create first-of-its-kind database for analyzing human remains

First Caribbean 'Dirt Ant' Found in 16-Million-Year-Old Amber

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:55:43 EST

Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but one particular group is so adept at blending in with the ground that they hold the name "dirt ant" (Basiceros) all to themselves. ...

Cal Poly Humboldt Archaeologists Help Uncover Ancient City

Cal Poly Humboldt — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:00:03 EST

Sophisticated Pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: This Is How Humans Made Fire Tens of Thousands of Years Ago

University of Vienna — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 05:45:53 EST

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools - it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age in Europe has been found so far.

UWF LEAD Program Restores Historic Anchor for Exhibition at UWF Archaeology Institute

University of West Florida — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:05:37 EST

A historic 1800s anchor which had been housed in the dark has been brought into the light, following the efforts of a campuswide leadership program. Faculty and staff of UWF's 2024-25 LEAD, which stands for leadership, enhancement, activities and development, class worked with the Archaeology Institute to prepare the anchor for outdoor exhibition and create an exhibit space at the Archaeology Institute on UWF's Pensacola campus

UA Little Rock Garden Site Archaeology Project Engages Community at Open House

University of Arkansas at Little Rock — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:30:48 EST

The UA Little Rock Garden Site Archaeology Project welcomed students, employees, and community members to an open house on March 14, offering a firsthand look at the university's ongoing efforts to uncover the historical significance of its campus.

Finding Clues in the Ruins of Ancient Dead Star with NASA's Chandra

Chandra X-ray Observatory — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:05:48 EST

People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has shown that they can use stars and the remains they leave behind to conduct a special kind of archaeology in space.

How Ancient Stone Kitchens Preserve Food Secrets

University of Utah — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:25:26 EST

University of Utah anthropologists with the Natural History Museum of Utah uncover microscopic plant residues in bedrock metates, revealing insights into the diets and traditions of ancient Indigenous communities.

UWF Students Investigate Fort Kirkland to Preserve a Vital Part of Northwest Florida History

University of West Florida — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:20:56 EST

The University of West Florida Archaeology Institute is leading the search for Fort Kirkland in Okaloosa County, Florida, thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Department of State. UWF students, faculty, archaeologists, local families and veterans with Task Force Dagger Special Operations Foundation are working together to study and memorialize the fort.

Chulalongkorn University's Geology Professor Discovers Evidence of "Another Ancient City Overlapping the Old City of Nakhon Ratchasima"?

Chulalongkorn University — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:00:41 EST

"A professor at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, has discovered evidence of an earthen embankment indicating another large ancient community in the location overlapping the old city of Nakhon Ratchasima."

She's Better at Making Her Bed

Universite de Montreal — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:15:51 EST

Young female chimpanzees make their nests earlier and more often than young male chimps, demonstrating their independence right from the start, a new UdeM study finds.

Fontbonne University's Center for Bosnian Studies Moving to Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:35:46 EST

Saint Louis University will become the permanent home of Fontbonne University's renowned Center for Bosnian Studies.

Expert Available: COVID-19: Remembrance, Grief and Loss

George Washington University — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:25:50 EST

Since May 2020, researchers at the George Washington University have been studying COVID-19 death, memorialization and misinformation. The project, "Rituals in the Making," aims to learn more about how rituals changed during the pandemic, how we honored those who died and the impact on frontline workers and families.

IU Completes Its First International Repatriation of Human Remains to Easter Island

Indiana University — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:00:44 EST

Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. IU's Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in December as an invited guest of Rapa Nui representatives and is working with them on several research projects focused on the ethics of repatriation.

Flexible Joints Evolved as Jawed Fish Began Life as Predators

University of Chicago Medical Center — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:50:48 EST

Study of modern-day fishes, along with genetic and fossil analyses, shows that synovial joints first appeared in the earliest ancestors of jawed fishes.