Anthropology and Archaeology News
for the Gazette The G.C. Frison Institute and the Anthropology Department of the University of Wyoming in conjunction with the Wyoming Archaeological Foundation is conducting excavations at the Hell Gap archaeological site, northeast of Guernsey, Wyoming.SANTEE ? A substantial segment of the Santee population is comprised of seniors who have retired and moved here from up north or elsewhere in the country. Many were prominent in their communities in their younger years but have retired from volunteerism to enjoy the many recreational opportunities Santee offers.Richard L. George of North Huntingdon, former archaeologist/collection manager for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland, died May 29, 2009, in UPMC Montifiore, Oakland. He was 78.LAS CRUCES ? Walking into the downtown location of COAS My Bookstore is reminiscent of embarking on an archeological expedition in which past human life and culture come together in the form of books to allow avid readers a literary journey of the best kind.IOWA CITY and#8212; There is a surprising amount of paperwork involved in archaeology.It's a lesson University of Iowa anthropology students learn during a three-week dig each May at Plum Grove Historic Home in Iowa City."There's a whole bunch of paperwork that goes into this," Jeff Adams, 21, a UI senior in anthropology from Sparta, N.J., said as he took careful notes Wednesday about the ...An Edinboro University of Pennsylvania professor watched the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center at the invitation of NASA on May 11.Appointment announced PLATTSBURGH ? The State University of New York Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of SUNY Plattsburgh faculty member Dr. Gordon Pollard to the rank of distinguished teaching professor.KIRKLAND LAKE -- A new search for the remains of 12-year-old Kathy Wilson, killed almost 40 years ago in northern Ontario, has been relocated less than a week after it began.In a quiet patch of forest about a mile east of Monticello, 13 Washington and Lee University students are uncovering the story of a figure largely forgotten since the days of Thomas Jefferson. As part of a six-week course called Field Methods in Archeology, the students are excavating thousands of tiny artifacts that illustrate the life of Edmund Bacon, who supervised Jefferson?s slaves from ...Glass bottles, pottery, nails, bricks, ballast stone, clay pipes and other items uncovered so far could be from any number of historical periods.Yahoo! News Search Results for Anthropology Archaeology
