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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. Archaeology, then, is both a physical activity out in the field, and an intellectual pursuit in the study or laboratory. Here the methods of archaeology and ethnography overlap. How were those pots used?

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Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue

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DECOLONIZING SPAIN’S MUSEUMS In my work as a curator of archaeological assemblages at the British Museum and as a bio-archaeology researcher at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom, I have observed how nations and cultural institutions grapple with their colonial legacies.

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How does an NCHE Colloquium come together?

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Army Heritage and Education Center (4 times) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and the Museum of History and Innovation in Seattle, Washington have made these colloquia special. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia (3 times), the U.S.

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Tackling the Wreckage of War

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Local surveyors, construction workers, architects, and engineers documented the destruction as it happened on hand-colored maps, which are now held at the London Metropolitan Archives. In 2021 and 2022, I conducted an archaeological walkover and photographic survey of the marshes. I struggled to find obvious evidence of the conflict.

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Underwater Caves Provide New Insights Into Sicily's Earliest Human Inhabitants

Anthropology.net

Recent archaeological studies in Sicily reveal crucial information about early human migration into the Mediterranean islands. Photo: Ilaria Patania) Rediscovery of Ancient Caves: Revisiting Forgotten Sites Archaeological surveys conducted by a team from Washington University in St.

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The Distant Origins of a Stonehenge Stone

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Read more from the archives: “ Stop Projecting Nationalism Onto Stonehenge.” Thomas recognize that most of the igneous bluestones came from the Mynydd Preseli in Pembrokeshire in southwest Wales. Our ongoing work has refined the sources of these igneous bluestones to individual crags on the northern slopes of the Preseli hills.

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