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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” As part of the NCHE project, The Rural Experience in America , history club students at Cuba High School created a podcast about a local history topic of their choosing.

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Horses and Native Americans: Rewriting The Timeline

Anthropology.net

Credit: Pat Doak) Challenging the Traditional Narrative Previously, European accounts from the 1700s and 1800s suggested that horses spread into North America in significant numbers only after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, when Pueblo people temporarily expelled Spanish settlers from New Mexico. 1 Taylor, W. Librado, P., Shield Chief Gover, C.,

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Discovery of Ancient Aboriginal Pottery in Far North Queensland

Anthropology.net

This unprecedented find suggests a rich pottery tradition among Aboriginal peoples predating European contact. Their archaeological record, characterized by distinctive pottery styles and cultural artifacts, prompted researchers to explore potential interactions with Indigenous Australians along the Queensland coast.

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains.