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Paleolithic Discoveries at Soii Havzak Rockshelter Illuminate Human Migration in Central Asia

Anthropology.net

The Soii Havzak Rockshelter: Geography and Significance Soii Havzak is uniquely situated to shed light on the Zeravshan Valley’s ancient role as a crossroads. 1 Zaidner, Y., & Kurbanov, S.

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Bits and Bytes Don’t Leave Bones

Anthropology News

When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value. Whether shifting across geographies, languages, or systems, migration determines what knowledge endures and what is left behind.

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Far from a plane old tree

Living Geography

More than 100 000 has been awarded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help safeguard the future of one of the UK's oldest and most important heritage trees - The Great London Plane of Ely! It stands as a fine example of how our natural heritage can be conserved and nurtured. It is commemorated with a plaque on site.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

Despite hailing from vastly different geographies and circumstances, the dozens of educators we talked with shared that they often struggled in their own school communities with feeling both hyper-visible and invisible as Asian Americans. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

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The Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Arkansas

ACRE

It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to preserve, interpret and present the cultural heritage of this legendary 27-county area. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to research, document, interpret and present the heritage of the people of the Arkansas Delta.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

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Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. Many cultural centers curate history, geography, and civic exhibits that connect the past with the present. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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The medieval mapmaker remembered for the wrong map

Strange Maps

Credit : Universal History Archive / Getty Images) And that’s not all that’s wrong with this map. When in doubt, send a scout Al-Idrisi also consulted older geographic compendia, notably Ptolemy’s Geography , as well as Islamic works. His other honorific, “father of geography,” is a shared prize at best.