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The Ancient Lifelines of Mesopotamia: How Newly Discovered Irrigation Canals Rewrite History

Anthropology.net

New research published in Antiquity 1 by geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri and his team reveals a massive, intricate irrigation system in the Eridu region—one that predates the first millennium BCE. This is a rare case where nature has preserved a vital piece of human history.

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Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue

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Spain has a deep and far-reaching colonial history, particularly in Latin America. In Asia and Oceania, Spanish rule for over 300 years introduced Catholicism and centralized governance in places like present-day Guam , the Philippines, and Taiwan, deeply altering the identity and languages of these regions.

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How Heavy Metal Fuels Indigenous Revival in Patagonia

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Partway through our conversation on Indigenous history, music, and language, Calfunao lit up when he discovered that we were both metalheads. That night in Sala Patagn stuck with me as my dissertation research took shape. The drum has become a symbol used by Patagonian metal bands to signify a connection to Indigenous issues.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

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Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. These scholars are using their research on the precolonial past to sow sustainable futures—like the worlds inhabited by Abena and Akaina.

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The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in Indonesia

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A paleontologist journeys through Indonesias Riau Archipelago in search of Homo erectus remains, but uncovers how environmental devastation has erased much of the regions history. This site has thankfully been spared from destruction by the regional government when it was earmarked as a possible tourist attraction.

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Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

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The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around the world. In Calcutta on Your Plate , her book on Bengali cuisine and gastronomic history, she points out the absence of roti in Bengali meals until the mid-20th century.

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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

Administered by the federal government, it tracks student performance in fourth and eighth grades and serves as a national yardstick of achievement. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. The only bright spot was progress by higher-achieving children in math.