Fulbright Board selects TTUHSC faculty member for scholar program
Prestigious award will allow Queen to make second trip to LatviaCredit: TTUHSC Courtney Queen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the ...
Tag: History
Madagascar copal: New dating for an Antropocene ancient resin
This material is not a semi-fossilized resinCredit: Xavier Delclòs (UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-IRBio) The known Madagascar copal is a more recent ...
Beads made of boa bones identified in lesser Antilles
The first identifications of Boa on Martinique, Basse-Terre and La Désirade islands point to the snake's significance for pre-Columbian AmerindiansCredit: ...
Cahokia’s rise parallels onset of corn agriculture
Credit: Graphic by Diana Yates CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Corn cultivation spread from Mesoamerica to what is now the American Southwest ...
Pofatu: A new database for geochemical ‘fingerprints’ of artefacts
The Pofatu Database is the first comprehensive open-access compilation of geochemical analyses and contextual information for archaeological sources and artefacts ...
Cold War nuke tests changed rainfall
Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sitesCredit: Prof Giles Harrison, University ...
New OA Journal of European Landscapes by Amsterdam University Press launched on ARPHA
By crossing traditional disciplinary and regional borders, this innovative peer-reviewed journal will document landscape studies and project results while inspiring ...
Ancient DNA paints genetic portrait of Andes civilizations
Credit: from Pixabay An international team of researchers including the University of Adelaide, has completed the first large-scale study of ...
New book shows how ancient Greek writing helps us understand today’s environmental crises
University of Illinois classics professor Clara Bosak-Schroeder writes about how the ancient Greeks thought about natural resourcesCredit: Photo by Jon ...
Bizarre 66 million-year-old fossil from Madagascar provides clues on early mammals
Adalatherium identified as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaursCredit: Image courtesy Denver ...
X-ray analysis sheds light on construction and conservation of artefacts from Henry VIII’s warship
21st century X-ray technology has allowed University of Warwick scientists to peer back through time at the production of the ...
Examining heart extractions in ancient Mesoamerica
New findings on procedures and meanings of human heart sacrifices in MesoamericaCredit: CINVESTAV Unidad Mérida Sacrificial rituals featuring human heart ...
Women’s faces in Time Magazine throughout history
Study co-authored by Chapman University computational psychologist shows how varying images of female faces reflect changing societal attitudes towards womenCredit: ...
Neolithic genomes from modern-day Switzerland indicate parallel ancient societies
Genetic analysis of 96 ancient individuals traces the arrival and demographic structure of peoples with Steppe-related ancestry into late Neolithic, ...
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