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Archaeology Newsletter for 2026-01-22 ( 5 items )  
History Colorado Welcoming America's Founding Documents on 'Freedom Plane National Tour (10)
DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 22 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release: * * * History Colorado Welcoming America's Founding Documents on "Freedom Plane National Tour" History Colorado Center in Denver selected as one of only eight cultural institutions to host a collection of America's most consequential documents in 2026 as part of the America 250 - Colorado 150 commemoration * History Colorado's flagship museum in Denver is one of only eight cultural institutions nationwide c more PR

PAS report highlights public engagement in museums (10)
LONDON, England, Jan. 21 [Category: Arts/Cultural] -- The Museums Association posted the following news: * * * PAS report highlights public engagement in museums * The work of museums featured heavily in a report published this week on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Figures for 2024 reveal a third consecutive record-breaking year for reported finds and Treasure cases. Over the past three years there were significant increases in the number of finds reported by the public, with 79,6 more PR

University of Michigan: Got Milk - Mineralized Dental Plaque From the Iron Age Provides Insight Into the Diet of the Scythians (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Got milk? Mineralized dental plaque from the Iron Age provides insight into the diet of the Scythians A team of scientists has discovered that the diets of Scythian populations living in Iron Age Ukraine relied on milk from herd animals such as cows, sheep and goats--and in one instance, horses. By analyzing 2,500-year-old dental plaque, the research team, which includes U-M anthropologist Al more PR

University of Winchester Helps Cathedral Solve Medieval Bone Puzzle Involving Kings and Bishops (10)
WESTCHESTER, England, Jan. 21 -- The University of Winchester issued the following news release: * * * University helps Cathedral solve medieval bone puzzle involving kings and bishops The bones of medieval kings and bishops have been reinterred in six mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral after more than a decade of painstaking forensic work to piece together the jumbled remains. Begun in 2012, the Mortuary Chests Project has involved the expertise of an array of specialist academics, con more PR

William Peace University: Classroom Digs Give Peace Students Real Field Experience (10)
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 22 -- William Peace University issued the following news: * * * Classroom Digs Give Peace Students Real Field Experience Students in Associate Professor of Anthropology Vincent Melomo's class get their hands dirty -- literally. Melomo creates excavation units for students in the course "Archaeology, People, and the Past" to simulate an archaeological dig. At some point, Melomo realized that much of what he was teaching centered on what other people were doing i more PR