BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: In October, Professor of History of Art Alicia Walker and Charlie Kuper, Ph.D. '17, who is now an assistant professor of classics at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, co-organized a session for the annual Byzantine Studies Conference that featured papers from eight scholars, including Nava Streiter Ph.D. '22, curator of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum, and current Ph.D. candidate Elena Gittleman. The session pan more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 5 -- Geosciences, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it focuses on interdisciplinary aspects of the Earth and planetary sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 11): * Article - A Decade of Vertebrate Palaeontology Research in the UK: Bibliometric and Topic Modelling Analysis * Article - Accretion and Core Formation of Earth-like Planets: Insights from Metal-Silicate Partitioning of Siderophil more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 4 -- The Journal of Quaternary Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the Quaternary Research Association that says it features archaeology, botany, climatology, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, oceanography and palaeoceanography, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 special issue (Vol. 39, Issue 8) entitled Quaternary Megafauna of South America: Invited Review * Giants beasts updated: A review of new knowledge about the South American more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: The North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites has been awarded $114,500 to acquire five acres of land adjacent to the Fort Dobbs State Historic Site. This funding, provided by the North Carolina Land and Water Fund, will support the site's continued preservation and enhance its ability to offer an authentic representation of frontier life during the years 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 26, 2024, from the Society for American Archaeology: * * * To: US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 RE: OSHA-2021-0009 The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's  more ST

GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: Excavations at an ancient Iraqi site called Shakhi Kora have revealed new clues about the origins of the world's earliest governing institutions, according to research led by the University of Glasgow. The research published in the journal Antiquity today (Wednesday 4 December 2024) suggests these early governing institutions emerged partly from their ability to provide large-scale meals, potentially as  more PR