WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice of intended repatriation, announcing the intention of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology to return significant cultural items. This action is undertaken in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The Tennessee archaeological division is responsible for these determinations. A total of 22 cultural items fro more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, June 5 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Archaeology's Wu Xin Gives Lecture at Part of The Pourdavoud Lecture Series * Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Wu Xin recently gave a lecture on "Imperial Foundations of the Silk Road; Persian Roads and Han Walls" as part of the Pourdavoud Lecture Series. Wu's research interests cover a broad region: from ancient Mesopotamia, across the Iranian Plateau, towards Central Asia an more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 6 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Archaeologists Find Intensive Indigenous Farming in Michigan Ancestral Menominee farmers reworked the soil to create raised fields. * With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place for farming. But a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence of intensive farming by ancestral Native Americans at the Sixty Islands archaeolog more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has announced a notice of intended repatriation concerning a cultural item in the possession of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology. This notice is issued in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, outlining the intent of the Tennessee archaeological division to return a significant un-associated funerary object. The cultural  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, June 6 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Manzanola United Methodist Church Added to National Register of Historic Places Church has a deep connection to Black homesteading history and has faithfully served its community for more than a century * History Colorado is pleased to announce that the Manzanola United Methodist Church in Otero County has been added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Colorado He more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice regarding the completion of an inventory by the Robbins Museum of Archaeology, Middleborough, Massachusetts. This action, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), involves human remains and associated funerary objects, and establishes a cultural affiliation with recognized Indian Tribes. The Robbins Museum of Archaeology, including its parent organization more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice of inventory completion regarding human remains and associated funerary objects. This formal announcement pertains to an inventory conducted by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The Tennessee agency has finalized its inventory of human remains represent more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Graduate Student Prepares Listing for Wyoming Archaeological Site Added to National Register of Historic Places The Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has announced a new listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). And a University of Wyoming graduate student prepared the National Register listing. The Daly Petroglyphs -- an archaeological site in the Powder River Basin in more PR