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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2025-09-25 ( 3 items )  
Rocco Palermo Unearths 6,000-year-old Settlement at Iraqi Archaeological Dig (10)
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Rocco Palermo Unearths 6,000-year-old Settlement at Iraqi Archaeological Dig * Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Rocco Palermo and his Kurdish-American team have uncovered a 6,000-year-old site in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as part of the Gird-I Matrab Archaeological Project (GMAP). The project has been underway since 2022, but it was not until this season that Palermo and hi more PR

University of Nottingham: Changing the Narrative on the 'Dark Ages' - Earth-core Evidence Reveals British Economy Did Not Collapse on Departure From Roman Empire and a Viking-Age Industrial Boom (10)
BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept. 24 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Changing the narrative on the 'Dark Ages' - earth-core evidence reveals British economy did not collapse on departure from Roman Empire and a Viking-Age industrial boom Evidence from a five-metre-long sediment core has provided archaeologists from the Universities of Nottingham and Cambridge with the first unbroken timeline of Britain's economic history from the 5th century to the p more PR

USGS: Rising Salt and Acid Pose Threat to Jamestown Archaeology (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5074, titled 'Using Satellite Imagery and Soil Data To Understand Occurrences and Migration of Soil Conditions Harmful to Archaeological Sites on Jamestown Island, Virginia,' authored by Samuel H. Caldwell. This information was issued in 2025. The purpose of the study was to evaluate vegetative health and soil conditions on Jamesto more PR