ITHACA, New York, Dec. 1 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Ancient dirty dishes reveal decades of questionable findings * Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, saute vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for archaeologists, its ubiquitous presence in excavated pottery offers a window into the economic, political and social organization of the ancient world. But perhaps, in certain environments, that prevalence has been overstated.  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- The Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news: * * * Ancient dirty dishes reveal decades of questionable findings Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, saute vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for archaeologists, its ubiquitous presence in excavated pottery offers a window into the economic, political and social organization of the ancient world. But perhaps, in certain e more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and funerary objects and identified cultural affiliation linking the materials to numerous Tribal Nations. The notice states that the remains of at least five individuals, along with two associated projectile points, were recovered from the Schacht Site in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, before entering University holdings in 1968. The materials were excavated  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, has announced plans to repatriate culturally significant objects connected to Native American burial traditions in Davidson County, according to a notice issued under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory lists thirteen funerary items considered unassociated due to the absence of human remains; however, archaeological context and cultura more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, has documented ancestral remains and funerary objects from Davidson County and confirmed cultural affiliation to Tribal Nations across the Southeast, according to a Notice of Inventory Completion released through the National Park Service. The inventory identifies the remains of at least 23 Native American individuals recovered from Site 40DV53, along with 360 associated bu more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, has completed a large-scale inventory of Native American ancestral remains and burial objects and confirmed cultural affiliation linking them to eight Tribal Nations, according to a Notice of Inventory Completion released by the National Park Service. The notice documents the remains of at least 238 individuals and 449 associated funerary objects, recovered from multiple ar more PR

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southampton issued the following news: * * * New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups of settlers who arrived 60,000 years ago The first settlement of New Guinea and Australia by modern humans took place some 60,000 years ago, according to new findings of a major research collaboration between the University of Southampton and the University of Huddersfield. The genetic research reveals two distinct groups of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The West Virginia Department of Tourism, Charleston, has completed an inventory review confirming cultural affiliation of ancestral remains to Tribal Nations of Florida and Oklahoma. The review accounts for one Native American individual whose remains were originally removed from a small mound site near Ocala in Marion County, Florida. According to documented acquisition history, geologist Noel Moebs of Bruceton, Pennsylvania obtained the remains before 1953, repo more PR