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Tipoffs: Archaeology (Weekly-e) Newsletter for 2026-03-29 ( 15 items )  
"Extragalactic archeology" reveals nearby galaxy's evolution (10)
WASHINGTON, March 23 [Category: Science] -- The Carnegie Institution for Science posted the following news: * * * "Extragalactic archeology" reveals nearby galaxy's evolution * Pasadena, CA- A team of astronomers, including Carnegie Science's Jeff Rich and other former Carnegie Observatories astronomers, have for the first time traced the history of a galaxy outside our own Milky way by studying chemical fingerprints in deep space, a new approach they are calling "extragalactic archeology."  more PR

Evidence of earliest dogs discovered on University of Liverpool excavation sites in Turkiye (10)
LIVERPOOL, England, March 25 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * Evidence of earliest dogs discovered on University of Liverpool excavation sites in Turkiye * Evidence of some of the earliest dogs has been identified at two University of Liverpool/British Institute at Ankara archaeological excavation projects in central Anatolia, Turkiye. Shedding new light on the development and spread of early domestic dogs, the findings are documented in two research  more PR

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: 'Space Archaeology' Reveals First Dynamic History of a Giant Spiral Galaxy (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 24 (TNSjou) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * 'Space Archaeology' Reveals First Dynamic History of a Giant Spiral Galaxy For the first time, astronomers used galactic archaeology techniques to trace the chemical "fossil record" of a galaxy outside the Milky Way * A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic archaeology, the stu more PR

McMaster University: Cut in the Skull - Student's Investigation Into a 200-year-old Medical Mystery (10)
HAMILTON, Ontario, March 27 -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * The cut in the skull: A student's investigation into a 200-year-old medical mystery After finding an unusual incision in an ancient skeleton, History and Anthropology student Grace Clack spent the last year uncovering clues in Megan Brickley's paleopathology lab. By Chris Pickles, Faculty of Social Sciences In a small laboratory at the heart of McMaster's campus, fourth-year History and Anthropology student  more PR

Mysterious Box Discovered at State Capitol Opened by History Colorado, Governor Polis on Live TV (10)
DENVER, Colorado, March 25 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release on March 24, 2026: * * * Mysterious Box Discovered at State Capitol Opened by History Colorado, Governor Polis on Live TV Today, Governor Polis and History Colorado opened a mysterious box that was discovered beneath the pedestal that once held a Civil War monument on the Colorado State Capitol steps. Colorado Governor Jared Polis, History Colorado staff, representatives from the Department of Military and V more PR

N.J. State Dept.: Popular Exhibition Has New Life as Book (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, March 26 (TNSrep) -- The New Jersey Department of State issued the following news release: * * * Popular Exhibition Has New Life as Book The New Jersey State Museum is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, "Grant Castner: The Lost Archive." Co-authored by the Museum's Curator of Cultural History Nicholas P. Ciotola and photography historian Gary D. Saretzky, the book is published by Rutgers University Press under their Ceres: Rutgers Studies in History divisi more PR

People-driven Preservation Transforming Colorado Communities (10)
DENVER, Colorado, March 27 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release: * * * People-driven Preservation Transforming Colorado Communities History Colorado is celebrating exceptional, community-powered historic preservation and archaeology projects, innovations and advocacy with an awards ceremony and exhibition opening on April 8 from 5 - 8 pm at the History Colorado Center. As home to the State Historic Preservation Office, History Colorado is responsible for identifying, rec more PR

Prestigious Rankings Elevate UCL Into Global Top 10 in Four More Subjects (10)
LONDON, England, March 26 -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Prestigious rankings elevate UCL into global top 10 in four more subjects UCL is now ranked in the top 10 globally in 12 subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, including two first-place rankings. This is the 13th consecutive year that UCL has topped these rankings for Education, led by the UCL Institute of Education, and UCL's fourth year ranking first for Architecture & Bu more PR

Renamed Office of State Archaeology Conservation Lab Expands Focus Beyond Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck (10)
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 27 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Office of State Archaeology issued the following news release: * * * Renamed Office of State Archaeology Conservation Lab Expands Focus Beyond Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology has changed the name and expanded focus for one of its five locations. The Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville was established in 2003 to preserve artifacts fr more PR

Sport, Nursing, Archaeology top 50 in QS rankings (10)
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 25 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * Sport, Nursing, Archaeology top 50 in QS rankings * Sports-related subjects reached their highest-ever rank, climbing 18 places to 29 to enter the world's top 50, rising from ninth to fifth place in Australia. Archaeology entered the top 50 for the first time in 11 years, rising to rank 48 worldwide and placing fifth in Australia and second in Victoria. Nursing at La Trobe maintained its positi more PR

Taylor & Francis converts six further journals to open access through Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (10)
LONDON, England, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, posted the following news release: * * * Taylor & Francis converts six further journals to open access through Collective Pathway to Open Publishing Taylor & Francis has announced an expansion of its innovative diamond open access (OA) model, Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP), through its agreements with Jisc in the UK and CAUL in Australasia. Collective support has enabled six new jou more PR

The UAB among the world's top 100 universities in twelve disciplines according to the QS by Subject rankings (10)
BARCELONA, Spain, March 25 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * The UAB among the world's top 100 universities in twelve disciplines according to the QS by Subject rankings * The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona ranks among the top 50 in the world in veterinary science and linguistics, and is among the top 200 universities in 32 of the 49 scientific disciplines analysed by QS. The 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject places the  more PR

University College London: Humans Kept Dogs 5,000 Years Earlier Than Thought (10)
LONDON, England, March 26 (TNSjou) -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Humans kept dogs 5,000 years earlier than thought The earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs, dating to about 15,800 years ago - more than 5,000 years earlier than previously thought - has been identified by a team of researchers including archaeologists from UCL. Their study, published in Nature, analysed ancient DNA from remains discovered at archaeological sites in the UK and  more PR

UWF Archaeology Institute Survey Uncovers Pre-Columbian Artifacts Ahead of Stadium Infrastructure Work (10)
PENSACOLA, Florida, March 25 -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: * * * UWF Archaeology Institute survey uncovers pre-Columbian artifacts ahead of stadium infrastructure work Faculty researchers and archaeology students at the University of West Florida have uncovered artifacts linked to multiple pre-Columbian Native American cultures during a recent archaeological survey on UWF's Pensacola campus. The more PR

World's Oldest Genetic Evidence for Domestic Dogs Identified in Europe and Turkiye (10)
LONDON, England, March 27 (TNSxrep) -- The British Natural History Museum issued the following news release: * * * World's oldest genetic evidence for domestic dogs identified in Europe and Turkiye * Ancient DNA analysis reveals the oldest genetic evidence of dogs dated to 15,800 years ago * Multiple dogs dated to similar periods identified across Europe and Turkiye, indicating dogs were widely distributed by 14,000 years ago * A new study published in Nature has uncovered the earliest ge more PR