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| Tipoffs: Archaeology (Weekly-e) Newsletter for 2026-04-12 ( 7 items ) |
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The UAB Exhibition Hall presents "Between the Tigris River and the Zagros Mountains" (1)
BARCELONA, Spain, April 9 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news:
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The UAB Exhibition Hall presents "Between the Tigris River and the Zagros Mountains"
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The Exhibition Hall of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) is hosting, from 15 April to 30 May 2026, the exhibition Between the Tigris River and the Zagros Mountains, a show presenting the results of ten years of archaeological research carried out by the UAB in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Produced by the UAB Culture in Action Unit, the exhibition showcases more PR
Southern Connecticut State University: Digging Deeper (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news:
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Digging Deeper
In the desert of Ethiopia, Michael Rogers, professor of anthropology, and his students have spent almost two decades uncovering artifacts. Closer to home, a field site at West Rock Nature Center in Hamden is also a land of discovery, where Rogers teaches the tools of the trade to undergraduates and graduate students in Southern's new master's program in archaeology and cultural resource management.
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IT'S A DAPP more PR
UMass Amherst Receives $1.5 Million Gift from Estate of Late Classics Lecturer Caroline Hill Horvitz to Endow Professorship in Her Honor (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 8 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news:
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UMass Amherst Receives $1.5 Million Gift from Estate of Late Classics Lecturer Caroline Hill Horvitz to Endow Professorship in Her Honor
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Jeffrey Horvitz, father of Caroline H. Horovitz and executor of her estate, has pledged $1.5 million to establish the Caroline H. Horvitz Professorship in Mediterranean Archaeology in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The gift honors Caroline's wishes more PR
University College London: Prehistoric Seal Tooth Pendant Reveals Ancient Culture in Devon (10)
LONDON, England, April 8 (TNSjou) -- The University College London posted the following news:
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Prehistoric seal tooth pendant reveals ancient culture in Devon
A long-overlooked and previously misidentified Stone Age seal-tooth pendant offers insights into the technology and cultural connections of ancient Britons, according to a new analysis led by researchers at UCL and the Natural History Museum, London.
In their paper, published in Quaternary Science Reviews, researchers have now properly identified the tooth as a premolar tooth of more PR
University of Cincinnati: Long Before Machine Guns, Ancient Romans Used This Rapid-fire Weapon (10)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 10 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news:
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Long before machine guns, ancient Romans used this rapid-fire weapon
Smithsonian highlights UC research at Pompeii
By Michael Miller, 513/556-6757, michael.miller3@uc.edu
Smithsonian magazine highlighted the work of a University of Cincinnati professor who supervised archaeological research in the ancient city of Pompeii.
UC Classics Professor Steven Ellis was co-director of a research project that examined a neighborhood of Pompeii called Porta St more PR
University of Cologne: Early Humans in South Africa Were Quarrying Stone as Long as 220,000 Years Ago (10)
KOLN, Germany, April 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Cologne issued the following news release:
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Early humans in South Africa were quarrying stone as long as 220,000 years ago
International research team with participation of the University of Cologne shows long-term use of a source of raw materials in Paleolithic South Africa
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As long as 220,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought - people quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out. An international research team, including researchers from th more PR
University of Tubingen: Early Humans in South Africa Were Quarrying Stone as Long as 220,000 Years Ago (10)
TUBINGEN, Germany, April 7 -- The University of Tubingen issued the following news release:
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Early humans in South Africa were quarrying stone as long as 220,000 years ago
International research team led by the University of Tubingen shows long-term use of a source of raw materials in Paleolithic South Africa
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As long as 220,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought - people quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out. An international research team led by the University of Tubingen has demonstrate more PR
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