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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 UA 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 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 Massac 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 pro 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 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 internat 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 more PR
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