OLD ELVET, England, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * Our archaeologists have helped uncover a 'lost' house at Auckland Castle in County Durham built by the infamous Parliamentarian and Puritan Sir Arthur Haselrig. * * * The team, involving experts from The Auckland Project, conducted digs throughout the summer to discover more about the house commissioned by Sir Arthur when he owned Auckland Castle in the mid-17th century. Sir Arthur was a key ally of O  more

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 24 -- Camosun College issued the following news release: Camosun College's Archaeology Field Assistant program reignited Carla Rafaela Monteiro's natural curiosity and passion for science and the humanities. A highlight for Carla was a visit to Kiixin, the only known First Nations village with standing architecture on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Carla and her classmates learned about the three remaining big houses through a combination of Nuu-chah-nulth  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 -- Current Anthropology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features social, cultural and physical anthropology as well as ethnology and ethnohistory, archaeology and prehistory, folklore, and linguistics from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 65, No. 8): * Futurities Rethought: On the Political Imminences of Runaway Nature * Is Mnemonics an End in Itself? Sensory Mne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 21, 2024, entitled "Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cu  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- Tusculum University issued the following news: By Jim Wozniak A Tusculum University alumnus has earned a prestigious scholarship, with help from his alma mater, that could position him to start a career on the diplomatic stage for the United States. Eirik Dahlgren, who earned a bachelor's degree in history and museum studies from Tusculum in 2023, has been selected for Rotary International's Global Grant Scholarship. This is a $35,000 scholarship that will en  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, Aug. 24 -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: The University of West Florida's Archaeology Institute recently wrapped up its summer field schools. Thirty-nine undergraduate and graduate students participated in either a maritime field school or terrestrial field school, with unmatched opportunities to conduct archaeological investigations. The terrestrial field school was led by Dr. Ram  more