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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Wednesday September 11, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Gov. Polis Announces Boards and Commissions Appointments
DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: The America 250 - Colorado 150 commission is created in History Colorado to develop programs and plan for the official observance across Colorado of the semiquincentennial anniversary of the founding of the United States, as marked by the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the sesquicentennial anniversary of Colorado statehood. for terms expiring at the pleasure of the Governor: * Richard Lewi  more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Intended Repatriation of Cultural Items from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 3, 2024, entitled "Notice of Intended Repatriation: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Wesleyan University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with   more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Intended Repatriation of Cultural Items Involving University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, to Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, California
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object o  more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Intended Repatriation of Cultural Items Involving University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, to Yurok Tribe, California
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred object  more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains at Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 3, 2024, entitled "Notice of Inventory Completion: Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Science Museum of Minnesota has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affili  more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains at Tenn. Environment & Conservation Dept. Division of Archaeology, Nashville
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an  more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary object and has determined that there is a cult  more

Interior National Park Service: Notice of Inventory Completion of Native American Human Remains at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cul  more

UW Assistant Professor Receives Funding for Hunting in Wyoming Project
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 10 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Nikolas Sweet Nikolas Sweet, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology, is among four recipients of the inaugural Norman G. Pauling Research Fellowship for Early-Career Scholars, awarded by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. His project is titled "Investigations into Gun Culture and Hunting: Perspectives from Linguistic Anthropology." It uses anthropological and sociologi  more