Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Saturday September 21, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
CalState-Fullerton: Fulbright Scholar in Brazil Examines Improving Equity in Higher Education
FULLERTON, California, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release:
Mathematics educator Alison Marzocchi spent four months in Brazil earlier this year as a Fulbright Scholar to continue her research on improving faculty instruction through equity-minded and active mathematics teaching practices.
Marzocchi was hosted by the Mathematics Department at Universidade de Sao Paulo and connected with archaeology, botany, economics and statistics
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MIT Course Helps Researchers Crack Secrets of Ancient Pottery
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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A summer class teaches PhD students and early-career archaeologists ceramic petrography, revealing the origins and production methods of past societies.
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By Jason Sparapani, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Jennifer Meanwell carefully placed a pottery sherd -- or broken fragment of ceramic -- under the circular, diamond-coated blade of a benchtop saw
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University of Exeter: New Interactive Stories Reveal the Discoveries Made by University-Led Amazonia Archaeology Project
EXETER, England, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news:
A series of immersive stories capturing some of the remarkable findings of an Amazonia-based archaeology project have been launched by Google Arts & Culture in partnership with the University of Exeter.
The stories celebrate LASTJOURNEY, which has been researching the human adaptations and impact of the first settlers to arrive in the Colombian Amazon during the mass colonisation of South America more tha
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