Science, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Regional, North America, United States
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- From the Charlotte Observer, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun an investigation of how to save the remains of the sunken confederate warship CSS Georgia.
- Secretary of Interior's 1997 Report to Congress on archeological activities undertaken for National Parks in the Northeast Region.
- A brief look at the astronomy of the Anasazi. Includes photographs of the Fajada Butte light-dagger.
- From Bangor News, A New Zealand archaeologist arrested last week by the U.S. Border Patrol has been ordered removed from the United States on Friday.
- Timelines for both Anasazi Periods and Non-Anasazi Peoples. Includes Chaco Canyon Pueblos.
- Seminar series by the Albuquerque Teachers' Institute looking at the practice of astronomy by the native peoples of North America.
- From BBC, Baghdad Museum is sending some of its artefacts to the US, months after they were feared lost.
- An antiquities dealer with offices in New York and Geneva has been arrested for illegally importing an Iranian object, described as 'the most important representation of a griffin in antiquity.'
- Resources for archaeology of this region. Includes Got Caliche? newsletter, contact information for archaeologists, and job listings.
- The National Park Service and US/ICOMOS offer a list of sites of cultural and natural interest already nominated and waiting for review. Criteria for site nominations.
- From Red and Black, slaveholding plantations are no longer uniquely southern, based on new archaeological discoveries.
- From MSNBC, evidence that humans inhabited western Pennsylvania 16,000 years ago is still dividing archaeologists, 30 years after blade tools and materials to make beads were found in a rock shelter.
- Essays related to southwestern Native American history, pre-history, and contemporary issues. Includes photo galleries of ancient southwest ruins.
- The Charleston Post and Courier, archaeologists studying the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley say a clue to the sub's sinking may come from the historical fact that the Southern navy and the Northern navy used two sets of clocks to record the time of day
- Information for the public and professionals from the National Park Service includes illustrated, popular articles or longer reports on sites, indexed by state.
- Primary historic preservation legislation in the US.
- A computerized communications network from the National Park Service. Includes reports, the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, GIS maps, and permits.
- Report on the "Newark" Ritual Artifacts, they date to the Late Medieval period.
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