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| UF study: Maya politics likely played role in ancient large-game decline |
| A University of Florida study is the first to document ancient hunting effects on large-game species in the Maya lowlands of Central America, and shows political and social demands near important cities likely contributed to their population decline, especially white-tailed deer. |
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Archaeology News: University of Florida News
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11-09-07 - United States
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| Badgers moved to protect cemetery |
| A badger sett has been moved to stop it damaging a medieval cemetery in Pembrokeshire. |
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General Cultural Resources News: BBC
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10-27-07 - United Kingdom
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| Unearthing the garden of a 19th-century home |
| The Wirick-Simmons house, the oldest home in Jefferson County, has an interesting history. The old beauty was was built is 1831 for the Rev. Adam Wirick, “Eminent Methodist divine” and Methodist circuit rider. |
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General Cultural Resources News: Tallahassee.com
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10-27-07 - Florida, United States
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| Man wants to know what to do with old bones he found in an attic |
| Ralph Swett is a self-described pack rat, but even he was surprised when he pried open a box taken from a Ryegate attic decades ago and saw what was inside: two human skulls, some long bones, pieces of spine and other remains. |
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Archaeology News: Boston.com
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10-27-07 - Colorado, United States
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| Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore gets 'poor' rating in national conservation report |
| A report released by a national organization rates the natural and cultural resources at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore “poor,” warning that the dunes are being threatened by air pollution, water contamination and shoreline development in the surrounding areas. |
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Archaeology News: Chesterton Tribune
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10-13-07 - Michigan, United States
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| October is California Archaeology Month |
| October is California Archaeology Month! The San Diego Archaeological Center is celebrating 10,000 years of history by offering a free logo gift for first-time visitors to the Center in October. |
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Archaeology News: The Village News
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10-13-07 - California, United States
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| Researchers Display Shipwreck Artifacts |
| In 1559, a hurricane sent up to seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle. Now, almost 500 years later, a second of those ships has been found, helping archaeologists learn about the settlement, which ended in 1561. |
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Archaeology News: AP
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10-13-07 - Florida, United States
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| Ancient canoes found in Lake Trafford |
| Lower water levels at Lake Trafford in Immokalee have exposed several pre-Columbian dug-out canoes embedded in the muck. |
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Archaeology News: news-press.com
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10-05-07 - Florida, United States
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| An Interview with Montana Archaeologist Larry Lahren |
| Larry Lahren is a Livingston, Montana-based archaeologist who founded Anthro Research, Inc., which his website describes as a “cultural resource consulting firm.” Recently Lahren compiled essays based on research that he has completed over his almost four decades as an archaeologist into the book Homeland: An Archaeologist’s view of Yellowstone Country’s Past. |
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Archaeology News: new west
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10-03-07 - Montana, United States
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| At 92, Dallas archaeologist continues to explore Texas |
| Archaeologist Kathleen Gilmore has unlocked some of the most elusive mysteries of Texas history.
She spent decades hunting down the location of the French explorer La Salle's lost fort before discovering it near the Gulf Coast. She also excavated a number of Spanish colonial forts in Texas, including Mission Rosario, near Goliad |
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Archaeology News: kdhnnews.com
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10-03-07 - Texas, United States
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| Archaeologist Takes 2nd Look at Cannon |
| An archaeologist is taking a second look at a small cannon found by fishermen off the Virginia coast more than two decades ago in hopes of determining how it got to the bottom of the ocean — and who left it there. |
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Archaeology News: AP
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10-03-07 - Virginia, United States
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| Marion considers expanding historic district |
| Marion has $15,000 for a survey of buildings for possible inclusion in an expansion of its historic district. The money is a grant from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to be matched by $15,000 from the town. |
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Historic Preservation News: swvattoday.com
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10-02-07 - Virginia, United States
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| Archaeology is a necessary science |
| Cal Day brings over 35,000 community members to the Berkeley campus every April. It is the one event of the year when Berkeley turns to the wider community and welcomes it to share in the expertise of the world-renowned faculty, and witness firsthand the enthusiasm of undergraduate and graduate students. |
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Archaeology News: sfgate.com
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10-02-07 - California, United States
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| Archaeology class helps to dig up College Hill's past |
| This fall, 15 students enrolled in Archaeology 1900: "The Archaeology of College Hill" have started work on the second year of excavation at the First Baptist Church. |
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Archaeology News: Brown Daily Herald
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10-02-07 - Rhode Island, United States
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