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Released: 28-Oct-2021 2:45 AM EDT
Associate Professor Delivers Spooky Spirits, Magic and Witchcraft During Halloween – and Beyond
University of Northern Colorado

Associate Professor of History, Corinne Wieben, Ph.D., teaches the history of magic at the University of Northern Colorado in HIST 264: Magic in Europe from Antiquity to the Enlightenment.

Newswise: Publication of 500-year-old manuscript exposes medieval beliefs and religious cults
Released: 27-Oct-2021 8:35 AM EDT
Publication of 500-year-old manuscript exposes medieval beliefs and religious cults
Taylor & Francis

A rare English illuminated medieval prayer roll, believed to be among only a few dozen still in existence worldwide, has been analysed in a new study to expose Catholic beliefs in England before the Reformation in the sixteenth century.

Newswise: Ancient poop shows people in present-day Austria drank beer and ate blue cheese up to 2,700 years ago
Released: 13-Oct-2021 1:55 PM EDT
Ancient poop shows people in present-day Austria drank beer and ate blue cheese up to 2,700 years ago
Cell Press

Human feces don’t usually stick around for long—and certainly not for thousands of years. But exceptions to this general rule are found in a few places in the world, including prehistoric salt mines of the Austrian UNESCO World Heritage area Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut.

Released: 8-Oct-2021 11:20 AM EDT
Q&A: Solsiree del Moral
Amherst College

In the midst of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a professor of American studies and Black studies reflects on primary sources, intersectional identities and the new generation of Puerto Rican activists.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 3:55 PM EDT
Late persistence of human ancestors at the margins of the monsoon in India
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

The longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory, known as the Acheulean, appears more than 1.5 million years ago in Africa and 1.2 million years ago in India, and mainly consists of stone handaxes and cleavers (Figure 1).

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Released: 1-Oct-2021 2:00 PM EDT
The latest research news in Archaeology and Anthropology
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“Throw me the idol; I’ll throw you the whip!” - From Raiders of the Lost Ark

     
Released: 29-Sep-2021 12:40 PM EDT
Early Pacific Islanders May Have Been the First Conservationists
University of Oregon

Sustainability is a 21st century buzzword, but a new interdisciplinary study shows that some communities have been conducting sustainable practices for at least a thousand years. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and coauthored by University of Oregon archaeologist Scott Fitzpatrick, the study integrates data from archaeology, history and paleoecology to gain new insight into human-environmental interactions in the deep past. Focused on tropical island archipelagoes including Palau in Micronesia, the interdisciplinary data suggest that human-driven environmental change created feedback loops that prompted new approaches to resource management. The data from Palau point to human impacts on marine ecology beginning about 3,000 years ago, impacts that affected fish populations and therefore one of ancient Palau’s most important food sources.

Released: 27-Sep-2021 10:40 AM EDT
Eugene Patterson: Journalism icon, war hero, champion for civil rights
University of Georgia

This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers, that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.

Newswise: Ancient DNA analysis sheds light on dark event in medieval Spain
Released: 24-Sep-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Ancient DNA analysis sheds light on dark event in medieval Spain
University of Huddersfield

An international research team led by the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group, including geneticists, archaeological scientists, and archaeologists, has published the genome sequence of a unique individual from Islamic medieval Spain – al-Andalus - the results of which have shed light on a brutal event that took place in medieval Spain.

Newswise: Life-sized camel carvings in Northern Arabia date to the Neolithic period
Released: 15-Sep-2021 3:30 PM EDT
Life-sized camel carvings in Northern Arabia date to the Neolithic period
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

The monumental reliefs at the Camel Site in northern Arabia are unique: three rock spurs are decorated with naturalistic, life-sized carvings of camels and equids. In total, 21 reliefs have been identified.

Released: 14-Sep-2021 12:50 PM EDT
New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world
Cornell University

An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered on the Tibetan Plateau.

Released: 10-Sep-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Free Speech Center Offers Teachers Free Bill of Rights Guide for Constitution Week
Middle Tennessee State University

The Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University is offering teachers across the nation a new and free book to help them teach about the Bill of Rights on the upcoming Constitution Day on Sept. 17.

Released: 7-Sep-2021 2:05 PM EDT
UA Little Rock receives grant to commemorate history of Arkansas civil rights leader William Townsend
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Center for Arkansas History and Culture at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a grant to explore the cultural and political sphere of Dr. William Townsend, an Arkansas civil rights leader and the first African American licensed to practice optometry in the state.

Newswise: Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind
Released: 2-Sep-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind
University of Bristol

Medieval manuscript fragments discovered in Bristol that tell part of the story of Merlin the magician, one of the most famous characters from Arthurian legend, have been identified by academics from the Universities of Bristol and Durham as some of the earliest surviving examples of that section of the narrative.

Newswise: New evidence supports idea that America’s first civilization was made up of ‘sophisticated’ engineers
Released: 1-Sep-2021 4:45 PM EDT
New evidence supports idea that America’s first civilization was made up of ‘sophisticated’ engineers
Washington University in St. Louis

The Native Americans who occupied the area known as Poverty Point in northern Louisiana more than 3,000 years ago long have been believed to be simple hunters and gatherers. But new Washington University in St. Louis archaeological findings paint a drastically different picture of America's first civilization.

Released: 1-Sep-2021 12:30 PM EDT
World Trade Center Historian Reflects on 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Two decades before the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001 they soared above the New York City’s skyline. Today, the towers stand only in our memory, says Angus Gillespie, a professor of American Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and author of “Twin Towers: The Life of New York City’s World Trade Center,” who will teach a course this fall honoring the nearly 3,000 Americans killed in the attack.

Released: 31-Aug-2021 11:50 AM EDT
New archaeological discoveries highlight lack of protections for submerged Indigenous sites
Flinders University

New archaeological research highlights major blind spots in Australia’s environmental management policies, placing submerged Indigenous heritage at risk.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Experts available to discuss 20th anniversary of 9/11
DePaul University

As the United States approaches the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in 2001, DePaul University faculty and experts are available to give commentary and insight. Their expertise is wide-ranging, including foreign relations, diplomacy, history and religion.



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