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Learn About the Archaeology of the Pequot War at the Henry Whitfield State Museum
Learn new information about the Pequot War (1636-1637), recently unearthed during an archaeological survey of the Battle of Mistick Fort, where 77 Connecticut colonists and 250 Native allies attacked the Pequot-held fort in present-day Mystic. Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mashantucket, Museums
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How was desert museum funded?
How was desert museum funded? Having been a volunteer in small volunteer museums and knowing how hard it is to staff them with volunteers and maintain them with fundraisers and donations, I am curious about this relatively new Imperial Valley Desert...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Facebook
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Phillip Tobias dies at 86; South African expert on early man
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Phillip Tobias, a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and expert on early man and hominids, died Thursday. He was 86. Tobias died in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness, according to South Africa's...Tags: Africa, South Africa, Genetics, Physiology, Landforms
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Google Street View now available for Mexico archaeological sites
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Thompson Ridge carries long history
The main branch of Lower Howard’s Creek begins in Winchester and flows generally toward the southwest until it gets to Kitt’s Hole near the Kentucky River. This deep pool takes its name, according to legend, from a man named Kitt who...
Tags: Madison County (Virginia), Environmental Issues, Wars and Interventions, Frederick County (Virginia), Politics
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Prelude to Freedom: The 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry Schedule of events
Sept. 13-16 Thursday, Sept. 13 10 a.m.-4 p.m. — Information Tent (Lower Town) 10 a.m.-12 p.m. — Battle of Maryland Heights Sesquicentennial Hike (Lower Town) 11-11:30 a.m. — “1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry” Ranger Talk...Tags: Arts and Culture, Travel, International Travel, Music, Fort McHenry
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Archaeological study planned at park
dbrock@amnews.comBefore workers move ahead on bringing parts of Constitution Square Park into the 21st century for its new tenants, they will first have to delve beneath the park’s centuries old surface. The state historic site was officially turned over to Boyle...Tags: Arts and Culture, Rentals, Economic Policy
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Archaeologist uncover artifacts near Cypress Creek
KIAHRain and floods have taken a toll on Harris County waterways. "Over the years through various flood events and the everyday rains that we get, sometimes the streams become a little unraveled in places," explained Harris County Flood Control District...Tags: Arts and Culture, Rivers, Bodies of Water
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Archaeology campers 'have fun finding old things'
waynesboro@herald-mail.comOne day camp in Waynesboro this week is guaranteed to get the children’s clothes dirty. Twelve children are participating in the third annual archaeology camp through Little Antietam Creek Inc., a nonprofit organization focused on historical and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Scott Parker, Culture, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Anthropology
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Dogs search for ancient remains on wind farm project site near Ocotillo
Staff WriterOCOTILLO — As the rising sun bathed the desert where a controversial 112-wind-turbine project is being built, dog handler John Grebenkemper walked his forensic dog Tuesday morning hoping it would detect the scent of cremated ancient Native...Tags: Arts and Culture, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Social Issues
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Historians fret fate of War of 1812 sites
On a grassy hill a mile west of the Patuxent River, historian Ralph Eshelman can see the same bucolic view of fields and placid water anxious British soldiers likely saw when they landed in the summer of 1814 — the first stop in their campaign to...Tags: Kent County, Chuck Schumer, Cell Phones, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Wars and Interventions
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Structure found in Md. may be linked to man who inspired 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Archaeologists have discovered what they think are remains of a barn or blacksmith workshop in North Bethesda that could date to the days of Josiah Henson, a former slave whose autobiography inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Looking for evidence of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Georgetown, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Montgomery County (Maryland), Slavery
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