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Archaeologists seek help finding Shawnee village in Clark County
A Shawnee village once located in Clark County remains all but lost to time, but state anthropologists hope landowners in the Indian Old Fields area will join in the hunt. The University of Kentucky’s Department of Anthropology and the Kentucky...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Archaeology
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Heart of Danville hires director
smojica@amnews.comThe Heart of Danville Main Street program started off the New Year with a new executive director. Bethany Rogers, a Danville native and the daughter of Buck and Jan Rogers, stepped into her new role Jan. 3. Brenda Willoughby, interim director, will...Tags: Tulane University, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Education
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Bones found under Lancaster house those of dog
jking@amnews.comLANCASTER — Rumors abounded when the bones of one lone dog were found under a house in Lancaster. Garrard County Coroner Daryl Hodge remembers the exact time he got the call and exactly what the rumored body count was at that time. “It was...Tags: Arts and Culture, FBI, Culture, Culture, Rentals
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Centre alum is featured act at local comedy gig
jenb@amnews.comSean Smith wasn’t performing comedy when he was a student at Centre College. That came after his graduation in 2004. At Centre, he was studying anthropology and sociology, hosting talent shows and date auctions, and giving speeches. Smith is the...Tags: Social Sciences, Dave Chappelle , Sociology, Comedy (genre), Bloomington (Monroe, Indiana)
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Finalist for Archaeology Curator to Give Talk
Channel 2 NewsOne of three finalists for a job as curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North is scheduled to speak at a public seminar this week. University of Alaska Fairbanks officials say Josh Reuther will speak about the archaeology of the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Archaeology
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New AP prep tool: pancakes
"Good luck AP test takers" scrolled across Costa Mesa High School's electronic marquee Friday morning. At Newport-Mesa Unified high schools this week, Advanced Placement classes culminated with exams that will determine whether students receive college...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Mountains, Pancakes, Science and Technology, Education
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Eating bugs: Would you dine on cicadas? Crickets? Buttered beetles?
Mmmm. Just look at that plump little cicada. Can you imagine plucking it off its leaf and popping it in your mouth? Too much? How about after it's flash fried with a little butter, garlic and sea salt? Face it, America. We're inch-worming our way closer...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Arts and Culture, Cricket, Culture, Restaurants
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Cannibalism at Jamestown evidence unearthed
Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Historic Jamestowne, Arts and Culture, Colonial Williamsburg, Museum of Natural History
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'Cultural Politics of Seeds' at UCLA on May 17
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women will be presenting a symposium on the "Cultural Politics of Seeds" on May 17, as part of the Life (Un)Ltd project which explores the impact of recent developments in biotechnology and biosciences on feminist studies....
Tags: Minority Groups, Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Cultural Development, Genetics
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Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say
The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Historic Jamestowne, Arts and Culture, Colonial Williamsburg, Museum of Natural History
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Pro-migrant caravan leaves Calexico for cross country trip
Staff Writer, Copy EditorHOLTVILLE – Blamed for everything from high rates of unemployment to crime, illegal immigration has increasingly been a concern for the public as well as public officials. Yet it isn’t exclusively an American or Mexican problem. “To...Tags: Identification Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Immigration, Science and Technology
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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Auction Service, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Museum of Natural History, Zoology, Princeton University
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