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Claude Lévi-Strauss, often referred to as “the father of modern anthropology,” was renowned in life for his unifying theories and sociological bridging between tribal and “civilized” cultures. The French anthropologist, who died on Oct. 30 at the age of 100, was honored in a panel discussion of his life’s work yesterday in the Kroch Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Archaeologists from USC, UCLA and the Middle East have developed a searchable online map that details 7,000 archeological sites in the Holy Land, a list that may become important in political line-drawing, it was reported today.
Julie Kolehmainen describes herself as part history buff, part geek, part adventurer.
BLANDING, Utah (AP) — High above the spiky sandstone spine known as Comb Ridge that snakes for 120 miles through the desert, archaeologist Winston Hurst treads carefully through a cave of ruins.
Members of an anthropology team from UNC-Greensboro helped determine the approximate age, gender and race of remains. That helped investigators shorten their list of missing person cases.
Considering the divers were looking for remains of an iron-hulled Civil War-era steamer, Tom Allyn's news was about as good as it could be.
The Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona protects archaeological sites, preserving artifacts and sacred ties to a civilization past.
At a meeting Tuesday of the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders, County Executive Brian Hughes is expected to propose a specific firm to do an archaeological study of the Jacobs Creek bridge area, according to Julie Willmot, spokeswoman for the county executive.
David Gill, archaeologist, reflects on the review of the agreement on archaeological material from Italy.
Archaeologists warn that the Taliban are destroying Pakistan's ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in the country's northwest.
PITTSBURGH, Nov.
A Cal State San Marcos anthropology professor and her studentsare developing a native plant garden that is helping them cultivatetheir understanding of other cultures and how indigenous people'suse of plants fits into modern-day medicine.
Bob Ogle has been poking around fields across the county and the mid-Atlantic for 55 years, hunting for history. Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital Bob Ogle holds a 3,000- to 4,000-year-old stone ax, part of the extensive collection of artifacts he has uncovered over the years.
A Blanding man accused of threatening an FBI source who was an informant in an archaeological artifacts bust earlier this...
A Blanding man who has been accused of threatening an FBI source who was an informant in an archaeological artifacts bust...
The monthly meeting of the Utah County Chapter of the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society will be Thursday (Nov. 19) at 7 p.m. at the Provo City Library, 550 N. University Ave., Provo, in Room 308.
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