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News From Sunday, February 05, 2012
8:37:05 AM The ruins hiding in plain sight
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA

The Sand Canyon Trail might be home to thousands of archaeological sites, but there are no interpretative signs, restrooms or pavement. Visitors are asked to leave the area as they found it. Victoria Atkins, supervisor for interpretation at Canyons o [more]

8:25:36 AM UM professor studies migration through items left in Arizona, Mexico desert
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

The boot was one of the first items he plucked out of the Sonora Desert in Arizona when he started the Undocumented Migration Project in 2008 to put his archaeological and anthropological training to use studying migrant workers who illegally cross t [more]

7:54:51 AM Our view: Artifacts best prove city's history
St. Augustine Record

The commission's resolution restates their support for proper archaeological digs and cataloging of artifacts found in those digs and includes a plea to residents to work with the city and possibly donate what is found in their yards. [more]

7:01:56 AM Archaeology firm digs out new Harborough office
Harborough Mail - Market Harborough,England,UK

A FIRM which provides archaeological and heritage services is spreading to the Midlands by opening a new office in Harborough. Pre-Construct Archaeology (PCA) opened the office on Tuesday. It is its fifth in the UK alongside others in London, Durham, [more]

3:21:01 AM Is ASI turning blind eye to Delhi Metro work near Jantar Mantar?
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,India

Unlike the way common man's un-authorised construction is dealt with, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has not perused the case of on-going work by Delhi Metro at Janpath. goes on un-abated. A stretch of this work lies within 300 metres of .. [more]

1:06:10 AM Baoji's splendid bronzes
China Daily

By Ni Na and Lu Hongyan (China Daily) Archaeologists are still unearthing priceless bronze treasures in China. Ni Na and Lu Hongyan trace the history of these relics at the Home of Chinese Bronzes in Baoji. The Chinese have always considered bronze a [more]

12:08:02 AM Piltdown Man: British archaeology's greatest hoax
Guardian - UK

... anatomist Wilfrid Le Gros Clark and anthropologist Joseph Weiner took a closer ... Digs in France, at Cro-Magnon, and in Germany, at Neanderthal and ... [more]