Archaeological science

ALULA WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY SUMMIT ANNOUNCES OUTSTANDING ROSTER OF SPEAKERS AND GUESTS FOR INAUGURAL EVENT

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Friday, September 1, 2023

300 attendees, to include 80+ speakers and 200+ delegates from around the world, including 50 youth leaders, participating at the event in AlUla, KSA from September 13-15

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  • 300 attendees, to include 80+ speakers and 200+ delegates from around the world, including 50 youth leaders, participating at the event in AlUla, KSA from September 13-15
    ALULA, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The AlUla World Archaeology Summit has announced an outstanding roster of Saudi and international speakers and delegates for its inaugural edition, taking place in AlUla from 13-15 September.
  • Examples of panel discussion topics include "Archaeology Weaves an Interconnected World" and "Saving Archaeology One TikTok at a Time."
  • Dr. Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Executive Director of Archaeology, Conservation and Collections at RCU, said: "The AlUla World Archaeology Summit is drawing great interest worldwide, with speakers spanning the globe from America and Australia to Jordan and Japan.
  • Key learnings from the Summit will be shared publicly after the event, along with selected video highlights.

ALULA WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY SUMMIT ANNOUNCES OUTSTANDING ROSTER OF SPEAKERS AND GUESTS FOR INAUGURAL EVENT

Retrieved on: 
Friday, September 1, 2023

300 attendees, to include 80+ speakers and 200+ delegates from around the world, including 50 youth leaders, participating at the event in AlUla, KSA from September 13-15

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  • 300 attendees, to include 80+ speakers and 200+ delegates from around the world, including 50 youth leaders, participating at the event in AlUla, KSA from September 13-15
    ALULA, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The AlUla World Archaeology Summit has announced an outstanding roster of Saudi and international speakers and delegates for its inaugural edition, taking place in AlUla from 13-15 September.
  • Examples of panel discussion topics include "Archaeology Weaves an Interconnected World" and "Saving Archaeology One TikTok at a Time."
  • Dr. Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Executive Director of Archaeology, Conservation and Collections at RCU, said: "The AlUla World Archaeology Summit is drawing great interest worldwide, with speakers spanning the globe from America and Australia to Jordan and Japan.
  • Key learnings from the Summit will be shared publicly after the event, along with selected video highlights.

Global Times: Scholars call for interdisciplinary collaboration for research into origins of Chinese civilization

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Su Bomin, director of the Dunhuang Research Institute, said microbial infections, salt damage, and aging of applied protective materials are threatening the conservation of tomb murals.

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  • Su Bomin, director of the Dunhuang Research Institute, said microbial infections, salt damage, and aging of applied protective materials are threatening the conservation of tomb murals.
  • "Protein evidence extracted from dental calculus indicates that the consumption of dairy products was an important cultural adaptation," Lü said.
  • The scholars have high esteem for their campaigns, as they believe what they are doing is not a one-time effort.
  • Even if we do not receive funding, we will still need to pursue research."

Shandong University has built the largest and most comprehensive archaeological laboratory complex among universities in China

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Friday, March 31, 2023

JINAN, China, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the Key Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences and Technology of Shandong University has been approved by the Ministry of Education of China.

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  • JINAN, China, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the Key Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences and Technology of Shandong University has been approved by the Ministry of Education of China.
  • The discipline of archaeology at Shandong University is based on field archaeology and stresses interdisciplinary integration and internationalization.
  • In 2016, the "Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental and Social Archaeology" founded by Shandong University and Yale University was approved by the Ministry of Education, becoming the only international joint laboratory in the humanities in China.
  • Now, it is the largest and most comprehensive archaeological laboratory complex among all the universities in China.

Research supported by Royal Commission for AlUla provides new insights into huge, ancient animal traps known as 'kites'

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Monday, October 24, 2022

Dr Remy Crassard, a leading expert on desert kites, notes that they are some of the largest ancient structures of their era.

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  • Dr Remy Crassard, a leading expert on desert kites, notes that they are some of the largest ancient structures of their era.
  • Kites may have led to hunting well beyond subsistence levels, related to "an increase in symbolic behaviour related to food production and social organisation".
  • That hub, the Kingdoms Institute, is currently active as a research organization, with plans to open a physical presence at AlUla by 2030.
  • The RCU-sponsored research in and around AlUla is adding to the knowledge base that will inform the Kingdoms Institute.

Benchmark Develops Comprehensive Exploration Plan for Marmot and Marmot East Gold-Silver Targets

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Completion of the proposed VTEM survey is imminent, and will resolve magnetic, EM, and radiometric anomalies at Marmot and Marmot East that remain open to the south.

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  • Completion of the proposed VTEM survey is imminent, and will resolve magnetic, EM, and radiometric anomalies at Marmot and Marmot East that remain open to the south.
  • Benchmark will conduct a ground based induced-polarization (IP) geophysical survey prior to drilling to contextualize surface geochemistry and geological mapping results.
  • **see press release dated May 14, 2021 for Benchmark's initial mineral resource estimate (MRE) covering Cliff Creek, Dukes Ridge-Phoenix, and AGB.
  • Benchmark is managed by proven resource sector professionals, who have a track record of advancing exploration projects from grassroots scenarios through to production.

Mountain Boy Annouces Exploration Plans for the Southmore Copper-Gold Project

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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2021) - Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: MTB) (OTCQB: MBYMF) (FSE: M9UA) ("Mountain Boy" or the "Company") is pleased to report that a SkyTEM airborne geophysical survey over the Southmore Project is scheduled to begin within the next few weeks.

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  • Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2021) - Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: MTB) (OTCQB: MBYMF) (FSE: M9UA) ("Mountain Boy" or the "Company") is pleased to report that a SkyTEM airborne geophysical survey over the Southmore Project is scheduled to begin within the next few weeks.
  • The completed portion of the Galore Creek access road is within 12 km of the Southmore Project.
  • Five documented northeast trends on Sassy's Foremore property, including the More Creek Corridor trend that hosts the Westmore discovery, track onto the Southmore project.
  • Mountain Boy anticipates that geophysical anomalies and domains will help in mapping out potential drill targets.

Transition Acquires New Gold Opportunity in the Thompson Plateau near Vernon, B.C.

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Monday, March 29, 2021

The occurrences are situated on the edge of the Thompson Plateau associated with major northwest-trending magnetic anomalies.

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  • The occurrences are situated on the edge of the Thompson Plateau associated with major northwest-trending magnetic anomalies.
  • Future work will include mapping and sampling, additional soil sampling, and airborne magnetic survey with the intent of identifying drill targets."
  • A further 300 metres to the west, the Quartz Showing returned historic samples of 4.6 g/t gold over 2 metres1.
  • Historic bedrock grab samples reported include 3.2 g/t gold and 1.55 g/t gold over 1 metre3.

QcX Gold Identifies Multiple High Priority Targets from Magnetics Survey and Completes IP Program

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

The Company is also pleased to share that after conducting a full structural analysis of results from its high-resolution magnetics survey, it has identified several high priority targets on its Golden Giant East and West blocks ("GGEast" and "GGWest").

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  • The Company is also pleased to share that after conducting a full structural analysis of results from its high-resolution magnetics survey, it has identified several high priority targets on its Golden Giant East and West blocks ("GGEast" and "GGWest").
  • Aaron Stone, VP Exploration, explains how the team has used a high-resolution magnetic survey coupled with gold samples from last summer's exploration program to locate key gold targets.
  • Aaron Stone, Vice President Exploration of QcX, stated, "The QcX Gold team is very excited about our upcoming inaugural drill program on the Golden Giant Project.
  • Once we receive our IP results, we will be able to turn these high-priority targets into 'drill-ready' targets.

West Mining Corp. Engages Precision GeoSurveys to Conduct Airborne Geophysical Survey Over the Kena Gold and Copper Project

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Monday, March 8, 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Mining Corp. (West or the Company) (CSE: WEST) (OTC: WESMF) (FRA: 1HL) is pleased to announce that it has engaged the services of Precision GeoSurveys Inc. (Precision) of Vancouver, BC to conduct a high resolution airborne geophysical survey at its Kena gold and copper project in southeastern British Columbia.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Mining Corp. (West or the Company) (CSE: WEST) (OTC: WESMF) (FRA: 1HL) is pleased to announce that it has engaged the services of Precision GeoSurveys Inc. (Precision) of Vancouver, BC to conduct a high resolution airborne geophysical survey at its Kena gold and copper project in southeastern British Columbia.
  • The current airborne magnetic survey will overlap the southern portion of the historic survey as part of due diligence, and will extend to the south for an additional 8 kilometres.
  • The goal of this survey is to identify and locate magnetic structures trending south from the prior survey area.
  • As we continue to advance the project we are very pleased to have Precision conduct work on the Kena Southern zone and enable West to gather highly important data.