Archaeology

CENIC Recognizes CSU San Bernardino's High Performance Computing Program for Improving CSU Access to National Research Platform Resources

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

The High Performance Computing Program (HPCP) at CSU San Bernardino has been selected to receive the CENIC 2024 Innovations in Networking Award for Research Applications in recognition of its work supporting faculty who wish to avail themselves of all the National Research Platform (NRP) has to offer.

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  • The High Performance Computing Program (HPCP) at CSU San Bernardino has been selected to receive the CENIC 2024 Innovations in Networking Award for Research Applications in recognition of its work supporting faculty who wish to avail themselves of all the National Research Platform (NRP) has to offer.
  • “I am delighted to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the High Performance Computing Program,” said Louis Fox, CENIC’s Chief Executive Officer.
  • Sudhakar stated, “The High Performance Computing Program at CSUSB supported by the National Research Platform and CENIC has opened up tremendous opportunities for faculty-led innovation and research at our University.
  • The High Performance Computing Program Faculty Showcase for 2023 may be viewed on YouTube .

Jeddah Historic District Program: The Discovery of 25.000 Fragments of Artifacts That Dates to the Early Islamic Era

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

In addition to 685 building materials which weigh 87 kg, as well as 187 glass artifacts which weigh 5kg and 71 metal artifacts of 7kg.

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  • In addition to 685 building materials which weigh 87 kg, as well as 187 glass artifacts which weigh 5kg and 71 metal artifacts of 7kg.
  • The wood's origin has been identified to be Ceylon Island in the Indian Ocean which highlights the far-reaching trade connections of Historic Jeddah.
  • Moreover, several tombstones of Mangabi stone, marble, and granite were also found in different locations in Historic Jeddah.
  • Jeddah Historic District Program in cooperation with the Heritage Commission supervised the documentation, registration, and preservation of archaeological artifacts discovered in Historic Jeddah, and listed the finds in the National Archaeological Register.

Jeddah Historic District Program: The Discovery of 25.000 Fragments of Artifacts That Dates to the Early Islamic Era

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

In addition to 685 building materials which weigh 87 kg, as well as 187 glass artifacts which weigh 5kg and 71 metal artifacts of 7kg.

Key Points: 
  • In addition to 685 building materials which weigh 87 kg, as well as 187 glass artifacts which weigh 5kg and 71 metal artifacts of 7kg.
  • The wood's origin has been identified to be Ceylon Island in the Indian Ocean which highlights the far-reaching trade connections of Historic Jeddah.
  • Moreover, several tombstones of Mangabi stone, marble, and granite were also found in different locations in Historic Jeddah.
  • Jeddah Historic District Program in cooperation with the Heritage Commission supervised the documentation, registration, and preservation of archaeological artifacts discovered in Historic Jeddah, and listed the finds in the National Archaeological Register.

ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBIT OPENING FEB. 25 IN OKLAHOMA

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

EDMOND, Okla., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Armstrong International Cultural Foundation announces the grand opening of its newest archaeology exhibit, "Kingdom of David and Solomon Discovered" on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (Central) at Armstrong Auditorium on the campus of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Okla. Tickets are free and advanced reservations are required. The ceremony will be streamed live at ArmstrongInstitute.org.

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  • "This exhibit is totally unique," said Brad Macdonald, curator of the exhibit.
  • The exhibit is presented and funded by the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation in association with Jerusalem's Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, Israel Museum, Israel Antiquities Authority and Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  • It is Armstrong Auditorium's third exhibit of biblical artifacts, following "Seals of Jeremiah's Captors Discovered" (2013-2015) and "Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered" (2018-2019), which won an Oklahoma tourism award for Outstanding Temporary Exhibit.
  • The foundation's cultural activities include a series of performing arts concerts at Armstrong Auditorium and support of archaeological excavations at the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem.

ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBIT OPENING FEB. 25 IN OKLAHOMA

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

EDMOND, Okla., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Armstrong International Cultural Foundation announces the grand opening of its newest archaeology exhibit, "Kingdom of David and Solomon Discovered" on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (Central) at Armstrong Auditorium on the campus of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Okla. Tickets are free and advanced reservations are required. The ceremony will be streamed live at ArmstrongInstitute.org.

Key Points: 
  • "This exhibit is totally unique," said Brad Macdonald, curator of the exhibit.
  • The exhibit is presented and funded by the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation in association with Jerusalem's Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, Israel Museum, Israel Antiquities Authority and Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  • It is Armstrong Auditorium's third exhibit of biblical artifacts, following "Seals of Jeremiah's Captors Discovered" (2013-2015) and "Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered" (2018-2019), which won an Oklahoma tourism award for Outstanding Temporary Exhibit.
  • The foundation's cultural activities include a series of performing arts concerts at Armstrong Auditorium and support of archaeological excavations at the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem.

Valley of lost cities found in the Amazon – technological advances in archaeology are only the beginning of discovery

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Instead, without needing to brave the hazards of the forest, Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) has revealed networks of buried roads and earthen mounds.

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  • Instead, without needing to brave the hazards of the forest, Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) has revealed networks of buried roads and earthen mounds.
  • The point of exploratory science is to reveal what has so far been hidden.
  • So has 300 years of research and recent technological advances left us with little left to be discovered?
  • The changes in technology are wonderful tools that help me find and model history, but they do not deplete it.

Why excavation is key to understanding

  • They have opened up areas of exploration that were previously too remote, too deep, or too dangerous.
  • But seeing an image of something in the ground or at the bottom of the sea is only the most preliminary step in discovery.
  • You cannot truly understand an image until you have seen the artefacts associated with ancient constructions and you have studied the occupational history.
  • In the excavation, coins, the evidence of burning, catapult stones and ceramics were discovered.

More and more sites to study

  • The challenges in the field are not that we are running out of things to study, but that we lack the resources to study and protect the abundance of poorly understood ancient sites.
  • The increased capacity to find sites highlights the need to conserve these places and protect them from development and looting.
  • Profound knowledge comes with the study of the culture and the vertical excavation that peels back the history of a lost civilisation.


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Jay Silverstein receives funding from the National Geographic Society and The American Research Center in Egypt.

Re-Opening of the Fort Ville-Marie — Québecor Pavilion and the Collector Sewer on December 15

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal’s Archaeology and History Complex, is pleased to announce that its Fort Ville-Marie — Québecor Pavilion and Collector Sewer will re-open to the public on Friday, December 15, 2023.

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  • MONTRÉAL, Dec. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal’s Archaeology and History Complex, is pleased to announce that its Fort Ville-Marie — Québecor Pavilion and Collector Sewer will re-open to the public on Friday, December 15, 2023.
  • While the re-opening is good news for Pointe-à-Callière, the last few months have been very difficult.
  • Our team was deeply unsettled by the human drama that unfolded right next door to us.
  • Pointe-à-Callière carried out the work, with the support of a team of seasoned professionals, including Atelier Ville-Marie and Ethnoscop .

Global Times: Over 12,000 artifacts excavated from Sanxingdui Ruins site as latest achievements of civilization-tracing project revealed

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Among the noteworthy breakthroughs is the preliminary understanding of the distribution and internal structure of the sacrificial area at the world-renowned Sanxingdui Ruins site.

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  • Among the noteworthy breakthroughs is the preliminary understanding of the distribution and internal structure of the sacrificial area at the world-renowned Sanxingdui Ruins site.
  • The project suggests that approximately 5,800 years ago, distinct social differentiation emerged across various regions of China, marking the accelerated phase of Chinese civilization.
  • Li noted that compared to the fourth phase of the project, the current archaeological work has deepened our understanding of this era.
  • Looking ahead, the NCHA plans to further advance and deepen the national project, combining archaeology, literature research, and scientific methods.

Skulls in Ukraine reveal early modern humans came from the East

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, our new study analyses two skull fragments dating back between 37,000 and 36,000 years to conclude that our ancestors came from Eastern Europe and migrated westwards.

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  • Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, our new study analyses two skull fragments dating back between 37,000 and 36,000 years to conclude that our ancestors came from Eastern Europe and migrated westwards.
  • These individuals are the oldest representatives of Western Europeans to have established themselves permanently in Europe and to have left traces in the genomes of present-day Europeans.
  • It is estimated they settled in the region after the ice age that took place from 40,000 to 38,000 years ago.
  • Up to this day, researchers believe that the ensuing ecological crisis wiped out both the last Neanderthal populations and the first populations of sapiens humans of the early Upper Palaeolithic.

Homo sapiens from interbreeding

  • Both individuals are descendants of distant interbreeding with Neanderthals.
  • Our study also showed that the more recent individual bore traces of interbreeding with individuals from the first wave of settlement thought to have been exterminated by the -40,000 year ice age, represented by the Zlatý Kůň individual (-45,000 years).
  • We were therefore able to conclude that the first H. sapiens were not completely replaced and some must have survived the ecological crisis.

Links with fossils found in France

  • These individuals, close to those from Buran Kaya III, were part of the population associated with the Classical Gravettian period, which produced the female ivory statuettes known as the “Gravettian Venuses” found in France, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.
  • The famous Venus “Dame de Brassempouy” from the French department of Landes was sculpted at this time.
  • The genetic ties indicate that these populations spread from east to west.
  • The “Génétique et epigénétique nouvelle ecole” project is supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR), which funds project-based research in France.
  • Its mission is to support and promote the development of fundamental and applied research in all disciplines, and to strengthen the dialogue between science and society.


Eva-Maria Geigl has received funding from CNRS, EUR G.E.N.E. (ANR-17-EURE-0013 ; IdEx #ANR-18-IDEX-0001 l'Université de Paris ; Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir) Thierry Grange has received funding from the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (DGE20111123014), Région Ile-de-France (11015901), CNRS, EUR G.E.N.E. (ANR-17-EURE-0013 ; IdEx #ANR-18-IDEX-0001 l'Université de Paris ; Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir).

GIANT STONE 'HAND AXE' DISCOVERED IN ALULA SET TO REWRITE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE REGION

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Initial field assessment suggests that this giant artefact dates to the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic period and is over 200,000 years old.

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  • Initial field assessment suggests that this giant artefact dates to the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic period and is over 200,000 years old.
  • The team has been surveying a desert landscape to the south of AlUla, called the Qurh Plain, looking for evidence of human activity in antiquity.
  • This ambitious research programme is being conducted with the aim to further unlock the mysteries of antiquity in this region.
  • In September, the inaugural AlUla World Archaeology Summit showcased AlUla's position as a hub of archaeological activity.