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Charlotte Ann Roberts, FBA (born 25 May 1957) is a British archaeologist, academic and former nurse. She is a bioarchaeologist and palaeopathologist, whose research focuses on health and the evolution of infectious disease in humans. [1] From 2004 to 2020, she was Professor of Archaeology at Durham University: she is now professor emeritus. [2]
As of 2019, the society had more than 6,100 members and more than 100 affiliated local societies in the United States and overseas. [1] [2] AIA members include professional archaeologists and members of the public. [2] The AIA has established many archaeological organizations and protected many historical sites in the world.
The project brought together archaeologists, biologists, and geologists in a ground-breaking study which earned it a National Science Foundation grant in 1954 — one of the first times such an award had been made to an anthropological project.
Frances Densmore with Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief during a recording session for the BAE. The Bureau of American Ethnology (or BAE, originally, Bureau of Ethnology) was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives, records and materials relating to the Indians of North America from the Department of the Interior to the Smithsonian Institution.
Arthur Randolph Kelly (October 27, 1900 – November 4, 1979) was an American professional archaeologist. He made numerous contributions to archeology in Georgia, which began with directing excavations at the Macon Plateau Site in 1933, part of the federal archeology program that provided jobs while undertaking studies of important sites.
The La Prele Mammoth site was discovered in 1986, and archaeologists believe a group of prehistoric people either killed or scavenged a young mammoth there, setting up a temporary camp to process ...
Today, he leads the largest rescue-archaeology or cultural resource management organization in the United States. Though often much more limited in scope and time than academic archaeology, Pauketat's book, The Ascent of Chiefs... , details how artifacts in part “salvaged” from the construction of a highway through Cahokia can be used to ...
Visiting Maxville. The site of Maxville, a 40-minute drive from the museum, is integral to providing that programming. Trice has brought private groups, from local students to archeologists, to ...