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Friday, January 13, 2023
Ancient DNA Charts Native Americans' Journeys to Asia Thousands of Years Ago
https://flip.it/pHGuRl
Call for papers – Journal edition on Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand
Call for Papers - AICCM Bulletin Special Edition: Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand | International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (iiconservation.org)
'Almost at war': shipwreck hunters battle it out for sunken treasure
https://flip.it/1-vGwV
Curatorial residency in London with Delfina Foundation, Metroland Cultures and Te Tuhi
Applications close: 5pm Monday 30 January 2023
Residency period: 3 April — 23 June 2023
Applications are now invited for a new London-based residency for an early/mid-career New Zealand curator, from April-June 2023.
Open Call: London-based curatorial residency (mailchi.mp)
"We know that it's very old," says David Stuart, an epigrapher at the University of Texas, Austin, .... "We just didn't have any direct evidence for it." But a new study suggests the ancient calendar used by Maya and Olmec cultures may date back as early as 1100 B.C.E., centuries earlier than previous estimates.
https://www.science.org/content/article/maya-calendar-may-be-more-3000-years-old-laser-mapping-reveals?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyLatestNews&utm_content=alert&et_rid=706691300&et_cid=4552585
Far North Heritage Week starts 16 Jan.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1304022503329557/permalink/1820261438372325/
Pacific travel: A guide to the best islands of French Polynesia - NZ Herald
NZ Herald
Huahine just might be French Polynesia's best-kept secret. A fertile island rich with tropical fruit plantations, coconut groves and archaeological ruins
Māori Land Court backs trust decision to demolish whānau homestead | Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz
The ruling said that in April 2022, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga ordered for the whare demolition to be halted while it carried out an ...
Subject: Hundreds of Louisiana's ancient sites could soon wash away | Environment
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/hundreds-of-louisianas-ancient-sites-could-soon-wash-away/article_0372a906-8e08-11ed-8d98-678e6f88a6f8.html
A London furniture conservator has been credited with a crucial discovery that has helped understand why Ice Age hunter-gatherers drew cave paintings. Ben Bacon analysed 20,000-year-old markings on the drawings, concluding they could refer to a lunar calendar.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799
In 2021, archaeologist Hans-Dieter Bader who works with Tāmaki Regeneration, discovered evidence that a piece of land on Armin Road was once a pā site.
https://www.renews.co.nz/undocumented-pa-site-discovered-in-auckland-during-building-works/
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