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Arctic Circle Anomalies: Archaeological Insight Under the Permafrost
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Chickasaws repurposed artifacts left by de Soto after bloody battle in 16th-century Mississippi
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John Davis named new president, CEO of Historic Deerfield
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DEERFIELD Historic Deerfield Inc. has named John Davis, former provost and undersecretary for museums, education and research at the Smithsonian Institution, as its new president and CEO. Davis succeeds Philip Zea, who is retiring from the museum after 18 years in the top post.
Joe Gromacki, chair of Historic Deerfield’s board of trustees, said in a press release that the board is delighted to welcome Davis, noting that he has shown a deep passion for Deerfield and a “strong recognition of its importance in the American cultural landscape.”
From the Archives: Freedom in miniature: Mary Way’s Coded Portrait of Charles Holt Brian Ehrlich
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Charles Holt (1774-1852) by Mary Way (1769 1823). Inscribed “Mary Way,/fecit/New London,/ Feb. 18th,/1800” on the back. Watercolor and fabric on paper applied to brown fabric, 2 ½ by 2 inches.
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The image of New London, Connecticut, Native Charles Holt in Figure 1 was “taken” by his cousin, the talented miniaturist Mary Way in the form of a miniature-in-locket, a standard memento of the time meant to be worn close to the heart
1. It is not known whether he commissioned the portrait as a gift for his soon-to-be wife Marry Dobbs, or whether Way presented the portrait to Holt as a personal token. In the image the artist has portrayed Holt wearing what appears to be an American militia uniform; inscribed “Mary Way,/fecit/New London,/Feb. 18
Archaeology and climate change
Climate policies should reflect the need to protect vulnerable archaeological sites and artefacts from climate change impacts. Courtesy: Shahnaj Husne Jahan
Being born and brought up in Lalbag of Old Dhaka, I often find myself in the middle of a large, rapidly changing archaeological site by the Buriganga River. But as a climate change enthusiast, I never linked archaeology with climate change before. Participating in a webinar of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) recently, however, left me thinking about their connection.
Till the 1970s, it was mostly geologists and climatologists who talked about the changes in our climate. By the 1990s, it gradually turned into a broader environmental concern. And over the last couple of decades, it has become a development issue, if not an issue of survival of the humanity. In many countries, as in Bangladesh, climate change is still being dealt with by environment ministries. Climate change has re
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