Plains Anthropology Society Native American Student Award

Amount: $1,000 Deadline: September 30, 2023 Awards Available: Varies The Native American Student Award is a monetary grant, with a maximum amount of $1000, designed to assist eligible Native American students in covering various educational expenses like tuition, books, room and board. One or more grants, each valued up to $1000, may be granted. Along with … Read more

Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship

OverviewThe Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship is designed to assist an individual in undertaking a scholarly project related to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology. The project should take place between July 1 of the award year and the subsequent June 30. Preference will be given to applicants whose projects involve travel to the Mediterranean. Eligible candidates … Read more

The Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship

Overview The Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship is available to support research and studies for both archaeologists and archaeology graduate students, whether conducted in Portugal or the United States. For non-Portuguese applicants, the fellowship enables research on topics related to the archaeology of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Autonomous Regions. Conversely, Portuguese applicants have the … Read more

The 44th Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology

The 44th Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology will be held in Oxford between 12th-14th December 2024, with the theme Past Environments for Emerging Worlds. It will be hosted by the School of Archaeology of the University of Oxford and Oxford Archaeology, one of the UK’s leading archaeological practices. Credit: University of Oxford/Oxford Archaeology The field of … Read more

Roman villa and advanced drainage systems unearthed in Aquileia during cycling path construction

Significant archaeological discoveries have been made near Monastero, a suburban area of Aquileia in northeastern Italy, during the construction of a new cycling path along the Via Gemina. Remains of Roman structures unearthed in Aquileia. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio – Friuli Venezia Giulia This project, funded under the European Union’s Next Generation … Read more

Trading human remains: Why bones should not become a commodity

by Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol — In recent years, skulls, bones, and even modified human remains have appeared with increasing frequency on online marketplaces and social media platforms. What might once have been confined to specialist collectors has become a global, online trade. The market is fuelled by diverse groups of … Read more