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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 11h

SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES—Hidden still sites can be easy to overlook as archaeological resources. Gayle Keck’s Fall American Archaeology feature follows researchers studying what these places reveal about economic survival. Read more: buff.ly/e2sqf2Z

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Moonshine still sites preserve stories of American ingenuity - The Archaeological Conservancy

Beyond the stereotypes, moonshine still sites preserve stories of secrecy, survival, labor, and American ingenuity.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 30/09/2026

The Fall American Archaeology reading list spans the ancient Maya, Ohio’s Hopewell earthworks, a broad history of Native America, and an archaeology adventure for young readers. Read the summaries: buff.ly/iT6pmyu #ArchaeologyBooks #BookReviews #AmericanArchaeology

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 29/09/2026

TAC SITE SPOTLIGHT: BAINS GAP, ALABAMA—Along Choccolocco Creek, the Conservancy’s Bains Gap preserve holds the history of an ancient temporary camp to later Woodland and Mississippian occupations. Jacksonville State University field schools have returned to investigate. #BainsGap #TAC

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 29/09/2026

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA—The Three Corners Conference is accepting presentation abstracts through October 1. The November 14–15 gathering brings together archaeologists, students, and community members working in the Great Basin, Southwest, and Mojave regions. Read more: buff.ly/llZIx2H

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Three Corners Conference

Three Corners Conference is an archaeological conference open to the public. It covers research in Nevada, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and more. Talks cover both archaeological and…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 24/09/2026

FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA—A short film from WGCU visits Mound House, a historic building atop a Calusa shell mound. Decoding Ancient Florida: Mound House explores the archaeology of the site and the engineering behind a landscape shaped by generations of Calusa residents. Read more: buff.ly/ynwnzHv

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Decoding Ancient Florida

Explore the archaeological history of the Calusa people and their powerful coastal kingdom.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 23/09/2026

VIRTUAL LECTURE CANCELED: Our Sept. 24 lecture, A Pre-Contact Quarry Site: Archaeological Applications of LiDAR at Flint Mine Hill, has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for the short notice. We hope to reschedule and will share a new date when one is available.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 23/09/2026

BEARS EARS, UTAH—Sixteen mining claims have been staked on land removed from Bears Ears National Monument under this summer’s boundary reduction, according to public records reviewed by Bloomberg Law. Read more: buff.ly/ul4rW5q #BearsEars #ArchaeologicalPreservation #PublicLands

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Cut Utah Monument Land Sees Over a Dozen New Mining Claims (1)

Over a dozen mining claims were staked on land the Trump administration removed from Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 21/09/2026

VIRTUAL LECTURE: Join us for a free virtual lecture exploring how LiDAR technology is revealing new details about Flint Mine Hill Archaeological Site, a Conservancy preserve in New York’s Hudson Valley. Thursday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. MT Register: buff.ly/X4snIGY Learn more: buff.ly/spLIN6d

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Sept. 24 | A Pre-Contact Quarry Site: Archaeological Applications of LiDAR at Flint Mine Hill - The Archaeological Conservancy

Hartgen Archeological Associates recently conducted a LiDAR survey that produced a new 3D model of Flint Mine Hill.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 10/09/2026

SE NSHONG DUÑ, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA—The Archaeological Conservancy has reached an extraordinary milestone with the preservation of its 600th site: Se Nshong Duñ, or “Good Rock Place.” Read more and watch the video: buff.ly/6PU7kMC

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A Preservation Milestone: Se Nshong Duñ becomes the Conservancy's 600th site - The Archaeological Conservancy

The Conservancy’s 600th site protects an extensive Indigenous chert quarry and helps reconnect the Wailaki people with an important ancestral place.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 09/09/2026

HAWAII, GUAM, AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS—The U.S. Navy has awarded five firms contracts worth up to a combined $70 million for archaeological monitoring and data recovery across the Pacific. Read more: buff.ly/ziS6wZv

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 08/09/2026

LITTLETON, COLORADO—Colorado State Archaeologist Holly Norton and her team are investigating a hilltop site at Jackass Hill Park after local residents reported archaeological material there. The work comes before planned park improvements. Read more: buff.ly/Rl6CfHd

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Archaeological dig looks for artifacts on site of Jackass Hill Park that could undergo changes

Denver7's South Metro Reporter Danielle Kreutter takes an exclusive look at an archeological dig happening at Jackass Hill Park.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 08/09/2026

LAKE ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA—Archaeologists are using sonar, sediment cores, and underwater excavation to search for ancient Indigenous landscapes beneath Lake Erie. The team is investigating a submerged ridge that would have been dry land. Read more: buff.ly/CFLkMc0

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Archaeologists dig in Lake Erie, looking for relics of the Ice Age

A team of archaeologists is looking for evidence of the First Americans in an unlikely place — at the bottom of Lake Erie.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 06/09/2026

AZTEC, N.M.—Aztec Ruins National Monument and Western National Parks Association will host the Indigenous Cultural Arts Festival on Sept. 12. The free, family-friendly event will feature artists from Southwest Native nations. Read more: buff.ly/dRwE8n1

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Indigenous Cultural Arts Festival

On Saturday, September 12, Aztec Ruins National Monument will host the 2026 Indigenous Cultural Arts Festival starting at 10am. This free, family-friendly event will feature diverse artists from…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 06/09/2026

TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION, ARIZONA—Federal contractors have begun work on a border-barrier project adjoining the Tohono O’odham Nation despite the Nation’s objections. The Nation says vehicles and drilling equipment have crossed its land without authorization. Read more: buff.ly/ccTNggG

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Trump administration starts building border wall project in Arizona over tribe's objections

The Tohono O’odham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 06/09/2026

TAMPA, FLORIDA—Federal investigators have seized more than 22,000 ancient artifacts in Florida as part of an ongoing investigation into global antiquities smuggling. Read more: buff.ly/LzhSPVQ Official HSI release: buff.ly/ReC7ikI

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 06/09/2026

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA—San Diego County Archaeological Society will host Arch in the Park 2026 on Oct. 17 as part of California Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day. Read more: buff.ly/NLq57fY

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Upcoming Events — SDCAS

Speaker: Stephen Van Wormer

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 05/09/2026

ONLINE—Friends of the Texas Historical Commission will host “Cemeteries & Community Building: Preservation Stories Across Texas,” Oct. 16, a program highlighting how communities are working to reclaim, document, and care for historic cemeteries across the state. Read more: buff.ly/JLDYEmW

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Cemeteries & Community Building: Preservation Stories Across Texas - Friends of THC

Per the Texas Historical Commission’s most current count, there are at least 16,000 cemeteries that dot the Texas landscape. These […]

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 04/09/2026

COLOMBIA—A new study suggests that ancient communities in Colombia’s Caribbean lowlands built and maintained a vast system of raised fields and canals through cooperation among local family groups rather than centralized political control. Read more: buff.ly/QiKmsWg Study: buff.ly/pEzHfQZ

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Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say

Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows.…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 04/09/2026

NICARAGUA—Genetic research on avocado landraces in Nicaragua, Honduras, and southern Mexico suggests that people transported avocados from South America into Central America thousands of years ago. Read more: buff.ly/GUG25VB Study: buff.ly/8iWMHWb

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Scientists Discover Genetically Distinct Avocados in Nicaragua That People Transported From South America Thousands of Years Ago

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 03/09/2026

ONLINE—Shumla will host “Red Linear in Time and Space: Chronological and Geospatial Insights into a Lower Pecos Rock Imagery Style” Sept. 16, 12-1 p.m. CT. The free Zoom program features Jerod Roberts, M.A., project archaeologist at the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project. Register: buff.ly/OMmq3C7

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Shumla Lunch and Learn Virtual Series: September 16, 2026 - Shumla

Thank you for your interest in our upcoming virtual Lunch & Learn presentation.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 03/09/2026

BATTLE GROUND, INDIANA—Purdue University and the Tippecanoe County Historical Association will host an Archaeology Month Celebration on Sept. 19 at Tippecanoe Battlefield Park and Museum. The free, all-ages event is part of Indiana Archaeology Month. Read more: buff.ly/tRjkXPB

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Archaeology Month Celebration

September is Indiana Archaeology Month! Join members of the Department of Anthropology and the Tippecanoe County Historical Association in celebrating. This free event is designed to cater to all…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 01/09/2026

NEW YORK, NEW YORK—Mexico is preparing to repatriate three ancient objects recovered in New York: an anthropomorphic warrior figure associated with western Mexico’s shaft-tomb tradition, a stone bowl, and an obsidian blade. Read more: buff.ly/ExVFSkH buff.ly/nPCAq0D

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Prized Mexican artifact recovered in New York

A remarkable piece of Mexican heritage has been recovered in New York. The limestone panel is more than 1,000 years old, and it’s one of thousands of artifacts worth millions that are being illegally…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 01/09/2026

MEXICO—Archaeologists have excavated an early Maya ball court discovered during surveys for a Maya Train freight terminal. Dating from approximately 800 to 300 B.C., the structure consists of two parallel platforms. Project plans were adjusted to protect the remains. Read more:

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Archaeologists excavate Maya ball court near Poxilá

Work to protect an early Maya ball court has been completed in Yucatán after its discovery during construction linked to the Maya Train freight project. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 31/08/2026

Adventure, archaeology, and meaningful places await in 2027 with the release of the Conservancy’s spring tours. Our new Hopi Cultural Experience tour sold out during early member access this weekend, but there is still room on our Belize & Tikal or Yampa River tours. Learn more: buff.ly/zjqsNqH

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 31/08/2026

SITE SPOTLIGHT: AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA—Site steward Wayne Bischoff recently led two visits to the Conservancy’s Agoura Hills Archaeological Preserve. Located in the Santa Monica Mountains, the preserve protects a Native ceremonial site used from approximately 300 B.C. to A.D. 1780.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 30/08/2026

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—Archaeologists excavating beside the Alamo Church have uncovered a deliberately prepared caliche surface that may date to the site’s Spanish mission period. Valero Ware pottery, colonial brick fragments, and a posthole were found in or near the surface.

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Alamo Archaeology Church Preservation - August 10

Excavation continued in EUs 46, 52, and 54 last week on the north side of the Alamo Church.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 30/08/2026

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—The Tijeras Cultural Corridor is now open at the Singing Arrow Community Center. Pueblo artists, and descendants of the Carnué land grant, the exhibit explores the people, landscapes, and histories of Tijeras Canyon. Read more:

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Tijeras Cultural Corridor

Learn about the Tijeras Cultural Corridor.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 30/08/2026

TULUM, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO—Cave divers have documented a human skeleton approximately 656 feet inside a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The individual may have been placed there before rising seas inundated the cave system about 8,000 years ago. Read more:

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News - Another Ancient Human Skeleton Found in Mexico’s Underwater Cave System - Archaeology Magazine

QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO—Mexico News Daily reports that an eleventh skeleton has been found in the […]

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 29/08/2026

LOWER PECOS CANYONLANDS, TEXAS—A new report from The Guardian details concerns that proposed border-wall and vehicle-barrier construction in West Texas could damage or destroy ancient Indigenous rock art in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. Read more: buff.ly/Ki4nlcl

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Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’

The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 29/08/2026

ONLINE—Amerind Museum will host “Tradition, Innovation, and Technology: Living Legacies of Juan Quezada and the Mata Ortiz Ceramic Community” on Sept. 10. The presentation by Maren P. Hopkins and Kelsey E. Hanson explores master potter Juan Quezada and Mata Ortiz, Chih. Register: buff.ly/GcdYbuR

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 29/08/2026

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind.—The Archaeological Research Institute has archaeology events coming up, including a STEMtember Workshop on Sept. 5, a Guard Archaeological Preserve tour on Sept. 11, and an Artifact, Rock, and Fossil Identification Day and basket weaving Sept. 12. Read more: buff.ly/N8RdjXc

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Events and Talks | ARI

Have an interest in archaeology or want to know how to explore a career related to archaeology? Let ARI archaeologists walk you through the local history and how we explore that history. Our talks…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 28/08/2026

NICOLÁS BRAVO, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO—Archaeologists have documented more than 80 buildings at El Jefeciño, a previously unrecorded Maya settlement covering at least 247 acres. The site includes monumental platforms, vaulted buildings, and traces of mural painting. Read more:

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 28/08/2026

MONTREAL, CANADA—A 2,000-year-old pre-Hispanic bowl is being returned to Peru after it was identified at a Montreal auction house. The Nasca-style bowl had been listed for sale as part of a lot of three bowls before Peruvian authorities recognized its significance. Read more: buff.ly/6HqfOay

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RCMP contributes to the safe return of a 2,000-year-old Peruvian cultural artifact

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 28/08/2026

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO—The inaugural IndigenousWays Red Road Pow Wow will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds. The free, substance-free gathering will feature grand entry, intertribal dancing, cultural activities. Read more:

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Red Road Pow Wow - September — IndigenousWays

September 27, Sunday11 AM - 6 PM MT

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 27/08/2026

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History has formalized a partnership with the Quintana Roo Aquifer System Research Center to investigate and protect archaeological sites in cenotes, flooded caves, and other inland waters. Read more: buff.ly/Yw9yrFs

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Archaeologists map buried sacred precinct of the Aztec capital - Tenochtitlan

Archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have completed the first comprehensive altimetric survey of the area once occupied by the sacred precinct of the…

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 26/08/2026

SALEM, OREGON—A public archaeology project is continuing its investigation of the Oregon Mission Indian Manual Labor Training School, which operated during the 19th century on what is now the Willamette University campus. Read more:

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 26/08/2026

ONLINE—Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Third Thursday Food for Thought series will feature “Defining the Main Plaza and Ritual Use of Space in the Ceremonial Precinct at Paquimé” by archaeologist Michael D. Mathiowetz on Oct. 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Arizona/MST More information: buff.ly/yJh9GkB

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 26/08/2026

ALTA, UTAH—Archaeologists have completed a second season of fieldwork at the remains of Alta’s 19th-century silver-mining boomtown. Following an emergency recovery prompted by construction in 2025, this summer’s excavation examined buildings along Water Street. Read more: buff.ly/HcRMth2

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A Second Season of Discovery at Alta | Utah State Historic Preservation Office

The Utah State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest returned to the mountains this summer for a second year of archaeological excavation at Alta.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 25/08/2026

We had the honor of dedicating the New Mexico landscape that encompasses Pueblo San Marcos as the Mark Michel Archaeological Preserve. Mark founded The Archaeological Conservancy in 1980 and served as its president for 44 years. Watch a video of the dedication: buff.ly/46dX0Jw

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 25/08/2026

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—Archaeologists have identified part of the earthen redoubt constructed by American forces immediately before the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. Excavations at Breed’s Hill recovered fired musket balls, gunflints, weapon fragments. Read more:

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Archaeologists find musket balls and fort linked to the Battle of Bunker Hill

An archaeological dig at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill has revealed ammunition used in the fight along with the outlines of an earthen fort built to protect the patriots fighting the British.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 25/08/2026

GATINEAU, QUEBEC, CANADA—The National Capital Commission’s free public archaeology program returns through Aug. 30 at Leamy Lake Park and, for the first time, Philippe Lake. Participants can work alongside archaeologists. Read more: buff.ly/NvacMwD

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NCC Public Archaeology Digs Are Back on August 4

Every day, we work to build an inspiring capital that is a source of pride for all Canadians.

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The Archaeological Conservancy @thearchcons.org · 25/08/2026

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, CAMPECHE, MEXICO—Archaeologists have documented Minanbé, an unlooted Maya city reached after an expedition through remote tropical forest. Evidence indicates that the city flourished between approximately A.D. 600 and 900. Read more:

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Undisturbed ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle

Minanbé, an intact site in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, sheds new light on the Maya Lowlands

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