MARU Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University

05/27/2026

https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/off-the-grid/sgang-gwaay-british-columbia-canada/

Saving an ancestral Haida village after a devastating storm

05/24/2026

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05/22/2026

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/speculation-and-egregious-failure-30-researchers-publish-scathing-critiques-of-study-that-questioned-date-of-early-human-occupation-of-monte-verde-in-chile?fbclid=IwY2xjawR8jDlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeMIgyUiKda3RrFMHiYgXoPkOeNiApAw04KlCw3JbcmEM2l8NS8PfXqIAFrnA_aem_rHYgJBjG8Nsr0LL1ncYSAw

Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile is much younger than shown.

05/21/2026

https://www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-dingo-burial-site-reveals-a-strong-bond-with-indigenous-peoples-in-australia-49128?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Learn more about a dingo skeleton uncovered at an ancient burial site — and what the remains reveal about its connection to the Barkindji people.

05/20/2026

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Who were the earliest people in the Americas? For much of the past 80 years, scholars have thought that they were members of the Clovis culture. But a new discovery from the Gault site in central Texas offers robust evidence for far earlier arrivals—projectile points, blades, and flake tools dating to between 20,000 and 16,000 years ago.

archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2019/collection/texas-gault-site-stone-tools/top-10-discoveries-of-2018/

(📸 Produced by N. Velchoff, © The Gault School of Archaeological Research)

05/14/2026

Congratulations to all of Rowan's 2026 Anthropology graduating seniors! Your professors are very proud of you and MARU's door will always be open for you to come back and tell us about your accomplishments!

05/14/2026

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Cambridge University, England, United Kingdom, has formally transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in its Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM).

The university described the move as a major step in its ongoing efforts to address the colonial-era dispossession of cultural heritage.

The decision, announced on Monday, followed a formal request by the NCMM in January 2022 for the return of objects taken by British troops during the 1897 sacking of Benin City. The university’s Governing Council supported the claim, and authorisation was subsequently granted by the UK Charity Commission.

The artefacts, mainly cast in brass, as well as ivory and wooden sculptures, were seized during the so-called ‘Punitive Expedition’ mounted by British forces in February 1897, following a violent trade dispute the previous month.

SOURCE:

https://punchng.com/cambridge-university-returns-116-benin-artefacts-to-nigeria/

05/10/2026

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05/07/2026

And she was an anthropologist.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DUphAJkah/

04/29/2026

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-big-database-of-dna-from-indigenous-americans-shakes-up-scientific-theories-about-human-settlement-of-south-america-180988628/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=4282026&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwY2xjawReLXBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeXOoQh_WJvY2uiJeb-sYFUSIyUwFVoh4nN5vHufiF5qI0Wf1HREcPeK6PFgA_aem_IrPGf3FxbNrXEtt6mvFrMA

Genomic data provides evidence for a previously unknown wave of migration, with Indigenous groups living in central and southern Mexico spreading into South America and the Caribbean starting around 1,300 years ago