Students look to unearth history at Fort Vancouver
In 1852, a Hawaiian native operated a one-man cooper’s shop at Fort Vancouver, assembling wooden barrels for the Hudson’s Bay Company’s global trading empire. » More …
In 1852, a Hawaiian native operated a one-man cooper’s shop at Fort Vancouver, assembling wooden barrels for the Hudson’s Bay Company’s global trading empire. » More …
Washington State University researchers have found that the more hunter-gatherers smoke cannabis, the less they are infected by intestinal worms. The link suggests that they may unconsciously be, in effect, smoking medical marijuana. » More …
A new study in PLOS ONE shows for the first time that epigenetic marks on DNA can be detected in a large number of ancient human remains. This could improve understanding about the effects of famine and disease in the ancient world. » More …
Shannon Tushingham, assistant director of the Washington State University Museum of Anthropology, will receive the 2015 WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award during an 11 a.m. reception Tuesday, May 12, in the Terrell Library Atrium.
The award recognizes a non-library WSU faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries. » More …
Climate change may be responsible for the abrupt collapse of civilization on the fringes of the Tibetan Plateau around 2000 B.C.
WSU archaeologist Jade D’Alpoim Guedes and an international team of researchers found that cooling global temperatures at the end of the Holocene Climatic Optimum, a 4,000 year period of warm weather, would have made it impossible for ancient people on the Tibetan Plateau to cultivate millet, their primary food source. » More …