James Dau
James Dau received his undergraduate degree in anthropology from Michigan Technological University, and has worked on sites of industrial heritage in both Michigan and New York. Now a writer, he seeks to raise public awareness of archaeological discoveries across the world. When he’s not writing, he’s busy exploring wherever he happens to be.
Rediscovering the Cliff Mine of Keweenaw
Tue, May 17, 2011
Archaeologists rediscover a part of 19th Century America's industrial past by unearthing the remains of a major mine and mining community in the U.S. heartland.
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Looking Deeper into Cliff Mine
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
Archaeologists from Michigan Technological University return to the site of a 19th century copper mine in northern Michigan in order to further understand its role in the shaping of American industrial technology.
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The Archaeology of Academia
Mon, Dec 05, 2011
Michigan State University explores archaeology we don't see right under own noses.
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Experience where fiction meets fact at the exciting new exhibition, Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology, beginning April 28, 2011 at the Montreal Science Center. This will be like an amusement park of learning for the whole family, with a rare collection of artifacts on loan from the National Geographic Society and the Penn Museum.
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Researched and written by Spanish colonial coin expert Carol Tedesco, the succinct, 40 page Treasure Coins of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha and the Santa Margarita answers all the most frequently asked questions about the fascinating and “most coveted and widely traded money on earth,” including what the coins look like when first discovered, the meanings of the various markings, how they are cleaned, conserved and graded, what they were worth in the 17th century, and the most up-to-date information on the names and periods of office of the men who made them. To order, see www.lostgalleons.com.
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