Anthropology and Archaeology

Museums & Galleries (The News Journal)

16 May 2008

"MayFair: A Celebration of the Arts." Artwork by members of Delaware by Hand Inc. Sat.-Sun. Carr Road, off I-95 at Marsh Road, Bellevue. 761-6963 or www.destateparks.com. Park entrance fee $3-$6.

'Be Proud of All Your Bloods' (The Norwich Bulletin)

16 May 2008

The faces, framed in 140 black and white squares, stare out from a wall just inside the gallery. They are the first faces to greet you at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center’s “Race: Are We So Different?� exhibit.

El Niño May Have Been Factor In Magellan's Pacific Voyage (Science Daily)

16 May 2008

Archaeologists show that Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions -- including what we now know as El Niño -- which eased his passage across the Pacific Ocean, but ultimately led him over a thousand miles from his intended destination.