archaeology News Archive
UM anthropologist develops technique to age and sex ancient fingerprints
April 20, 2020 —
There is an intimacy to studying ancient fingerprints, professor says, one that now seems more potent during a time of forced physical distancing
Alumni At Home: Yes, we have no dinosaurs
July 16, 2018 —
Donalee Deck’s career has turned her into a bit of a nomad
Wpg Free Press: Hot diggity… donkey?
April 30, 2018 —
Ancient house with revered animals buried under floor a modern-day mystery for University of Manitoba-led archeology excavation in Israel
Destroying antiquities, explaining ISIS
February 8, 2017 —
Professor Tina Greenfield gave a recent campus lecture arguing why we should care about ISIS destroying artifacts in the “cradle of civilization"
Desautels Faculty of Music
Some of our favourite stories of 2016
December 21, 2016 —
Through the course of the year over 1,500 stories were shared with the U of M community and these are some of our favourites
Faculty of Arts
CBC, CTV: Anthropology students digging at Lockport site for connections to Aboriginal agriculture
June 22, 2016 —
Nine anthropology students from the University of Manitoba have spent the past month digging at a heritage site on the Red River
US Embassy: Canadians Travel to United States for Program on Women in STEM Professions
March 22, 2016 —
Dr.Greenfield goes to Washington
St. Paul's College
WFP: Discovery of biblical city shares local connection
August 17, 2015 —
U of M professor worked at site where David slew Goliath
i24: The gate through which Goliath passed?
August 4, 2015 —
The University of Manitoba is involved in an archaeological dig in Israel that may have uncovered structures and an entrance gate to the Philistine city of Gath, once home to the giant biblical Goliath, media reports.
On the menu: giant sloth
March 7, 2012 —
U of M researcher helps confirm that about 13,500 years ago some North Americans cut into the meat of the giant Jefferson Ground Sloth for the first time.