With 26 teams competing for the Google Lunar X Prize to become the first private organization to put a spacecraft on the moon, the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 sites may be the most distant cultural resources destined for historic preservation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/science/space/a-push-for-historic-preservation-on-the-moon.html?_r=1&ref=science

Research by ASU archaeologist Michael Barton indicates that the Neanderthals’ unique ability to adapt to climate change may have actually contributed to their disappearance.

http://news.discovery.com/history/neanderthals-adapt-climate-change-111118.html?ewrd=1

The recipient of the 2011-2012 Lister Fellowship is using mass spectrometry to research what turquoise found at archaeological sites in Mesoamerican and the American Southwest reveals about exchange networks and social interactions.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/us/ruins-of-oldest-us-protestant-church-may-be-at-jamestown.html?_r=4&hp

Archaeologists at Jamestown have uncovered the remains of what they believe is America’s first Protestant church, where Pocahontas was baptized and married to John Rolfe in . . . → Read More: Location of America’s First Celebrity Wedding Found at Jamestown

Georgia, recovered an assemblage of 16th century Spanish artifacts, including glass beads. The investigations were organized by the Fernbank Museum of Natural History and partly funded by National Geographic’s Committee for Research and Exploration. Archaeologists believe the Glass Site was an important village at the time of Spanish conquest and exploration. By reviewing journal . . . → Read More: Conquistador Was Deep in U.S.: “Stunning” Jewelry Find Redraws Route?