@aprilsMuseum

Managing Archaeology of the Americas collection, Royal Ontario Museum @ROMtoronto. Interested in archaeology of Western Hemisphere, Museums. Opinions mine.

 Toronto, Canada
rom.on.ca/en/collections-research/rom-staff/april-hawkins
Joined October 2011
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10,000 yrs of #Toronto history in 8 objects. Listen: bit.ly/1oC7Bnn Experience: rom.on.ca/TOunderfoot
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Saw you play Wednesday! Sending some love from Toronto, we love you DeMar! Wish you were still here @DeMar_DeRozan @NBA
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Keep it going. You can make a difference: • Actively listen to Indigenous voices • Contact your MPs and local officials AGAIN • Push for the TRC's recommendations • Stand up to prejudice and stereotypes • Be patient, empathetic and receptive
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Brilliant new definition of archaeology from @profdanhicks ! Can’t wait for my copy of my new favourite book #TheBrutishMuseums ! Knew I had to have a copy when I started applauding irl while reading the intro in my electronic library copy 🔥👏💪 – at Huntsville, Ontario
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Anyone surprised? nationalgeographic.com/news/…

Five of Museum of the Bible's Dead Sea Scrolls are forgeries

With the museum’s support, scholars are racing to understand the disputed Biblical texts.

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New ethical policy for Indigenous Research gazette.mun.ca/research/hist… – at Toronto, Ontario

Historic approval

Memorial has a groundbreaking new Indigenous research policy.

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Rep @AOC: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."
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Post-Doc position @ROMtoronto in Ontario Archaeology: rom.on.ca/en/node/22985
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A collector in the United States has handed over some 3,500 tongue-shaped copper coins, which are thought to have been used in what are now the southwestern Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacán between A.D. 1200 and 1500, to Mexican authorities. archaeology.org/news/8331-20…
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Call for applications! 2020-21 Art & Culture Internship Program @ROMtoronto rom.on.ca/en/blog/department…
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I’m glad to see that museums are starting to understand that having a curator of provenance is the cost-effective (as well as legal and ethical) way to go. Congratulations!
Victoria Reed@Victoria_S_Reed6 Jan 2020
Congratulations to @Antonia_Bartoli who will be Yale Art Gallery's first curator of provenance!
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Welcome to Washington, DC, ⁦@archaeology_aia⁩! We’re thrilled to see such a focus on fighting #culturalracketeering this year and thank the organization for its continued leadership on this issue.🏺❤️🏺 archaeological.org/programs/…

Annual Meeting - Archaeological Institute of America

Information on the Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the Society for Classical Studies (SCS)

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Thank you to the AIA #aiascs2020 for honoring me with this award and its recognition of the importance of cultural heritage preservation and the collaborative efforts of so many.
Antiquities Coalition@CombatLooting4 Jan 2020
Our sincere congratulations to Dr. @PGerstenblith, recipient of this year’s outstanding public service award from @archaeology_aia, as well as the profession’s other leaders being honored tonight! #AIASCS
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With his groundbreaking 1973 book, The Plundered Past, Karl E. Meyer brought much needed attention to the growing crisis of cultural racketeering. As a journalist he also covered some of the most important stories of his lifetime. Our thoughts are with his family and friends…
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Karl Meyer was one of the first to understand and publicize the damage caused by the trade in looted antiquities. We owe him a debt of gratitude.
vj @ poetryinstone 🇮🇳@poetryinstone24 Dec 2019
washingtonpost.com/local/obi… The Plundered Past” (1973) he described an international market for stolen artwork and historical artifacts. He revealed an underground network of smugglers, including the discovery that a New York dealer built an airstrip in Mexico to fly out the intact.

Karl E. Meyer, Washington Post journalist and versatile author, dies at 91

He chronicled Castro’s rise in Cuba, was a foreign correspondent and wrote editorials and numerous books.

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“In Germany these objects have no meaning, just a number. In Namibia they have stories.” Powerful paper by Golda !Ha-Eiris #100HistoriesOf100Objects
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Museum Quai Branly loaning important feather sash to French Polynesia. Negotiated state to state. Quai%20Branly%20to%20send%20fragment%20of%20feather%20belt%20worn%20by%20first%20King%20of%20Tahiti%20back%20to%20Polynesia:%20 theartnewspaper.com/news/qua…
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Have You Seen a Benin Bronze in an Art Museum? The Guardian Launches a Campaign to Locate and Return African Art | artnet News news.artnet.com/art-world/be… – at Toronto, Ontario

Have You Seen a Benin Bronze in an Art Museum? The 'Guardian' Launches a Campaign to Locate and...

The Guardian newspaper is appealing for information on Benin Bronzes in the UK as part of a growing pressure on museums to restitute.

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Island on California Coast is Returned to Indigenous Tribe in Unprecedented Restoration of Land Rights goodnewsnetwork.org/eureka-c… – at Toronto, Ontario

Island on California Coast is Returned to Indigenous Tribe in Unprecedented Restoration of Land...

Eureka, California, formally transferred ‘Indian Island’ back to the Wiyot Tribe—an ‘unprecedented moment’ for indigenous people who got their land back.

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Skeletons and closets: How one university reburied the dead theconversation.com/skeleton… via @TC_Africa – at Toronto, Ontario
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