Battles over battlefields

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The need to protect the site of Civil War as state or federal parks is discussed. It is mentioned that the in U.S the civil war heritage is in danger as more than one third of all principal civil war battlefields were either lost or were hanging into existence, and points out that within 10 years, the two thirds of the principal battlefields is expected to be lost, if there was no national policy on civil war battlefields preservation.

United States, Protection and preservation, United States history, 19th century AD, Domestic policy, Government programs, Battlefields, United States Civil War, 1861-1865

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Seeds of time

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Naomi Miller, who is a senior research scientist, at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, studies the different species of seeds. Her study, reveals that plant remains, reflect the impact of population, agriculture and industry on the environment.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Nursery and Floriculture Production, Pennsylvania, Seeds, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION--CROPS, Research Personnel, Officials and employees, Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Research scientists, Miller, Naomi

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Secrets of the seeds: a genius' love affair with plant remains

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Information on Lee Ann Newsom's research on ancient plant remains found from Michigan to Peru is given. Her intentions on how the fellowship money would be spent are presented.

Peru, Michigan, Plants, Plants (Organisms), Newsom, Lee Ann

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