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HIttite-Egyptian Correspondence Tablet Found
Article in the Al-Ahram reports the find of a Hittite tablet message sent from King Hattusli II to Ramses II and is thought to be part of diplomatic
Prehistoric Footpaths in Costa Rica
Science Daily News reports on Payson Sheets' latest expeditions to Costa Rice, this time using NASA archaeologists and remote sensing specialists to identify
Risk Conversion
Brian Kenny, editor of the not-for-profit archaeological newsletter and website on southwestern archaeology called SWAnet, makes a plea for support.
World Archaeological Congress 4
A trip to South Africa makes a convincing argument that we should all try to get to more World Archaeological Congresses
Alice Beck Kehoe on tolerance for ambiguity. - Archaeology
A quote from Kehoe's 1998 book, the Land of Prehistory.
IgNobel Prizes on CNN
CNN has a story on the IgNobel prizes, given out at Harvard in early October: 'IgNobels' honor founder of dead people club
Iron Age Warrior Found in Norfolk
EDP24 News reports on excavations at an Iron Age site near Mildenhall has found, along with buildings, pottery and flint tools, the remnants of a muscular chap
Rock Markings in Northumberland
BBC news report describes findings in Northumberland of several deeply incised marks in stone that they can't identify to culture, suggesting possible recent
Acheulian Site in India
Report in New Scientist on Michael Petraglia's investigations at 1.7 million year old site in the southwest Indian state of Kamataka. The title is Early Humans
Camille Paglia on voyages to the past - Archaeology
From Paglia's 1999 article in the Wall Street Journal stating that archaeology is unfairly maligned.
IgNobel from Hot Air
Ah, here it is: the IgNobel Home Page, from the Annals of Improbable Research, highlinghting this year's winners. The Ig Nobel Web Page
Ozymandias
A poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley on the frailness of political power expressed as an archaeological site.
A Guide to Graduate Schools in Archaeology
Whether you're looking for a graduate school, a contact to explain some esoteric culture or time period, or just a way to keep up with academic archaeology
Space, Society, and Six Degrees of.. Whom?
An article from Space.com reports on an interesting project from members of the space scientific community which is of interest to public scientists everywhere.
Walt Kelly on the view behind us - Archaeology
Quote of the day from the creator of Pogo, from the book Impollutable Pogo published in 1970.
Steamboat Excavations
The Star-Telegram has a story about an underwater investigations by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M on a
A Guide to Graduate Schools in Archaeology: FAQ
The Guide to Graduate Schools in Archaeology generated a collection of excellent questions. So, here are the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and the Relatively
Fort Hood Excavations to be Led by Mercyhurst
A news story in NEPA News (Northeastern Pennyslvania) reports that Mercyhurst College just won a big fat contract from Fort Hood in Texas to spend a year
A Maya elder on the importance of knowing your past - Archaeology
A Maya elder, speaking of the need to maintain Mayan ethnicity in the face of the conflict in Guatemala. Quoted in a 1997 article in Cultural Survival Quarterly
Remains, a poem by David Mason
Poet David Mason reflects on the safety he finds in death
B. S. Johnson on the Future of Architecture
A quote from Bergholt Stuttley Johnson, Ankh-Morpor's most acclaimed architect, quoted in that rascal Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms.
Beneath Sydney
Excavations in downtown Sydney, Australia revealed evidence of the 1820s maritime occupations: Houses beneath houses as another Sydney is revealed
Çatalhöyük: Urban Life in Neolithic Anatolia
Çatalhöyük is one of the earliest urban centers in the world; and Ian Hodder's study of its shrines has included the most forward-thinking and vital work in
Guardian's Stonehenge Story
A bit more on the laser show at Stonehenge is reported in the Guardian: Lasers reveal Stonehenge's 'art gallery'
Near Eastern Archaeology
From the American Museum of Natural History, a website on the ancient city of Petra, designed in conjunction with an exhibit.
Rock Art found at Stonehenge
A BBC News story reports that lasers have been used to identify two previously unknown rock carvings at Stonehenge. Lasers uncover Stonehenge secrets
Carl Sagan, on the loss of the library at Alexandria
A quote from Carl Sagan's Cosmos on the lesson we should learn from the burning of the Library at Alexandria.
Karen Olsen Bruhns, Customs Agent
Karen Olsen Bruhns, archaeologist at San Franscisco State University, discusses her second job as a United States custom agent tracking illegally imported
Miami Stone Circle to be Buried
Archaeologists plan to bury the Miami Stone Circle until they can figure out a way to make it safely open to the public, according to this story in the Miami
Three Gorges: Baiheliang
An article in China News reports on the investigations at Baiheliang, a Tang Dynasty site recorded before the reservoir at Three Gorges was filled:
Bone, Boats, and Bison
A review of E. James Dixon's Bones, Boats, and Bison, in which he discusses the latest concepts of how the Americas were first colonized.
Chaco Mystery Solved?
One of the most interesting questions at Chaco has always been---how the heck did they feed everybody? Research from Linda Cordell suggests that some of the
Palenque Slab Found
Article in China Daily reports on the discovery of a carved stone stele at Palenque: 1,200 year-old slab from Mayan ruins site in southern Mexico
Patrick Henry on the lamp guiding his feet
From a 1775 speech to the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry knows what the light of knowledge looks like.
Why be an Archaeologist?
This NYT article is the result of an interview with Craig Morris, co-curator of the new American Museum of Natural History's exhibit on Petra, discussing why he
Baghdad Looting Update
This week, an interview with the lead investigator into the looting at the Baghdad museum appears in Archaeology magazine's online features: A Conversation
Calusa Investigations
An article in the Herald Tribune discusses John Worth's investigations into Calusa period sites in Florida: Mysteries of the Calusa
New Scientist on Laser Imaging at Stonehenge
A New Scientist article has a picture of the images from Wessex Archaeology, taken at Stonehenge and reported to show axeheads.
NPS investigations at Monocacy to Begin
Excavations at Monocacy National Battlefield are set to begin this week, in a suspected slave community dated to the late 18th-early 19th centuries, according
Susan Sontag on vanishing beauty
Writer Susan Sontag, in her essay Melancholy Objects comments on the past
5th Century Chapel Found
News article in the Telegraph reports on Bristol University's excavations at a Roman villa in Bradford that turns out to include a 5th century chapel Telegraph
John Guare on Amnesia and History - Archaeology
Playwright John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation), from a 1990 interview in the International Herald Tribune.
Looting in Asia
The online version of Time has a lengthy article on the problem of looting in Asia---although why the writer thinks archaeologists joke about looting is beyond
Pompeii: Buried in Ages
Arguably the best known archaeological site in the world--and one of the best documented on the web.
13,000 BP Skeleton Found off Texas
A news article in the Star Telegram reports that US Fish and Wildlife Service workers found a human skeleton off the Gulf Coast of Texas with a c14 date of
Non-Human Use of Fire?
Okay, maybe the story got garbled in translation, but what it says on the Discovery Channel website is that archaeologist Helena Cave Penny has found an
Robert L. Bettinger, on the cost of doing business
Archaeologist Robert L. Bettinger, from a paper he gave at the SAA meetings in 1998.
2.6 MYA Site Found
According to an article by John Noble Wilford in the NYT, researchers in Ethiopia have found a site with both stone tools and fossilized animal bone in the Afar
Ancient Faces?
This falls in the category of too weird to ignore, archaeologist Pietro Gaietto claims to have found a piece of portable art with a face carved into it, that
Military Road Found in NY
Evidence suggesting intact bits of an 18th century Military road through upstate New York is reported in this article in Newsday: Old road with a bloody past
Nathan Light on the mental prison of modern myths
Archaeologist Nathan Light, from a 1999 article in the now-defunct Discovering Archaeology called Tabloid Archaeology: Is television trivializing science?
African-American Archaeology.
A new email discussion list for the Archaeology of the African Diaspora in the New World. Membership is open to anyone having a serious interest in researching
Ancient Synagogue Found in Albania
From Science Daily, a report from Hebrew University of Jerusalem investigations at a site in the city o fSaranda, Albania, which identified a 5th-6th century
Jeremy Sabloff on archaeology's role models
From Sabloff's article Communication and the future of archaeology, published in American Anthropologist in 1999.
Stephen Dedalus (James Joyce) on how he feels about history
From James Joyce's bizarre and wonderful classic novel Ulysses.
Grahame Clark on wasting one's life
From Clark's 1993 book called A Path to Prehistory, as cited in Brian Fagan's 2003 book called Grahame Clark: An Intellectual Biography of an Archaeologist.
The History of the Maya Codices
From FAMSI, another fabulous website, this one by Randa Marhenke on the history of the Maya Codices, and including downloadable pdf files of the codices
Confucius on diligence
A few words from a very wise man.
John Pohl's Mesoamerica
Another great page from FAMSI, this one an introduction to the archaeology, geography, history, and writing of central America.
The Great Michigan Hoax
From the Grand Rapids Press, an interview with Michigan State Archaeologist John Halsey on a local hoax purporting to explain the ancient settlement of
Colin Renfrew Calls It Looting
IN a speech to the University of Pennsyvlania Museum, Cambridge University archaeologist Colin Renfrew accused museums and private collectors of indirectly
Herman Melville on the Textbook of Tyrants
A comment on the past from the writer of Moby Dick, taken from his 1850 book called White-Jacket.
Manual for Sampling Pollen, Starch, and MacroFloral Samples
From Paleoresearch Institute, a commercial laboratory conducting pollen and phytolith analyses among others, a manual on how to correctly sample for such
Oscar Wilde on our duty to history
Ah, Oscar Wilde: at least he clearly believed in modern historians... from his 1891 book called The Critic as Artist.
Sikait
American-Dutch research in the Egyptian Eastern Desert have included among other things, excavations in Sikait, the only large-scale emerald mine of the Roman
Ancient Ephesus
From Umit Yoruk at the Kusadesi web site, a vast wealth of information on the ancient city of Ephesus.
Fort Edwards
Eighteenth century home of Joseph Edwards, and a fort during the French and Indian Wars; this website is from the Fort Edwards Foundation, and it has a lot of
Spying and Conspiring
Archaeological imperialism at its ugliest; our dark history as spies for our various western governments is discussed in this article in Khilafah called:
William Least Heat-Moon on the lack of yesterdays on the road
From his 1983 classic road trip, Blue Highways
Bethsaida Findings
An article in Haaretz describing recent research by Rami Arav at Bethsaida, called Judging by these remains, the Tanakhic description is anchored in reality
Justin Kerr's Maya Rollouts
Article in Archaeology magazine describes the career of Justin Kerr, whose Maya rollout images have graced the FAMSI pages: Picture Perfect
Lindesay on the Great Wall
Archaeology magazine this month has an article by William Lindesay on the Great Wall of China, called In the Shadow of the Wall
Linear B (Cambridge)
From the Mycenaean Epigraphy Group at Cambridge University Classics department, a new page on Linear B celebrating the 50th anniversary of the decipherment by
Tea Leoni on how she almost became an anthropologist - Archaeology
Sometimes even anthropologists get a break... from an article in the San Jose Mercury News from December 1997.
American Journeys
A fabulous collection of documents pertaining to the colonization of the American continents, from Eric the Red to George Catlin. From the Institute of Museum
Hierakonpolis, City of the Hawk
Renee Friedman discusses the history of the ancient city of Hierakonpolis this month in Archaeology magazine: City of the Hawk
Aurel Stein: Hero or Goat?
The BBC news targets one of archaeology's Achilles heels: archaeology's underpinnings were based on cultural artifacts stolen from a lot of countries. A
History of Medieval Cyprus
A feature article in the Cyprus Weekly by Barbara Lyssarides describes how the legal system worked on Cyprus during the Middle Ages. Crime and Punishment in
Looting Stymied in Guatemala
An article in the Tennesseean discusses how quick work by Vanderbilt University and the National Geographic Society have tracked down a 600-pound stela from a
Looting Stymied in Guatemala
An article in the Tennesseean discusses how quick work by Vanderbilt University and the National Geographic Society have tracked down a 600-pound stela from a
Looting Stymied in Guatemala
An article in the Tennesseean discusses how quick work by Vanderbilt University and the National Geographic Society have tracked down a 600-pound stela from a
Michael Goodchild on maintaining intellectual depth
Geographer Michael Goodchild reflects on the trouble with specialization. From an interview with Nadine Schuurman, published in Environment and Planning D:
Yearning for Yemen
Archaeologist Juris Zarins from Southwest Missouri Stte discusses how modern times have affected his research: Conversations: A Yearning for Yemen
Cavemen at the BBC
The BBC has a new page on prehistoric peoples, which they, of course, call Cavemen: BBCi - Science - Cavemen
Grants.Gov: Science
An electronic storefront to assist in getting Federal money out of the United States Government for that project you've always had in mind.
Stephen H. Lekson on influential mythologies
Lekson quotes the most influential archaeologist of our day, Henry Jones, Jr., in his 1999 book The Chaco Meridian.
The Digital Michelangelo Project
From Stanford University, a project to digitize the works of Michelangelo, creating 3D computer models for each statue, architectural setting, and map fragment.
WAC Discussion List
New email discussion list developed to discuss the World Archaeological Congress adn its various activities.
Deagan on the ethnic stew of Latin America
From her 1996 article Colonial transformation: Euro-American culturan genesis in the early Spanish American colonies, from the Journal of Anthropological
Mausop Site, Massachusetts
Story in Boston University's BU Bridge on research at an interesting site in Massachusetts. Student analyzes Native American artifacts found beneath Quincy
Quotes from Henry Jones, Jr.
For reasons that can't have anything to do with the new DVD release, CNN has a list of quotes from the Indiana Jones movies: Memorable lines from the 'Indiana
Ramesses I Returned
According to this report on Reuter's, the Carlos Museum of Atlanta, Georgia returned the mummy thought to be Ramesses I to Cairo; and Egypt's secretary-general
Science Friday: Oetzi
Ira Flatow's Science Friday spent an hour on the new findings about Oetzi. Hear the tape: Alpine Iceman / Bat News
Thera Eruption Discussed
Article in the NYT discusses Santorini's eruption 3000 years ago. Scientists Revisit an Aegean Eruption Far Worse Than Krakatoa
Margaret Mead Film Festival
The American Museum of Natural History will hold a film and video festival featuring the work of anthropologist Margaret Mead on November 6-9, 15 and 16, 2003.
Uncommon Ground
The difference between how the public and the archaeological community view the sacredness of a cultural resource.
Chunnel Archaeological Archive
An article in the Guardian Unlimited describes the archaeological archive assembled during the work invested in the Chunnel's building, including among other
DOI Funding Falls Short
Article in the US Newswire reports that the Americans for National Parks are concerned that the latest Department of Interior bill has too little money set
J. W. Schopf on pond scum
Attributed to paleobiologist J. William Schopf, this quote should find its way to many college archaeology classes.
Pompeii: Portents of Disaster
From BBC News, a page on why the warning signs of impending eruption were ignored by the people of Pompeii includes a great deal of information on what the
Albert Einstein on the cosmic religious experience of science
Not sure where this quote comes from; I found it floating around on the web and Bartleby's says it was quoted in the newspapers when Einstein died.
Context is Everything
An investigation of the concept of context in archaeological research and why archaeologists get so bent out of shape over looting and antique collections
Hadrian's Wall in Trouble
BBC News reports that a route along Hadrian's Wall crosses England is far too popular for its own good: Popular Roman path needs repairs
Lost Norse Colony Not Found
CBC reports the results of the research of Gisli Palsson and Agnar Helgason searching for a reported Norse/Inuit colony: DNA tests debunk blond Inuit legend
Protecting Uruk
The Art Newspaper reports this week that although the Americans didn't list protection of the ancient Sumerian site of Uruk was part of the administration of
Vindolanda Tablets
An online store of images and English translations of the tablets unearthed at the Roman site of Vindolanda, dated to the late first and early second centuries
Allie Fox on evolution's joke
This rant is from Theroux's great creepy novel, The Mosquito Coast, although I cheated on the last sentence, which in the book is after some more ranting about
Digging through Darkness
Archaeologist Carmel Schrire describes and defines her career and experiences excavating in colonial period South Africa sites with a collection of
Monastic Matrix
A scholarly page dedicated to the study of women's religious communities between 400 and 1600 AD.
Oetzi an Italian?
Isotppic investigations suggest that Oetzi, the 6,000 year old fellow found frozen in the Alps a few years ago, was born in the South Tyrol: Iceman mystery
Too Much Information!
Article in the BBC News reports of the enormous surge in information collected in our Information Age: World drowning in oceans of data
Articulations: Chatting with Archaeologists
An archive of nine chat transcripts with today's working archaeologists.
Cascadia EarthQuake Traced
Evidence of the Great Cascadia earthquake of 1700 AD has been identified in the form of a shipwreck off the island of Honshu, Japan, according to this news
Council for West Virginia Archaeology
Thanks to reader Roger W for the tip on this website, maintained by professional archaeologists in the state and with loads of good info on West Virginia
Praetzellis on tolerating ambiguity
This quote is from Praetzellis' entertaining (!) introduction to theoretical studies in archaeology called Death by Theory.
Settlement of Europe
A study published in the Journal of Quaternary Science this month reports that human immigration into late glacial Britain was quite rapid: Humans Sped to
TechnoPagans
An alternative megalithic site, exploring the Celtic religious and artistic elements of henges and related sites, what webmaven Cerridwen Connelly calls a Book
The Tall Poet Unearthed
A dreadful story in Yahoo News reports that scientists plan to dig up the 15th century poet Petrarch, to find out if he really was as tall as he was said to
American Notes: Travels in America 1750-1920
A digital collection of manuscripts from the Library of Congress, sure to be enormously useful and fun for the researcher and afficionado alike.
Barbara Bocek on bioturbation
The article this quote comes from should be in every archaeologist's filing cabinet: The Jasper Ridge reexcavation experiment: Rates of artifact mixing by
GSA: Climate role in evolution
A news report from the Geological Society of America meetings in Seattle beginning next week previews an upcoming session on climate and evolution: Debate
Limpopo River Valley Field School 2004
3 June-30 June and 26 July-22 August, 2004. University of Witswatersrand. Tours, classes, and excavations at paleoanthropological sites in the Makapan Valley of
Suthon Sukphisit Ploenpote Atthakor
The Bangkok Post reports that art historian Suthon Sukphisit Ploenpote Atthakor has died: Art historian Subhadradis dies aged 80
The Post-Modernist Maury Povich
A gruesome exercise in multivocality on archaeological science on the Fox News Network proves what some modern television personalities think of when they think
Guy Fawkes Analysis
A report in New Scientist describes investigations into the 16th-century political Gunpowder Plot planned by Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament and kill the king
Inagina, Last House of Iron
A documentary from the University of Geneva captures the ancient processes of iron smelting in West Africa
Lisa Maurizio on the meaning of the Oracle at Delphi
A quote from Maurizio's 1997 Classical Antiquity article called Delphic Oracles as Oral Performances: Authenticity and Historical Evidence.
More on the Repatriation Movement in the UK
BBC News reports on the latest battles in the repatriation movement in the United Kingdom: Indigenous people win bone battle
Pleistocene Glacier News
Another article on the upcoming Geological Society of America meetings, this one on Bruce Bjornstad's research on pleistocene glacial movement in Montana, from
An Archaeology PhD by Email
The University of Leicester has developed an innovative distance learning program in archaeology, providing exciting new possibilities.
Deep Rooted
An article in New Scientist reports on Leslea Hlusko's research (published in Current Anthropology) attempting to find the reason for grooves cut into hominid
Donna Gabaccia on the immigrant paradigm
From Gabaccia's 1999 article in The Journal of American History called Is everywhere nowhere? Nomads, nations, and the immigrant paradigm of United States
Indian Mounds of Mississippi
A website from the National Park Service on several mound sites in the state of Mississippi (not necessarily Mississippian in period).
New Windover Findings
An article in the Tampa Bay Florida newspaper reports new ethnobotany findings from the Windover site: Seed Study Breathes Life In Old Remains
Thang Long royal citadel found under parliament construction
According to a news report in IOL, excavations in advance of a new parliament building in Hanoi have uncovered part of the remains of the Thang Long royal
CFP: 7th Maritime Heritage Conference
the National Park Service has published its call for papers for the 7th Maritime Heritage Conference, next October in Virginia. What's New - Maritime Heritage
History of Gadgetry
Zoe Williams' column in the Guardian Unlimited this week is a humorous look at the history of gadgets Heroes of their hour
Inca Site Found Near Machu Picchu
News story in Reuters discusses the new discovery by Hugh Thomson and Gary Zeigler of an Incan site near the town of Llactapata, 50 miles from Machu Picchu:
Red Ocher @ 90,000 years BP
According to an article in Science News online, from an article in the October Current Anthropology by Erella Hovers, red ochre has shown up in 90,000 year old
Sellar and Yeatman on what history is
From the 1930 book called 1066 and all that
Somebody Murdered Chaucer?
Terry Jones has a new book coming out called Who Murdered Chaucer that he doesn't want to talk to the Discovery Channel about, but it seems to be a serious
Banjo Studies
This is cool: a scientific study backing up what American banjo players have known for a long time. That a banjo is darn-near infinitely adjustable: Physicist
Looking for Spinoza
Interesting interview in New Scientist with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on what 17th century philosopher Spinoza can do for us in the modern world: Virtue
Robertston Davies on archaeologists and domestic architecture
A quote of the day from the 1991 novel Murther and Walking Spirits.
The Archaeological Field School
Want to gain experience in archaeology? Thinking about a career or just looking for some interesting things to do with your summer vacation? Then the field
How to Avoid Snakebite
A fictionalized account of an archaeological field experience in the mountains of New Mexico, where the two-legged variety of snakes don't always succeed in
Working in the Dark
CSU at Monterey is having electrical problems; their archaeology laboratory lost its electricity at the end of October and it might be a while before it goes
Chaoshan site uncovered
A story in China Daily reporting from the Fifth Chao Studies International Seminar, describes the identification of kilns from a Hutoupu period site in
Doug Charles on shades of the past
A quote from Charles' 1992 article in American Anthropologist called Shading the past.
House Hunting: Archaeological Houses
Having a home--a place to be protected from the weather or your enemies--is a long-held need for Homo sapiens. This article is a guide to how house construction
Olmec Site contains human remains
Yahoo news reports on work of Carmen Fajardo at the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, who has been excavating an Olmec site outside of the
Alaskan Horse Extinction Studied
According to a BBC News report from an upcoming article in Nature, some researchers hypothesize the extinction of the horse from Alaska was the result of
"Streamlining" Cultural Resources Away
Ah.... gotta watch that Bush administration. According to a recent NYT article, the new transportation bill might have some sinister language in it, weakening
The Explorations of Dinah: An Old Pal
The further adventures of Dinah Abernathy, archaeologist and cranky old dame; visiting a professional meeting and debating the contract vs academic worlds.
Walt Kelly on the view behind us
A quote from Kelly's 1970 book of Pogo comic strips called Impollutable Pogo.
Captain Spaulding's greatest contribution to science
A quote from that great 1930 Marx Brothers' classic, Animal Crackers.
Excavations at Hoang Thanh reported
A Reuters story reports on excavations at the palace of sixth century AD town of Hoang Thanh, Viet Name Vietnam Unveils Ancient Artifacts from Excavation
L'Anse aux Meadows
Archaeological excavations in Newfoundland, Canada, reveal evidence of a failed Viking colony on the Atlantic shore of the American continent.
Bruce Trigger, on the implications of multiple standpoints
A quote from Trigger's 1998 article in the American Journal of Archaeology called Archaeology and epistemology: Dialoguing across the Darwinian chasm.
The Archaeology Channel
The Archaeology Channel is a non-profit source for archaeological videos and other multimedia projects; and it may very well be one of the best applications of
Them Athabaskan Bastards
Earlier this year, I published the lyrics of the archaeological song called Them Athabaskan Bastards. Recently, I received an email from archaeologist
Arid End to the Old Kingdom?
Researchers at St. Andrews have identified evidence that a severe drought impelled the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, at least according to this news story in
Clara Dice Roe demonstrates the problems with oral history
A couple of quotes from Bremer County, Iowa history on the Barber brothers, who were either no good horsethieves or misunderstood boys, depending on who you
Michael Ondaatje on Unsafely Settled Places
Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje is most famous in archaeological circles for writing The English Patient. This quote is from a short story of his in the
Seeking Atlantis Still
John Noble Wilford of the NYT repots on teh enduring legend of Atlantis: Will We Ever Find Atlantis?
Who owns the past?
Who owns the past? We all do. So, how can we best serve the past as archaeologists and interested people?
Aeschylus Manuscript Unwrapped
Part of a missing Aeschylus play on the Trojan War has surfaced, when pieces of a manuscript were identified as having been used to wrap a Ptolemaic mummy; the
B. S. Johnson on the Future of Architecture
From Terry Pratchett's hilarious Men at Arms
Computer Reconstructions
Dig Magazine has an interview with Kate Devlin on her work with computer reconstructions of archaeological sites: Interview with Kate Devlin: Computer
Massive Underwater Project Scheduled
A news item in the Mail and Guardian online reports on 4.2 million rand grant from the South African National Lotteries to investigated underwater shipwrecks.
Walt Whitman's Unnamed Lands
19th century American poet Walt Whitman describes his feeling for this past in this snippet from Leaves of Grass called Unnamed Lands.
Klasies River Caves
What does it mean to be human? Archaeological excavations at one of the earliest Homo sapiens site on the planet, the Klasies River Caves site in South Africa,
Talbott on the iceman
A winning quote from the 1997 Bulwer-Lytton contest.
Tweaking the Theory of Evolution
From ScienceDaily, a report on ongoing work at Michigan STate on how the process of evolution might have worked: Research Sheds New Light On Process Of
Unmasking Piltdown Man
A report from BBC News on a reconstruction of the renowned Piltdown Man hoax, including information about the original dig and who might have perpetrated the
Interview with John Noble Wilford
On the NYT website this week is an interview with long-time science journalist John Noble Wilford: Questions for . . .: John Noble Wilford
Llactapata: A Big Inca Discovery or What?
Mark Rose at Archaeology magazine remarks that the announcement by the Royal Geographical Society of the discovery of a new Inca site near Machu Picchu is a tad
Ruth Benedict on the purpose of anthropology
From Ruth Benedict, one of the pioneers in anthropology; and passed along to us by Sharlotte Neely.
Tall al-Umayri Reports
Reports from excavations at Tall al-Umayri in Jordan include the discovery of a stone burial structure dated t the Early Bronze Age: 5,000-year-old burials
The Archaeology of Death
A dip into the study of death and dying from an archaeological standpoint
Archaeology of Death: Encounter with a Dowser
Although it would be very nice to think that we could find the truth with a witching rod and the right attitude, most of the time you have to do archaeology the
T.H. Huxley on choosing one's grandfather
A pithy quote from one of the 19th centuries most forward of thinkers, known as Darwin's Bulldog.
Sleepy in Seattle
A trip to a Society for American Archaeology meetings sets off a chain of reactions: Just what is radical archaeology?
Lynn Meskell on the hope for archaeology
From Meskell's introduction to her book of collected essays called Archaeology Under Fire.
Emerson on personal preferences
Emerson, a transcendental poet from 19th century New England, had several things to say about the past; here's one.
On the Edge Archaeology
Okay, there are a lot of out there archaeological sites on the web--the ones that make a professional archaeologist's teeth grind. Is there a good reason to
Walt Whitman on the teeming gulf, the infinite greatness of the past
From Whitman's poem Passage to India, dated 1900 and part of Leaves of Grass.
Before Farming
A print/online hybrid, Before Farming is the journal designed for archaeologists and anthropologists researching hunter-gatherers past and present. First two
R. E. Taylor on Two Cultures
From Taylor's 2003 article in The Review of Archaeology called The 'Two Cultures' in American Anthropological Archaeology.
Star-Shaped Towers in Tibet
MSNBC presents a story on a documentary on some star-shaped towers in Tibet, soon to be shown on the Discovery channel: Towers to the Heavens
Techno Solutions to Cave Climate Problems
The Art Newspaper reports on a use of micro-computers called motes developed by the American Pentagon to study climate and conditions in caves in China: How
Timeline: The Ultimate Archaeology Trip
A book by Michael Crichton (and now a movie directed by Richard Donner) gives the meaning of archaeological field trip a new spin.
Where to Learn About Archaeology
News reports in the mainstream press do pass along some information, but even the most dedicated science writer among them can give archaeology only a passing
René Magritte on the odors of the present
Quoted in Suzi Gablik's 1970 biography of the painter, Magritte.
Teotihuacan: City of the Gods
Traveling to Mexico? Don't miss a visit to Teotihuacan, one of the most important cultural centers of the world during the 4th century AD.
World's Oldest Kitchen?
Discovery Channel is reporting results from the Gona hominid archaeological site in the Awash Valley on a finding of tools and broken animals bones in the same
Monte Alban
The ancient capital of the Zapotec state in the valley of Oaxaca, Mexico is well worth a visit
Tea Leoni on how she almost became an anthropologist
And we thought Hollywood people were dumb. From a 1997 interview with the actress printed in the San Jose Mercury News. Thanks to Michael Forstadt for the
Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World
Cultural resource management studies at the Mississippian site center on the Mississippi River near Saint Louis Missouri are described in this book edited by
Lauren Oya Olamina (Octavia Butler) on letting the past go
From Octavia Butler's 1998 science fiction novel, The Parable of the Talents.
Timeline: The Ultimate Archaeology Trip
The new Richard Donner movie Timeline starts today; here's a review of the book.
Cahokia
Go visit Cahokia! An earthen pyramid and city located just east of St. Louis Missouri had a population of at least 10,000 people around 1000 AD.
Ptahhotep on the limits of skill
A quote from the Old Kingdom (6th Dynasty) Egyptian book called The Instruction of Ptahhotep.
Chaco Canyon
Every trip to the American southwest should include a trip to the lovely Chaco Canyon.
Heinrich Himmler on doing archaeology right
As quoted in Bettina Arnold's 1992 article in Archaeology magazine, The Past as Propaganda.
The Good Caused by the Bone Box Controversy
An article in USA Today by Dan Vergano reports that sceptism is the order of the day after the embarrassing Bone Box episode: USATODAY.com - James ossuary
Vinland Map Supported
CNN is reporting on the status of the Vinland map research to date, researchers are trying to determine whether the map is real or not: New World map predates
Andrew Jones on perceiving the Neolithic
From Jones' 2001 book Archaeology Theory and Scientific Practice.
Cross-Bow Physics
EXN Canada has a little video movie on the physics of the cross bow: EXN.ca | Video
On Being a Scientist
What does being a scientist mean? Archaeological chemist Nikolaas van der Merwe gave this seminar to the newly organized graduate student association at the
Vinland Map Again
Eureka Alert has the news release straight from the American Chemical Society... Vindication for Vinland map: New study supports authenticity
Carl Sagan, on the loss of the library at Alexandria
From Sagan's romantic novel of a potential future, Cosmos.
Flimsy, Wooden Screen Adaptation
And, for a third ringing unendorsement, Stephen Holden of the NYR says the movie pounds you over the head with its noisy, ridiculous notions of medieval life:
Interview with Michael Blakey
Archaeology Magazine has an interview with physical anthropologist Michael Blakey on the investigations of the skeletal material from the African Burial Ground
Overblown and Stupid
And so did the Washington Post critic, Ann Hornaday (she says it resembles a Star Trek episode by way of Scooby Doo): 'Timeline': Overblown Blast From The
Pergamum
The Greek and Roman occupations at the Turkish city of Bergama, called Pergamum, have left numerous beautiful ruins to visit and remember.
Stupidly Stuck in the Past
The Washington Times critic Scott Galupo really really hated Timeline, the movie: Stuck in past of stupid 'Timeline'
Terracotta Army Research
New article in Nature describes a method developed to protect the surfaces of Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army: Terracotta Army saved from crack up: Plastic
West Nile did in Alexander the Great?
An article in Nature discusses the possibility that Alexander the Great may have died of a case of West Nile virus: West Nile Virus may have felled Alexander
Bagan Tower Underway
According to a Guardian Unlimited story dated 11/30, a tall viewing tower is being built in the middle of ancient Bagan, Myanmar, despite outcry from the World
Cave Paleontology Book
Science Daily gives a brief blurb on a new book by Blaine Schubert on Ice Age vertebrates recovered from caves Ice Cave Faunas of the Americas: Book Offers
Machu Picchu
A visit to Peru should not be undertaken unless you plan on visiting the fabulous fabled City of the Clouds, Inca Machu Picchu.
Sinclair Lewis on authenticity among scientists
From Lewis' 1924 novel of science and scientists called Arrowsmith.
Ephesus
Ephesus was an Ionian colony in western Turkey, first occupied in the 10th century and continuously occupied through Roman times.
Be Sure to Learn GPS Navigation
Not your average archaeology story, but this Cincinnati Enquirer news story turned up today, about some people who are working with GPS equipment to keep WWW
Cultural Resource Technologies
Scales, north arrows, and drawing scales for field investigations for sale at this web site; they also plan to add additional archaeology field equipment in the
Emperor Qin's Soldiers
Article in ScienceNews online on the terracotta soldiers' dilemma concerning the preservation of their polychrome finish: The March of History: Terra-cotta
Timothy Kaiser on the politics of archaeology in the Balkans
From Kaiser's 1994 article Archaeology and ideology in southeast Europe in the Kohl and Fawcett book Nationalism, Politics, and the Practice of Archaeology.
Violin Quality related to Climate
An article in Dendrochonologia reported in EurekAlert this week describes some work done on 17th and 18th century violins, suggesting that one of the reasons
Andrew Jones on perceiving the Neolithic
From Jones' 2001 book, Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice.
Indo European Discussions
Article in Nature reports on a new theory from linguists concerning the origination of the Indo-European family of languages: Language tree rooted in Turkey:
Machu Picchu: A Home in the Clouds
On a cloud-draped ridge between the two peaks lies the site of Machu Picchu, part of the estate of the Inca king Pachacuti, one of the glories of the ancient
New Museum/Archive for Chapel Hill
Vincas Steponaitis's lab just got a big fat grant to build a museum/archive for the collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; in this
Parthenon Frieze Repatriation
An article in last week's Guardian Unlimited discusses the case for returning Lord Elgin's marbles (swiped from the Parthenon in the mid-10th century) back to
Inge on why archaeology is a great occupation
And why historians have it easy: from his 1929 book on Assessments and Anticipations.
Pompeii: The Novel
Brett Leslie Correa reviews Robert Harris' new novel set in Roman era Pompeii at the time of the Vesuvius eruption; in Archaeology Magazine: Love Among the
Shipwreck at Playa Damas
Latest video from the Archaeology Channel is on the 16th century shipwreck found off the coast of Panama which maybe La Vizcaina: The Archaeology Channel
Ancient India at the British Museum
A new online display from the British Museum, is meant for middle school students and teachers, but interesting for nearly anybody on the cultures of India.
Ancient World Mapping Project
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a project to promote cartography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the
Spender on Wooden Ships
The poet Stephen Spender has a nice analogy for what history does best: Stephen Spender on wooden ships
The Stonehenge Project
This website is designed to help make Stonehenge more accessible to the public; by providing information about the proposed changes to the Stonehenge World
William Least Heat-Moon on the lack of yesterdays on the road
From the 1983 best seller, Blue Highways.
Joan Gero on distinguishing the past from the present
From her 1985 American Antiquity article called Socio-politics and the woman-at-home ideology.
Han Dynasty Documents Found
Story in China View this week describes some new Han Dynasty documents from Juyan:
Oseberg Boat DNA Study
Reuters has a story on some plans to disinter the Viking woman buried in the Oseberg longboat: Viking queen may be exhumed for clues to killing
Mapping Egypt's Sites
Egypt Today has a progress report on the Finnish-Egyptian project to build a database of all of Egypt's cultural heritage: Mapping the nation's treasures
Marquardt on unearthing support
From William Marquardt's 1996 article in teh Chronicle of Higher Education
Neanderthal Art Found
A flint object was found on the banks of the Loire is considered a Neanderthal art object, dated to 35,000 years ago. Story in the BBC News: Neanderthal
Stone Age Research Center opens
Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick of Indiana University opened the doors on their long-awaited CRAFT Stone Age Institute: Yahoo! News - Stone Age Research Center
Gosack Site
New article in Scientific American describes the Gosack site, thought to be a 7,000 year old observatory: Circles for Space -- German Stonehenge marks
Megafaunal Extinctions: Chicxulub Meteor
New work on the impact of the Chicxulub Meteor disaster of 65 millions years ago is making some waves (pun, anyone?). Article in Nature: Roast dinosaur off
Tommaso Marinetti on our most dangerous prevaricator
Italian playright Marinetti, from We Abjure Our Symbolist Masters, a mind-boggling title if I ever heard one...
David Hurst-Thomas on the meaning of discovery
From his book Archaeology, published in 1989.
Lembudu Cave
A cave in Indonesia contains a burial dated to 18,000 years before the present; this report in the Sydney Morning Herald of excavations by Susan O'Connor: Our
Song Dynasty Terra Cotta Warrior found
A new terracotta warrior has been found, this one in the Sichuan province and apparently painted, according to this story in The People's Daily: Tricolor
Burying the Evidence
From the edgy Spiked magazine, an article by Tiffany Jenkins on the repatriation movement and some conspiracy theories: Burying the evidence
Howard Winters on the meaning of civilization -
From an unpublished paper at the Midwest Archaeological Conference at Lexington, KY in 1994
Neanderthal Site in Wiltshire
An article in Guardian Unlimited reports (briefly) on the identification of what must be a Neanderthal site in Wiltshire, which is at least slowing down road
Warrior of Lattes
BBC News reports on an Antiquity article on a Celtic stone statue of a warrior: Stone warrior delights experts
Alice Beck Kehoe on tolerance for ambiguity.
From Kehoe's 1998 book The Land of Prehistory: A critical history of American archaeology.
Liverpool Mummies May Go Home
Article in Cheshire Online reports that mummies stored at the Liverpool Museum may be repatriated to Egypt: Mummies may go home
Qafzeh Cave Report
The BBC news reports on a 100,000 year old burial stained with red ochre in the Qafzeh Cave Report, which may be a rituarl burial: Cave colours reveal mental
Visiting Sita Kotuwa
The Sri Lanka Daily Mirror gives a travelogue to the site of Sita Kotuwa, a little known site in Sri Lanka: Of limestone caves and little known archaeology
Global Repatriation
Article by Nathan Vardi in Forbes.com discusses the current status of the movement to return cultural heritage bits to their countries of origin: The Return
Markenfield Hall Discovery
A news story in This is Richmond reports on the discovery of a medieval-period fireplace hidden by centuries of remodeling at Markenfield Hall, North
Paul Bahn on Being an Archaeologist
From Bahn's Bluff Your Way in Archaeology, which holds a special place on my book shelf.
What Happened to the Neanderthals?
Jay's Journal on EXN reports on the human vs Neanderthal, uh, I suppose the word is debate about why humans survived while Neanderthals died out: Long Gone
Abydos
Summary article in the University of Chicago Chronicle on the Oriental Institute's investigations at Abydos: Abydos: A place with many ancient stories to tell
Finn on authenticity
From her 1997 article in Antiquity called Leaving more than footprints: Modern votive offerings at Chacko Canyon prehistoric site.
James Whitley on fishy ideas
From a Malone, Stoddart and jJames Antiquity editorial in 1999.
Mardonio's Fleet Found?
According to Kathimerini, a joint Canadian and Greek expedition in the Mediterranean has found part of the Persian fleet that sank in 493 BC: ekathimerini.com
Scientific News Sources
Ever wonder how in the world your guide keeps up with news in the archaeology world? Check here for the best sources.
The Stomachion Decoded
NYT article by Gina Kolata on the latest work coming from being able to read the Archimedes Manuscript: In Archimedes' Puzzle, a New Eureka Moment
Na Wahi Kapu o Maui
Interview in the Honolulu Star Bulletin of photographer Anne Kapulani Landgraf on her new book of photographs of archaeological and cultural sites in Hawai'i:
Sarah Tarlow on negotiating between rocks and a whirlpool
From her 2000 article in Current Anthropology called Emotion in Archaeology
Shopping Archaeology
Cafe Press sells articles of clothing, cups, lunch boxes, all kinds of gewgaws for small businesses that want to earn a little money for their website by having
What George Lucas said when he first saw Tikal
A joke for the Mayanist crowd: Tikal was used for some of the landscape in the very first Star Wars movie (1977).
Iron Age City in Be'er Sheva
Article in Ha'aretz this week describes the identificaiton of a Canaanite city: A biblical city next to the Bedouin market
Randall Jarrell on seeing the world through gold-colored glasses
From American poet Randall Jarrell.
Colosseum Study Shows Machinery
The London Telegraph reports on studies into the machinery underlying the Roman Colosseum: Ancient machinery drove cruelty at the Colosseum
Doel and Clarke on post-modern fatigue syndrome
from their 1999 article in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space called Dark panopticon, or attack of the killer tomatoes.
Library at Alexandria
Al-Ahram visits the history of the famed Library at Alexandria this week: The Mouseion revisited
Climate Studies for Past Millennia
A couple of guys at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies are reporting on some climatic data for the past few thousand years: Scientists 'reconstruct'
Early Human Artwork
John Noble Wilford writing in the NYT reports on the bone art work recently reported found in Hohle Fels Cave, Germany, and dated to 30,000 years ago:
John Hoopes on the future of the past
From his 1997 article The future of the past: archaeology and anthropology on the world wide web in Archives and Museum Informatics.
Voynich Manuscript Doubted
According to a news story in Nature this week, the Voynich manuscript by be a 16th century hoax: World's most mysterious book may be a hoax: The Voynich
Where is Amelia Earhart?
From National Geographic, a long article describing three theories about the mysterious disappearance of the aviatrix in 1937 off Howland Island. Where Is
Nature Weighs In
Another report on this story making the roundson Nicholas Conard's discovery of ivory sculptures in Germany, this time from Nature magazine: Oldest sculptures
Scientific American: Ivory Figurines
Another article on the 30,000 year old ivory sculptures found in Germany, this time from Scientific American: Sculptures Reveal Artistic Mastery of
Michael Goodchild on maintaining intellectual depth
From a 1998 interview of the geographer with Nadine Schuurman, published in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space in 1999.
Burial Box, Again
A news story in the Guardian this week describes the latest article in Biblical Archaeology Review supporting the authenticity of the Burial Box: Geologist
Solstice 2003 at Newgrange
From Knowth.com, images of sunrise on the Winter Solstice this year at the megalithic site of Newgrange: Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange
Surf Clam Ridge Site
Story in the Florida News-Press on investigations at the Calusa site of Surf Clam Ridge at the Pineland site: Calusa built round homes
The Late Classic City of Cacaxtla
If you're going to Tlaxcala, you should visit Cacaxtla, an Olmec and Xicalanca culture site with one of the longest painted murals in Mesoamerica.
A. L. Kroeber on anthropology's charm.
Suggested by Sharlotte Neely's anthropology page at Northern Kentucky University.
Chaco Canyon Agriculture
Archaeology magazine is reporting new findings from Chaco Canyon on the administrative capabilities of the central place: Chaco's Far-Flung Corn Fields Come
Excavate at Ferry Farm
The first of the field school announcements for the 2004 field season is from George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation and University of South Florida.
Feltville, New Jersey 2004
June 28 - July 20, 2004. Montclair State University. Intensive training in archaeological survey, testing and excavation, with geoarchaeology and laboratory
Alexandria, Virginia Field School 2004
May 18-May 29, 2004. George Washington University. A ten-day introductory course in field and laboratory methods conducted by City of Alexandria archaeologists
Archaeology and Geophysical Survey in Indiana 2004
May 24-July 2, 2004. University of Notre Dame. Remote sensing at two archaeological sites in Indiana, the Removal period Collier Lodge site and Hopewellian Mud
Cahokia Palisade Project 2004
July 12 - 30, 2004. University of Missouri at St. Louis. Cahokia is the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico, and the center of economic,
Jamestown, Virginia 2004
June 7 - July 16, 2004. APVA, the University of Virginia, and the National Park Service . Excavations on Jamestown Island, the site of the first permanent
Nathan Light on the mental prison of modern myths
From Light's 1999 article in the now-defunct Discovering Archaeology called Tabloid Archaeology: Is television trivializing science?
Belize Archaeological Project Fieldschool 2004
February 2-June 22, 2004 (two sessions). University of Texas at Austin. The field school program involves survey, excavation at several Maya sites, and
Moishe Shokeid, on melding anthropologist and informant
From Shokeid's 1997 article in Current Anthropology, called Negotiating Multiple Viewpoints: The cook, the native, the publisher, and the ethnographic text.
Poplar Forest, Virginia: 2004
June 6-August 8, 2004 (3 sessions). Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest and the University of Virginia. Inclusing one session for teachers and one on art
West Point Foundry, New York: 2004
May 17-June 25, 2004. Michigan Technological University. The first session will investigate the site of the West Point Foundry is in Cold Spring, New York, in
Woolley on the effects of business
From Woolley's great text, Excavations at Ur: A record of 12 year's work.
A classic insult from Alexander Dumas
My favorite evolutionary insult.
Cape Field School (South Africa) 2004
February and March (annually). SUNY at Stony Brook. The aim of the De Hoop field school excavations is to locate and excavate a Middle Stone Age site that will
Belize Valley Archaeological Projects
June 6 - August 7, 2004. (two sessions). The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project will once again be conducting research at several sites in
Camille Paglia on voyages to the past
From an article in the Wall Street Journal in September 1999, entitled Mummy Dearest: Archeaology is unfairly maligned by trendy academics. Who'da thunk?
Dhar': PPNA site in Jordan
Summers 2002-2005. University of Edinburgh. Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period (c. 11,700 - 10,500 calendar years before present) sedentary, agricultural, community
Excavate Petra 2004
The American Expedition to Petra (AEP) is pleased to announce its 21st season of research and excavation of the Nabataean Temple of the Winged Lions and the
Excavate This Year in Uzbekistan
September 2004. University of Sydney Central Asian Programme. Two major sites in western Uzbekistan: the fortified centre of Kazakl'i-yatkan and the religious
AeoScreen
A screen-making outfit out of Silver City Nevada is advertising a 90-day guarantee on its wares.
Golden Hills Khazar Fortress (Russia): 2004
June 20 - July 11, 2004. Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads. Khazar period fortress located in the lower Don River region, about 70 km east of
Pompeii: 2004
July 3-August 7, 2004. University of Bradford (Anglo-American Project in Pompeei). In 2004 we will again address the wide social range of Insula VI,1. We will
Savannah, Antigua 2004
May 22 to June 19, 2004. University of Calgary. Savannah is an early colonial plantation site near the village of English Harbour, and some of the earliest
Stephen Dedalus (James Joyce) on how he feels about history
From James Joyce's classically confusing novel, Ulysses.
Baga Gazaryn Chuluu, Mongolia Field School
June through July 2004. Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads. Pedestrian survey and small-scale excavation at the site of Baga Gazaryn Chuluu; occupations
Hawkcombe Head Mesolithic Site (England): 2004
12 July-30 July 2004. University of Bristol. Landscape archaeology at a Mesolithic site on the coastal fringe of Exmoor
Marana Mound, Arizona 2004
January 14 - May 7, 2004. University of Arizona and the University of Hawai'i. The Marana Mound site near Tucson is a Hohokam center of the early Classic period
Scanteia and Tropeum Traiani (Romania): 2004
July 16-August 8, 2004. San Francisco State. Two sites in Romania, one a Late Neolithic village and one a alte Roman city.
Bam Site in Danger
25,000 people killed in the town of Bam, Iran; and a Safavid period (1502-1722) historic fortress is also in danger, according to this story in Scotland on
History and Archaeology at the Borderlines
John Noble Wilford on the irony of the archaeological investigations at Khirbat Hamra Ifdan, within the political no-man's land between the Negev of Israel and
Shipwrecks in Lake Michigan
Article in CNN reports on several of shipwrecks identified in Lake Michigan: Shipwrecks lure divers to Great Lakes
Estancia La Maria, Argentina
Spring and Fall 2004. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Ranch in the Patagonian region of Argentina, with rockshelters and sites dated beginning in the late
Limpopo River Valley Field School-2004
3 June-30 June and 26 July-22 August, 2004. University of Witswatersrand. Tours, classes, and excavations at paleoanthropological sites in the Makapan Valley of
A Theory for Flake Creation
A new paper from Tony Baker, summarizing his years of work on experimental archaeological tests on stone tool production.
Reports from Oxyrhynchus
The Daily Telegraph reports on the latest findings from the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus: The Daily Telegraph
Sudan Emergency Excavations
Archaeologists at the University of Calgary are spending their holidays conducting salvage excavations in the Sudan, according to this story in the CBD:
An Old Wine
The Independent is reporting 8,000 year old ceramic wine carafes from the former Soviet republic of Georgia Now that's what you call a real vintage
Chastiye Kurgany Burial Mound (Russia): 2004
July 18 - August 8, 2004 (two sessions). Centre for the Study of Eurasian Nomads, Rostov University, and the Donskaya Arkheologia journal. Scythian, 5th-4th
Machu Picchu Report
BBC News reports on the latest information from teh ongoing political debate over the development / preservation issues at Machu Picchu: Row erupts over Peru's
Santa Rita B (Peru)
May 31 - July 15, 2004 (two sessions). Metropolitan State College of Denver, California Institute for Peruvian Studies and Universidad Nacional de Trujillo;
Eridu, Iraq
From Timothy Kelley at the Massachusetts College of Art, a collection of temple reconstructions and site plans for the most ancient of Sumerian sites at Tell
History of Archaeological Research in Central Africa
Bernard Clist's fabulous website on central African archaeology has found a new home, at last! Here is his bibliographic discourse on the history of research in
OMJ-PLP-179 Ecuador
June 24 - August 8, 2004. Florida Atlantic University. The 8th season at this beach-front site on the south bank of the Rio Chico, a river running westward into
Silver Creek, Arizona: 2004
May 29-July 11, 2004. University of Arizona and White Mountain Apache Tribe. Archaeological survey, mapping of Apache and Pueblo sites, ruins stabilization
Torre d'en Gaumes (Spain): 2004
May 18 - July 29, 2004. Boston University. Excavations cover from the time it was first inhabited (ca. 2500 BC), through the Punic and Roman periods (from the
Achill Island : 2004
June 1-August 20, 2004 two modules). Achill Folklife Centre, investigations into the Post-Medieval Deserted Village 01600 - 1900 A.D.), Slievemore and at the
Ancient Site Hints at First US Settlers
New Scientist is reporting on the latest archaeological investigations near the Bering Strait where a 30,000 year old site has been found by Russian
Bodies and Bones
From the Why Files, a description of Forensic Anthropology, for middle and high school students. Bodies and Bones
Early Primate Skull in China
Nature is reporting the recovery of an euprimate skull from China, representing a new species and the first fossil evidence of Asian Eocene primates:
Baltimore Sun on Yana Site
The Baltimore Sun has a story about the Science magazine report on the Yana site; reporter Dennis O'Brien talked to C. Loring Brace and James Adovasio: Arctic
Bam Citadel to be Rebuilt
The Tehran Times reports that the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance plans on rebuilding the Citadel of Bam, destroyed during the earthquake last week.
Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project (Belize)
May 26-July 30, 2004 [4 sessions]. Maya Research Program. The BCRPEP conducts work at several sites in upper northwestern Belize and participants (minimum age
Finding the Endeavour
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Program is reporting that it may have located Captain James Cook's lost ship where it was lost: The Advertiser: Has the
DNA Tests to be Used on Cemetery
Boston Globe last week reported on an African-American cemetery site in New Hampshire, where researchers plan to use DNA to identify some of the interments:
Tran Kings site found
Voice of Vietnam reports that a Tran Kings regime site has been found at Tam Duong A discovery of the former Tran Kings regime
16th Century "Diplomacy"
Article in the Telegraph today reports on correspondence between the Russian Czar Ivan the Terrible and Elizabeth I of England: Ivan the terribly rude
Primate Skull Shakes Things Up
A story in Eureka Alert reports on the ramifications of that new species of primate discovered in Asia: Scientist challenges interpretation of new find, the
Siberian Site Artifacts
BBC News on the 30,000-year old site near the Bering Strait has pictures: 'New World' link to Arctic find
Aztalan Revisited
No, no, this is the one in Wisconsin: the Wisconsin State Journal reports on some preliminary development plans for the Mississippian period site named after
Canadian Mounds Suspected
The Toronto Star reports this week on possible mounds in the Red Hill Valley of Ontario that pose difficulties for a proposed road project, and that have not
Stone Stele Found
A stone inscription in Tamil identifying the city of Ezhuchur as Valima Nallur, the headquarters of the Nadu ca 920 AD, according to this story in the Hindu:
Dexter Grouse Creek Kansas report
The Winfield Courier reports on excavations at an Archaic site near Dexter, Kansas: Dig finds could be thousands of years old, state official says
Easter Island Statue Project
From long-time researcher Jo Anne van Tilburg, a new website on her project to map and investigate the moai on Easter Island. Includes images and information on
If Only...
The concluding session of the International Conference of Pakistan Archaeology had a paper by Dr. Abdul Rahim Malik (Shah Abdul Latif University) about how
Ultimate Safari: No archaeologists invited
According to Egypt Today, a tour operator is running a search for Cambyses' army, to be conducted using 4 wheel drive vehicles searching the western Desert:
Cultural Resources at WTC
From the NYT, a discussion of the World Trade Center as a historically significant site. Critic's Notebook: A Chance to Assess Ground Zero's Historical
Ground Zero Cultural Resources
The problem of what to do with the WTC site is nearly as emotionally draining as the Holocaust sites. Cultural resource management has become an integral
Hunley Drawn to Life
An article in Newsday describes a new painting of the Hunley, the first submarine ever to sink an enemy vessel in 1864, based on archaeological and historical
Jamestown Well Excavated
A news story on Wavy.com describes the findings of the recent excavations of a well in the historic American colony of Jamestown: Curator And Archaeologist
Mesopotamian Exhibits Planned
Two new exhibits are running on the art of ancient Mesopotamia, one at the Universitiy of Pennsylvania, and one at the Oriental Institute: Eyes on