NPR: The Agora
Saturday July 31, 2004
National Public Radio has one of those National Geographic Radio Expeditions on the Agora in Athens, including an interview with archaeologist John Camp:
NPR : History Underfoot in Athens
New Dates at Topper to Come
Friday July 30, 2004
According to several stories floating around the country this week, Al Goodyear found a carbon layer at the possibly pre-clovis Topper site in South Carolina, no dates processed yet:
The ... Read More
Shovel Bum, the 'Zine
Thursday July 29, 2004
Trent (T-Bone) de Boer's comic book for Altamira Press called Shovel Bum is a terrific introduction to the grimy world of the archaeological field technician.
Abydos on the Guardian
Wednesday July 28, 2004
Article in the Guardian by Tim Radford describes the Egyptian capital of Abydos:
Guardian Unlimited | Guardian Weekly | Death on the Nile
Archaeology Glossary: New O Terms
Tuesday July 27, 2004
Oasis theory, Obsidian, obsidian hydration analysis, Oc Eo, Oaxaca Valley, and David Oates all start us down the path of the O terms in archaeology.
Cool Job Listing
Monday July 26, 2004
Hey, if there was ever a job that sounded good, it would be this one--director of archaeology at Flowerdew Hundred in Virginia.
Archaeology Glossary: More O Terms
Monday July 26, 2004
Oldowan tradition, Olduvai Gorge, Olmec civilization, Olympia, Omo Kibish, Opone, Jules Oppert, Oppida, Oracle bones, Orange culture, Orce Basin, and Orchomenos, Greece.
50 Minoan Tombs Found
Sunday July 25, 2004
According to the Australian, excavations at the ancient city of Kydonia, Greece have identified at least fifty new tombs:
The Australian: 50 ancient tombs uncovered [July 18, 2004]
Central American Archaeology at the AMNH
Sunday July 25, 2004
A collection of pages on historical investigations in central America led by members of the American Museum of Natural History and compiled by curator Charles S. Spencer.
Obsidian Hydration Analysis
Saturday July 24, 2004
A good page from University of California at Santa Barbara, explaining how OHA works; even includes a little Quicktime movie.
Donner Party News
Friday July 23, 2004
Science Daily is reporting on some pretty interesting recent investigations by the U of Oregon at one of the Donner Party campsites.
Dig Unearths Artifacts That May Resolve Donner Party ... Read More
COFLEIN
Thursday July 22, 2004
A new online database from the National Monuments Record of Wales provides information on the name, location and type of site, monument or building.
Electronic Publishing Initiative
Wednesday July 21, 2004
The Council for British Archaeology and the Society of Antiquaries of London have proposed a consortium of publishers of archaeological journals to produce electronic copies available for purchase online. A ... Read More
Ancient Nemea
Wednesday July 21, 2004
NPR did a program on July 19th, 2004, on the archaeological investigations at Nemea:
NPR : Unearthing the First Olympics
When does Garbage become Archaeology?
Tuesday July 20, 2004
Interesting commentary from High Country News on the dilemma of 50-year-old camp site dumps in National Parks.
When does Garbage become Archaeology?
Discover the Ottomans
Monday July 19, 2004
This site has more information about the Ottoman Empire than you can shake a stick at, including history and important persons in addition to what archaeologists like to call "material ... Read More
History Detectives
Sunday July 18, 2004
Whenever I get a chance, I try to get a look at the History Detectives, on American Public Radio. Did you know? One of the detectives is C. Wesley Cowan, ... Read More
Coming into America
Saturday July 17, 2004
American Public Broadcasting has a new special on the new world entrada story, including information on Arlington Springs Woman and the Gault site:
Scientific American Frontiers . Coming Into America ... Read More
Sequence of Cultures in the Arctic
Friday July 16, 2004
From R. W. Park at the University of Waterloo, a cultural prehistory of the peoples of the North American arctic region.
The Fate of Greenland's Vikings
Thursday July 15, 2004
A history of the Viking settlements in Greenland, from an online article in Archaeology magazine by Dale Mackenzie Brown.
Molasses Reef
Wednesday July 14, 2004
Investigations by Texas A&M at the wreck of an unknown ship off Molasses Reef, south of the island Providenciales, believed to have been sunk about 1513.
Archaeology Glossary: New N Terms
Tuesday July 13, 2004
Reaching the end of the N Terms: Nineveh, Niuheliang, Nok Art, Non Nok Tha, Non Pa Wai, Nong Nor, Norse, Norman, Norton culture, Nosy Mangabe, Paleolithic Notation, Nri Kingdom, Ntusi, ... Read More
Archaeological Sites in Africa
Monday July 12, 2004
A collection of web pages on archaeological sites on the continent of Africa.
HICARP
Sunday July 11, 2004
The Hongshan Intracommunity Archeological Research Project at the Uniersity of Pittsburgh is investigating the emergence of social hierarchy during the Hongshan period (ca. 4500-3000 BCE) in northeastern China, run by ... Read More
Archaeological Sites of the Mediterranean Sea
Saturday July 10, 2004
A collection of webpages on specific archaeological sites near and in the Mediterranean Sea.
New N Terms in the Glossary
Friday July 9, 2004
Nindowari, Nimrud, Nicoya Polychrome, Ngandong Hominids, Newgrange, New Archaeology, NAGPRA
Archaeological Sites in Latin America
Thursday July 8, 2004
A collection of web pages on specific archaeological sites in central America.
The Archaeology of Costa Rica
Wednesday July 7, 2004
A comprehensive look at the archaeology of Costa Rica, written by Michael J. Snarskis from his 1981 book, Between Continents/Between Seas: Precolumbian Art of Costa Rica.
Sohr Damb, Pakistan
Tuesday July 6, 2004
An archaeological report from the University of Heidelberg on excavations at the Sohr Damb (Red Mound) of the Nal civilization of Pakistan.
The International Dunhuang Project
Monday July 5, 2004
In 1900, a cave near the town of Dunhuang, China, on the ancient Silk Roaad was discovered to contain tens of thousands of manuscripts, paintings and printed documents on paper ... Read More
HEIRPORT
Sunday July 4, 2004
HEIRPORT is the Historic Environment Information Resources Portal, and as we've come to expect from the Archaeological Data Service, an innovative use of the web to access several databases at ... Read More
Protecting Iraq's Heritage
Saturday July 3, 2004
Archaeology magazine continues its important coverage of the ongoing danger to the cultural resources in Iraq:
Protecting Iraq's Ancient Heritage
The Lost Dauphin, not found
Friday July 2, 2004
Article in Archaeology magazine this month discusses the DNA testing of the heart of the son of Louis XV and Marie Antoinette, in No Rest for the Louis
Topper Site
Thursday July 1, 2004
Article in the NYT by John Noble Wilford on the Topper Site, a possibly pre-clovis occupation in South Carolina:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/29/science/29clov.html