Hermuda,China
Monday January 31, 2005
Hemuda is a Neolithic archaeological site and the type site of the culture of the Yangtse River valley in China
Field Schools and Scheduled Excavations in Africa
Monday January 31, 2005
New dates for the 2005 field season in the Limpopo River Valley and Koobi Fora, Kenya.
The Egnatia Way
Sunday January 30, 2005
The Egnatia Way (or Via Egnatia) was a major Roman thoroughfare, built in the second century BC as a military road connecting the southern Adriatic coast to the northern Aegean ... Read More
Egyptology Blog
Saturday January 29, 2005
Mark Morgan's weblog concentrates on news in the world of Egyptology and ongoing research.
Archaeological Dig Blog
Friday January 28, 2005
From Paul McLerran, an archaeology weblog focused on the latest excavations going on.
Archaeology Glossary: S Terms
Thursday January 27, 2005
All kinds of S terms this week: Sea Peoples, Scythians, Science Fiction, Scientific Method, Gottleib Schumacher, Henry Schoolcraft, Heinrich Schliemann, Michael Brian Schiffer, Claude F.A. Schaeffer.
Mehluha: the Indus Civilization
Wednesday January 26, 2005
In the vast plains of the Indus and Sarasvati valleys of northwest India and Pakistan, a great urban civilization arose between about 2500 and 2000 BC.
Megiddo, Israel
Tuesday January 25, 2005
The archaeological site of Megiddo, known as Tell el-Mutesellim, has at least thirty urban settlements within its layers, the earliest about 3500 BC.
Lost Race Myth
Monday January 24, 2005
The lost race or moundbuilder myth is one created by incoming European settlers of the North American continent who could not, or did not want to, believe that the mounds ... Read More
Aerial Surveys of Persepolis and Iran
Sunday January 23, 2005
During the mid-1930s, Erich F. Schmidt of the Oriental Institute conducted some of the earliest planned photographic surveys taken from an airplane. This site from the OI describes the survey ... Read More
Journal of Marine Archaeology and Technology
Saturday January 22, 2005
New in 2005, the JMAT is only online, and will include peer-reviewed articles on deep water excavation projects, amapping techniques, and other topics of interest to underater archaeologists.
Historic Glass Bottle Identification
Friday January 21, 2005
From Bill Lindsey of the the US Bureau of Land Management, the Historic Bottle Glass Identification and Information Website located on the Society for Historical Archaeology's website is a fabulous ... Read More
Iraq and China
Thursday January 20, 2005
This online exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution investigates the effects of trade between Iraq and China created during the Abbasid Dynasty.
Archaeology Glossary: A Terms
Wednesday January 19, 2005
Newly freshened glossary entries for the A list include: Anglo-Saxon, A.D. Abu Hureyra, Abu Ghurab, Aboriginal peoples, CC Abbott, Abbasid Dynasty, Abydos, Achaemenid dynasty, Abu Simbel.
Bilkent University - Archaeology Graduate School
Tuesday January 18, 2005
The MA program at Bilkent is focused on archaeology and art of Turkey from the Prehistoric to the Medieval periods, within its Near Eastern and Mediterranean context.
Excavations at Hierakonpolis On Line
Monday January 17, 2005
Renée Friedman continues her excavations at the pre- and proto-dynastic town of Hierakonpolis in Egypt, presented online at Archaeology magazine. Past excavations beginning in 2002 are archived, and the current ... Read More
Damage in Babylon
Sunday January 16, 2005
The Guardian has a depressing article on the damage wrought on the archaeological and other cultural resources of Babylon by the ongoing war in Iraq:
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports ... Read More
Archaeology Glossary: S Terms
Sunday January 16, 2005
New S terms on the site include Claude Schaeffer, J.J. Scaliger, E.V. Sayrer, E.B. Sayles, A.H. Sayce, Saxons, Marshall H. Saville (check the Sa file)
Sampling Strategies
Saturday January 15, 2005
From the University of Texas, a terrific description of different sampling techniques used in archaeological survey.
Site Recorder
Friday January 14, 2005
A complete surveying, drawing and finds recordation software program, all GIS based, for use on underwater archaeology sites.
Sanskrit Documents
Thursday January 13, 2005
A comprehensive site on the language and texts, including learning tools such as an online dictionary.
Sandia Cave, New Mexico
Wednesday January 12, 2005
From Keith Littleton and published on Doug Weller's wonderful Skeptics site, an article on the controversy around the Sandia Cave site.
Equine Mysteries of Qin Dynasty
Tuesday January 11, 2005
The Chinese government has decided to send horse skeletons from a Qin dynasty tomb for DNA studies; this will be the first time there are any such studies on ... Read More
Mono y Conejo
Tuesday January 11, 2005
Mono y Conejo (translates as Monkey and Rabbit) is a journal from the Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory at the University Texas can be downloaded as a free electronic version or ... Read More
The Archaeology of Puerto Vallarta
Monday January 10, 2005
From Joseph Mountjoy and University of North Carolina at Greesboro, information on several sites in Jalisco, Mexico, near the community of Puerto Vallarta. Spanish.
The Windover Bog Site
Sunday January 9, 2005
At the Early Middle Archaic Windover Bog site, a pond cemetery on Florida's Atlantic coast near Cape Canaveral, site conditions have preserved a wealth of information about the use of ... Read More
Coral Dating in Maui
Sunday January 9, 2005
A news story in the Honolulu Advertiser discusses P.V. Kirch's investigations on Maui, using uranium thorium dating on corals:
Coral dating tells story of Maui kingdom's rise - The Honolulu ... Read More
Sangro Valley Project
Saturday January 8, 2005
Archaeological investigations in the ancient Samnite region of Italy have been undertaken by a multinational force from Italy, the UK, and the US for a number of years; this website ... Read More
Archaeology Glossary: S Terms
Friday January 7, 2005
Saqqara Plateau, Karl Sapper, Sanxingdui, Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Santa Luisa, Santa Elena, Sanskrit, Sangiran, Sanghao Cave, Sandia Cave, William T. Sanders, San Lorenzo, San Jacinto 1, San Dieguito-Pinto culture, San ... Read More
Grassy Island, Nova Scotia
Thursday January 6, 2005
From Canada's Digital Collection, an exploration of the historic and prehistoric archeaology of the Grassy Island site.
The Goddess and the Bull: An Archaeological Journey
Wednesday January 5, 2005
Michael Balter's book The Goddess and the Bull may be seen primarily as a biography: of the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, of the site excavators, and of the site's story ... Read More
Binghamton University - Archaeology Graduate Schools
Monday January 3, 2005
Binghamton University's anthropology department offers MA, MS and PhD degrees, with faculty support in North America (Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Arctic), Northwest Mexico, South America, the Middle East, and ... Read More
Archaeology Glossary: S Terms
Sunday January 2, 2005
Sampling strategies, Samnite culture, Ali Sami, Sambor Prei Kuk, Samarra, Merrilee H. Salmon, Salvage Archaeology, Salawusu, Saladoid, Saint-Blaise, St. Priscilla's Catacomb, St. Peter's basilica, St. Paul's cathedral. Also Persepolis and ... Read More
Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin - Archaeology Graduate School
Saturday January 1, 2005
The Winkelmann Institute at Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin provides MA degrees specializing in classical archaeology, particularly Roman and Greek, and North Africa