German Archaeologist Kidnapped
Wednesday November 30, 2005
German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff was kidnapped with her driver in Baghdad this week, where she had been working with the relief effort bringing medical supplies from Jordan. A 43-year-old from ... Read More
Footprints in Mexico Older than Thought
Wednesday November 30, 2005
The Berkeley Geochronology Center has completed its dating of the footprints found in volcanic ash at the Cerro Toluquilla site in Puebla, Mexico, and comes up with a date more ... Read More
Pompeii and the Archaeology of Vesuvius's Eruption
Wednesday November 30, 2005
Pompeii and Herculaneum were two Roman towns in Italy that were destroyed by a volcano on August 24, 79 AD. The sites have seen over two centuries of archaeological research, ... Read More
Archeology v Archaeology: A Poll
Tuesday November 29, 2005
In response to a recent discussion of whether you spell this field of study Archaeology or Archeology, a reader from an American Bureau of Land Management writes: "The lead ... Read More
Indus Civilization Timeline and Description
Monday November 28, 2005
The Indus Civilization is one of the oldest societies we know of, located in the greater Indus Valley of Pakistan and India. One of an extensive collection of archaeology information ... Read More
KU in Greece
Sunday November 27, 2005
May 25 - June 25, 2006. University of Kansas. Every year classicist John Younger takes a group to Greece, where they tour the museums and archaeological sites, for course credit ... Read More
Recent Archaeology Jobs
Sunday November 27, 2005
These jobs have been listed since 11/21:
Archaeologist, Salt Lake City
Field Tech, Austin Texas
Field Tech, San Francisco
Archaeologist, Metairie, Louisiana
Project manager, Kenai, Alaska
Mid- to Sr-Leval Archaeologist, Sacramento CA
Research Associate, Denver
Archaeologist, Minneapolis
Underwater Archaeology for Children
Sunday November 27, 2005
From the Museum of Underwater Archaeology, a description intended for children, on how underwater archaeology is performed and what goes into the research.
Sureyya's Journey: College Student Adventures in Archaeology
Sunday November 27, 2005
22-year-old I.T. sysop Sureyya Kose has decided to change careers from Information Technology to Archaeology. In this first report, Sureyya describes how she discovered what she wanted to do. Part ... Read More
Copán (Honduras)
Saturday November 26, 2005
The archaeological site of Copán is located in western Honduras, and represents a major Classic period Maya civilization temple and regional center; this definition and description includes a great photograph ... Read More
Interviews with Working Archaeologists
Friday November 25, 2005
Sometimes the best way to understand what's going on in archaeology with respect to a particular subfield is ask a lot of nosy questions. Here's a list of interviews conducted ... Read More
Problems at Range Creek Canyon
Thursday November 24, 2005
A legal battle over mineral rights on a piece of property containing Fremont culture archaeological sites is being waged in Utah, according to a report on CNN passed along by ... Read More
Ode to Thee Sweet Bucket Auger - Archaeology in the Trenches
Thursday November 24, 2005
Archaeology sometimes requires digging deep holes in river valley sediments, performed by archaeologists with a bucket auger, a screen and a pit partner. After a while, the bucket auger is ... Read More
Archaeology Blogs: Fool for the Process
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Archaeomom8 is a full time mother of eight, an antique refinisher, a freelance writer, a student, and oh yes, a CRM archaeologist in the desert American southwest. Interesting personal blog ... Read More
The Ethics of Collecting
Tuesday November 22, 2005
Today I ran across this interesting archaeology blog by Aarhus University graduate student Troels Myrup Kristensen, called Towards an Archaeology of Iconoclasm. There's an interesting discussion going on about the ... Read More
Colleges with Underwater Archaeology Programs
Tuesday November 22, 2005
Each of these university departments have specialized underwater archaeology programs available to prospective students. Some colleges have diving schools, some conduct annual or semi-annual field schools in underwater archaeology, some ... Read More
Have Trowel, Will Travel: A Guide for the Field Technician
Tuesday November 22, 2005
Shovel Bum. Dig Bum. Hobo Field Crew. That was me, once upon a time. Some of my happiest days in archaeology were when I was poor and just getting started, ... Read More
Feudalism
Tuesday November 22, 2005
Feudalism is a system of political organization, in which an elite individual called a "lord" has control over several common people, or "vassals" who till the land, serve as warriors, ... Read More
Atlantis Rediscovered? - Seeking the Lost Continent of Atlantis
Monday November 21, 2005
Atlantis is one of the stories of our collective past upon which the Western civilization was built. Every modern society has origin myths, that define and describe the character of ... Read More
Stone in Archaeology
Monday November 21, 2005
Another wonderful resource tool from ADS, the Stone in Archaeology database is a searchable reference for lithic sources. The database includes data on over 200 stones, 300 quarry locations and ... Read More
Stone Age
Monday November 21, 2005
The Stone Age (known to scholars as the Paleolithic era) in human prehistory, is the name given to the period between about 1.5 million years ago up until about 20,000 ... Read More
Underwater Archaeology - Marine and Maritime
Sunday November 20, 2005
Underwater archaeology includes archaeological investigations into ships and sailing (called maritime archaeology), as well as the study of seacoasts and underwater archaeology sites. Archaeology conducted in water has special problems ... Read More
Urban Archaeology
Sunday November 20, 2005
Urban archaeology includes archaeological studies in cities and manufacturing sites. The study of urban archaeology has its own special problems and tools to assist in the safe and controlled excavations ... Read More
Makapansgat (South Africa)
Sunday November 20, 2005
Makapansgat is a series of archaeological sites in the Makapansgat valley of South Africa, the oldest of which includes over 35 Australopithecus individuals from three million years ago. Part of ... Read More
What Should We Teach in College?
Saturday November 19, 2005
As part of a week-long study of colleges, Slate magazine interviewed several prominent academics about what their idea of radical reform might be on university campuses. Worth reading, whether you're ... Read More
Uxmal (Mexico)
Saturday November 19, 2005
Definition: The ruins of the great Puuc Maya regional center of Uxmal ("Thrice Built" or "Place of Three Harvests" in Maya) are located north of the Puuc hills of ... Read More
Archeology
Friday November 18, 2005
"Archeology" is an alternate spelling for Archaeology. Both spellings are accepted by most scholars today, although the print version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) insists on 'archæology', with the ... Read More
Question of the Week: How Many Artifacts Are There?
Friday November 18, 2005
How many artifacts have been collected from archaeological sites, is there a catalog of all that, and can just anybody access the catalog? And if there isn't how in the ... Read More
Archaeology Digs in Europe: 2006
Thursday November 17, 2005
A couple of new listings for Current Archaeology Digs for the 2006 season include Baga Gazaryn Chuluu Survey in Mongolia, by the Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads; and ... Read More
Archaeology Digs in Central America, 2006
Thursday November 17, 2005
Although summer seems like a long time away (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), many of the universities around the world are beginning to plan for ... Read More
Alphabet Wars
Thursday November 17, 2005
I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the news that a sherd with an alphabetic inscription was recovered from the site of Tel Zayit, Israel earlier this week, ... Read More
Antiquities, the Museums and Looting
Thursday November 17, 2005
As the trial of Marion True, former curator at the Getty Museum, and American art dealer Robert Hecht, gets underway in Italy, the press is beginning to speculate on the ... Read More
Brewing and the Wari Empire
Thursday November 17, 2005
A newly released study from the Field Museum suggests that the last building burned before the abandonment of Cerro Baul, a capital of the Wari empire in Peru, was a ... Read More
Octagon Moonrise Rescheduled for Friday
Thursday November 17, 2005
Inclement weather forced a rescheduling of the planned viewing of the lunar alignment at the Newark Earthworks in October; they're going to try again tomorrow evening:
The Advocate | Moonrise at ... Read More
A Walking Tour of Machu Picchu, Peru
Thursday November 17, 2005
The residential palace of the Inca king Pachacuti has drawn tourists from all over the world because of its lovely impossible location at the edge of the world. Gina Carey ... Read More
Maya Elite Massacre at Cancuen
Thursday November 17, 2005
This nicely gory story about an apparent mass murder recovered from the ruins of the Maya civilization post-classic capital Cancuén in Guatemala is making the rounds; this version in USA ... Read More
Renaming the About Archaeology Newsletter
Thursday November 17, 2005
I've been submitting a copy of the electronic newsletter to the various listserve discussion groups I belong to for quite a while now, under the moniker "Random Samples". Unfortunately, I ... Read More
The Kingdom of Aksum
Thursday November 17, 2005
The modern city of Aksum is located in the northeastern portion of what is now Ethiopia, on the horn of Africa. It lies high on a plateau 7200 ft above ... Read More
In Search of the Real King Arthur - Introduction
Wednesday November 16, 2005
From British Heritage and Medieval History at About.com, an article on Arthur from Bob Brooke.
Queen of Sheba
Wednesday November 16, 2005
The Queen of Sheba will be the first legend covered in the series starting Wednesday in Michael Woods' PBS Myths and Heroes. The Queen of Sheba is sometimes portrayed as ... Read More
Hiking Boots
Wednesday November 16, 2005
Every archaeologist I know is fussy about his or her boots, and they certainly should be, since there's nothing more important than good boots on an archaeological expedition. I was ... Read More
Citânia de Briteiros, Portugal
Wednesday November 16, 2005
A virtual tour of the site of Citânia de Briteiros, a hillfort dated to the Iron Age in Portugal, managed and investigated by the Universidade do Minho. The site features ... Read More
Peer Review of Digital Resources
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The Institute of Historical Research is attempting to design a framework for peer review of online projects in the arts and humanities. They have a brief online questionnaire that should ... Read More
New Minoan Texts Found
Tuesday November 15, 2005
Scholars are rightfully excited at the news that an amphora bearing the Minoan Linear B script and two terracotta tablets with Linear A texts have been found at a site ... Read More
Archaeology News - Sources for Archaeology News
Tuesday November 15, 2005
Archaeology news sources have blossomed in the past few years. In 2000, I listened to a Society for American Archaeology panel discussion on archaeology news, where five science writers told ... Read More
Hisarlik (Turkey)
Monday November 14, 2005
Hisarlik is the modern name for the ancient site of Troy, located in what is now Turkey. Troy was first occupied during the Early Bronze Age, 3000 BC, but is ... Read More
Copán (Honduras)
Monday November 14, 2005
The archaeological site of Copán is located in western Honduras, and represents a major Classic period Maya temple and regional center. This gateway to studies of Copán is part of ... Read More
Augustus Le Plongeon [1825-1908]
Monday November 14, 2005
While Augustus Le Plongeon might rightly be called more "infamous" than famous, his fabulous stereographs of the Maya civilization site of Chichén Itzá almost make up for the trouble ... Read More
Half-Baked Ideas Wanted
Monday November 14, 2005
The humor magazine The Onion has an editorial by self-described ill-informed pseudo-intellectual (and no doubt fictiitious) Roberta Foit who explains what she's looking for when it comes to the ... Read More
In Search of Myths and Heroes: Exploring Four Epic Legends
Sunday November 13, 2005
Michael Wood's book In Search of Myths and Heroes is based on a British Broadcasting mini-series that aired in the UK during the summer of 2005. I found the book ... Read More
Karnak (Egypt)
Sunday November 13, 2005
Karnak is the name of a long-used Egyptian temple near Luxor, the largest of the religious sanctuaries in Thebes. The ancient dynastic Egypt temple was built in the Middle Kingdom ... Read More
And now for something completely different
Saturday November 12, 2005
ArchaeoBlog caught the latest: that a newly discovered species of lemur will be named after John Cleese (Avahi cleesei).
ArchaeoBlog | Lemur species named after John Cleese
Archaeology News - Sources for Archaeology News
Saturday November 12, 2005
So many archaeology news stories and journals and newsletters, so little time to read them. Here's a collection of some of the best ways to keep abreast of archaeology news, ... Read More
Abu Simbel (Egypt)
Saturday November 12, 2005
Abu Simbel is a temple built by Ramesses II (Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Dynastic Egypt who ruled 1279-1213 BC) in Nubia, what is ... Read More
Wayland's Smithy (United Kingdom)
Saturday November 12, 2005
Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic period megalithic site located in southern England, quite near the White Horse of Uffington, with clear evidence of staged construction. A megalithic site is a ... Read More
Origins of Agriculture in Central Europe: Diffusion, DNA and the LBK
Friday November 11, 2005
A recent study in Science magazine argues that the origins of agriculture in central Europe 7000 years ago were the result of the adoption of new techniques by the hunter-gatherers ... Read More
Not Valid in Kansas
Friday November 11, 2005
As a public service, the editors of the scientific humor magazine The Annals of Improbable Research have made available a pdf suitable for printing stickers one can adhere to science ... Read More
Question of the Week: How Do Ancient Cities Become Buried?
Friday November 11, 2005
How do ancient cities become buried? Archaeologists working in modern and ancient cities face the same problems with layers and layers of ancient ruins of cities stacked up like a ... Read More
Archaeology 101: Opal Phytoliths in Archaeology
Thursday November 10, 2005
The analysis of the fossilized plant cells called opal phytoliths has become, over the past thirty years or so, a workhorse of archaeological science. This chapter in the Archaeology ... Read More
Recent Archaeology Job Listings, Indeed!
Thursday November 10, 2005
Historic Preservation Specialist II (Nevada govt, one in Carson City, one in Las Vegas)
Field Tech, PBS&J, Austin TX
Cell Tower Arch'y, Aerotek E&E, Woodbury NJ
Director of Museum Studies, University of ... Read More
Early Site in the Pacific
Thursday November 10, 2005
An archaeological site identified in a sediment core placed in the bottom of Lake Susupe, Saipan, Micronesia in the Pacific Islands, has returned a C14 date of 6,860 BC, about ... Read More
Tell es-Safi Excavtions Produce Early Inscription
Thursday November 10, 2005
Results from the 2005 Tell es-Safi excavations by Aren Maeir at Bar-Ilan University are reported in this news story from the Jerusalem Post. Maeir has discovered a potsherd with an ... Read More
Palmyra, Syria
Thursday November 10, 2005
The archaeological site of Palmyra was a trading link between the Roman empire and India and Pakistan. The site is one of several sites described in the Archaeology of Syria, ... Read More
Tikal (Guatemala)
Thursday November 10, 2005
The ruins of the Maya civilization temple known as Tikal are located in the rain forest of the central Peten peninsula of Guatemala. Tikal is part of the collection of ... Read More
Intelligent Design Board Ousted
Wednesday November 9, 2005
The Pennsylvania School Board members who brought an expensive court case to get Intelligent Design taught in schools were all but one thrown out of office today:
Science News Article | ... Read More
And then there's Kansas...
Wednesday November 9, 2005
On the other hand, the Kansas State Board of Education voted 6-4 to approve a new set of science standards questioning evolutionary theory. Win some, lose some.
Science News Article ... Read More
Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Lidar is a type of aircraft-based remote sensing, using laser-driven pulses of light and multispectral cameras to scan and process digital information about a landscape. Part of Archaeology 101's guide ... Read More
Early Hebrew Script Found
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Excavations at the Neolithic period site of Tel Zayit have recovered the earliest alphabetic string of Hebrew letters yet known; and in a script that scholars believe is proto-Hebrew. ... Read More
Ugarit (Syria)
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Ugarit is the ancient name of a Canaanite city represented by the Late Bronze Age archaeological site of Ras Shamra, on Syria 's Mediterranean coastline. Diane Jabi kindly provided a ... Read More
Tournai (Belgium)
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Tournai is a Frankish town in Belgium, and the site of the royal tomb of Childeric [AD 457–481], father of Clovis, founder of the Merovingian dynasty. A very nice photograph ... Read More
Srebenica Massacre and Forensic Archaeology
Tuesday November 8, 2005
A special on the forensic archaeology search for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia appears on the BBC today; a news report on the investigations of archaeologist ... Read More
Ottoman Empire
Tuesday November 8, 2005
The Ottoman Empire ruled much of the middle and near east beginning in the 15th century AD and continuing into the 20th century. Recent studies have indicated that, despite the ... Read More
Axumite Civilization
Tuesday November 8, 2005
The Axumite civilization was a Coptic state in Ethiopia, from about AD 100-800. The capital city of Aksum controlled much of the trade between the Roman empire and Arabia. ... Read More
Field School 2006: Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Monday November 7, 2005
May 20 - July 1, 2006. Duke University offers a six-week intensive summer program in human paleontology and paleoanthropology, archeological and paleontological field methods and Southern African ecology. Students will ... Read More
Colosseum - Flavian Amphitheater
Monday November 7, 2005
From N.S. Gill, About's guide to Ancient History, a wonderful description of the history of the Roman Colosseum, when it was built, why it was built, and what the role ... Read More
Edgar Allan Poe - The Coliseum
Monday November 7, 2005
This link leads to a poem on the Roman Colosseum (spelled Coliseum by some, including Edgar Allan Poe), first published in the Baltimore Saturday Visiter [sic] on October 26, 1833. ... Read More
Rome Colosseum Damaged
Sunday November 6, 2005
Another section of the Roman Colosseum collapsed, this weekend, spurring discussion by Rome's Archaeological Office of closing the 2000 year old site.
Fears for safety in Rome's forum
Olympia (Greece)
Sunday November 6, 2005
This brief description and gateway to resources about the Panhellenic sanctuary of Olympia has a photograph of the fallen columns of the temple of Zeus by Aschwin Prein.
Gondar (Ethiopia)
Sunday November 6, 2005
The city of Gondar, Ethiopia, is located in Ethiopia, 500 kilometers north of Addis Ababa, 35 kilometers from Lake Tana, and in the foothills of the Simien mountains.White a great ... Read More
Khufu's Pyramid - the Great Pyramid at Giza
Sunday November 6, 2005
The largest of the three Old Kingdom pyramids located at Giza in Egypt was Khufu's pyramid, built during the reign of the Pharoah Khufu between 2589 and 2566 BC. This ... Read More
Colonial Williamsburg (USA)
Sunday November 6, 2005
Are you bored of these photos yet? I'm just really grateful there are so many great photographers out there. The town of Williamsburg, Virginia, was founded during the 17th century ... Read More
Angkor Civilization
Sunday November 6, 2005
The Angkor Civilization (or Khmer Civilization) is the name given to an important civilization of Cambodia and Thailand, dated roughly 800 to 1300 AD. This description and door to resources ... Read More
Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)
Sunday November 6, 2005
The Pyramids of Giza are the only surviving member of the original Seven Wonders of the World (depending on what list you're referring to, of course); and this description ... Read More
Palenque, Mexico
Sunday November 6, 2005
The archaeological site of Palenque rises from the mist in the foothills of the Chiapas mountains of southern Mexico; with a photography by Mark Uttecht.
Nuragic Culture
Sunday November 6, 2005
The most distinctive characteristic of the Nuragic culture on Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea are the nearly 7,000 large conical rock towers; a picture by Anna Tatti brings this marvelous ... Read More
Great Wall of China
Sunday November 6, 2005
While not really visible from outer space, the Great Wall of China is still an amazing feat of architecture; with Charlotte Hu's wonderful misty winter time photo.
Angkor Civilization
Sunday November 6, 2005
The Angkor Civilization (or Khmer Civilization) is the name given to an important civilization of Cambodia and Thailand, dated roughly 800 to 1300 AD. With just a terrific photograph of ... Read More
Taj Mahal (India)
Sunday November 6, 2005
The Taj Mahal, at Agra, India, must be the most famous grave monument in the world; and Phillip Collier's photograph really makes this description sing.
Sphinx (Egypt)
Sunday November 6, 2005
The ancient Egyptian sculpture called The Sphinx is located on the Giza plateau; photography by Daniel A.
Ephesus (Turkey)
Sunday November 6, 2005
The archaeological ruins of the Ionian city of Ephesus are located in western Turkey at the mouth of the Cayster River as it enters the Aegean Sea. Photography of the ... Read More
Corinth (Greece)
Saturday November 5, 2005
The archaeological site of Corinth was an ancient capital city of Greece; photography of Corinth's temple by Konstantinos Dafalias.
Acropolis of Athens
Saturday November 5, 2005
While there are numerous acropolises in the world, there is only one Acropolis. Photography by Fabio Lattanzi Antinori.
St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City)
Saturday November 5, 2005
The ancient basilica of Old St. Peter's in what is today Vatican City was one of the earliest churches built by the Emperor Constantine during the early christian period in ... Read More
Chichén Itzá (Mexico)
Saturday November 5, 2005
Chichén Itzá is a large Maya and Toltec village and temple complex on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico; great image of the pyramid by photographer Karl S.
The Parthenon, Greece
Saturday November 5, 2005
The archaeological site in the ancient Greek capital of Athens called the Parthenon was a monument to the Greek Goddess Athena, built between 472 and 433 BC. Photograph of this ... Read More
Taxila (Pakistan)
Saturday November 5, 2005
The World Heritage site of Taxila is located in Punjab Province of what is now Pakistan, about 30 kilometers from Islamabad. Another great photograph by Atif Gulzar, of relief on ... Read More
Harappa (Pakistan)
Saturday November 5, 2005
Harappa, one of the three known cities of the Indus Valley Civlizations, is one of the best known sites in Pakistan, located on the bank of the Ravi River in ... Read More
St. Paul's Cathedral (UK)
Saturday November 5, 2005
St. Paul's Cathedral, designed by architect Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710. Great photograph at night from Sarah Casha.
Constantinople (Turkey)
Saturday November 5, 2005
Constantinople is the old name for Istanbul, the great city located in what is now Turkey; photograph of the beautiful Blue Mosque from Esther te Lintelo.
Teotihuacan (Mexico)
Saturday November 5, 2005
The city of Teotihuacan was built in the highlands of central Mexico about 150 BC and became one of the largest cities in the world of the time. Photo from ... Read More
Stonehenge in Sepia
Friday November 4, 2005
I found this fabulous picture of Stonehenge on StockXchnge, and have spent the whole day finding more pictures to add to the Dictionary of Archaeology. You gotta see this picture, ... Read More
Fishbourne Roman Palace, England
Thursday November 3, 2005
Fishbourne is the name of a palace dated to the Roman empire, and built in Sussex, England, during the 1st century AD. The site, now open to the public, ... Read More
Persian Empire: Timeline and Definition
Thursday November 3, 2005
At its height about 500 BC, the Persian empire had conquered Asia as far as the Indus River, Greece, and North Africa including what is now Egypt and Libya. As ... Read More
Archaeology 101: Agricultural Field Systems
Thursday November 3, 2005
Arch 101 Explanation: An agricultural "field system" generally refers to innovative elements of prehistoric and historic agricultural programs, such as rice paddy construction in Chinese culture, and raised field construction ... Read More
A Brief Biographical Sketch of Charles Leonard Woolley [1880-1960]
Thursday November 3, 2005
Sir Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist and an expert in Mesopotamian studies, who excavated at the Sumerian site of Ur and the Hittite site of Atchana. One of the ... Read More
Pastoralism
Thursday November 3, 2005
Archaeology 101: Pastoralism is the name given to the subsistence practice in which people care for and domesticate animals, and learning to domesticate animals is one of the characteristics of ... Read More
Maya Blue
Thursday November 3, 2005
Maya Blue is the name of a pigment, used by the Maya civilization to decorate pots, sculpture and panels from the Preclassic and into the precolonial period (2500 BC-1500 AD)
Archaeological Dig 2006: New Philadelphia Illinois
Thursday November 3, 2005
May 23-July 28, 2006. University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, University of Maryland, and the Illinois State Museum. New Philadelphia is a rare example of a multi-racial early farming community on ... Read More
Nabta Playa (Egypt)
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Nabta Playa is an archaeological site in the western deserts of southern Egypt, where some of the earliest known evidence of domesticated cattle have been identified.
Khuzhir-Nuge (Russia)
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Khuzhir-Nuge XIV is a Bronze Age cemetery site in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia, Russia, and an example of the Serovo-Glazkovo culture.
Etruscan Civilization and Time Line
Wednesday November 2, 2005
The Etruscan civilization was a cultural group in the Etruria region of Italy, from the 11th through the first century BC (Iron Age into Roman times).
Exploring the Archaeology of Shandong China
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Last week, Field Museum archaeologists Gary Feinman and Anne Underhill began their 11th season of systematic archaeological survey in Shandong province, China. A total of 650 square kilometers has ... Read More
Cronaca on the Museum Trafficking Scandal
Tuesday November 1, 2005
David Nishimura comments on the Getty museum scandal brewing in the breaking news about Italian authorities naming the Getty, Metropolitan and Boston MFA as part of the looting problem:
Cronaca: And ... Read More
Stable isotopes used to source Turkish carpets
Tuesday November 1, 2005
Stable isotope studies have been conducted on sheeps wool from different regions of Turkey, and used to determine where ancient carpets were fabricated. Another inventive use of stable isotopes in ... Read More
About Indeed: Archaeology Jobs
Tuesday November 1, 2005
A brand new very useful little search engine from About that aggregates all job postings across the internet, by keyword or location or what have you. I ran a test ... Read More
Cellar full of Mummies
Tuesday November 1, 2005
The NYT is reporting today that Zahi Hawass has identified a slew of forgotten materials in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo belonging to ancient dynastic Egypt, including ... Read More
Fifth Season at Dahan-e Gholaman starts
Tuesday November 1, 2005
Iran News has a story on the start of Mansour Seyed Sajjadi's fifth season of excavations at Dahan-e Gholaman, the Achaemenid site dubbed as "Slaves Gate", and one of very ... Read More
Smuggling and the Museums
Tuesday November 1, 2005
An article in the online version of Bloomberg reports on an Italian court case that names several important important museums as defendents in an artifact smuggling trial of convicted antiquities ... Read More
Topper Site
Tuesday November 1, 2005
From Mark McConaughy, a page on supposedly preclovis Topper site, based on the paper given at the Southeastern Clovis Conference in 2006.