Archaeology December 2009 Archive

Faithful reader Bob W writes: "I'm a little curious about what archaeology has to say about global warming. I read that the reason that Beringia is no longer above sea ... Read More

Looking for a fun way to kill the hours between Christmas and New Year's? Blogger Talking Pyramids has compiled a great list of Egypt-oriented online games. Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian ... Read More

Recently, the Old Temples Study Foundation (OTSF) sent along a copy of their documentary Legacy of a Lost Civilization, which describes the Neolithic stone monuments on Gozo and Malta, two ... Read More

Today is solstice, the shortest day in the northern hemisphere, the longest day in the southern hemisphere, and one of those dates precisely marked by many different prehistoric astronomical observatories, ... Read More

You may quibble as to whether the end of the decade happens next week, or not until the end of 2010, but as for me, I think it is high ... Read More

The Inca Trail, that famous steep trek to Machu Picchu, is only a tiny sliver of the Inca Road System, one of the Inca Empire's finest achievements.

I am happy to announce that my first book, The Archaeologist's Book of Quotations, has just been published by the Left Coast Press. The Archaeologist's Book of QuotationsPhoto Credit: Left ... Read More

The Streets of Pompeii is a walking tour of the ruins of Pompeii, one of two Pompeii walking tours that were assembled from photographs taken by several tourists and posted ... Read More

About.com is looking for a professional writer with the background and experience in archaeology and history to cover the sub-topic of Pre-Columbian history in the Americas for my website, Archaeology ... Read More

The 2010 season of the ongoing investigations of the Huari-Ancash Archaeological Project will be held in the Rio Puccha valley of Peru. The Huari-Ancash project has been run by Bebel ... Read More