Archaeology September 2012 Archive

I suspect, in my heart of hearts, that despite my early crush on William Flinders Petrie, the real fire in my belly for archaeology was built by the legends of ... Read More

I've known about the 16th century Spanish/Peruvian writer and historian Garcilaso de la Vega since I was in graduate school, lo these many years ago. But until I started researching ... Read More

Comalcalco is a the name of a Classic period Maya site, located in the state of Tabasco, Mexico, about 20 miles in from the Gulf coast and about 40 miles ... Read More

When Hernando de Soto brought his 600 member expedition to North America in 1538, three members of his crew took notes on the journey: about fifty years later Garcilaso de ... Read More

The Coosa is a river in Georgia, best known today for fabulous white water kayaking opportunities. But it is also the name of a 15th-17th century AD Mississippian polity, the ... Read More

Hawk bells are one type of artifact used by archaeologists to identify contact between Mississippian Native Americans and European explorers like Hernando de Soto who invaded their territory beginning in ... Read More

How old is it? Modern techniques of dating archaeological sites and objects have been developed over the past 150 years. This six-day course describes the history of dating techniques, and ... Read More

The Azilian or Federmesser period in Europe is of great interest today, because it exemplifies the struggles that humans have experienced under great climate change. Side view of the re-assembled elk ... Read More

On August 31, 2012, Science magazine reported that the complete genome for the Denisovans had been mapped. The Denisovans shared our planet with neanderthals and early modern humans, but we ... Read More