QuickTips Index
Cassava
Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also known as manioc, tapioca, yuca and mandioca, is a domesticated species of tuber, originally domesticated on the southwestern border of the Amazon Basin.
Mayan Economics
The Maya civilization had an extensive economic system, based on trade and agriculture. Here are some details of some of that system.
Slash and Burn
Slash and burn--also known as swidden or shifting agriculture--is a form of growing crops that involves the rotation of several plots of land.
Nathan Light on the Mental Prison of Modern Myths
A quote from archaeologist Nathan Light on how tabloid archaeology might be trivializing science.
Otzi the Iceman
The Iceman is the name of a 5,300-year-old human body discovered high in the Swiss/Italian Alps in 1991.
The Population of America
The date and pathway of the first human occupants of the American continents is still perhaps one of the most highly debated topics in archaeology today.
Guide to Graduate Schools in the Southwestern United States
Graduate schools offering MA and/or PhD degrees to students of archaeology, located in the American southwest and pacific.
Classical Greek, Roman and Ancient History University Programs
A list of academic departments with focuses on the classics, ancient Greece and Rome
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic (abbreviated PPN) is the name given to the people who domesticated the earliest plants and lived in farming communities in the Levant and Near East.
Zhoukoudian (China)
Zhoukoudian is the name of a stratified cave and fissures in Fangshan District, about 45 km southwest of Beijing, China where several very ancient archaeological occupations have been identified.
Horse History
The modern domesticated horse (Equus caballus) is spread throughout the world and is among the most diverse creatures on the planet.
Titris Hoyuk (Turkey)
Titris Hoyuk is the archaeological ruins of an Early Bronze Age site, and the capital of a northern Mesopotamian (Akkad) city-state.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is an ancient civilization that took up pretty much everything that today is modern Iraq, a triangular patch wedged between the Tigris River, the Zagros Mountains, and the Lesser Zab River.
Richard Klein on Archaeological Maxims
In an article debating behavioral modernity, paleontologist Richard Klein lays out what he believes should be an archaeological maxim about proof in archaeology.
Easter Island
Easter Island, also known as Rapanui and Isla de Pascua, is a tiny dot of volcanic matter in the South Pacific Ocean, currently owned by Chile. Its story is a microcosm for the devastation brought by humans, and the ability of people to overcome their own mistakes.
Chankillo (Peru)
Chankillo (also spelled Chanquillo) is a ceremonial center and solar observatory located within an area of rock outcrops and sand ramps in the Casma-Sechin river valley of arid coastal Peru.
Canadian Graduate Schools in Archaeology
A list of universities in Canada which have departments granting advanced degrees to prospective archaeologists
Archaeology Graduate Schools in Europe
Universities throughout Europe which provide students with advanced degrees in archaeology
Regional Studies
Academic programs providing advanced degrees with foci on regions of the world.
Archaeology Graduate Schools in Africa
There are several excellent schools that provide advanced degrees for prospective archaeologists located in Africa.
San Pedro de Atacama
The archaeological site of San Pedro de Atacama is a Tiwanaku empire outpost, located in a desert oasis some 800 kilometers from the capital of the Tiwanuku empire
Environmental and Landscape Archaeology Programs
Academic departments that are focused on preparing the next generation of environmental and landscape archaeologists.
Social and Theoretical Archaeology
Graduate schools providing training in social and theoretical archaeologies to the next generation of scientists.
Cultural Resource and Heritage Management Education Programs
A list of academic archaeology programs that are dedicated to training the next generation of cultural resource managers and heritage professionals.
Museum Studies
Programs in universities dedicated to training archaeological students in museum studies.