Articulations: Chats with Professional Archaeologists
While the chat room is generally quiet these days, the chats were a lively way to get to know some of archaeology's most interesting researchers--and the transcripts show it.
François Bordes [1919-1981]
French archaeologist and lithic specialist Francois Bordes is best known for his pioneering work in experimental stone tool replication.
J. Barto Arnold: Excavating the Denbigh
In October, 1997, Barto Arnold joined the underwater archaeologists of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University to establish a shipwreck program in Texas and adjoining areas. On ARticulations, Dr. Arnold discusses his work has resulted in the excavation project of the famous Civil War blockade runner Denbigh.
Judy Bense: Southeastern US Archaeology
Dr. Judy Bense authored the definitive text book on Southeastern Archaeology titled Archaeology of the Southeastern United States: Paleoindian to World War I. Her work in the Florida and southeastern United States is the subject of this lively discussion.
Anita Cohen Williams: HISTARCH
In 1994, Anita Cohen-Williams was introduced to the Internet (not the Web), when she started HISTARCH, the electronic discussion list for historical archaeology. SUB-ARCH, a list for underwater archaeology, was begun in 1995, and her third archaeology/history list, SPANBORD (history and archaeology of the Spanish Borderlands and Northern Mexico 1521-1900) in 1996.
Tom Dillehay: Monte Verde
Who were the first Americans? Archaeologist Tom Dillehay discusses his investigations at the Monte Verde site in Chile.
Rosemary Joyce: Sister Stories
Rosemary Joyce's research is concerned with questions about the ways prehispanic inhabitants of Central America employed material culture in actively negotiating their place in society. Recently she chatted about her experimental website called Sister Stories, a hypertext publication of a mythological Aztec story that blends hyperfiction with non-fictional feminist ethnography.
Justin Kerr: Maya Vase Rollouts
Justin Kerr is a photographer who has spent the past 30 years of his life working with photography of Maya artifacts. Kerr discusses his development of the Maya Vase Database, an online collection of photographic images of vases, produced from a special camera technique into a flat rollout.
Larry McKee: African-American Archaeology
Larry McKee spent 11 years directing the archaeological program at the Hermitage, and is an expert in African American archaeology. He chatted concerning his career and recent work.
Bill Kelso: Jamestown
Archaeologist Bill Kelso chats with Pat Garrow and Kris Hirst about his work at the Jamestown colony.
Colloquium: Mike Polk and Charlie LeeDecker
The last Articulations was with a group of professional archaeologists involved in cultural resource management, including Mike Polk (Sagebrush Consulting) and Charlie LeeDecker (Louis Berger Group).