Contested Archaeological Sites
The Dorak Affair, Part 1
Scoop Columnist Suzan Mazur wrote three articles in 2005, based on her attempts to discover the truth about the the Dorak Affair, a controversial archaeological find reported by James Mellaart, but supposedly vanished.
The Dorak Affair, Part 2
More of Scoop columnist Suzan Mazur's research into the Dorak Affair, reporting evidence from various researchers in Turkey.
The Dorak Affair, Part 3
The final chapter in Scoop columnist Suzan Mazur's investigation into the truth behind the Dorak Affair.
Sandia Cave: The Elephant in the Parlor
Tony Baker has a personal history with Sandia Cave, not to mention a 4.5-hour oral history taken with one of the excavators. Here's his extensive analysis of what went wrong at Sandia Cave, one of the most controversial archaeological sites in the New World.
Sandia Cave, New Mexico
From Keith Littleton and published on Doug Weller's wonderful Skeptics site, an article on the controversy around the Sandia Cave site.
Jerusalem Bone Box Controversy
A stone burial box may have been the resting place of a leader of the early Christian church.
Jerusalem Bone Box Update
Scholars have gotten a good luck at the reputed burial box of James the Just; here's what they believe.
Archaeology at the World Trade Center
Forensic archaeology had a role investigating the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, September 11, 2001.
Bones, Boats, and Bison
James Dixon's book on the evidence for the earliest populations in the Americas is not exhaustive, luckily; that would be exhausting. But as a summary of the pertinent data which is currently throwing the scientific world into a tizzy, it is well written and readable by scientist and the general public alike.
Monte Verde Redux
Stuart Fiedel rebuts the website put together by Tom Dillehay refuting Fiedel's commentary on Monte Verde.
Prank at Spencer Lake Mound
While nobody in the archaeological world considers this a controversial site at all, there are still non-archaeologists who persist in claiming the Spencer Lake Mound is proof that Vikings were in the American midwest before Columbus.
Lost World
In Lost World, journalist Tom Koppel describes his experiences with archaeologists who are tracing possible pre-clovis coastal occupations of the north American coastline.