Articles: 

 

Cracking the Khipu Code: New Insights into the Administration of the Inca
Empire

http://archaeology.about.com/od/americanancientwriting/a/khipucode.htm 

In an August 2005 article in Science magazine, researchers Gary Urton and
Carrie Brezine report on the early successes of the Khipu Database Project,
in which they believe they have deciphered an accounting method used by the
Inca civilization to maintain control over its farflung empire.

 

Megafaunal Extinctions Reconsidered

http://archaeology.about.com/od/foodsoftheancientpast/a/cubasloth.htm 

A news story from researchers at the University of Florida suggests
megafaunal extinctions may have been the result of human predation, rather
than climate change.

 

Glossary Entries

http://archaeology.about.com/od/glossary/ 

Eastern Agricultural Complex, Easter Island (owned by Chile), Earthlodge,
Ainu, Ust-Mil 2 (Russia), Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville
[1790-1842], Uruk (Iraq), Urnfield Cemetery, Urewe Culture, Urbanism, Urban
Revolution, Urban Archaeology, Gamla Uppsala (Sweden), Ur (Iraq), Urartu,
Uraha (Malawi)

 

African Cultures

http://archaeology.about.com/od/cultures/ 

The political boundaries of the countries in Africa do not always match the
older cultural groups. Here is a selection of the important inter-national
cultural groups known for the continent of Africa. (part of the World Atlas
of Archaeology, still in progress)

 

Quiz: Megafaunal Extinctions
http://archaeology.about.com/library/games/blmegafauna.htm?nl=1 

 

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K. Kris Hirst

Guide for Archaeology @ About.com

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Quote of the Week:  Current archaeological theorists are like a shoal of
fish, following twisting currents, as one turns they all turn, usually
nowhere in particular. - James Whitley

 

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