Random Samples 8/17/05
Updates to the Archaeology @ About.com web page, week ending 17 August 2005
Article:
Indigenous Archaeology
http://archaeology.about.com/od/interviews/a/stapp.htm?nl=1
One of the more exciting trends in archaeology today is the growing active
participation of indigenous people in the federal bureaucracy of protecting
cultural resources. In this email interview, archaeologists Darby Stapp and
Julia Longenecker discuss their experiences with tribes conducting
Indigenous Archaeology.
Glossary Entries:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/glossary/?nl=1
Inca Civilization, George Clapp Vaillant [1901-1945], Valcamonica (Italy),
Real Alto (Ecuador), Valdivia Culture, Valley of the Kings (Egypt), Henri
Victor Vallois [1889-1981], Vallonet Cave (France), Vandals, Varna
(Bulgaria), Madho Sarup Vats, Nikolai I. Vavilov [1887-1943], Sol Tax
[1907-1995], Egtved Girl (Denmark), Baghdad (Iraq), Elmina (Ghana), El Tajin
(Mexico), El Sec (Spain), El Paraiso (Chile), El Nino Southern Oscillation,
El Castillo (Spain, Mexico, and Belize), Egolzwil (Switzerland), Economic
Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Cultural Ecology
Mighty White, but not quite
http://archaeology.about.com/od/ethics/a/harpers_2.htm?nl=1
Reader and man of parts Alex Chaffee disagrees with the tenor of my article
on Jack Hitt's article in the Harper's magazine of July 2005. His literate
reply to my somewhat hot-headed response is well worth reading.
Quiz: Tenochtitlan
http://archaeology.about.com/library/games/bltenochtitlan.htm?nl=1
Quiz: Inca Civilization
http://archaeology.about.com/library/games/blinca.htm
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plan to post only once a week here. If you want to get your own copy of
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K. Kris Hirst
Guide for Archaeology @ About.com
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http://www.wasteflake.com
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
More quotes at:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/quotations/
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