New Listings at the About.com webpage:
Articles:
Octagon Moon Rise
http://archaeology.about.com/od/mississippiancivilization/a/newark.htm?nl=1
The Newark Earthworks, an ancient Hopewell civilization observatory and
sacred enclosure, will witness the Octagon Moon Rise event in the fall of
2005, when observers may watch the moon rise using the ancient astronomical
observatory built 2000 years ago.
New Orleans Lost and Found
http://archaeology.about.com/od/heritagemanagement/a/dawdy1.htm
What does it mean to miss New Orleans? Archaeologist and part-time resident
of New Orleans Shannon Lee Dawdy documents the cycle of destruction and
rebirth of the Crescent City, and proves that the real New Orleans isn't
missing at all, and that with a mixture of hope, conviction, and a hell of a
lot of help, the city can and will be reborn.
Glossary Entries:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/glossary/
Wadi Feinan (Jordan), Federmesser Culture, Feddersen Wierde (Germany),
Waterford (Ireland), Wasserburg (Germany), Wari Empire, Wadi Raba Culture,
Tel Tsaf (Israel), Vis (Russia), Vuelta Limon (Mexico), Turnover Pulse
Hypothesis, La Tene (Switzerland), Chantuto Phase, Gordion (Turkey)
Biographical Entries:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/biographies/
Charles Warren [1840-1927], Antonio Johnston Waring, Jr. [1915-1964], Alfred
Russel Wallace [1823-1913], Alan John Bayard Wace [1879-1957], Elisabeth
Vrba, Emile and Paul Vouga, Barbara Voorhies, Ernest Volk [1845-1919], Evon
Zartman Vogt Jr. [1918-2004]
Quiz:
Lascaux Cave
http://archaeology.about.com/library/games/bllascaux.htm
Please distribute at will, and Thanks! For reading
K. Kris Hirst
Guide for Archaeology @ About.com
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Quote of the Week: Nothing's perfect. The archeologist / who finds my bones
cannot articulate / a poet out of ribs /uplifted like a broken apple crate.
- David Mason
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