Recent additions to the Archaeology @ About.com webpage
Further Fossil Finds of Flores Man, Indonesia
http://archaeology.about.com/od/earlymansites/a/flores2.htm
New excavations at the Liang Bua Cave on the island of Flores in Indonesia
have recovered additional specimens of the human ancestor known as Flores
Man; or more popularly, the Hobbit. A total of nine individuals have been
recovered from the cave deposits, including one sub-adult, ranging in age
from 94,000 to 12,000 years ago, adding credence to the researchers' belief
that these are a separate species from Homo sapiens.
Book Review:
In Search of Myths and Heroes
http://archaeology.about.com/od/ancientwriting/fr/wood05.htm
In the new book and television program In Search of Myths and Heroes,
Michael Wood seeks to learn about the ancient legends of King Arthur, Jason
and the Golden Fleece, Shangri-La and the Queen of Sheba. The book is
essentially a wistful fairy tale, that doesn't provide a clearer image of
what the past was like or even the likelihood that a particular story
actually happened; but in the romantic tradition of a favorite story told
again and again.
Glossary Entries
http://archaeology.about.com/od/glossary/
Uxmal (Mexico), Tula (Mexico), Teotihuacan (Mexico), Monte Alban (Mexico),
La Mojarra (Mexico), Mayapan (Mexico), Chichén Itzá (Mexico). Cacaxtla
(Mexico). Lefkandi (Greece), Lindow Man (UK), Wietenburg Culture, Wilgie Mia
(Australia), Winchester (UK), Mixtec
Quiz: Mexican Culture History
http://archaeology.about.com/od/puzzlesandquizzes/
Please pass it along, and thanks! For reading
K. Kris Hirst
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Quote of the Week: He had never dined with a duchess, never received a
prize, never been interviewed, never produced anything which the public
could understand, nor experienced anything since his schoolboy amours which
nice people could regard as romantic. He was, in fact, an authentic
scientist. - Sinclair Lewis
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