Archaeology

A controversial search for lost cities in Bolivia will embark on the fourth phase of exploration. Archaeology Magazine 55(4)

From NBC News, study of Chile's Atacama Desert ties together environment and history.

From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.

Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.

Academic journal for history of astronomy and archaeoastronomy published by Science History Publications of UK. Sample article and tables of contents for previous issues.

The online archive of past issues of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News, newsletter of ISAAC.

Article from ArcUser magazine on the use of GIS by the County Council's Archaeology Section.

Computer program written to assist in the planning of archaeological discoveries in difficult field situations. Includes its method, projects, photos, and download instructions.

The following programs were written to address problems faced in researching Paleolithic archaeology and include software GIS for piece provenienced artifacts, data entry, and survey data collection.

Photographs of prehistoric carvings, menhirs and dolmens by Bruno Marc. Text in French and English.

Richard Mudhar's lively guide to megalithic sites in the UK and Eire. Introduction, typology, bibliography. Distribution map, searchable database of names and grid references, photographs of selected sites.

Devoted to the study and dissemination of information about clay tobacco pipes.

Ben Levick and Roland Williamson explain how glass and amber were fashioned into beads and a variety of other objects in this attractively illustrated article from Regia Anglorum.

Two annonated ancient Greek music papyrii.

Pictures of a personal collection of arrowheads, spear points, and stone tools, found while surface artifact hunting in Middle and West Tennessee.

Collection of points from Texas.

The Guardian reports that a late 7th-century brooch made of copper and delicately worked gold, studded with Indian garnets, goes on show at the Museum of London.

Information on the Nautical Archaeology Program and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Conservation and preservation laboratories, projects, research.

A group of volunteers who conserve, preserve, and protect the maritime heritage lying beneath British Columbia's coastal and inland waters.

A volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the study and preservation of Lake Michigan shipwrecks.

Features a comprehensive shipwreck database and list of the greatest maritime disasters. Partly fee-based, but searching for one specific vessel is free.

David Bloch discusses the importance of salt sources and routes to the Romans, suggesting that Ostia's salt-beds were crucial to its siting. Also mentions the Romano-British Fenland and sea-level changes.

PIT utilizes readily available computer software and hardware to visually document underwater cultural and biological resources. Examples of this technique.

Founded in 1849. Excursions, lectures, journal.

Umbrella organization formed to bring together archaeological societies in the county with an interest in history and heritage.

Offers lecture meetings and field trips and publishes the annual journal Contrebis - contents and sample articles online. Includes membership and program details.

Software for converting between dates in the Maya Calendar (long count, tzolkin haab) and dates in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Allows specification of correlation number and year-bearer system.

A large database of manuscripts from Dunhuang and other parts of Central Asia. Includes a description of the discovery in 1900 of a cave full of ancient manuscripts.

The Virtual Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is an attempt at a virtual recovery of excavated archaeological finds in cyberspace for ancient relic preservation, archaeology research, and multimedia contents generation.

A report in XNA that a letter written about 2,000 years ago and never delivered has provided evidence of China's oldest post office at a historic site near the famous Dunhuang Mogao Grottos along the ancient Silk Road.

Article in Asian Arts by John Vincent Bellezza concerning a series of pre-Buddhist archaeological sites in the western Tibet province of Ngari.

From Xinhuanet, the lections were piled up in a huge wall that is 60 meterslong and 10 meters high at the Sagya Monastery in Sagya county, roughly 400 kilometers from Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Reviewed by Chris Kostman, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California at Berkeley.

Includes video clips [RealVideo and QuickTime].

Itineraries et description of the most important archaeological sites in the island.

From Guardian Unlimited, in 1222 they had a crisis in Salisbury. Masons were racing ahead raising the walls of the cathedral, but the carpenters were running out of timbers needed for the roof.

Will Lord reproduces prehistoric tools and weaponry, and offers flint knapping demonstrations. Includes details and photos of activities, a diary, and contact information.

Archive of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, last updated in 2014, held by the Archaeology Data Service.

Encyclopedic entry includes history and archaeology of Old Paphos.

Large excavation in northeastern Israel, led by Professor Amihai Mazar of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem: includes reports, pictures, and volunteer information.

Illustrated historical article.

Organization concerned with anthropology and archaeoology. Publications, membership, activities including annual meeting, directory of area chapter contacts.

The Institute of Minnesota Archaeology describes an exploration of the Upper Mississippi's buried past. Illustrated site reports, photographs, bibliographies.

History of the site known as "Indian Racetrack" in northwestern New Mexico including measurements in an attempt to discover solar alignments.

Encyclopedic entry for an important Pre-Columbian civilization and archaeological site in Bolivia.

From Discover Magazine, in just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their forest, drove their plants and animals to extinction, and saw their complex society spiral into chaos and cannibalism.

Photograph and information about this small circle to the south of the village of Ennerdale Bridge in Cumbria.

Photographs and locations of stone circles and carved stones in Aberdeenshire by George Soja.

Photographic images of standing stones and burial chambers in Wales and Welsh landscapes.

Historic Shipwreck 1942.