【Archaeology】An Annotated WWII Underwater Archaeology Bibliography
With four decades of WWII underwater archaeology publications, the time is nigh to create a comprehensive bibliography and conduct an analysis of tren... [more]
【Archaeology】Dirt in the Wounds: Confronting Hard Histories through Public Community Archaeology in Boston
The majority of Boston's residents are minorities. These minority residents confront the ongoing effects of racism, including the hard histories of e... [more]
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Cultural landscapes on Garua Island, Papua New Guinea
Important new insights about long-term changes in human behaviour are gained when cultural landscapes rather than focal points or 'sites' are studied. The abundance of obsidian artefacts preserved on easily recognized, well-defined and short-lived groun
Optimal gardening strategies: Maximizing the input and retention of water in prehistoric gridded fie
Optimization models have been widely employed in evolutionary ecological approaches to the archaeological record to explain spatial and temporal variation in foraging strategies. They have been less commonly used to explain variation in the morphology and
Stellar archaeology: A Keck pilot program on extremely metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO Survey.
In this series of two papers, we present a high-dispersion spectroscopic analysis of eight candidate extremely metal-poor stars selected from the Hamburg/ESO Survey ( HES) and of six additional very metal-poor stars. We demonstrate that with suitable vett
Stellar archaeology: A Keck pilot program on extremely metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO Survey.
We present a detailed abundance analysis of eight stars selected as extremely metal-poor candidates from the Hamburg/ESO Survey (HES). For comparison, we have also analyzed three extremely metal-poor candidates from the HK survey, and three additional bri
Arising from the bajos:: The evolution of a neotropical landscape and the rise of Maya civilization
The conjunctive use of paleoecological and archaeological data to document past human-environment relationships has become a theoretical imperative in the study of ancient cultures. Geographers are playing leading roles in this scholarly effort. Synthesiz
Archaeological application of the HPASS (High Precision Acoustic Surveying System) to surveys of the
The report describes the use of the High Precision Acoustic Surveying System on the Museum of Tropical Queensland 1999 Pandora Expedition and on a project undertaken by the Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek and the Netherlands institute of
Archaeobotany of the Old Prague Town defence system, Czech Republic:: archaeology, macro-remains, po
The stone fortification of Prague Old Town was constructed shortly after A.D. 1230. Large-scale archaeological and archaeobotanical research has been carried out in this area in recent years. The deep moat and the drainage ditch have been excavated at sev
An institutional perspective on prehispanic Maya residential variation: Settlement and community at
This article explores implications of a pattern of residential settlement found at the prehispanic Maya community of San Estevan in northern Belize. Although an awareness of the decision-making behavior of domestic groups helped to isolate the pattern, a
Maya blue: application of XAS and HRTEM to materials science in art and archaeology
Maya blue is a famous blue pigment composed of palygorskite clay and indigo. It was used by the ancient Maya and provides a dramatic background for some of the most impressive murals throughout Mesoamerica. Despite exposure to acids, alkalis, and chemical
Archaeology in the service of the community: Repatriation of the remains of Notetha Bungu
tNontetha Bungu was a Xhosa prophetess and religious leader who became active in the 1920s in the rural hinterland of the Eastern Cape after she had survived the influenza epidemic of 1918. The government of the time, fearing the possibility of a politica
Applications of electrical and electromagnetic methods for environmental and geotechnical investigat
Electrical and electromagnetic methods are powerful tools in environmental and geotechnical investigations. Techniques developed for deeper applications, such as mining, geothermal and crustal studies, are scaled for shallow targets by moving to higher fr
After-lives of the mongolian yurt - The 'archaeology' of a Chinese tourist camp
The Mongolian yurt, now abandoned as a dwelling in much of Inner Mongolia (China), has an after-life in architecture, especially in public buildings in cities. We discuss the case of a failed tourist camp, constructed of brick 'yurts', which was built t
The visual in archaeology: Photographic representation of archaeological practice in British India
Photographs produced during archaeological fieldwork can be employed in shaping the nature of archaeological discourse in different parts of the world. Such photographs are material objects that at times show what written texts fail to say. The focus of t
Geomorphic mapping enhances cultural resource management at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
Provisions of the National Historical Preservation Act of 1966, particularly Section 106 of that Act, require the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) to conduct archaeological surveys and assess cultural resources to evaluate potential effects of planned military t
Notes on the life history of a pot sherd
This article discusses various life history approaches in archaeology: short life histories study the lives of things in the past (until they end up in the ground), long life histories study these lives going on until the present. Both approaches share th