Archaeology 1996 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
A finite Iroquoian legacy. (possible loss of archeological sites) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Fagan, Brian |
A host of would-be conquerors: few traces remain of Spain's early attempts to colonize the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Milanich, Jerald T. |
A mighty Maya nation. (investigation of ruins in Caracol, Belize) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Chase, Arlen F., Chase, Diane Z. |
An endangered sanctuary. (deterioration in ancient Chinese Buddhist cave-temples) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Harrington, Spencer P.M. |
Battling the brick lobby. (preservation of Valley of the Temples at Agrigento, Sicily) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Dyson, Stephen L. |
Bottle brigade. (backyard bottle hunters) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Belson, Matthew J. |
Buddhas of Cloud Hill. (ancient Chinese cave-temples) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Caswell, James |
Chinese pig tales: a popular tradition mirrors a people's ambivalent feelings about swine. (adapted from 'Arts of Asia' July/Aug 1995) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Tsang, Ka Bo |
Classics for the masses? (oversimplification of images from antiquity)(Editorial) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Szegedy-Maszak, Andrew |
Colonizing the Americas: DNA studies now indicate the first Americans came from Asia in a single migration. (includes related articles) (The Great DNA Hunt, part 2) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Rose, Mark, Powledge, Tabitha M. |
Crisis in Near Eastern studies? American archaeologists in the Levant are an endangered species according to one distinguished scholar. (William G. Dever) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Wiseman, James |
Dead cities of the Syrian hill country. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Foss, Clive |
Denizens of the desert: geophysical imaging maps subterranean settlements in the hard hillsides of Israel's Negev Desert. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Levy, Thomas E., Witten, Alan J., Alon, David |
Digitizing the ancient Near East. (CD-ROMs and World Wide Web sites) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Silberman, Neil Asher |
Excavating MIAs: archaeologists probe Vietnam crash sites for remains of U.S. pilots. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Smiley, Brenda |
Faking it. (forged art treasures exhibited alongside authentic pieces) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Schuster, Angela M.H. |
Fingerprinting the dead. (Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Smiley, Brenda |
Foundry fragments: celebrating the bronzesmith's art. ('The Fire of Hephaistos,' exhibition of Greek and Roman bronze statues)(Cover Story) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Schuster, Angela M.H. |
Gallery in situ: Copan's new museum highlights sculptural treasures and a sophisticated Maya cosmology. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Schuster, Angela M.H. |
Genealogy of New Kingdom pharaohs and queens. (ancient Egyptian genealogy) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Woodward, Scott |
Getty gets Fleischman collection. (collection added to Getty Museum) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Elia, Ricardo J. |
Guidespeak. (guide's version of history at Hierapolis, Turkey) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Saraceni, Jessica E. |
James Fort found. (early English settlement in Virginia) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Saraceni, Jessica E. |
Jewelry repatriated. (ancient necklace returned to Peru) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Rose, Mark |
Laboring in the fields of the Lord: the Franciscan missions of seventeenth-century Florida enabled Spain to harness the energies of tens of thousands of native people. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Milanich, Jerald T. |
Legacy of Fort Mose. (excavation of America's first free black settlement) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | MacMahon, Darcie, Deagan, Kathleen |
Lure of the deep. (discovery of wrecked ships; includes related articles on technology, international law, and national boundaries) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Delgado, James P. |
Mighty Cahokia: a major trading center whose influence extended throughout much of North America, Cahokia was in its day the greatest settlement north of Mexico. (includes related article on a satellite settlement in East St. Louis) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Iseminger, William R., Kelly, John E. |
Murder in Memphis. (whether Persian emperor Cambyses murdered the sacred Apis bull in 525-524 B.C.) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Depuydt, Leo |
Museum under siege: attacked and looted by warring factions, Afghanistan's National Museum has now been stripped of 70 percent of its collections. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Dupree, Nancy Hatch |
Neandertals of the Levant: a baby's burial sheds light on the development and behavior of the species. (Amud Cave, Israel)(Special Section: The Peopling of Eurasia) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Kimbel, William H., Hovers, Erella, Rak, Yoel |
Pharos sculpture recovered. (Alexandria, Egypt) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Slayman, Andrew L. |
Race against time: Chinese scholars scramble to save sites threatened by the world's biggest dam. (Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze River, China) (includes related article on endangered archaeological sites) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth, Cohen, Joan Lebold, Sullivan, Lawrence R. |
Redating Serpent Mound. (prehistoric mound in Ohio) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Saraceni, Jessica E. |
Renewing a critical dialogue. (between archaeologists and museums) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Dyson, Stephen L. |
Sanctuary of the gods: scholars unearth exquisite evidence of the cults that flourished at the sacred Macedonian city of Dion.(Cover Story) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Harrington, Spencer P.M. |
Seeking new sources of support. (funding for archaeology) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Dyson, Stephen L. |
Siberian fluted point. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Slayman, Andrew L. |
"Sites too valuable to be lost." (Yu Weichao, director of National History Museum of China, on archaeological sites threatened by Three Gorges Dam project)(Interview) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Dai, Qing |
Sounding the alarm: a heritage watch will monitor endangered sites and monuments. (includes listing of World Monuments Watch 100 Most Endangered Sites and Monuments) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Wiseman, James |
Surfing ancient lands: a guide to CD-ROM offerings.(Evaluation) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Sanders, Donald H. |
Surrogate stone. (spurious restoration of Temple of Aesculapius, Mirobriga Site, Portugal) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Soren, David, Soren, Noelle |
Talking knots of the Inka: a curious manuscript may hold the key to Andean writing. (17th-century Jesuit manuscript found in Naples) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Domenici, Viviano, Domenici, Davide |
The American experience in Egypt: a retrospective chronicles two centuries of exploration.(Cover Story) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Walz, Terence |
The elusive Olmec: a new exhibition underscores the paucity of provenienced objects. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Schuster, Angela M.H. |
The first Asians: a cave in China yields evidence of the earliest migration out of Africa. (Longgupo)(Special Section: The Peopling of Eurasia) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Ciochon, Russell, Larick, Roy |
The first Europeans: isolated from populations in Africa and the Near East, archaic Homo sapiens in Europe evolved into Neandertals.(Special Section: The Peopling of Eurasia) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Hublin, Jean-Jacques |
The great DNA hunt. (part 1) (genetic archeology searches for human origins)(includes related article on plant and animal genetic information) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Rose, Mark, Powledge, Tabitha M. |
The guns of Palo Alto: battlefield surveys indicate that Mexican maps distorted the opening engagement of the Mexican-American War. Why? | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Haecker, Charles M. |
The Mahdia masterpieces: German scholars restore a shipwreck's prize Greek sculptures. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Barr-Sharrar, Beryl |
The peopling of Japan. (ancient migration to Japan) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Rose, Mark |
The TV challenge. (archaeology on television) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Dyson, Stephen L. |
The world of Paul: regional surveys in Greece and Asia Minor point to the impact of Roman rule on the spread of Christianity. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Silberman, Neil Asher |
To your health! The ancients, too, recognized the salutary effects of wine. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Wiseman, James |
Travel guide to North America 1996. (archaeological excavations)(Directory) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Asher, Lara |
Travel guide to North Europe 1996. (archaeological excavations)(Directory) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Asher, Lara |
Treasure of the Sierra Atapuerca: a mountain range in northern Spain yields a cornucopia of human remains, including the world's oldest known burials.(Special Section: The Peopling of Eurasia) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Bahn, Paul G. |
Where the past serves the present: for the Caribbean island of Nevis, tourism and historic preservation go hand in hand. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Slayman, Andrew L. |
Window on ancient maritime trade: a shipwreck off Spain's Costa Brava yields clues to Roman commerce. | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Wiseman, James |
Winning pictures. (annual photography contest winners)(Illustration) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | |
Wonders of radar imagery. (satellite views of ancient sites) | Anthropology/archeology/folklore | Wiseman, James |
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