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Archaeology, 1997

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 16
Collection number: Folder 16

Scope and Contents

Book 1:Pyramid Builders: Rewriting Southwestern Prehistory, Warrior Women of the Steppes. Vol. 5, no.1 January/ February 1997 Content: Insight: Eighth Wonder of the World by James Wiseman Special Report: A Battle Over Bones by Andrew L. Slayman Builders OF The Pyramids: Excavations at Giza yield the settlements and workshops of three generations of laborers by Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner Tombs of the Pyramid Builders by Zahi Hawass Warrior Women of the Eurasian Steppes: New evidence suggests that tales of the Amazon warriors may be more than mere legend. By Jeannine Davis-Kimball Samaritan Treasures of South Russia by Mikhail Treister Rewriting Southwestern Prehistory: New studies suggest an overarching political system dominated much of the Southwest from A.D. 850 to 1500. By Stephen H. Lekson Bodies In Motion: India’s rock art is a window on prehistoric performing arts. By: Erwin Neumayer Letter From New York: America’s Forgotten War: The French and Indian War determined the course of the American history. Why do so many Americans know so little about it? By David R. Starbuck Books: Unearthing The Human Mind By April Nowell At the Museums: Variations On Antiquity by Angela M.H Schuster, Larissa Bonfatte, and Antonio Rallo Multimedia: What’s On Line? By Jessica E. Saraceni Forum Antique Archaeologists By John L. Cotter   Book 2:Archaelogy: Digging Old New York: Rethinking Japan’s Prehistory, Antiquity’s Killer Cloaks, Old World Travel Guide vol.5, no.2 March/April 1997 Content: Special Report: Ancient Seafarers: New evidence of early Southeast Asian sea voyages By James Wiseman Insight: Beyond the Danube’s Iron Gates by James Wiseman Japans New Past: How a century of archaeology helped dispel a nations mythic origins. By Walter Edwards Travel Guide to South and Southeast Asia Compiled by Andrew Kasdan New York’s Mythic Slum: Digging lower Manhattan’s infamous Five Points By Rebecca Yamin Fiery Finery: In Ancient legends the combustible the combustible cloak was a weapon for exacting revenge By Adrienne Mayor Books The First Americans By Brian M. Fagan At the Museums: Ancient Sepphoris: Portrait Of Cosmopolitan city by Angela M.H. Schuster Multimedia What’s On Line? Part II by Jessica E. Saraceni Forum: Beneath The Shifting Sands by Ernst Aebi   Book 3:Archaeology: Virtual Bonampak Imaging Mayan Art: First Look At Early Humans New World Travel Guide Ancient Arabia vol.5, no.3 May/June 1997 Content: Insight: Life At The Front by James Wiseman Faces From The Past: First View of early humans from Spain’s Pit of Bones by Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras Imaging Maya Art: Infrared video “prospecting” of Bonampak’s famous murals yields critical details no longer visible to the naked eye by Mary Muller Travel Guide To The Land Of The Maya: Compiled By Angela M.H. Schuster And Andrew L. Slayman Reflections On An Arabian Kingdom’s Illustrious Past Text by Spencer P. M Harrington Photographs by Nicolas Sapieha Digging In The Land Of Magan by M. Redha Backer And Bernadette Bhacker The Durable Dhow by Tom Vosmer Alantis Of The Sands: Southern Oman yields ruins of an ancient city on the fabled frankincense route. By Juris Zarins At the Museums: Combodia’s Khmer Past by Ellen Herscher Books: Rotten Apples: Sotheby’s And the Antiquities Market by Mark Rose Multimedia: Rise of the Hominids by Jean-Jacques Hublin Forum: An Unsinkable Story by John L. Cotter   Book 4:Archaeology: The Bog People Why They Were Killed: Moscow Reclaims Its Past Malta’s Megaliths Rituals Of The Modern Maya vol.5, no.4 July/Aug 1997 Content: Insight: Legacy Of Henry VIII by James Wiseman Moscow Reclaims Its Past: Excavation of settlement layers reaching far back more than 850 years has sparked a reassessment of the city’s early history. By Nicole Prevost-Logan The Manege Dig by Alexander G. Veksler Celebrating An Island Heritage: Malta’s World- acclaimed sites include its sixteenth-century capital city and the temples of a mysterious Neolithic culture. By Mark Rose Rituals Of The Modern Maya: A strong undercurrent of Pre-Columbian belief pervades much of today’s religious practice. By Angela M.H. Schuster Medieval Foothold In The America’s: At La Isabela, Columbus sought to replicate a proper Spanish Town. By Kathleen Degan and Jose M. Cruxent Images of Conquest by Geoffrey Conrad, John Foster, Charles Beeker, Lynn Uhls, Mark Brauner, Marcio Veloz Maggiolo, And Elpidio Ortega Books: Bodies of The Bogs by Paul G. Bahn At The Museums: Cyprus in Context: Harvard’s Semitic Museum unveils its Cesnola collection. Multimedia: Profiling an Unusual People The Calusa of Southern Florida Forum: Boyhood Dreams by Dale Mackenzie Brown   Book 5:Archaeology: Saving the Maya Past One man’s crusade: Royal Scythian Burial vol.5, no.5 Sept/Oct 1997 Contents: Insight: In Vino Veritas by James Wiseman Prince Of The Great Kurgan: What happened to the Scythians after their defeat by Philip II? An unlooted tomb of a chieftain may hold the answers. By Jan Chochorowski and Sergei Skoryi Chieftain or Warrior Priestess? : New evidence suggests that an ancient Saka nomad buried in a suit of gold may have been a woman. By: Jeanine Davis-Kimball The Search for Site Q: For years scholars have been looking for the source of an array of unprovenienced Maya sculptures in collections here and abroad. By Angela M.H Schuster Mission to L Corona: A new Maya site may fail to quality as Site Q. By Ian Graham A Run for Their Lives: An archaeologist and his colleagues narrowly escape a mob of angry villagers. By Angela M.H. Schuster Plundering The Peten: Sites in northern Guatemala have been systematically looted for decades. Now the government is fighting back. By Richard D. Hansen Maverick Mayanist: Ian Graham’s crusade to record every Maya monument has earned him a place in the constellation of great Meso-american explorers. By John Dorfman and Andrew L. Slayman Cruising Lake Nasser: A Journey into Nubian Antiquity text by Robery S. Bianchi photographers by Claudia Parks Letter from Ireland: Probing County Roscommon by Charles E. Orser, Jr. At the Musuems: Seeing Through Roman Glass by David Whitehouse Books: Redlining Anthropology by Joe Watkins Multimedia: Feats Of Engineering by Andrew Szegedy-Maszak Forum Re-Inventing Eli Whitney by David R. Starbuck   Book 6:Archaeology Pompeii’s Hidden Past vol.5, no.6, Nov/Dec 1997 Contents:Insight: The Post-Roman World by James Wiseman The New Pompeii: Excavations beneath the A.D. 79 level illuminate the history of the famous Roman resort. By Andrew L. Slayman Picking Up The Pieces: Saving Pompeii’s decaying walls before it is too late by Andrew L. Slayman Discovering The Ocidente: West Mexico’s sophisticated shaft tomb people are suddenly getting the attention they deserve. By Robert B. Pickering Maggots, Graves, and Scholars: How insect puparia are used to authenticate ancient figurines. By Robert B. Pickering Traders of The Ecuadorian Littoral: Striking parallels in dress and artifacts suggest that strong economic ties existed between Ecuador and West Mexico more than 1,500 years ago. Last of the “Foreign Devils” Sir Aurel Stein’s fourth foray into China was a humiliating failure. Who conspired to undermine the expedition and why? By: Shareen Blair Brysac Books: Legacy of Dunhuang by James Blair Brysac Letter From Greece: Development Juggernaut by Nikos Axarlis At the Museums: Recreating Neanderthals Multimedia: Perseus II by Harrison Eiteljorg, II Forum: Gift of the Nile by Dale Mackenzie

Dates

  • Created: 1997

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 18.00 Boxes

From the Collection: 17 Digital links

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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