Archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Issue 9 (1) of the European Journal of Archaeology is now available online. It contains the following:
Articles
Pierre Pétrequin, Michel Errera, Anne-Marie Pétrequin, and Pierre Allard: The Neolithic Quarries of Mont Viso, Piedmont, Italy: Initial Radiocarbon Dates
Sue Hamilton, Ruth Whitehouse, Keri Brown, Pamela Combes, Edward Herring, and Mike Seager ...
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
I recently read Shirley Fedorak's new book Anthropology Matters! It is about the relevance of anthropology in our everyday lives as human beings in the Western world.
The best chapters discuss questions such as these:
Of What Use is Anthropology to the Business World?
Is Female Circumcision a Violation of Human ...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2007
A session planned at the EAA conference in Zadar this September:
Investigating Archaeological Survey
With a tradition stretching back over 300 years, archaeological survey and investigation deserves a definitive place within archaeological and historical research. Its multi-disciplinary approach not only provides greater understanding of sites and their landscapes, but it also offers ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
The Fourth International Conference of Medieval and Modern Archaeology will be held at the University of Paris I (the Sorbonne) from 3rd to 8th September 2007. The venue is the National Institute of Art History, 2, rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris.
For details on registration and call for papers, see the conference ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Next week, German television starts a new Docu-Soap about the Stone Age... Some interesting webpages about the Stone Age accompany the series. Among other things, there is talk about 'real Stone Age atmosphere' ("richtiges Steinzeit-Gefühl"), whatever that may be.
To find out whether these programmes immerse the participants similarly deep ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
We have received notice of the following opportunity for students to dig in Italy:
Dear all,
we inform that we open the call for application for the archaeological excavation at PAVA (SIENA-ITALY).
The excavation has been organized since 2004 from the University of Siena, Laboratory of Landscape Archaeology and Remote Sensing.
The CALL ...
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Saturday, May 12th, 2007
May 23rd-25th 2008 at Columbia University
The Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) has been organizing an annual meeting in UK since 1979, with the aim of promoting debate and discussion of issues in archaeological theory. TAG-NYC marks the first time that TAG has come to the US. It will be running in ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
First Announcement
The organising committee of the Sixth World Archaeology Congress (WAC-6) are delighted to now invite colleagues from across the globe to come to University College Dublin, Ireland from June 29-July 4, 2008 for this spectacular archaeological conference. We are planning a varied and engaging thematic programme and a wide ...
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