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  bible.org: ISBE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Thus "Archaeology and Criticism," the title of this article, is meant to designate the bearing of the archaeology of Bible lands upon the criticism, especially the Higher Criticism, of the Bible.
What archaeology has done in the case, the resulting effects of such archaeological evidence, that is to say, the History of the bearing of archaeology upon the criticism of the Bible.
Archaeology admonishes us of the truism, too often overlooked, that a language or literature means only what it is understood to mean by those from whom it comes, so that the etymological, syntactical and speculative methods of interpretation employed in criticism, in order to be reliable, must have the support of the historical method.
www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=695   (5858 words)

  
 Archaeology and Sports History
Archaeology is based generally on the idea that there are ancient remains of human activity to be studied and published to the aim of world history.
It is obvious that archaeology and history should have a very closed relation, and a big interest is to be established between archaeologists and historians, because the archaeologist also needs the historian to develop his information and draw a certain philosophy of history.
Archaeology is a field of interest to sport historians, especially those who have no texts in hand.
phoenicia.org /sportsarch.html   (2212 words)

  
 Biblical Archaeology and Its Interpretation: The Sayce-Driver Controversy by Mark Elliot
Enemies of higher criticism found sustenance in the belief that archaeology confirmed and validated the truth of the biblical text, and they utilized archaeological data in their persistent attacks upon the supporters of Wellhausian approaches to biblical criticism.
The belief that archaeology had discredited the basic foundations of Wellhausen’s doctrines was, in Driver’s opinion, based on the faulty evaluation of the data.
Perhaps even more importantly, Driver maintained that archaeology allowed biblical scholars to incorporate a holistic approach to the “history and civilization” of the ancient Near East and the place of Israel in it and to the nature of the influences which were placed upon Israel.
www.bibleinterp.com /articles/The_Sayce_Driver_Controversy.htm   (5185 words)

  
 Record Unit 201 - Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, Correspondence and Memoranda, ...
Department of Geology, Division of Mineralogy (prior to 1897, the Department of Minerals; prior to 1895, the Department of Mineralogy; prior to 1894, the Department of Minerals; prior to 1886, the Department of Mineralogy).
Department of Anthropology, Division of Historical Archaeology (prior to 1897, the Department of Oriental Antiquities; prior to 1894, it was a section of the Department of Ethnology).
Department of Anthropology, Division of Prehistoric Archaeology (prior to 1897, the Department of Prehistoric Anthropology; prior to 1888, the Department of Archaeology; prior to 1887, the Department of Prehistoric Anthropology; prior to 1886, the Department of Antiquities).
www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/FARU0201.htm   (3201 words)

  
 Bible Archaeology Seminars
It is believed that Sesostris II (1897 - 1878 B.C.) was the Pharaoah during the seven years of plenty and that his son Sesostris III (1878 - 1843 B.C.) was the Pharaoh during the seven year famine.
Archaeology has also revealed that the Hyksos buried their people in the fetal position and were involved in human sacrifice.
Though archaeology has been growing in popularity with Blums book "The Gold of the Exodus" I dont think the end justifies the means.
adcommunications.org /Artifacts,Articles,BibArch.htm   (7886 words)

  
 Record Unit 158 - United States National Museum, Curators' Annual Reports, 1881-1964
Department of Anthropology--Division of Old World Archaeology (prior to 1913-14, known as the Division of Historic Archaeology; the division was abolished in 1928, after the death of the Curator, I. Casanowicz, and the holdings were placed under the general supervision of the Division of American Archaeology): Annual Reports, 1902-03 to 1906-07.
Department of Geology--Division of Paleontology--Section of Paleobotany (prior to 1897, The Section of Fossil Plants of the Department of Paleontology, from 1897 to 1908, the Section of Paleobotany of the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology, from 1908-1910, the Division of Paleobotany): Annual Reports, 1898-99 to 1910-11.
In 1897 it became the Section of Vertebrate Fossils of the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology of the Department of Geology.
www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/FARU0158.htm   (4975 words)

  
 XV. Scholars, Antiquaries and Bibliographers: Bibliography. Vol. 12. The Romantic Revival. The Cambridge History of ...
Life (1897) and Letters (1899) of Benjamin Jowett (with Abbot, Evelyn).
Researches in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Comparative Philology, Mythology, and Archaeology, in connection with the Origin of Culture in America and the Accad or Sumerian Families, 1875.
The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, 1851.
www.bartleby.com /222/1500.html   (9610 words)

  
 South Dakota Archaeology Bibliography
Traces the development of archaeology in the state through the personalities of individuals who have researched its prehistory, the changing trends in theories and techniques, and the establishment of state and federal laws that have led to current archaeological programs.
Its emphasis is on the history of South Dakota archaeology, not the cultures of the prehistoric societies.
A study of changes in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Arikara ceramics and their relationship to the complex of social, economic, and political influences to which Arikara potters were exposed.
www.larryjzimmerman.com /SDarch/sdbib.html   (15257 words)

  
 Historical Archaeology - Anthropology Research Guide - UMass Amherst Libraries
Some can be checked out and some are located in Reference (in the Learning Commons) and in Special Collections and Archives.
From off-campus locations, an OIT Computer Account is required to access licensed databases.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - Includes materials on architecture, and related topics such as archaeology and preservation.
www.library.umass.edu /subject/anthro/historical-arch.html   (897 words)

  
 Projectile Points Bibliography -- Tennessee Archaeology Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Archaeology in Montana Hoffman, C. Marshall 1985 Projectile Point Maintenance and Typology: Assessment with Factor Analysis and Canonical Correlation.
In: Archaeology in Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by J.B. Stoltman, pp.
In: Upland Archaeology in the East, Symposium 2, edited by C.R. Geier, M.B. Barber, and G.Tolley, pp.
www.mtsu.edu /~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/pointbib.html   (11342 words)

  
 Maya Sites of Belize, Ambergris Caye, Belize
Rescue archaeology is always a disappointing task as the damage done by looters is irrevocable.
Joseph Palacio, the Archaeology Commissioner from 1971 to 1976, consolidated the stucco frieze and in 1978 and 1979 his successor, Elizabeth Graham carried out small-scale excavations and completed the restoration of the frieze.
Please note that it is imperative for the Department of Archaeology and/or the Forestry Department, Western Division, to be informed prior to any visits in order to obtain entry permission and advice on accessibility.
www.ambergriscaye.com /pages/mayan/mayasites.html   (19277 words)

  
 FSTS Sources - Papers - ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL MINNEAPOLIS RIVERFRONT: PART 1 Archaeological Site Inventory - East ...
In 1897, the Lower Dam Hydroelectric Plant was finished and in 1908 a hydroelectric plant was built in the center of Hennepin Island.
William de la Barre was the engineer for the project which began in May of 1895 and finished construction in December of 1897 at a cost of one million dollars.
The foundations were destroyed in 1897 for the construction of Wasteway #2.
www.fromsitetostory.org /sources/papers/mnarch48/48inv-em.asp   (4648 words)

  
 Archaeology, Archaeology and Criticism - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
It is stated by Professor Sayce expressly, and by Dr. Orr and Professor A. Clay, by implication, that Noldeke's arguments against the historical character of the narrative of Genesis 14 have been refuted by archaeology.
The fact is, Noldeke's arguments on Genesis 14 have not been refuted, or even touched, by archaeology.
his argument consisted in pointing out various historical improbabilities attaching to the details of a particular expedition; and archaeology can overthrow this argument only by producing evidence that this expedition, with the details as stated in Genesis 14, actually took place.
www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T695   (6042 words)

  
 North American Archaeology - Anthropology Research Guide - UMass Amherst Libraries
Answer: The term "Excavations (Archaeology)" is used as a subject heading when the material is about actual archaeological digs, or for materials on sites in different places.
These subject headings would be assigned to a book that was an archaeological site report, or was about archaeological sites in Spain.The term "Archaeology" is used as a subject heading when the material is about archaeology as a branch of learning.
This subject heading would be assigned to a book that was on the science of archaeology in Spain.
www.library.umass.edu /subject/anthro/north-am-arch.html   (695 words)

  
 Contemporary Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To which Emma's response is to argue that archaeology is a discipline concerned with the relationships between human behaviour and the human environment (however constructed).
Graham Fairclough has written that "one of the attractions of contemporary archaeology is that it’s a mirror in which what we sometimes like to think of as the obvious, self-explanatory given of ‘proper’ archaeology are reflected, often in very distorted ways".
Ironbridge Archaeology is the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
contemp-ironbridge.blogspot.com   (2842 words)

  
 SAA Bulletin 14(2): Working Together--Native American Oral Traditions
Since oral traditions and archaeology have inherent limitations, combining them in research can create knowledge that goes beyond what is possible using either source by itself.
Both oral traditions and archaeology thus constitute sources of knowledge that have intricate structures that must be systematically and carefully analyzed in terms of their own internal logic in order to use them in scholarly research.
Archaeology can also be used by tribes to achieve their own political and legal goals in relation to the larger society.
www.saa.org /publications/saabulletin/14-2/SAA14.html   (2526 words)

  
 BU Libraries | Research Guides | Archaeology
Explorations of the Middle Ages to the present in eight chapters: archaeology of archaeology; old worlds and new, 1500-1760; antiquarians and explorers, 1760-1820; science and romanticism, 1820-1860; search for human origins, 1860-1920; archaeology comes of age, 1920-1960; new techniques and competing philosophies, 1960-1990, and current controversies and future trends.
Covers archaeology (pre- and proto-history), historical archaeology, ancient art history, modern art history, material culture, epigraphy and palaeography, numismatics and sigillography.
Searchable bibliography of the Bronze Age archaeology of mainland Greece and Crete.
www.bu.edu /library/guides/archaeology.html   (4891 words)

  
 John Winter Crowfoot
He had an early interest in archaeology and in 1897 spent a year travelling in Anatolia and Greece as a student of the British School of Archaeology in Athens.
During the first of these excavations, on 11 July 1927, while work was being carried out at a depth of 15.24 m, an extremely powerful earthquake shook the sides of the trench, but only dislodged a few pebbles on to the excavators.
Crowfoot’s work in this period was of the greatest importance for Levantine archaeology, with major contributions to the understanding of the Iron Age ceramic sequence, the eastern terra sigillata, and pioneering work on early churches.
www.pef.org.uk /Pages/Crowfoot.htm   (459 words)

  
 Archaeology
This list is a selection of some of the full-text titles considered to be of value for this topic.
American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts 1885-1896
Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific March 1997 -
www.lib.flinders.edu.au /resources/ej/sub/archaeology.shtml   (259 words)

  
 Archaeology of the Phoenix Indian School
Military discipline was imposed, with boys and girls organized into armylike units and drilled in elaborate marching routines (a practice that continued into the 1930s).
Arthur C. Parker, a public high school-educated Seneca who later studied anthropology and archaeology under Franz Boaz and Frederick W. Putnam, served in 1935 as the first president of the Society for American Archaeology.
Owen Lindauer, Historical Archaeology of the United States Industrial Indian School at Phoenix: Investigation of a Turn of the Century Trash Dump (Anthropological Field Studies 42) (Tempe: Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, 1996), is a detailed technical report on the Track Site excavations.
www.archaeology.org /online/features/phoenix   (3322 words)

  
 ArchaeoBlog
The New Archaeology Review is the premier archaeology eZine offering fresh perspectives and voices on the archaeology beat, challenging accepted ideas with new theories on our ancient past.
Peter Shinnie, a U of C professor emeritus and former archaeology department head was given the Order of the Two Niles from the Sudanese ambassador to Canada Faiza Taha in Calgary on Saturday.
Ewa Wipszycka-Bravo of the Institute of Archaeology at Warsaw University.
www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com   (6603 words)

  
 Archaeology News - Recent Headlines
Today in England, an 1897 painting of Queen Senseneb by Howard Carter will be up for auction.
The news wires have picked up the "tropical Stonehenge" story, which describes a circle of 127 stones on a hilltop in the Amazon.
UNESCO will send a team of experts to "probe and inspect" the hill in Visoko, Bosnia, that businessman Semir Osmanagic claims is a 12,000-year-old pyramid.
www.archaeology.org /online/news/headlines.html   (4360 words)

  
 MSU Library - Information for Anthropology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For example, the library has dictionaries for anthropology and encyclopedias for archaeology.
Covers archaeology, cultural and physical anthropology, and linguistics.
Covers archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, cultural and social anthropology, and linguistics.
www.lib.mnsu.edu /staff/holmberg/anthropology.html   (1127 words)

  
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It is a consequence of the decline of Enlightenment values within intellectual thought and the rise of relativism and mysticism within postmodern academia.
Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) - A 501(c)(3) customer-centric corporation dedicated to the ethnographic study of the scientific practices of the American Southwest and the Mexican Northwest.
Our goal is to create and promote diverse micro-environments and open systems in which archaeologists can develop their talents and take the risks from which innovation and productivity arise.
www.swanet.org /zarchives/gotcaliche/alldailyeditions/02dec/cali121702.txt   (994 words)

  
 On-Line Journals
American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts (1885-1896) from JSTOR
European Journal of Archaeology (2000-) from Swets Blackwell.
International Journal of Historical Archaeology (2000-) from Kluwer.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/classics/journals.html   (1092 words)

  
 A Bibliography of Mesopotamian Astronomy & Astrology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Plunket, Emmeline M., “The Accadian Calendar”, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 14 (1892), 112-119 [addenda in ibid., 32 (1910), 11-17 and 55-63] – reprinted in Plunket (1903), chapter I. Plunket, Emmeline M., “The Constellation Aries”, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 15 (1893), 327-342 – reprinted in Plunket (1903), chapter II.
Plunket, Emmeline M., “ “(Gu)”, the Eleventh Constellation of the Zodiac”, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 18 (1896), 65-70 – reprinted in Plunket (1903), chapter III.
Plunket, Emmeline M., “The Median Calendar and the Constellation Taurus”, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 19 (1897), 229-249 [includes a note by J. Offord and additional note by E.M. Plunket] – reprinted in Plunket (1903), chapter IV.
www.phys.uu.nl /~vgent/babylon/babybibl_unsorted.htm   (2772 words)

  
 ARCHAEOLOGY OF CENTRAL - Online Information article about ARCHAEOLOGY OF CENTRAL
Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
science the archaeology of Central America has scarcely yet emerged from its See also:
section Archaeology, viii., 1897), and Report of an Archaeological Tour in Mexico in 1881, by A. See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /APO_ARN/ARCHAEOLOGY_OF_CENTRAL.html   (4427 words)

  
 Classical Studies
The Encyclopedia of the history of classical archaeology / ed.
indexes 313 art journals and museum publications including articles about archaeology, works in museums, art history, and even the works of art reproduced in the covered journals.
GroveART: search the art encyclopedia for articles about the art,architecture, ceramics, murals, mosaics, and sculpture of the classical world of Greece, Rome, Byzantium and Egypt.
www.csuchico.edu /~georget/Classical_Studies.htm   (886 words)

  
 June 24 - Today in Science History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Born 24 Jun 1856; died 9 Mar 1930.
In 1897, while searching for fireplace tools in a junk dealer's barn, Mercer found a jumble of American Pioneer handicraft tools made obsolete by the Industrial Revolution.
He realized these pre-1850 work related implements might one day be the prized findings of future archeologists.
www.todayinsci.com /6/6_24.htm   (3025 words)

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