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In the News (Mon 7 Dec 09)

  
  Philosophy and the New Archaeology
Archaeology is generally taken to have become established in the nineteenth century with Jacques Boucher de Perthes' discovery of chipped stones in Somme river gravel quarries, alongside the bones of now-extinct animals.
In order to practice archaeology it would be necessary to question presuppositions that had previously been implicit and reject them if required, as well as to consider the impact that the philosophy of science would have as debates therein changed the image of archaeology that had been crafted to date.
For the New Archaeologists the claim that classifications could exist with or without archaeologists to employ them was just another instance of the idea that archaeology was a neutral science with the preconceptions of its practitioners not affecting the conclusions reached, as opposed to facts unavoidably being theory-laden.
www.galilean-library.org /newarch.html   (4161 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.
New Evidence Puts Man In North America 50,000 Years Ago (November 18, 2004) -- Radiocarbon tests of carbonized plant remains where artifacts were unearthed last May along the Savannah River in Allendale County by University of South Carolina archaeologist Dr. Albert Goodyear...
Archaeology -- Archaeology or archeology is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts,...
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/archaeology   (1390 words)

  
 Archaeology Indian archaeology World archaeology Archaeology sites Archaeological discoveries History of archaeology
Archaeology is the study of the past by finding the remains left behind by people who lived in the past.
It was “proof” that archaeology could be done scientifically and objectively and that information about past lifeways could be discovered, and that the pitfalls that seemed so overwhelming could, perhaps, be sidestepped as long as archaeologists were rigorous enough.
Archaeology, through study of bone fractures and cut marks, can reform the hunting, skinning, and butchering techniques and culinary practices of prehistoric people.
www.greatarchaeology.com   (1939 words)

  
  Legends - What's New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
New in Fairy Tales: The Middle English tale of Sir Orfeo blends an ancient Hellenic plot, conventions of medieval minstrelsy, and Celtic notions of mortals abducted to the fairy realm under the hill.
New in King Arthur and the Matter of Britain: "Arthur’s Death and Destiny" by Thomas Green, from his Concepts of Arthur, and Linda Malcor's introduction to "Lucius Artorius Castus", the Roman officer who may have been one source for the legends of Arthur.
Also new: "Taliesin's Successors", Raymond H. Thompson's interviews with authors of modern Arthurian literature, in Sources and Stories; Michelle Ziegler's exploration of the similarities between the fall of Brigantia and the fall of Arthur's realm in Guenevere; and much new material on Dark Age Britain in History and Archaeology.
www.legends.dm.net /whatsnew.html   (922 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Archaeology and the New Testament: Books: John McRay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Archaeology and the New Testament is used as a textbook at Harvard and Oxford Universities.
Academics generally consider McRay's Archaeology and the New Testament to be the New Testament counterpart to Archaeology and the Old Testament by Alfred Hoerth (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).
McRay's Archaeology and the New Testament should be a welcome resource for anyone interested in illumination of the New Testament through the science and art of archaeology.
www.amazon.com /Archaeology-New-Testament-John-McRay/dp/0801062675   (1624 words)

  
 New Zealand - Ancient and Modern History
The New Zealand Wars were fought in New Zealand by Maori people, the British Army and new settlers, between 1843 and 1872.
They were offered a new life in New Zealand; a free passage with their families, and a cottage with an acre of land to become theirs after a seven year term, in return for certain military duties.
Though the campaign was a failure, Anzac (initials of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) has come to stand, in the words of the historian, C.E.W. Bean, "for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, recourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance", remembered each year on April 25th.
www.enzed.com /hist.html   (1456 words)

  
 Royal BC Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
When Europeans from the Old World came to the New World of the Americas in the 16th century, they observed thousands of native societies speaking a variety of languages.
It is generally believed that most of the development of New World cultures is the result of a combination of factors that occurred in response to local changes in population, technology, social and political organization, religion and the environment.
New evidence is being discovered and new ways of analysing it are constantly being developed.
rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca /notes/oldworld.html   (803 words)

  
 New Biblical Archaeology
Not unlike hermeneutics which is being supplanted by the infamous "new hermeneutics," biblical archaeology is being revamped with a "new" biblical archaeology.
Further, the propositions of both "new hermeneutics" and "new biblical archaeology" contradict the respective topics of hermeneutics and biblical archaeology.
Biblical archaeology sprang from Palestinian archaeology as a calculated effort to offset German "higher criticism" of the Bible.
www.bible-infonet.org /bin/short_articles/apologetics/New_arc.htm   (1219 words)

  
 The New Archaeology
Current archaeology models at that time, therefore, were fine for reconstructing the history of the site, but were inadequate when it came to attempting to explain why things changed.
The goal of archaeology should be to evaulate the past and attempt to deduce the universal rules that govern human behavior.
In this book, the advocates of the New Archaeology argued that archaeological data had a great potential to be used for learning about past social and economic systems of the past.
www.utexas.edu /courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects97/gebhardp/gebhardp.html   (631 words)

  
 Archaeology Online: New Life for Old Dead Things   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Archaeology as a discipline - including the archaeology of the ancient Near East - has long recognized its responsibility to publish all discoveries.
The overlong lag between discovery and publication is an embarrassment for archaeology of the ancient Near East.
Whatever the reasons, or excuses, for archaeology the result is the same: data relevant to ongoing field projects and to laboratory research become, in effect, inaccessible, precisely the situation encountered as study of the Halif figurines began.
www.firstmonday.dk /issues/issue2_6/jacobs   (2591 words)

  
 Archaeology and the New Testament
Archaeology has played a major role in determining the trustworthiness of the Bible.
It is important to realize, however, that it is unrealistic to expect archaeology to back up every event and place in the New Testament.
Known for its scholarship, this school taught that the New Testament was not a historical document.
www.leaderu.com /orgs/probe/docs/arch-nt.html   (2495 words)

  
 Archaeologists On-Line: New Archaeology Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Before an archaeologist at Crow Canyon begins a new excavation project, he or she will write a research design that includes a list of questions they hope to answer.
The archaeology staff at Mesa Verde National Park (which is just down the road from Crow Canyon) works hard to protect the hundreds of archaeological sites in the park.
Some shells came from the Pacific Ocean; most of the tuquoise was mined in New Mexico.Bones give us information about the people, like how old they lived to be, what kind of food they ate, and what diseases they had.
www.crowcanyon.org /EducationProducts/archaeologists_online/02_new.htm   (933 words)

  
 Digital Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
This new methodology should be introduced to a wide audience of professional archaeologists as it will ease their research and open completely new possibilities for their scientific work.
New techniques used in Digital Data Management are now very exiting, not only for experts and scientists, but also for anyone interested in Archaeology.
This will move Archaeology closer to general public and allow them to expand their knowledge in human history interactively.
www.online-archaeology.com   (658 words)

  
 Dinosaur Cannibal?—Mystery in New Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Oviraptor fossils were first found near nests, giving them their name, which literally means "egg stealer." Later finds revealed that they were sitting on their own nests—hatching, not eating the eggs.
As a surprisingly lifelike new android "came to life" at the 2005 World Expo in...
news desk with the word "Subscribe" in the header field.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/12/1219_021219_dinocannibal.html   (622 words)

  
 Bible Query on New Testament Archaeology
New Testament Jericho (at Tulul Abu el-'Alayiq) primarily was a Gentile town built around the winter palace of Herod the Great, who died there around 4 B.C..
The New Geneva Study Bible p.1656 says church tradition suggests it was around 90 A.D. The Bible Knowledge Commentary : New Testament p.267 is it was probably between 85-95 A.D. Some critics have attempted a date as late as 150 A.D. based on similarities to Gnostic writings.
A photograph of John 6:58-64 from the Bodmer II Papyrus is in the New International Dictionary of the Bible p.1003.
www.inerrancy.org /History/Archaeology/ArchaeologyQuestionsFromtheNT.htm   (17374 words)

  
 New Underwater Finds Raise Questions About Flood Myths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
While images of catastrophic floods are popular, many scholars argue that the real rising sea level slowly invaded the Stone Age hunting territories for thousands of years, and the stories compress this event into overnight floods, storms, and destruction.
The structures are buried under 1,900 to 2,500 feet (600 to 750 meters) of water.
New finds suggest that there may be some truth to the story that the other temples were destroyed by a flood.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/05/0528_020528_sunkencities.html   (784 words)

  
 A Tartan for New York City
The story of the new New York tartan goes back to 2000, the year of the Millennium.
New kilts were required for some of the pipers and it was decided to commission a special tartan for the occasion.
She brought the house down with her beautiful melodic version of New York, New York, sung to the delicate strains of the Celtic Harp.
www.rampantscotland.com /features/bldev_lochcarron.htm   (904 words)

  
 New Biblical Archaeology
New biblical archaeologists do not believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God (at least not by the *ordinary definitions* to which we subscribe).
Of course, new biblical archaeologists accuse "old" biblical archaeologists of being predisposed to find correlations between archaeological discoveries and the Bible-- even if they must forge those comparisons.
However, a new generation of "scholars" in "the 1960's and early 1970's" arose which dubbed themselves "new biblical archaeologists".
www.infidels.org /library/magazines/tsr/1996/2/2arch96.html   (982 words)

  
 Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
I wrote it, not as an expert in the fields of archaeology, museology, or art, but as a librarian who is extremely interested in the topic.
A collection of essays written by experts in the field of archaeology discussing the conflicts and dilemmas that have developed in their field over the past 15 years.
The three-pronged focus of this dissertation is to examine the extent of art theft in New York City; study thieves; and develop qualitative models of decision-making in art theft.
home.earthlink.net /~robbinsls/theft   (8860 words)

  
 New Zealand Archaeology Research, Department of Anthropology, Uni of Otago
The primary goal of the programme is to develop a better understanding of human utilization of environmental resources, particularly flora and fauna, throughout the millenium since first occupation of New Zealand, and the impact of this exploitation on the environment.
It uses two broad approaches: detailed local studies of patterns of resource use through time and their accompanying environmental impacts, based upon archaeological and palynological data; and thematic investigations of the utilisation of specific animal and plant resources.
The primary objective of this programme is to develop a better understanding of human settlement patterns, culture contact and change during the last 200 years in New Zealand through the archaeological analysis of places, groups of people and their activities that are poorly represented in the historical record.
www.otago.ac.nz /anthropology/research/archaeology/newzealandarchaeology.html   (488 words)

  
 New York State Archaeological Association Webpage New York State Archaeological Association Webpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The NYSAA is a non-profit organization composed of people interested in various phases of archaeology in New York State.
Founded in 1916 and chartered in 1927 by the Board of Regents of the State of New York, NYSAA is a nonprofit organization composed of 15 chapters and a world-wide membership-at-large.
All who are devoted to historic and pre-historic archaeology are invited to join.
home.eznet.net /~spoon/nysaa.html   (269 words)

  
 new jersey archaeology
Not only will you learn about Monmouth Battlefield State Park and its battlefield archaeology, there are also 17 major Native American camp sites dating back to the paleolithic period.
New Jersey's Historic Preservation Office, located within the Division of Parks and Forestry, Department of Environmental Protection, brings expertise in a variety of fields essential to preserving historic resources.
Located a mile or so above New Brunswick, Raritan Landing was the highest point on the river that ocean-going ships could reach." Learn about previous research and some interesting plans for the future.
www.archaeolink.com /new_jersey_archaeology.htm   (381 words)

  
 New Jersey has treasure trove of amber
An American Museum of Natural History expedition to New Jersey has uncovered one of the richest deposits of amber ever found, with fossils of 100 unknown species of insects and plants trapped in the fossilized sap.
Curiously, the flowers and some of the other fossils found at the New Jersey site are miniatures: the flowers and their stem together are no more than half an inch long.
Grimaldi said his approach is becoming more common in science, from archaeology to paleontology, in which large parts of discovery sites are left unexcavated, so as not to destroy things that might be useful to, or better extracted and preserved by, future scientists.
www.dinosauria.com /jdp/misc/amber.htm   (753 words)

  
 New Archaeology
Mike Parker Pearson, professor of archaeology at Sheffield University announced the discovery of a large settlement full of houses dating back to 2,600 BC at Durrington Walls in Wiltshire.
A new gallery is planned for the State Archaeological Museum in Kolkata, Hindustan, displaying antiquities found in Jagjivanpur, a recently excavated site in Malda district of West Bengal.
This would be a "detailed archaeological charter of our territory to plan the conservation and appreciation of our immense heritage." The idea is that will help with the conservation, tutelage and appreciation of archaeology for all members of the European Union, in particular the new members from the east who have recently joined.
www.newarchaeology.com   (2295 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Of Historical Archaeology: New & Used Books Search Result for Encyclopedia Of Historical Archaeology
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www.fetchbook.info /Encyclopedia_Of_Historical_Archaeology.html   (78 words)

  
 Archaeology Magazine
New doubts are cast on the existence of a "hobbit" species.
A new exhibition tells the story of the pharaoh Akhenaten and his attempt to transform ancient Egypt.
The archaeology of early colonial settlement in Massachusetts, origins of Thanksgiving, and a seventeenth-century pumpkin recipe.
www.archaeology.org   (869 words)

  
 'British Archaeology' home page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
New revelations at Britain's largest excavated Roman amphitheatre have followed years of further local controversy, and the archaeologists too find themselves in disagreement.
Martin Smith and Megan Brickley dismissed 19th century tales of a massacre, as such interpretations of ancient bones were common in the past and are usually shown to be baseless.
In two new cases, one in Scotland and one in Ireland, finds from excavations were so surprising that archaeologists had to repeat radiocarbon dating before everyone would believe them.
www.britarch.ac.uk /ba/ba.html   (1073 words)

  
 The New York Botanical Garden Graduate Studies Program
Furthermore, an agreement between all major universities in New York City entitles students to register for courses in virtually any school in the city.
The broad range of courses offered throughout the New York area and the opportunity to interact with researchers in the natural and the social sciences provide a unique opportunity to develop skills in different fields relating to systematics and economic botany.
he New York Botanical Garden has one of the outstanding botanical libraries in the world, with more than 1,250,000 accessions, an herbarium with over 6,500,000 specimens and 10,000 species of living plants housed in several greenhouses including the Enid A.
www.nybg.org /bsci/grad   (736 words)

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