archaeology

Virgin forests vs man-made Amazonia

Submitted by Arjan on 3 September, 2010 - 21:23

The Washington Post writes "Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable", discussing some archaeological research that supports the idea that large populations who adapted their environment lived in the pre-Columbian Amazon rain forest. It's a good thing research like this is brought to the attention of the general public.

Traces of a Lost Language and Number System Discovered on the North Coast of Peru

Submitted by Arjan on 25 August, 2010 - 20:37

An interesting article by a Peruvian/American team of  archaeologists/ethnohistorians was published online this week in American Anthropologist : Traces of a Lost Language and Number System Discovered on the North Coast of Peru. The abstract reads:

Mapping Caracol's Classic Maya urban landscape with LIDAR

Submitted by Arjan on 12 May, 2010 - 23:02

The New York Times reports on important advances in Maya archaeology. Arlen and Diane Chase, anthropologists at the University of Central Florida, used LIDAR to map the area of the Classic Maya city Caracol in Belize.

Archaeological-Anthropological and Linguistic Focus on the Americas

Submitted by Arjan on 23 April, 2010 - 21:51
Event Date: 
Tuesday, 27 April, 2010 - Thursday, 29 April, 2010

Next week the Archaeological-Anthropological and Linguistic Focus on the Americas (ALFA) congress will be held in Leiden. There will be presentations given by scholars and PhD students, on a variety of topics ranging from monumental stone sculptures in Nicaragua to Mapuche derivational morphology. There's also a masterclass by Jesper Nielsen on Iconography of Religious Narrative, and a film cycle on indigenous culture in Mexican cinema. See the attached program for details.

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