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November 2, 2011

The Fourth Conference on Eurasian ArchaeologyOctober 12-13, 2012Cornell UniversityFitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Community and Temporality in Eurasian...

November 1, 2011

Resources for an historical archaeology, or, with apologies to Robert Chambers The Vestiges of the Economic History of Creation: WASHINGTON—A team of leading archaeologists...

October 30, 2011

Monday marks the US publication of The British Museum's list of the 100 objects that narrate world history (including the Aztec double-headed serpent above) Details of the...

October 22, 2011

October 20, 2011, New York; Jerusalem – In a letter submitted today, 84 leading archaeologists worldwide, with support from the Center for Constitutional Rights CCR and the...

October 17, 2011

Looks like the age old question has been settled: 8000 year old chickens but no eggs  So I guess we now know which came first Archaeologists find earliest domestication of...

October 13, 2011

New matter for discussion in the Assemblages forum: Privatization and Nationalization Over the last decade, a primary thread of archaeological criticism has been to deplore the...

October 13, 2011

The pleasure of ruins supersedes the pedagogy of sites ANKARA Turkey’s ability to manage its vast cultural heritage may be at crisis point, experts warn The recent decision to...

October 11, 2011

Under the Republican governor’s agenda, the winners would include programs in mathematics and science, but at the cost of supporting the humanities, the newspaper reports “If...

October 5, 2011

Putin’s Diving Exploit Was a Setup, Aide Says - NYTimescom MOSCOW — Vladimir V Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri S Peskov, says now-famous television video of the Russian...

October 4, 2011

BBC adopts BCE/CE, until they don't LONDON RNS British Christians are incensed after the state-funded BBC decided to jettison the terms BC and AD in favor of BCE and CE in...

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