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- The Prehistoric Native American Art of Mud Glyph Cave. Steponaitis, Vincas P. // Antiquity;Nov87, Vol. 61 Issue 233, p499
Reviews the book "The Prehistoric Native American Art of Mud Glyph Cave," edited by Charles H. Faulkner.
- British Columbia Prehistory. Weber, Ronald L. // American Indian Quarterly;Summer1989, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p302
Reviews the book "British Columbia Prehistory," by Knut R. Fladmark.
- The view from 'Atij. Fortin, Michel // Near Eastern Archaeology;Mar1998, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p15
Presents information on archaeology in Atij, Syria. History of Atij; Details on the civilization in Atij; Information on archaeological discoveries in Atij; Examination of politics and government in Syria. INSET: Excavations of the Middle Habur Valley salvage area.
- Research design in archaeology the interdisciplinary perspective. Halpern, Baruch // Near Eastern Archaeology;Mar1998, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p53
Presents information on archaeology. History of archaeology; What is the focus of archaeology; Examination of biblical archaeology; Details on how historical concerns encourage archaeological innovations.
- `Nuzi and the hurrians: Fragments from a forgotten past': A slice of mesopotamian life in the... Greene, Joseph A.; Cline, Eric H. // Near Eastern Archaeology;Mar1998, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p66
Presents information on an exhibition at the Semitic Museum of Harvard University which focused on the archaeology of Nuzi in Iraq. Details on Nuzi being investigated by archaeological expedition from 1927 to 1931; What makes Nuzi an excellent place for studying life in Near Eastern towns of...
- Raider of the lost skull. // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/5/93, Vol. 20 Issue 29, p28
Tells how geological engineer Samir Ghossein of Edmonton found the skull of what he believes is a 195-million-year-old pelagosaurus (water lizard) in North Africa last year. Description of the pelagosaurus, which predated dinosaurs; Other pelagosaurus finds in the world; Ghossein's comments on...
- Eye for artifacts. McPherson, C.G. // Archaeology;Jan1992, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p24
Reports that because of the sharp eye of a helicopter tourist five 700-year-old storage jars belonging to the vanished Sinagua indians were discovered. Near Sedona, Arizona, about 1000 feet up a steep cliff; Dated to between 650 and 1400 AD.
- Murder most foul. Bahn, P. // Archaeology;Jan1992, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p28
Reports the discovery of the skeleton of a murdered woman which has been found sandwiched between two pieces of tree bark staked to a embankment of London's Thames River. Of indeterminate age; First of it's kind to be found in Britain.
- Bones in the gravel. Hooper, M. // Archaeology;Jan1992, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p28
Reports the discovery by a customer of Orton Gravel Co. of North East, Pennsylvania, of human bones in his recent shipment of gravel. Determined by investigation to be the bones of Erie Indians; Dated to the fourteenth century; Company ordered tostop quarrying excavations at the site.
