I just received the latest sale catalogue from David Brown Book Company, and I noticed several volumes on sale that might be of interest to members of this...
Cool stuff, even though I abhor spiders. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/ -Ed Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate Department of...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112726804 Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico ...
I apologize for not posting this CFP here earlier. If any of you are working with materials from a cave context, please consider presenting your research in...
Rachel, Sorry nothing at the moment through the FPIG or SAA. We are planning to do something for Sacramento in 2011. Keep checking back with the listserv...
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Aug 27, 2009 6:14 pm
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Is there a symposium or conference session planned for perishables? If so, is there still a call for papers? Sorry if I had missed something. I have only...
Archaeologists have unearthed a well-preserved leather shoe from 13th century at a dig in Magdeburg that could provide insights into mediaeval life. ...
Greetings! The four attached pictures are of a soft marble or hard limestone biconvex object that, at least cursorily, resembles a spindle whorl or perhaps a...
Dost, Sarah
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LJUBLJANA - SLOVENIAN archeologists have found a wooden spear tip believed to be between 38,000 and 45,000 years old, in a river near the capital Ljubljana,...
Once again, apologies for any cross-postings... Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the collections tour at the Carlos....
Hello Everyone, Apologies for any cross-postings. Please forward this on to anyone you think may be interested. Please note that this tour is not associated...
When I copied this image link, ... I meant to grab this one: http://www.nazcamystery.com/images/caral.24.jpg which has a closer photo of the fill rocks and...
While we've got the messages flowing I thought I'd just add my 2 cents here, too. To me, these shicras seem like many of the other coarse looped or knotted...
I realize that this "a bit" to the north, but these are very similiar in construction to items from the Ozark Bluff Shelters in NW Arkansas. Samual Dellinger...
Thanks everyone for your quick responses! Lynn, great image...I hadn't come across that one before. I'll look into some of the references that were suggested...
Hi Randy, Google pulls up a couple of images, best ones below: http://www.nazcamystery.com/images/caral.39.jpg http://www.daylife.com/photo/06AS5pA8seauk ...
It's $34 to purchase the pdf so I can't look at it, but the low-res image looks like a basic looped netting with extra twists. Are you looking for information...
Hey everybody, I'm trying to get some information on the construction and materials of shicra--looped bags from the Andean Archaic used for transporting stone...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223456.htm Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico ...
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1463847.php/Stone_Age_sandal_found_in_Lake_Constance_ Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate ...
Of potential interest to list members: http://www.esf.org/activities/exploratory-workshops/humanities-sch/workshops-detail.html?ew=8202 Many thanks to Ann...
To all: This is an issue of the Journal of Wetland Archaeology which reports two explorations at the Sunken Village wet site, Portland, Oregon (2006 and 2007)...
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Neat find! -Ed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3681143/Archaeologists-find-piece-of-string-dating-back-8000-years.html Edward A. Jolie,...
Hi, Alice Kehoe asked me to forward this to the list. (scroll to last photo) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7758986.stm Happy holidays to all, Ed ...
Request for Information As always, please submit any information you would like to share with FPIG members to the co-chairs. In particular, we are interested...