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Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe , uninhabited island, 45 sq mi (117 sq km), central Hawaii; separated from Maui island to the NE by Alalakeiki Channel. The low island, dotted with many archaeological sites, served as a prison and as a military target range. In 1994 the federal government returned Kahoolawe to the state, ... Read more
University of Arizona
University of Arizona at Tucson; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891. Because of the proximity of Pueblo villages and rich archaeological sites, Native American archaeology and ethnology are important fields of research. The university is also involved in astr... Read more
Ayodhya
Ayodhya or Ajodhya , former town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Ghaghara River. It is a joint municipality with Faizabad . Ayodhya was the capital of the kingdom of Kosala (7th cent. BC). Long associated with Hindu legend of Rama and his father Dasharatha (see Ramayana ), the town is a ... Read more
Alfred Vincent Kidder
Alfred Vincent Kidder 1885-1963, American archaeologist, b. Marquette, Mich., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1908; Ph.D. 1914). From 1915 to 1929 he conducted excavations at Pecos, N.Mex., for the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. This research is considered to have laid the foundation for modern archaeologica... Read more
John Garstang
John Garstang 1876-1956, English archaeologist. He served as W. M. Flinders Petrie 's field assistant in Egypt in 1899 and was professor of archaeology at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1907 to 1941, when he became professor emeritus. He conducted archaeological excavations at Jericho in Palestine an... Read more
tumulus
tumulus , plural tumuli , in archaeology, a heap of earth or stones placed over a grave. The terms mound , barrow , or cairn are more common in modern usage. ... Read more
biblical archaeology
biblical archaeology term applied to the archaeology of the biblical lands, especially those of the ancient Middle East. While the thousands of written texts found in the languages of the ancient Middle East illuminate the Bible itself, the artifacts uncovered by archaeologists help re-create the... Read more
Robert Smithson
Robert Smithson 1938-73, American sculptor, b. Passaic, N.J. After first making modular, serial sculpture, Smithson began to design large-scale earthworks (see land art ) in the 1960s. Smithson reshaped the landscape in a way that recalled both the forces of nature and ancient archaeological sites... Read more
Amaravati
Amaravati , ancient ruined city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, near the mouth of the Krishna River. The former capital of the Buddhist Andhra kingdom, it is a well-known archaeological site. Remains include a beautiful Buddhist stupa (1st cent. AD). ... Read more
Percy Gardner
Percy Gardner 1846-1937, English classical archaeologist. He served as field assistant to W. M. Flinders Petrie , helping him excavate Naucritus, a Greek settlement in Egypt. From 1887 to 1925 he was professor of archaeology at Oxford, where he was instrumental in building up the archaeology depar... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "2003 in archaeology"

marine and underwater archaeology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea marine and underwater archaeology. Humankind's artefacts...hunter-gatherers and in 2003 two stone-age settlements...most people's minds marine archaeology is associated with shipwrecks...historical monuments. Marine archaeology began in earnest once diving...
El Paso: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...out Insight's offerings to the community. The Museum of Archaeology at Wilderness Park showcases prehistoric artifacts from the...through funding, grants programs, and educational programs. In 2003, the ACD was responsible for 1,058 art and cultural events...
Los Angeles: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...of California, LAUSD had to find ways to reduce spending in 2003 by more than 360 million dollars. Los Angeles public schools...institutions. Research activities are conducted in such fields as archaeology, oral history, folklore and mythology, international studies...
Fertile Crescent
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...scholars have never accepted this wider usage. Many works on the archaeology or the lands of the Bible have also used the term Fertile Crescent...common. Robert Braidwood ’ s (1907 – 2003) excavations from 1948 to 1955 at Jarmo, a site in northeastern...
treasure ship
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...x2014;were not finally located until 2003. Eleven treasure ships were sunk by...valuable salvage and those working in marine archaeology . See also shipwrecks . Bibliography...Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology (1988). Wagner, K. , Pieces of Eight...
Dead Sea
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...Boston, MA: Brill, 2003. Hodge, Stephen. The...Updated Look at One of Archaeology's Greatest Mysteries...Berkeley, CA: Seastone, 2003. Let the Dead Sea Live...Magness, Jodi. The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead...Rapids, MI: Eerdmans 2003. peter gubser
aerial and satellite photography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...scanning aids such disparate fields as archaeology, geology, forestry, highway construction...of Jupiter and its major moons (1995-2003). Bibliography: See P. R. Wolf...Story of America's Space Espionage (2003).
Burial Grounds, African
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...burial ground. The remains were reinterred on the site in 2003 (General Services Administration 2006; LaRoche and Blakey...2006. African Burial Ground Final Reports (Includes Archaeology, History, and Skeletal Biology), Octob
replica ship
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...the past. Some have been used in marine archaeology to assess the construction materials...culture to another. For instance, in 2003–4 an expedition took place...followed his route across the Atlantic. In 2003 the replica of the East Indiaman G...
Mary Rose
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...botanical specimens to the ship's guns and the remains of her crew, had been raised. See also marine and underwater archaeology ; shipwrecks . Bibliography Marsden, P. , Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose (2003).

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archaeology
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible archaeology Discoveries at a multitude...towards the end of the war in 2003. Places mentioned in the...been definitely located by archaeology, and the historical records...given the impression that archaeology proves the ‘truth...
National Museum of the American Indian
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...facility in the Bronx, and a research and collecting agenda in archaeology and ethnography. The death of two of Heye's major benefactors...last museum on the Mall — was scheduled to open in 2003 and serve as the major exhibition space, as well as a venue...

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The archaeology of the M6 Toll; 2000-2003.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2009; 501 words ; 9780954597016 The archaeology of the M6 Toll; 2000-2003. Powell, Andrew B. et al. Oxford Wessex Archaeology 2008 600 pages $60.00 Hardcover...chapters of careful analysis on the archaeology carried out in advance of the construction...
NOAA awarded its 2003 Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship to four graduate-level scholars in the fields of marine biology, coastal resource management and maritime archaeology: Kurt Bretsch, of Georgetown, S.C.; Erik E. Cordes, of Pine Grove Mills, Penn., Kelly Ann Gleason, of Greenville, N.C.; and Rachel Lynelle Horlings, of Tallahassee, Fla.(On The Move)
Magazine article from: National Fisherman; 4/1/2004; 426 words ; NOAA awarded its 2003 Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship to four graduate-level scholars in the fields of marine biology, coastal resource management and maritime archaeology: KURT BRETSCH, of Georgetown, S.C.; ERIK E. CORDES, of Pine...
The archaeology of the Sussex landscape.(The archaeology of Sussex to AD 2000)(Downland Settlement and Land-Use: The Archaeology of the Brighton Bypass)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...RUDLING. (ed.). The archaeology of Sussex to AD 2000. vi...149 figures, 10 tables. 2003. King's Lynn: Heritage...settlement and land-use: the archaeology of the Brighton Bypass (UCL Field Archaeology Unit Monograph 1). xxiv...
Archaeology: The Comic
Magazine article from: Southeastern Archaeology; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Archaeology: The Comic. JOHANNES H...Press, Walnut Creek, CA, 2003. 169 pp., b/w line...first decided to review Archaeology: The Comic, I had no knowledge...content or a humorous look at archaeology using cartoons as the medium...
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: Theories and Approaches.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: Theories...World. London: ROUTLEDGE, 2003. Pp. xiii + 253, illus...approaches to Near Eastern archaeology. Matthews was the Director of the British Institutes of Archaeology in both Baghdad and Ankara...
Ex India, semper aliquid novi?(Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field)(Science in Archaeology and Archaeo-Materials)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...illustrations, 39 tables. 2003. Lanham (MD): Lexington...BISWAS. (ed.). Science in archaeology and archaeo-materials...different aspects of South Asian archaeology. In Indus ethnobiology...North America. In Science in archaeology, 26 authors, all Indian...
Archaeology, claimant connection to sites, and native title: employment of successful categories of data with specific comments on glass artefacts.
Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the numerous Federal Court archaeology expert witness reports prepared...were noted. Introduction Archaeology as expert evidence has been...Australia 2002a; Veth 2001, 2003). This was the largest portion...coalition) in space and time. Archaeology is uniquely equipped to do...
Ethnic identity and archaeology in the Black Sea region of Turkey.(Debate)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...in promoting the fields of archaeology, history and Turkish language...ideology and power in Turkish archaeology have scarcely been addressed...1998; Erdur & Duru 2003). This scarcity and the...scholarly literature on Black Sea archaeology indicated a dualism in the...
Editorial.(Washington Cathedral, DC)(Fifth World Archaeology Congress)(looting of Iraqi Museum now considered false story)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...future--the Fifth World Archaeology Congress was held in June 2003. Attended by 1300 participants...very worthy, but is it archaeology?" The prospect afforded...speakers showed how rich an archaeology is made from taking interpretation...
Towards a late Holocene archaeology of the inland Pilbara.
Magazine article from: Archaeology in Oceania; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...artefact scatters, surface archaeology...abounding in rockshelters, archaeology in the Pilbara has been...glacial maximum (Comtesse 2003, Edwards and Murphy...Marwick 2002; Comtesse 2003). Despite this momentary...artefacts that dominate the archaeology of the Pilbara--perhaps...