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Kyrenia Shipwreck Project

February 17, 2012 / Education, Excavation, Film & TV
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“For more than two millennia the wood fragments of the Kyrenia shipwreck remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and soaking up seawater until they had the consistency of wet cardboard. There were some 6,000 pieces in all, and Richard “Dick” Steffy’s job was to put them all back together in their original shape like some massive, ancient jigsaw puzzle.” – Dr. George F. Bass Founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (http://inadiscover.com/) In a series of still photos [...]

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Excel Tutorial for Archaeologists – Part 1

February 16, 2012 / Education, Technology
Views: 1,442

Often people don’t have access to complex relational databases OR need one. this is useful for artefact or sample analysis. Gwen Kelly has produced this first part of an excellent walkthrough tutorial. How to use the advanced filter feature, generate a lookup table, create a named range, and use the VLOOKUP and IFERROR functions in Excel.

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Hand Stencils – Recreating Ice Age Art

February 7, 2012 / Education, Experimental, Featured
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This is a project the ‘Department of Archaeology’ at Sheffield University took on, to recreate cave hand prints from ice age times. Directed by Rob Speranza. South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network, 2011.

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Cardiff University Conservation Tour

February 2, 2012 / Education
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Produced by Arianna Carini and Marisa Kalvins MSc in Conservation Practice: http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/course/detail/1087.html MSc in Professional Conservation: http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/course/detail/240.html MSc in Care of Collections:http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/course/detail/241.html

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Iron Age smelting demonstration

January 23, 2012 / Education, Experimental
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Experimental archaeologist Jake Keen demonstrates some of the concepts of iron smelting in a bloomery furnace using techniques believed to have been used during the British Iron Age. The demonstration was part of Wessex Archaeology’s annual practical archaeology course in 2004

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Bronze Age Shield from Somerset

January 21, 2012 / Education, Film & TV
Views: 1,956

Object of the Month – Bronze Age Shield. Find out about an unexpected discovery from 1100-900 BC. This is the only Bronze Age shield found in an archaeological excavation. What was it used for? How did we find it? Curator of Archaeology, Steve Minnit, is passionate about objects from the past. He wants to share what these artefacts meant to people thousands of years ago. Discover some key objects, ahead of the new Museum of Somerset opening. What makes them [...]

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How To Use a Handheld GPS in Survey

January 20, 2012 / Education, Featured
Views: 3,529

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Measured Survey Using Tape and Offset

January 20, 2012 / Education
Views: 1,774

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Measured Survey Using a Plane Table

January 19, 2012 / Education
Views: 1,792

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Creating a Field Sketch

January 18, 2012 / Education, Featured
Views: 2,898

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at University of Liverpool

January 18, 2012 / Education
Views: 1,597

A student talks about studying Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University. Liverpool is an internationally recognised centre for research in Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology with 40 members of staff and over 100 postgraduates working on 15 global research projects. Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at Liverpool

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Cuneiform Tablet Restoration

January 5, 2012 / Education, Technology
Views: 1,932

Narrated by Assistant Curator, Dr. Adam Aja, this video explores The Semitic Museum’s Cuneiform Tablet Restoration Project. These tablets were excavated from Nuzi (modern day Iraq). The Semitic Museum began this restoration project in 1999. Narrated by Assistant Curator, Dr. Adam Aja, this video explores The Semitic Museum’s Cuneiform Tablet Restoration Project. These tablets were excavated from Nuzi (modern day Iraq). The Semitic Museum began this restoration project in 1999.

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The Lost World of Old Europe

January 2, 2012 / Education
Views: 1,735

The unknown world of “Old Europe” is revealed in this exhibition, which features more than 200 Neolithic objects from Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova. Among the exhibits are impressive models of the human form, stunning painted pottery and metalwork, including the earliest known assemblage of gold artifacts from the cemetery of Varna. The exhibition, which is organized by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, in collaboration with the National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest [...]

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The Mystery of Paleontology’s “Hobbit”

December 29, 2011 / Education
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Ian Tattersall, paleoanthropologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, describes the discovery of fossil LB1 (nicknamed the “hobbit”), and the mystery surrounding the nearly complete skeleton. —– Leakey Lecture – A Debate: Who was the Hobbit? Dr. Robert Martin Field Museum of Natural History Dr. Ian Tattersall American Museum of Natural History Found on an obscure island, the tiny, small-brained, big-footed, “Homo florensiencsis,” or “the hobbit,” is unlike any other discovery. Where did this being come from, [...]

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Umm el-Jimal (Jordan) Educational Curriculum Update

December 28, 2011 / Education, Featured
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Umm el-Jimal Project team members give an update about the educational curriculum they are putting together as part of an AIA Site Preservation grant. The curriculum will be available in English and Arabic and is being developed in partnership with the Jordanian Ministry of Education for implementation in Jordanian government schools. The goal for the Umm el-Jimal Project in creating this curriculum is to bridge the gap between the ruins at Umm el-Jimal and the people of today. Copyright (c) [...]

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