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Creating a Field Sketch

January 18, 2012 / Education, Featured
Views: 5,042

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 Search terms:croquis de campoフィールドスケッチتعلم رسم حقلرسم حقلas field sketchフィールド　スケッチplane table surveyingرسم عن الحقلرسو حقلرسومات عن البريد

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Archaeologists Find Viking Burial Site

January 18, 2012 / Excavation, Featured, News
Views: 5,637

Archaeologists said on October 19th 2011 that they have discovered the remains of a high status Viking buried with his boat, axe, sword and spear on the remote Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, one of the most significant Norse finds ever uncovered in Britain. You can read more about it here: Boat burial of Viking warrior: A 1000 year old story uncovered Search terms:ヴァイキング　埋葬wikingerfriedhofViking Boat Burial – Ardnamurchan Scotlandcementerio vikingoمواقع للبحث عن الاثارarchéologie vikingviking temetkezési helyviking temetkezésviking kerkhofarkeolog bul

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Passport In Time: Finding Aurora’s Chinese

January 14, 2012 / Excavation, Featured
Views: 4,595

Volunteers worked on an excavation “Passport In Time” project in Aurora, Nevada to uncover information about the Chinese immigrants in a ghost town that, during the 1860′s, was the second largest city between the Sierra Nevada’s and the Mississippi. Aurora was also host to some of Nevada’s earliest Chinese immigrants that lived and worked in the western town. Volunteers of The Passport in Time project worked to uncover more information about the lives of Aurora’s Chinese inhabitants through excavations on [...]

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Palenque and the Ancient Maya World : National Geographic Live!

January 11, 2012 / Featured, Film & TV, Travel
Views: 6,213

Archaeologists and National Geographic grantees George and David Stuart offer keen insights into the art and culture of the Mayans. Indepth commentary and lecture on Mayan Civilization – with no 2012 hype. 40 minutes – and worth listening to every one. Search terms:national geographic na zywonational geographic canlıデビッド　スチュアート　マヤnational geographic en vivomaya national geographicnational geographic en directnational geographic en direct livenatıonal cografi canlınational geographic for ancient mayal\art antique des mayas

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The Lyre of Ur Project

January 9, 2012 / Experimental, Featured, Re-enactment
Views: 6,250

Exploring a lyre and dance piece at the Stahl Theatre. Lear about the Lyre of Ur Project here. http://www.lyre-of-ur.com/ Video made for the Lyre of Ur project by Mark Harmer at http://www.yourmusic.biz Search terms:www lyre-of-ur comlira z urlyre projectlyre-of-ur comمشروع قيثارهウル　シュメール　リラプロジェクト　リラ

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OLD ENGLISH: Battle of Brunanburh Poem (937 AD)

January 6, 2012 / Featured, Re-enactment
Views: 5,720

The Battle of Brunanburh was an English victory in 937 by the army of Æthelstan, King of England, and his brother Edmund over the combined armies of Olaf III Guthfrithson, the Norse-Gael King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scots, and Owen I, King of Strathclyde. Though relatively little known today, it was called “the greatest single battle in Anglo-Saxon history before Hastings.” Brunanburh marks “the moment when Englishness came of age.” The battle resulted in an English victory, celebrated [...]

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When Archaeology Tools matter – Infomercial!

January 5, 2012 / Comedy, Featured
Views: 5,306

Oh yes, this film from the archives from the 1920s (or is that 7.20pm) shows how having the right archaeology equipment can turn a nightmare into a dream! Yes with Past Horizons Tools, you will save time and money in the long run. http://www.pasthorizons.com/shop you can also join them on facebook! Yes the Facebook thing… come along, bring your friends and have a laugh! http://www.facebook.com/archstore Search terms:herramientas de arqueologiaادوات الاثارarchaeology toolsarchäologie-toolsarkeolojik araçlarwhs arkeologأدوات الآثار

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Archaeology Adventure Quest

December 31, 2011 / Comedy, Featured, Pseudo-Arch
Views: 7,389

Thrill to the award-nominated adventures of television’s Dirk Logan as he travels the world in search of a quest for archaeology! Search terms:adventure quest filimleriアドベンチャー　考古学www adventure questadventure archaeologyパロディクエストquest archeologiearkeolojik macera filmleriarchaeology adventure jobsadventure quest考古学　アドベンチャー

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3D Technologies in Archaeology

December 30, 2011 / Featured, Technology
Views: 5,432

This is a compilation of some of our other videos, and some new material, put together for the Council for British Archaeology Wessex regional conference, held at the Ordnance Survey headquarters in Southampton, UK. In this short film, you can see the Stonehenge landscape in 3D, view some 3D models of bones from the Amesbury Archer’s skeleton, scans of WWI and WWII graffiti, and a new cut of the Seabed Prehistory archaeological reconstruction. The video was put together by Tom [...]

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Umm el-Jimal (Jordan) Educational Curriculum Update

December 28, 2011 / Education, Featured
Views: 4,238

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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Star Carr – The Otherside of the Antler

December 26, 2011 / Excavation, Featured, Film & TV
Views: 5,416

A documentary exploring the new excavations at Star Carr, the world famous Mesolithic archaeological site. It’s the first time excavations have taken place at this location for more than 20 years. The video was commissioned by the Vale of Pickering Archaeological Trust and was filmed over 4 weeks in the summer of 2006. More information about the site and the new excavations can be found at starcarr.com Search terms:star carr artifactsstar carrstar carr documentarytraduction Star carr

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Iron age house reconstruction in Eastern Europe

December 24, 2011 / Featured, Technology
Views: 5,532

Based on field archeological works. Project accomplished together with Czech Technical University in Prague and east Bohemia Museum in Pardubice Search terms:archaeology reconstruction house iron agecasa con 123dCOMMENT MARCHE AUTODESK 123D CATCHIRON AGE ヨーロッパ鉄器時代　ヨーロッパ

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The mysterious hominids from the Denisova Cave

December 23, 2011 / Featured, Film & TV, Technology
Views: 5,412

Bence Viola from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig discovered the tooth fragments together with Russian colleagues in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains. Initially, he thought the inconspicuous-looking object was the molar of a cave bear. But when the remaining fragments of the tooth turned up, it became obvious that the researchers had found the tooth of a hominid. It was too large, however, to be from a modern man or Neanderthal. When the researchers [...]

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Henges: Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Avebury & Stanton Drew

December 22, 2011 / Featured, Film & TV, Travel
Views: 6,061

http://standingwithstones.net Standing with Stones is a remarkable and unprecedented documentary film that takes the viewer beyond Stonehenge on an incredible journey of discovery that reveals the true wealth and extent of Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain & Ireland. If you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the length and breadth of the British Isles, visiting the most intriguing and enigmatic monuments that our ancestors left us, from Cornwall through England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland to the outer [...]

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Forensic Reconstruction of Ancient Mummies

December 19, 2011 / Education, Featured
Views: 4,185

A series of mummies & skeletons artistically reconstructed to represent a living version based on bone structure. This was done as a challenge, and the painted versions of these photos are in no way intended to be the FINAL WORD regarding any of these mummies’ actual appearances–real or imagined. Search terms:forensic reconstruction mummies how toforensische reconstructieforensische reconstuctie van mummiegezichtenmummies

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