The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of The United States of America through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
A computerized communications network from the National Park Service. Includes reports, the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, GIS maps, and permits. www.cast.uark.edu/products/NADB
Essays related to southwestern Native American history, pre-history, and contemporary issues. Includes photo galleries of ancient southwest ruins. www.jqjacobs.net/southwest
Information for the public and professionals from the National Park Service includes illustrated, popular articles or longer reports on sites, indexed by state. www.cr.nps.gov/archeology.htm
From the Charlotte Observer, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun an investigation of how to save the remains of the sunken confederate warship CSS Georgia. www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4433372.htm
The Charleston Post and Courier, archaeologists studying the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley say a clue to the sub's sinking may come from the historical fact that the Southern navy and the Northern navy used two sets of clocks to record the time of day www.charleston.net/stories/080803/loc_08hunley.shtml
From MSNBC, evidence that humans inhabited western Pennsylvania 16,000 years ago is still dividing archaeologists, 30 years after blade tools and materials to make beads were found in a rock shelter. stacks.msnbc.com/news/956001.asp
An antiquities dealer with offices in New York and Geneva has been arrested for illegally importing an Iranian object, described as 'the most important representation of a griffin in antiquity.' www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11540
Secretary of Interior's 1997 Report to Congress on archeological activities undertaken for National Parks in the Northeast Region. www.nps.gov/chal/sp/jar9701.htm
The National Park Service and US/ICOMOS offer a list of sites of cultural and natural interest already nominated and waiting for review. Criteria for site nominations. www.cr.nps.gov/worldheritage
Seminar series by the Albuquerque Teachers' Institute looking at the practice of astronomy by the native peoples of North America. www.unm.edu/~abqteach/ArcheoCUs
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