What is the past? It may seem a simple question to answer, but it is more complex than we might think at first. As science, ...

(See Cover) Even as his spaceships reach toward the future and the stars, modern man is more concerned than ever with his past on his own planet. From China to Peru, diggers are everywhere. And ...

ANTH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. 13 After Processualism14 The Future; Glossary: Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms; References; Index; Beginnings; A Past "Five ...

A road crew breaks ground for a new construction project and uncovers an ancient cemetery. Workers renovating a city street discover a centuries-old road buried beneath the pavement. Moments like ...

Origins of Archaeology in the Pacific: The Emergence and Application of Archaeological Field Techniques Origins of Archaeology in the Pacific: The Emergence and Application of Archaeological Field ...

The "backward-looking curiosity" -- Donkeys and pharaohs -- Reading ancient Egypt -- Digging into Nineveh -- Tablets and tunnelling -- The Maya revealed -- Axes and elephants -- A huge turning point - ...

A group of archaeologists and paleontologists noticed the women of their field were being forgotten. So they made the Trowelblazers, an archive featuring female achievement in the "digging sciences." ...

Scantily clad tomb raiders and cloistered scholars piecing together old pots -- these are the kinds of stereotypes of archaeology that dominate public perception. Yet archaeology in the new millennium ...

Riyadh: Two Saudi cities, relatively close geographically but rooted in vastly different periods of history, encapsulate thousands of years of human experience.Khaybar, an oasis set amid black ...