Here's another hint: Leave the party in room 413 BEFORE the police show up.
Meanwhile, news will be coming in dribs and drabs while we catch up with our web surfing.
New museum director leads archaeologists at Tell Brak (Subscription required)
Geoff Emberling, an archaeologist with extensive research experience in Syria, will become Director of the Museum of the Oriental Institute on Wednesday, May 26, when he concludes his duties as field director of the Archaeological Expedition to Tell Brak, a joint project between the United States and Britain.
“Geoff is an extraordinarily talented young scholar who combines scholarly expertise, outstanding abilities as an archaeological field director and curatorial experience through his previous work in the Ancient Near East Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, said Gil Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute.
“With his specializations in Mesopotamian, Iranian and North Syrian archaeology, Geoff is the ideal person to lead the Museum of the Oriental Institute through the completion of our gallery installation, while defining new directions for this world-class collection of Near Eastern artifacts,” Stein added.
VOlunteer for archaeology! Volunteers sought for archaeology projects
Volunteers interested in archaeology are invited to apply for this year's Passport in Time projects. Volunteers will participate in vital archaeological and historical research in the Umpqua National Forest with professional archaeologists. Up to 10 volunteers are requested to commit to a minimum of a one week session.
Ugh. Roseburg, Oregon. What a perfectly wretched and inhospitable hell-hole of a town.
Of course, my experience is slightly colored by a combination of a dead car, dealing with crooked used car dealers, and a perfect jackass of a driver. Your mileage may vary.
Pa site scoured for more remains
The remains of at least 14 Maori have been found buried in an ancient pa site on a multimillion-dollar Western Bay development.
The discovery of a large site of Maori occupation in Omokoroa, 18km northwest of Tauranga, could shed fresh light on the area's history.
The Historic Places Trust has given permission for the site to be destroyed after an assessment by two archaeologists. Descendants of the pa's inhabitants are digging to uncover as many bodies as possible before earthmovers cover all trace of the village.
The discovery of the historic site will not halt the Lynley Park development as the pa was largely in pieces underground and not deemed by archaeologists as worth saving.
Philanthropy alert! Couple give $8M to U-M museum
A Kalamazoo couple with ties to Western Michigan University and The Upjohn Co. are making an $8 million donation to the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
The gift is the largest in the history of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, which operates the museum, according to the university.
Edwin Meader is a 1933 graduate of the University of Michigan. He taught geography of the Middle East at both Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. Mary Meader, a member of Kalamazoo's Upjohn family, attended Smith College.
You know, for far less than that you too could contribute money to important archaeological excavations in Egypt! Matter of fact, I could excavate for several seasons at Kom el-Hisn, a terribly interesting (and quite rare) intact Old Kingdom town site in the Delta, for less than half of that. *hint hint*
Archaeologists discover Indian artifacts in Tri-City area
Archaeologists are hard at work preserving a piece of history in the Tri-city area. Working along Highway 63, the group is discovering Indian artifacts that are anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 years old.
The project involves the excavation of four sites that are thought to once be Indian villages. The sites were discovered in 2000 when the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department surveyed the area to be affected by the installation of Interstate 555.
In 2003, a group of archaeologists led by Carol Spears, conducted a more in depth study of the sites and concluded that they contained artifacts dating back to the Late Woodland Period. The period dates to somewhere between 400 to 600 A.D. and is characterized by scattered settlements consisting of few houses.