CWA investigates the unplundered tombs of the Moche culture ‘Lords of Sipan’, who were buried with dazzling splendour in the early centuries AD
Roman Frontiers
The world’s largest archaeological site – the former frontiers of the Roman Empire – are to be given World Heritage Site status
Thailand’s Bronze Age Superburials
Inside report on the newly – uncovered Bronze Age elite burials of Ban Non Wat
Astroarchaeology
The final frontier for archaeological exploration? Daavid Miles examines the effects of human forays into outer space – and looks at the detritus left
Domestication of Rice
Research on Chinese Neolithic sites aim to discover true date of rice domestication
The Origins of Staple Food
Could the origins of agriculture be located in the well drained foothills of mountain chains rather than river valleys as previously thought?
Dental News on Columbus Crew
May 6, 2009
Filed Under: Issue 35, News, Dominican Republic
Discoveries from South American graveyard thought to contain the dead from Christopher Columbus’ second voyage to the Americas
Early Date for Horse Domestication in Kazakhstan
May 6, 2009
Filed Under: Issue 35, News, Kazakhstan
Excavations from Kazakhstan reveal horse domestication to be some 5,500 years old
Moche Route, the
Second part of the Peru Special – the Moche Route of the Northern coast in more depth
Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
May 5, 2009
Filed Under: Issue 35, Saudi Arabia, Travel
David Turner tours Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
By Barry B. Powell Wiley-Blackwell, £50.00 ‘AOCCDRNIG TO RSCHEEARCH AT CMABRIGDE UINERVTISY, IT DEOSN’T MTTAER IN WAHT OREDR THE LTTEERS IN A WROD ARE, THE OLNY IPRMOETNT TIHNG IS TAHT THE FRIST AND LSAT LTTEER BE AT THE RGHIT PCLAE.’ Thus Barry B Powell, near the end of his new book Writing, playfully reminds the [...]
Bones, Rocks and Stars
Telling the time is basic to archaeology. It has never been straightforward. At first, there were just historical dates – dates recorded in contemporary written sources – and some way had to be found of correlating these with artefacts recovered from different layers on archaeological sites. There was always a lot of hit and miss [...]
Ice, Mud and Blood
Chris Turney, Macmillan, pb £9.99 Ice, Mud and Blood: lessons from climates past This article is an extract from the full article published in World Archaeology Issue 35. Click here to subscribe
Great Zimbabwe
May 3, 2009
Filed Under: Issue 35, Great Discoveries, Zimbabwe
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe extend over 720 hectares of rocky hill and valley in south-central Zimbabwe. Yet it’s origins were often denied…
More than Moche
There is a range of other must-see sites on the Northern coastal ‘Moche Route’ that date from before and after the Moche period. Among the gems is the ancient huaca of Cerro Ventarron, which neighbours the Lords of Sipan site, excavated by Walter Alva. At Cerro Ventarron, Walter’s son, Ignatius Alva, is working his father’s [...]
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