Indigenous Archaeology Georgian Style
Updated: 2010-06-30 12:52:55
First a confession. As an avid reader of all things archaeological, I love it when archaeologists lay down the trowel, clamber out of the trench, and venture into the public arena to talk sans jargon about what they are doing, why they are doing it, and what kinds of trouble and/or joy they had along [...]
The Vietnamese government has pledged US$82 million to help preserve the Con Son – Kiep Bac historical site in Hai Duong province. Gov’t puts $82 mil towards preserving historical site Saigon Giai Phong, 23 June 2010 A plan to restore, preserve, and promote the Con Son – Kiep Bac historical relic site in the northern [...]
Prehistoric tools, estimated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, have been discovered near the Son La Reservoir at Lai Chau Province in Vietnam. 4000-year-old antiques unearthed on riverbank Vietnam Net Bridge, 19 June 2010 A museum in Lai Chau has collected 18 stone and some terra-cotta items dating back 3000-4000 years ago along the Da [...]
The US Government returns seven Cambodian sculptures that were seized in a raid at Los Angeles. United States Returns 7 Stolen Ancient Cambodian Sculptures artdaily.org, 17 June 2010 The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. Cambodian Buddhist monks blessed the artifacts during [...]
Liz Price alerted me to this website raising awareness of an illegal quarry in Krabi, Thailand. The limestone hills of Thailand contain several important prehistoric sites, including rock art and the Lang Longrien shelter but many of these hills have yet to be explored. The attention of “sosKrabi” is focused today on a quarry which [...]
Over 500 fossils have been found at the Ma Tuyen Cave in Lao Cai province of Vietnam, representing at least 12 animal species including bears, elephants, horses and rhinos. 10,000 year old elephant teeth discovered in Lao Cai Saigon Giai Phong, 12 June 2010 Twelve animal species found in Lao Cai cave Viet Nam News, [...]
Rice paddies found in Hanoi, estimated to be 3,000 years old, will be sent for dating in Japan to confirm. “3000-year-old” paddies to be tested for date Vietnam Net Bridge, 09 June 2010 While excavating a historical site named Thanh Den in Hanoi’s Me Linh district, archaeologists discovered many burnt paddies in a layer of [...]
I received a press release a few days ago announcing that the Getty Museum was now displaying a 5th-century B.C. krater, a vessel used for mixing wine and water, on loan from the Agrigento regional museum in Sicily. If you’ve followed the “antiquities wars” closely over the past years, you’ll understand the importance of this. [...]