Monthly Archives: June 2006

CFP: Cult in Context

Posted on June 29, 2006 by admin

A call for papers for the interdisciplinary conference “Cult in Context: Comparative approaches to prehistoric and ethnographic religious practices” at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 7-9 December 2006 is available as a PDF here.

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TEA published

Posted on June 27, 2006 by admin

The European Archaeologist (TEA), the newsletter of the EAA, has just been published again. Issue 25 contains, among others, a short report by our President Anthony Harding about “That Bosnian Pyramid” and an obituary of Andrew Sherratt who died last … Continue reading →

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Gold rush in the Yukon

Posted on June 26, 2006 by admin

I wrote earlier that I was disappointed by the gold rush heritage that meets (or rather does not meet) the visitor in Skagway, Alaska. I was very impressed, on the other hand, by what I saw in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. … Continue reading →

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CFP: TRAC 2007

Posted on June 21, 2006 by admin

A call for papers for the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) 2007 from Corisande Fenwick:

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EAA supports professional archaeologists in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Posted on June 20, 2006 by admin

Following a visit to Sarajevo by the President, Secretary and Administrator, the EAA affirms its support for the small community of professional archaeologists in Bosnia-Herzegovina and urges the authorities, both cantonal, federal and state, to uphold the standing of the … Continue reading →

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Blog map

Posted on June 19, 2006 by admin

Troels has fixed some statistics for this blog, thanks to Google Analytics. From time to time we will thus report about you! I loved this map which shows the location of our blog readers: It is the blog of the … Continue reading →

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Qudad, Re-inventing a Tradition

Posted on June 18, 2006 by admin

Brittany Gravely of Documentary Educational Resources in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA made me aware of a documentary film: Qudad, Re-inventing a Tradition by Caterina Borelli Arabic with English subtitles color, 58 min, 2004

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CFP: Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting, and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to the Present

Posted on June 15, 2006 by admin

A call for papers from Rune Frederiksen for a conference at Oxford 24-26 September 2007.

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Constantine the Great – York's Roman Emperor (31 March – 29 Oct 2006, Yorkshire Museum, York, UK)

Posted on June 13, 2006 by admin

An exhibition review by Mark Hall of Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Scotland. Comments welcome!

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Gold rush in Skagway

Posted on June 12, 2006 by admin

I am back from North America visiting family and a few goldrush sites in Alaska and the Yukon (see my entry from 22 May). To make it short, my visit to Skagway, Alaska was a disappointment — despite (or maybe … Continue reading →

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