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| Futures in Archaeology | 11/7/2008 |
Q: I've been searching through all previous questions but none of them seem to help me... In the past ...
A: Sara It is indeed common for students to go into archae. from history, albeit usually they focus on ...
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| K/T boundary | 10/22/2008 |
Q: Shea, I'm a truck driver in the USA and I drive all over the US and I notice a formation in the ...
A: but the K/T boundary concerns an event 65 million years ago, much earlier than the focus of my ...
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| Neanderthal | 9/18/2008 |
Q: If we are, as recently realized, much further separated from Neanderthals, is it not possible that ...
A: Erin All species have morphological features that signal potential mates. Such differences could ...
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| Nibiru - is it true? | 8/24/2008 |
Q: I have this question on my mind and with your expertise, perhaps you can clear this one up. I have ...
A: This Nibiru is a mish-mash of "lunatic fringe" readings of Maya and Sumerian literature. These ...
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| history of dating of cave paintings | 8/19/2008 |
Q: When Altamira was discovered in the latter part of the 19th century it was assumed to be a hoax. ...
A: Michael, The simple answer is that they found pieces of the walls with paint on them as well as ...
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| religious wingnuts - radiocarbon dating | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I am 80, a secular person, a subscriber to Scientific American for more than 50 years! With lies, ...
A: Sorry for delayed response. I had to go to Kenya last week. Science has proven the validity and ...
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| Getting a Doctorate in Archaeology | 8/7/2008 |
Q: I have bounced around between several fields and Universities and I never had any guidance in career ...
A: No need to start over as an undergrad. You might want to try an MA/MS in archaeology (or anthro) ...
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| Archaeolgy/chemistry | 8/5/2008 |
Q: I just started getting into chemistry because of my passion in Archaeology I was wondering if ...
A: Chemistry is absolutely crucial for archaeology. It underlies many of the geological and biological ...
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| fossil found | 6/4/2008 |
Q: Years ago I found what appears to be a tooth on a beach in Florida. Now, I do not think it is a ...
A: Jim I am not a paleontologist, but I'll have a look. Shark teeth are common on the beaches of ...
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| Palaeolithic diet | 5/21/2008 |
Q: There are two palaeolithic diet theories. One states that the meats from wild animals was lean, ...
A: There are a lot more than two theories about paleolithic diets, but anyhow.... The fat content of ...
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| paleo-man's features | 3/30/2008 |
Q: I am curious about the features of paleolithic man. Were they region-specific physical ...
A: Jaime For the most authoritative answer to this, look up Nina Jabolnski's new book about the ...
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| city under the sea? | 3/30/2008 |
Q: my father was just talking about some show he saw on the discovery channel about an undersea city ...
A: Richard Can't say much because I haven't seen the program, but my guess would be that you are ...
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| What Highshool classes should I take?? | 1/23/2008 |
Q: John. I need help knowing what kind of highschool classes i should take that will help with my ...
A: Kyra Hard sciences (chem, bio, physics) and languages are the most important classes. History and ...
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| Truth to the rumors | 1/22/2008 |
Q: my name is Brandon and I've always been fascinated with the field of archaeology, and most other ...
A: Brandon The idea of a lost civilization like our own is a popular theme in science fiction. There ...
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| Safe Education Path | 12/27/2007 |
Q: Hey John, I've been reading past questions and answers on your page and they have been very ...
A: Archaeology straddles the academic divide between arts and sciences. Your best course of action is ...
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| bible archaeology | 12/19/2007 |
Q: Shea, There are some groups of evangelists that argue that archaeology in some way probes bible or ...
A: Sebastian This is, as you can image, a controversial issue. I will give you my opinion based on ...
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| colleges with a great archaeology program | 11/19/2007 |
Q: I'm a junior in high school and I've always wanted to have a career in archaeology, but i'm having ...
A: Wash. Univ. in St. Louis has an outstanding program in archaeology (in its Anthropology Department). ...
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| "Sun" Stopping? | 2/14/2007 |
Q: In the book of Joshua it says Joshua stopped the sun for almost a 24 hr. period. I was having a ...
A: 1. There are no other records of such an event ever having occurred, even though there were plenty ...
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| Statues without noses | 1/27/2007 |
Q: Why do so many statues lack a nose? Were there times when people broke the noses of statues for a ...
A: The nose on sculptures of the human head are weakly supported, and thus easily damaged. So, a fair ...
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| A College for archaeology | 1/4/2007 |
Q: I am specifically interested in middle eastern archaeology because I am of semitic desecent and I ...
A: If you look over the answers to other people's questions, you will see I have answered this question ...
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| Archaeology "title" | 10/16/2006 |
Q: Could you tell me what qualifyies the title as an archaeologist? Can anyone that has performed ...
A: There is no universal set of criteria as to who can call themselves an "archaeologist". It is ...
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| Archaelogy Career Paths | 10/9/2006 |
Q: Good morning Mr. Shea, I just read your response to a young person asking about Archaeology college ...
A: I have been getting a lot of career-oriented questions lately. Regrettably, the time I have to ...
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| Archaeology/Anthropology? | 10/3/2006 |
Q: I'm a Senior in high school this year but I have had problems finding what I would like to do more, ...
A: There is a subfield of archaeology, called bioarchaeology, that involves the analysis of human ...
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| archaeology undergraduate programs | 9/28/2006 |
Q: What are the best schools for archaeology? I want to concentrate on Europe, Near East, and Asia but ...
A: Kayla I have received several questions lately that are essentially the same as your. Have a look ...
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| Archeology | 9/2/2006 |
Q: I am only a freshman in High School and i was wondering what kind of classes would be good to take ...
A: Jared, Have a look at the last 5-10 questions I have answered for Allexperts. I think you will find ...
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| What colleges should I apply for? | 8/28/2006 |
Q: I am going to be a high school senior this year. Just let me tell you that ever since I was ten ...
A: Jessica, I have received several questions similar to yours in the last couple of weeks. You might ...
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| College Archaeology Programs | 8/17/2006 |
Q: Out of curiosity, is it possible to specialize in more than one field of archaeology (specifically, ...
A: Sarah It is certainly possible, indeed advisable at the undergrad level, to study more than one area ...
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| Anthropology major? | 7/14/2006 |
Q: Hey John, it seems like many archaeologists are supporting undergrad studies in Anthropology before ...
A: There are some programs whose explicit mission is to conduct research to support the intelligent ...
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| scope of computer science in this field | 7/3/2006 |
Q: ! i m doing engineering in computer science. i have great interest in this field. can you tell me ...
A: There are, as you will discover, a lot of possibilities for computer science applications in ...
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| College archaeology programs | 4/19/2006 |
Q: I am a high school junior and I contacted you earlier about college archaeology programs, and now I ...
A: Some of the best include Univ. of Penn, UCLA, Brown, BU, Bryn Mawr, NYU. This is really kind of ...
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| Palaeolithic Cave Art | 3/25/2006 |
Q: me and my collegues at hartpury college, gloucester, uk have to do a presentation on a subject ...
A: The best-documented cave art sites are Lascaux, Altamira, and Chauvet. Many images from these sites ...
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| College archaeology programs | 3/24/2006 |
Q: I am a high school junior interested in a career in archaeology. Is it better to major in ...
A: This is a tough one to answer. I myself majored in archaeology at Boston University. I thought I ...
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| Health of Palaeolithic Man | 2/20/2006 |
Q: I was wondering if you could give me a number of references to online articles as well as your own ...
A: I do not have the time to do a web search for you. Log on to Google and type in ...
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| Aviram Oshri Bethlehem of Galilee | 1/18/2006 |
Q: I was wondering if you are aware of the published findings of Aviram Oshri. I had a couple of ...
A: This is not my main area of expertise, but from what little I know about Biblical Archaeology it ...
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| DNA analysis of past and present populations | 1/18/2006 |
Q: Are modern Europeans the direct biological descendents of Paleolithic inhabitants of Europe?
A: DNA samples extracted from the Cro-Magnon fossil and other Upper Paleolithic humans are ...
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| General Career Questions | 1/16/2006 |
Q: I am a high school student doing a research paper on archaeology and was wondering if I could ask ...
A: I hope this reaches you in time. I am basing my replies on my own field experience, mostly ...
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| going into archaeology | 1/15/2006 |
Q: hey! I am a grade 11 high school student and I want to go into history and archaeology of the ...
A: If possible, in high school, try to take courses in the languages and literature of the Classical ...
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| anthropology | 1/14/2006 |
Q: What are the differences between The Socirty For Applied Anthropology and The American ...
A: The Society for Applied Anthropology is a subset of the larger American Anthropological Association. ...
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| Prospective Archaeology Major | 10/11/2005 |
Q: I am an American, 22, and currently in the US Navy. After separation from the military I plan to ...
A: I do not know much about the details of Australian universities' archaeology curricula. For these ...
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| Cave paintings/drawings | 8/26/2005 |
Q: I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your expertise with me. It was a wonderful ...
A: You are most welcome. There are some good websites on general aspects of archaeology at About.com ...
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| Monumental Architecture | 4/21/2005 |
Q: I just have a few questions about monumental architecture. why is monumental architecture a ...
A: Archaeologists have focused a lot of attention on monumental architecture for several reasons. 1. ...
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| Neandertal culture | 4/4/2005 |
Q: It appears that most of the evidence which may show that Neandertals had culture (pollen and animal ...
A: I would say this evidence indicates that Neandertals had a symbolic capacity (no surprise there, ...
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| infering behavior from stone tools | 3/5/2005 |
Q: I'm a college freshman writing a paper focusing on the pbs documentary, "The Mind's Big Bang." I ...
A: What archaeologists know about early tools reflects about 100 years of (1) ethnographic observations ...
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| related sciences | 3/2/2005 |
Q: I am a student of Archaeology studying in Cornwall, England im thinking about doing a project ...
A: This isn't really my speciality, but I think two references that could assist you are Stephen ...
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| ancient cities | 2/22/2005 |
Q: I don't know if this falls under your domain or not, but the other day I saw on the news about how ...
A: Sorry if this is a repeat message. I thought I answered it, but found it listed as "pending" when I ...
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| a career in archaeology | 1/25/2005 |
Q: What do you think the best and worst things about archaeology are? What made you decide on this ...
A: Please understand this is my personal "take" on these questions, other archaeologists may feel ...
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| DAting Methods | 12/29/2004 |
Q: I asked a creationists about current dating methods and this is what he said, is what he's saying ...
A: There are so many things wrong with this, I scarcely know where to begin. The cardinal assumptions ...
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| ancient marble columns | 10/27/2004 |
Q: John, This may not be your area of expertise,but perhaps you could refer my question to another ...
A: Some columns were built of smaller segments held together with metal pins, but the ones you describe ...
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| radiocarbon dating | 10/17/2004 |
Q: What are some pros and cons of radiocarbon dating, if you know any that would be great, or if you ...
A: The best source of information on this would be any college-level introductory textbook on ...
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| TL Dating | 9/27/2004 |
Q: Would you happen to know of any websites, or books, that will tell me where TL Dating has been used ...
A: Karl Have a look at C. Renfrew and P. Bahn (2004) Archaeology: Theories, Methods & Practice, pages ...
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| Fire and Cooking | 5/17/2004 |
Q: In "Consciousness Explained", Daniel Dennett says that our ancestors learned to cook root vegetables ...
A: The evidence for plant foods is usually carbonized plant tissues (seeds, leaves, etc.). There is a ...
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| Fire and Cooking | 5/15/2004 |
Q: In "Consciousness Explained", Daniel Dennett says that our ancestors learned to cook root vegetables ...
A: Rollo The earliest putative evidence for fire is burnt bone from Swartkrans Member 3, which dates to ...
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| The Ark in Ararat | 5/11/2004 |
Q: The idea that Noah's Ark has been located in Mt. Ararat has come up in a recent conversation. I ...
A: Alexandra As near as I can make out from my reading, this business of a boat on Mt. Ararat is a hoax ...
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| Isolated advanced cultures. | 3/5/2004 |
Q: John - are the remains of early settled people at (for instance) Catal Huyuk and Lepenski Vir, ...
A: The human remains from Catalhoyuk (new spelling), Lepinski Vir, and most other European and West ...
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| palaeolithic period | 11/26/2003 |
Q: was the upper palaeolithic a time of unprecedented innovation?
A: Tara, Yes, by any objective standard, the pace at which new behaviors appear in the archaeological ...
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| Ancient Near East fortifications during the Neolithic Period | 10/7/2003 |
Q: Was the Neolithic period the first time that retaining walls were used in the Ancient Near East?
A: Derek In the Levant, some late Epipaleolithic sites (Mallaha/Eynan, Hayonim Cave) have ...
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| Ancient migrations | 9/28/2003 |
Q: John Has there been any concerted effort to map ancient migrations/origins using DNA technology ...
A: I'll recommend two books. Brian Sykes' (2002) Seven Daughters of Eve and Steve Olsen's (2002) ...
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| Prehistoric Europe | 6/13/2003 |
Q: John - Re the Skara Brae settlement and Newgrange and other Irish and Scottish pre-Celtic sites - ...
A: The most recent comprehensive scientific reference for this period is Alastair Whittle's book, ...
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| Career in Archaeology | 5/25/2003 |
Q: Mr. Shea, I have to interview an archaeologist for a career assignment from my reading teacher. ...
A: I was interested in archaeology at a very young age, mainly, I think, from learning to read from ...
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