ARMCHAIR ARCHAEOLOGY:
...OR, WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN'T BE ON SITE -- A LIST OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOOKS, FILMS, AND PERIODICALS.
ALSO CHECK "LINKS" ABOVE, FOR SOME ORGANIZATIONS YOU MAY WANT TO FOLLOW AND/OR JOIN.
NOW TRACK THESE DOWN, AND POUR A COLD LIBATION:
ALSO CHECK "LINKS" ABOVE, FOR SOME ORGANIZATIONS YOU MAY WANT TO FOLLOW AND/OR JOIN.
NOW TRACK THESE DOWN, AND POUR A COLD LIBATION:
Archaeology in Howard County and Beyond: What I've Learned in Forty Years About Its People and Sites (2nd ed., 2014) by M. Lee Preston. This is the 2014 newly-released 2nd edition! Available at UPAG meetings, or from the author: send a check for $38.00
($30 for the book, $1.80 sales tax, and $6.20 for 1-2 day shipping) to this address:
UPAG/Heritage House, 9944 Route 108, Ellicott City, MD 21042
(or email [email protected] and save shipping, if you reside at a local address.)
A portion of proceeds benefit UPAG!
($30 for the book, $1.80 sales tax, and $6.20 for 1-2 day shipping) to this address:
UPAG/Heritage House, 9944 Route 108, Ellicott City, MD 21042
(or email [email protected] and save shipping, if you reside at a local address.)
A portion of proceeds benefit UPAG!
BOOKS -- some light, some weighty:
First Pennsylvanians: The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania by Kurt W. Carr and Roger W. Moeller (2015. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission). Based on the most recent findings and unpublished technical reports, this is the first comprehensive review of Native American archaeology in Pennsylvania for general readership. To purchase, visit SHOPpaheritage.com.
Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson (2014. HarperCollins). A series of profiles of archeologists and their obsessions, and it successfully demystifies the profession and documents the unexpectedly wide variety of skills and activities that fall within its parameters. Read the New Yorker's review here: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/graves-garbage-hard-life-archeologist?mbid=social_facebook
Archaeology of the War of 1812. Eds. Michael Lucas & Julie Schablitsky (2014. Left Coast Press). "This is the first summary of archaeological contributions to our understanding of the War of 1812, published as the war commemorates its 200th anniversary. The contributors of original papers discuss recent excavations and field surveys that present an archaeological perspective that enriches -- and often conflicts with -- received narratives." Editors Lucas and Schablitsky are familiar in Maryland archaeology; no doubt the table of contents will reveal other well-known names among the contributors.
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker (2009. Carolrhoda Books; Minneapolis).
The companion volume to the acclaimed Smithsonian exhibit.
A Lay Person’s Guide to Historical Archaeology in Maryland. Edited by Dr. James Gibb
(1999. Available at UPAG meetings, or on the ASM website: www.marylandarcheology.org).
Ethical Issues in Archaeology Edited by Larry J. Zimmerman, Karen D. Vitelli, Julie Hollowell-Zimmer
(Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C., Altamira Press, www.saa.org: 2003)
LOOT: The battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world by Sharon Waxman
(Times Books, Henry Holt and Company LLC: 2008)
Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World by Roger Atwood
(Saint Martin’s Press, New York, N.Y.: 2000, 2004)
FILMS -- the real and unreal:
Emperor's Ghost Army -- Explore the buried clay warriors, chariots, and bronze weapons of China’s first emperor. (Aired on Nova,
November 12, 2014 on PBS): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/emperors-ghost-army.html
The Hill -- a short video on America's oldest free black settlement, in 18th-Century Easton, MD (2013: The Baltimore Sun):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/the-hill-african-american-settlement-uncovered-easton-maryland-video_n_3657240.html
Jane: Starvation, Cannibalism, and Endurance at Jamestown (2013. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation & Preservation Virginia) --
forensic anthropologists unravel the mystery of 400-year-old remains of a young English woman in a cellar in Jamestown Fort.
Written in Bone (2007. A&E Television Networks) -- a History Channel documentary paralleling the Smithsonian exhibit on forensic examination of remains excavated from archaeological sites in Jamestown Fort, VA, and around the Maryland Chesapeake region.
More information: http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/
The Archaeology Channel's Video Guide Map -- a Google Maps index to short films about sites around the world.
http://map.archaeologychannel.org/
Pimpernel Smith (Paramount Studios: 1941). Starring Leslie Howard and Francis L. Sullivan. Available on Amazon Instant Video.
Long before Indiana Jones, there was another dashing archaeology professor who fought the Nazis! A hilarious UPAG favorite!
PERIODICALS -- for keeping up on the news:
Archaeology Magazine. A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America (www.archaeology.org).
American Archaeology. A publication of the Archaeological Conservancy (http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/aamagazine.html).
SAA Archaeological Record. Journal of the Society for American Archaeology (http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Publications/TheSAAArchaeologicalRecord/tabid/64/Default.aspx).
Maryland Archeology, ASM's biannual journal. Professional and avocational archeologists, alike, use the journal to report the latest findings in Maryland archeology. Free to ASM members; or purchase at ASM events or online (www.marylandarcheology.org/ASM_Store-Journals.php)
ASM Ink: The monthly newsletter of the Archeological Society of Maryland; free to ASM members (www.marylandarcheology.org)
First Pennsylvanians: The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania by Kurt W. Carr and Roger W. Moeller (2015. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission). Based on the most recent findings and unpublished technical reports, this is the first comprehensive review of Native American archaeology in Pennsylvania for general readership. To purchase, visit SHOPpaheritage.com.
Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson (2014. HarperCollins). A series of profiles of archeologists and their obsessions, and it successfully demystifies the profession and documents the unexpectedly wide variety of skills and activities that fall within its parameters. Read the New Yorker's review here: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/graves-garbage-hard-life-archeologist?mbid=social_facebook
Archaeology of the War of 1812. Eds. Michael Lucas & Julie Schablitsky (2014. Left Coast Press). "This is the first summary of archaeological contributions to our understanding of the War of 1812, published as the war commemorates its 200th anniversary. The contributors of original papers discuss recent excavations and field surveys that present an archaeological perspective that enriches -- and often conflicts with -- received narratives." Editors Lucas and Schablitsky are familiar in Maryland archaeology; no doubt the table of contents will reveal other well-known names among the contributors.
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker (2009. Carolrhoda Books; Minneapolis).
The companion volume to the acclaimed Smithsonian exhibit.
A Lay Person’s Guide to Historical Archaeology in Maryland. Edited by Dr. James Gibb
(1999. Available at UPAG meetings, or on the ASM website: www.marylandarcheology.org).
Ethical Issues in Archaeology Edited by Larry J. Zimmerman, Karen D. Vitelli, Julie Hollowell-Zimmer
(Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C., Altamira Press, www.saa.org: 2003)
LOOT: The battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world by Sharon Waxman
(Times Books, Henry Holt and Company LLC: 2008)
Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World by Roger Atwood
(Saint Martin’s Press, New York, N.Y.: 2000, 2004)
FILMS -- the real and unreal:
Emperor's Ghost Army -- Explore the buried clay warriors, chariots, and bronze weapons of China’s first emperor. (Aired on Nova,
November 12, 2014 on PBS): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/emperors-ghost-army.html
The Hill -- a short video on America's oldest free black settlement, in 18th-Century Easton, MD (2013: The Baltimore Sun):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/the-hill-african-american-settlement-uncovered-easton-maryland-video_n_3657240.html
Jane: Starvation, Cannibalism, and Endurance at Jamestown (2013. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation & Preservation Virginia) --
forensic anthropologists unravel the mystery of 400-year-old remains of a young English woman in a cellar in Jamestown Fort.
Written in Bone (2007. A&E Television Networks) -- a History Channel documentary paralleling the Smithsonian exhibit on forensic examination of remains excavated from archaeological sites in Jamestown Fort, VA, and around the Maryland Chesapeake region.
More information: http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/
The Archaeology Channel's Video Guide Map -- a Google Maps index to short films about sites around the world.
http://map.archaeologychannel.org/
Pimpernel Smith (Paramount Studios: 1941). Starring Leslie Howard and Francis L. Sullivan. Available on Amazon Instant Video.
Long before Indiana Jones, there was another dashing archaeology professor who fought the Nazis! A hilarious UPAG favorite!
PERIODICALS -- for keeping up on the news:
Archaeology Magazine. A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America (www.archaeology.org).
American Archaeology. A publication of the Archaeological Conservancy (http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/aamagazine.html).
SAA Archaeological Record. Journal of the Society for American Archaeology (http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Publications/TheSAAArchaeologicalRecord/tabid/64/Default.aspx).
Maryland Archeology, ASM's biannual journal. Professional and avocational archeologists, alike, use the journal to report the latest findings in Maryland archeology. Free to ASM members; or purchase at ASM events or online (www.marylandarcheology.org/ASM_Store-Journals.php)
ASM Ink: The monthly newsletter of the Archeological Society of Maryland; free to ASM members (www.marylandarcheology.org)