Sarah Parcak has one of the most interesting and unique jobs in the world: finding new archaeological sites across the world, using satellite imagery. In her role as the Founding Director of the Laboratory of Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sarah uses the high-resolution imagery collected by satellites to identify subtle […]Read More
UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – 2017 https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01182 Description: During the ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita, participants procure ‘good luck’ miniatures associated with Ekeko, the city’s beneficient god of fertility; this is followed by their consecration with Andean ritualists or their blessing by the Catholic Church. The practice […]Read More
Digitized by the UNESCO Archives. A production of UNESCO and the Abu Simbel Joint Venture. When the work began on the High Aswan Dam in Upper Egypt, the two temples of Abu Simbel, carved in the living rock which rises from the banks of the Nile, were threatened with complete destruction. In following the course […]Read More
Interviewee: John Rowe (University of California – Berkeley) Interviewer: Charles Wagley (University of Florida) Date: April 24, 1984 Video oral history of anthropologist John Rowe conducted by anthropologist Charles Wagley. Dr. Rowe discusses the people and places that were influential in his career and his archeological fieldwork in Cuzco, Peru. Video is from the “History […]Read More
Colorado State University Published on Jul 6, 2017 This is the 49th edition of Colorado State University’s Archaeology Field School. Members of the public are invited to join CSU students and participate in exploring an active archaeological site.Read More
https://youtu.be/lvSdnzl8HyE Penn Museum Sacsuahuaman fortress wall. Indians carrying grain in stalks. Cut stone walls. Cuzco damaged buildings. Temporary huts. [3 shots] Ruined buildings. Demolition of buildings. More huts. Narrow gauge locomotive and railroad station. Indian with heavy load on back. Street scene with open gutter on left. [2:47 perf.] Boy with mandolin. Old Inca wall. […]Read More
