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Backdirt is the newsletter of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
Published biannually in the Fall and Spring. For a paper copy, write to ioapubs@ucla.edu
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Fall/Winter 1999 Lloyd Cotsen HonoredOn October 20th in the amphitheater of the Fowler Museum, the Institute of Archaeology and members of its UCLA family acknowledged and honored Lloyd E. Cotsen for his longtime support--as well as for his gift of $7 million--by changing its name to the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. | ||
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Faculty Profile: Christopher Donnan Q & A with Professor of Anthropology. His new book Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artiststraces the evolution of this painting tradition from the first through the eighth century AD. | ||
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Exploring Ancient Salt Production Sites in Southwest China by Lothar von Falkenhausen Joint project by UCLA and Peking University traces the origins of this early commodity | ||
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Tracing Viking Settlers in Iceland by John Steinberg and Jesse Byock Combining archaeological techniques with information from the Icelandic sagas to study early Viking Age society | ||
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Q & A with Cotsen Visiting Scholar: Steven A. Rosen The Cotsen Visiting Scholars brings an archaeologist from Ben Gurion University in Israel to UCLA for the academic year 1999-2000.
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Director's Message / Richard M. Leventhal | Celebrating a major new development in the history of archaeology at UCLA. |
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Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces is published Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces: New Interpretations of an Old Idea,edited by Michael L. Galaty and William A. Parkinson, is the newest in the monograph series. This volume aims to define more accurately the term palacein light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. To order, write to: publications@vax.museum.upenn.edu | ||
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New Assistant Director is Julia L. J. Sanchez As Acting Assistant Director, a ten-month position continuing until September 2000, Sanchez will assist the Director in organizing the running of day-to-day activities of the entire Cotsen Institute and will help facilitate the internal review of all the Institute’s units. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1997 from UCLA. She has conducted field research throughout the Southwestern US and Mesoamerica. She is the director of the Maya Monument Project, which studies art and social organization among the ancient Maya. Sanchez is writing a book on recent theoretical developments in archaeology entitled Postprocessual Theory in Archaeology to be published by Plenum. | ||
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Phillip Kwan is new Management Services Officer In June, Phillip Kwan joined the Cotsen Institute as the new Management Services Officer responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Institute. Phillip comes to the Cotsen Institute from Capital Programs where he spent the past ten years as a Budget Analyst and Financial Manager. He particularly enjoys the daily contacts with faculty and staff associated with his new post because of his interest in archaeology. | ||
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