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Backdirt: Annual Review

We are pleased to present the new Spring, 2007 Backdirt, the Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology.

Please enjoy our new annual publication. Please note: The publications may take some time to fully load.


Current Issue:

Spring 2007
  • New Investigations of an Old City: Research at Sisupalgarh, India
  • Extreme Archaeology: Research in the Tarapaca Valley, Northern Chile
  • Between Heaven and Hell in Ancient Urkesh
  • A Cultural Heritage Center in the Desert
  • And much more

For a look at some of the past issues & the history of Backdirt go to the Faces of Backdirt.



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Archived Issues:


Fall/Winter 1996
  • Medical Practices in Los Angeles Chinatown: Excerpts from the Institute's newest title, Down by the Station, awarded the Cotsen Prize Imprint
  • James Sackett: His New book is a study of an Upper Paleolithic Site in Solvieux, France
  • Tombos Project: Examining Egyptian-Nubian interactions before and after the Egyptian conquest
  • Excavating the Past in the Temple of Zeus Megistos
  • Investigating Settlement Patterns: Project at Greater Banzhijian River Drainage on the Northern Border of Kalaxin Banner
Spring/Summer 1996
  • Spanning one thousand years in the "life" of the Theban Necropolis: Documenting a little-known royal cemetary is the goal of the Dra' Abu el-Naga Project
  • In the Maritime Alps and at Kakadu National Park, Australia: Exploring for the meaning of rock art
  • Peru and California: Hunter-Gatherer Coastal Adaptations
  • Monumental Art at Copan, Honduras: Communicating Ideology and Power
  • Research Associates News
Fall 1995
  • Hunting Ancient Ruins in Northeast Honduras: A 1995 Update
  • Controversial Restoration Confirmed by New Discovery: Proposed orientation of hand on statue of Greek philosopher Epicurus substantiated by nosaic found in Autun, France
  • Typologies, Cognitive Archaeology, & Analytical Methods
  • Rock Art Archive: Working to Record and Preserve Humanity's Cultural Past
  • Homa Peninsula Project: Project in southwestern Kenya seeks to expand knowledge of Pilo-Pleistocene
Spring 1995
  • The Kahramanmaras Region: An Archaeological Survey on the Syro-Anatolian Border
  • On the set of Stargate
  • Petroglyphs of Pu'uloa
  • Quelcatani, Peru: Analysis of macrobotanical remains from the Late Archaic-Early Formative transition
  • Elite Occupation at Prisoners Harbor: 1994 UCLA Field School on Santa Cruz Island
Fall 1994
  • Cultural Configurations in China in the Springs and Autumns Period
  • Underwater Archaeology in China
  • In Memoriam: Franklin D. Murphy
  • Analyzing plant remains at the Paleoethnobotany Lab
  • On Site: News from in and around the Institute of Archaeology
Fall 1994
  • Cultural Configurations in China in the Springs and Autumns Period
  • Underwater Archaeology in China
  • In Memoriam: Franklin D. Murphy
  • Analyzing plant remains at the Paleoethnobotany Lab
  • On Site: News from in and around the Institute of Archaeology
Spring 1994
  • Mozan: Tales from a Hurrian (?) Storehouse, 2300 BC
  • Cerro Mayal, Peru: Moche ceramic workshop excavated
  • The Were-Cougar In Pecos River-Style Art
  • Tell Ti'innik, Palestine: Paleoethnobotany studies conducted on the Esdraelon Plain in the Israeli Occupied Territories
  • Pylos, Greece: Reexcavating the Mycenean palace of Nestor
Fall 1993
  • Royal Tombs of Sipán
  • Solving the Mystery of Sipán
  • Who were the Moche?
  • Putushío, Ecuador: Analysis of ceramics with textile impressiond provides information on cultural continuity
  • Northeastern Petén: Studying the Late Classic Maya in Río Azul, Guatemala, and Río Bravo, Belize
Winter 1992
  • The Archaeologist and Mr. Columbus
  • Ma'abda, Egypt: Augering at at Romano-Coptic site
  • Investigating the Development of the European slave trade at Ouidahg, Benin
  • Full-Scale Excavation Begun at Humeima: Site believed to be Ancient Nabetean town of Auara
  • From Slavery to Freedom: Digging for the African-American experience at Oakley Plantation
Winter 1991
  • The Modern Maya: Preserving Their Past for Their Future
  • Small Sites Archaeology on San Clemente Island, California
  • Wakaya Archaeological Research Project, Fiji Islands
  • Excavations at a Medieval Village, Ireland
  • Volunteer Honored: Helen Michaelis

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