Archaeology Magazine

Recently a friend of mine researched "national affiliations" on a county-by-county basis for the entire USA. There was one amazing discrepancy in the Native Peoples in the northern region of North America, who are called "Asian," and the Southern region, where they are called "Latin." Since the Navajo originated in western Canada and southern ... Read MoreAlaska (my opinion,) and moved to the Four Corners region, where do they fit in? Here is a need to be addressed by anthropologists, archaeologists, linguists, etc. Also, I seem to recall an oral tradition of the Navajo themselves and their long trek to a "new land."

Start with the present remembered history and work back in time. There have been many blendings (forced or volunteered) of many cultures. Climatic changes, earthquakes, volcanoes may have compelled some people to blend. The Toltec became involved with the Anasazi causing dramatic changes according to recent studies. Why do we have to put peoples and specific categories to satisfy personal theories.

Wish I had been there, that roasted duck sounds great!

Yummy ! Wish I had been there, too !

If you aren't in the U.S. you can watch the program on the PBS website -- www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Right now, "Becoming Human" is on the main story on the Nova page. If they replace it with something else in the next few days, you should be able to find the program by going to PBS.org and searching for "Becoming Human."

Farzana, maybe you can use your computer to get to pbs.org

It was available last night. I do not have TV. I watch what I want - TV and movies - online. pbs.org has a lot of free video.

Great to see you blogging again at Archaeology Magazine...your written work (books) was the reason I subscribed to that blog originally.

Glad to see the blog again. 'Restoring" the past seems to be an ongoing human tendency. It's been going on for a long time, but now it is hitting the remote areas.

WITH ALL CULTURES WEST AND EAST

This was great...Love the Archaeology of the Undead article, very informative

Mary have you read Elizabeth Peters?

Kathryn, no, but I've seen she has tons of books. Is she good? I just found a brand new Sussman book and am loving it, the Hidden Oasis.

I thought it was late Roman period, given the depictions of subjects on the carpets. Post-Diaspora and pre-Great Schism. Were there a zoo and garden nearby for the rulers R & R, that inspired the subject matter?

go to the original post by magazine. There is one footprint picture. Follow the links of magazine till it says read original post.

Emil, I know the Egyptians do have some records about the Minoans, because I was able to find online what were said to be the pronunciations of Minoan names (that's what I was looking for, so I didn't pursue it further at the time), but obviously they have some records of the Minoans.

If your pursue this, you may contribute some very essential information on the Minoans and the Trojans. So many scholars focus on their subject like drilling for oil. They are like Heinrich Schliemann at Troy. You can get support from many sources if you discover their relationships to Egypt. The interactions between contemporary cultures is of most importance.

did anyone passout

Is that Newark,N.J.? I was born there.

Ohio!