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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 2000 Investigating Chinampa Farmingby Virginia Popper Excellent preservation at Ch-Az-195 provides information on plant use and farming activities for the two hundred years of occupation | ||
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Faculty Profile: Elizabeth Carter Q & A with Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures: In 1993-1994 extensive surveys of the regions were completed. Now more than two hundred and fifty archaeological sites have been located in a region where fewer than forty were known. Several intensive surveys have now also been completed | ||
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"One Cannot Export a Palace on Board a Ship" by Louise Hitchcock Studying Aegean Elements in Cypriot Late Bronze Age Architecture | ||
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Learning From Negative Evidence by Philip de Barros Archaeological Research in the Oti River valley | ||
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Cotsen Visiting Scholar Profile Q & A wih Emma Blake, Cotsen Visiting Scholar of 2000-2001
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Prime Minister of Belize Visits UCLA | In September, Vice Chancellor Claudia Mitchell-Kernan and Director of the Cotsen Institute Richard M. Leventhal hosted a luncheon for the Honorable Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize. They discussed the possibility of doing some digital projects with the government of Belize. |
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Director's Message by Richard M. Leventhal New growth and development at the Cotsen Institute | ||
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On Site News from In and Around the Institute of Archaeology | ||
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In Memoriam: Jack Schram by Richard M. Leventhal and Julia L. J. Sanchez Institute and Friends mourn loss of one of the most important figures in the development of archaeology studies at UCLA. | ||
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7th Annual Maya Weekend Held with the theme of "Death and the Underworld: The Road to Xibalba."
Speakers at the Maya Weekend (shown, with Richard M. Leventhal, from left to right) were Bruce Love, CRM TECH; Allen Christenson, Brigham Young University; Jane Buikstra, University of New Mexico; Dorie Reents-Budet, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education; Alfonso Morales, University of Texas at Austin; Peter Dunham, Cleveland State University; Loa Traxler, Dumbarton Oaks; Manuel Aguilar, California State University, Los Angeles; Robert Sharer, University of Pennsylvania; and James Brady, California State University, Los Angeles. | |||
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