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Fall 02/Winter 03


Rural Complexity and the Ancient Maya
by Gyles Ianonne and Samual V. Connell

A new volume, Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity, considers the concept of rural complexity with data from several sites in Belize

Faculty Profiles

P. Jeffrey Brantingham and Monica P. Smith join UCLA's archaeological community

Beyond clay and beyond paper
by Giorgio Buccellati

The Urkesh digital project spends a study season in the Fowler

Jackals on the Westside?
by Alexander Helios

Wep-waut in Westwood: Ancient Egypt at UCLA


Director's Message
by Charles Stanish

Creating knowledge the CIOA way


On Site
by Helle Girey

News from In and Around the Institute of Archaeology


Writing the archaeology of the Black Diaspora
by Merrick Posnansky

Former UCLA students advance the field of historical archaeology with writings on the era of the African slave trade in the Atlantic world


Discovering Eurasian Opportunities
by Gregory E. Areshian

International Conference on Eurasian Archaeology



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