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This video takes you on a virtual tour of archaeology and explains why the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation sponsored archaeology before the Central Arizona Project was built to irrigate the desert. It shows the entire archaeological process from beginning to end: how sites are located, how they are excavated, how artifacts are processed, and what happens to the materials when the project is finished. Combining live action with graphic simulations brings to life the painstaking and detailed study of forgotten remains that is the study of the human past.

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These pottery fragments (left) of a 17th century ceramic jug made in Germany were recently found buried in the state of Maine (USA) at the Ft. St. George archaeological site. Founded in 1607 and abandoned in 1608, the Popham Colony is a time capsule of life at the dawn of the English colonial period in North America. Discover more in this first ArchaeoVideo Field Communiquè, a multimedia report with video clips shot during 2000 field season.

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In 1901, sponge divers found an extraordinary mechanism on the sea bottom near the island of Antikythera. It astonished the whole international community, stumping scientists for decades. Was it an astrolabe, an astronomical clock, or something else? More recent research is revealing its secrets. Dating from around the 1st century B.C., it is the most sophisticated mechanism known from the ancient world. The Antikythera Mechanism operated as a complex mechanical “computer” to track the cycles of the Solar System.

News items read by Laura Kelley include Skeletons may date to Trojan War, Metal detecting enthusiast finds Anglo Saxon war booty, Ancient Syrian cellar reveals bounty and burials, Gulf of Mexico may hold evidence of early human habitation.

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In this series of news-maker interviews, host Faith Haney of Central Washington University (CWU) explores cultural anthropology and archaeology. In this sixth episode, taped in February 2008, Faith visits with shipwreck exploration company Odyssey Marine Exploration, taking a tour of their conservation lab and shipwreck exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida. She examines three shipwreck sites, the SS Republic, the China Blue, and the Dry Tortugas, learning about the history and conservation of dozens of artifacts.

Shrines on rocky Hawaiian islet are still a mystery, Hellenistic town of Tel Dor includes fine carving of Alexander, Tomb of Peruvian priestesses holds unexpected man, Early Bulgarian shrine may have Minoan connections.

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Ancient history didn’t happen just in famous places like Rome, Tikal and Angkor Wat. It happened also in the heart of North America. Modern St. Louis residents may not realize that their city once hosted a complex Native American culture, represented by a cluster of mounds, possibly an actual city rivaling Cahokia across the Mississippi River. A small army of scientists, while uncovering thousands of prehistoric Native American archaeological sites around this fertile convergence of rivers, has some fascinating questions about what took place here.

News items read by Laura Kelley include Easter Island home to original red hats, Giant statue of Apollo revealed at World Heritage Site, Early humans used flax 34,000 years ago, Ancient synagogue found in Israel.

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In this series of interviews with today’s news-makers, host Faith Haney of Central Washington University (CWU) explores cultural anthropology and archaeology. In the fifth episode, taped in September 2007, Faith queries Washington archaeologist Scott Williams about his search for the “Beeswax Shipwreck of Nehalem.” On the northern Oregon Coast, near the mouth of the Nehalem River, beeswax chunks, other cargo, and even parts of a ship have been turning up over the past two centuries. Is this a lost Spanish galleon from the 17th Century?

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In this series of interviews with today’s news-makers, host Faith Haney of Central Washington University (CWU) explores cultural anthropology and archaeology. In the fourth episode, Faith spends some time with CWU graduate student Mary Jo Austin to explore her work regarding bushmeat procurement and consumption in Cameroon. Then she asks primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas, renowned orangutan expert, about her research in Indonesia on the plight of “the great orange ape.” These segments were taped in October and March 2007, respectively.