-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Cohen-Williams [mailto:sdpresidio@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 3:16 AM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: SWA's " Got CALICHE? " Newsletter, Monday July 31, 2000

>Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:43:52 -0700
>Subject: SWA's " Got CALICHE? " Newsletter, Monday July 31, 2000
>
>Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA)

>"Got CALICHE?" Newsletter
>
>Monday July 31, 2000
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>
>ARIZONA
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/000731FOX.html The Fox Tucson Theatre
>Foundation begins its restoration of a 71-year-old downtown theater, funded
>by the Mayor's Office and the Southwestern Foundation for Education and
>Historic Preservation.
>
>NEW MEXICO
>
>From: GROUP PRESS 202-260-4355 [SMTP:PRESS@...] The Federal
>Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice is holding a two-day
>meeting on Aug. 3-4 to address environmental justice issues relating to
>Native American and Alaska Native Tribes. The meeting will provide a
>national forum to discuss issues including: responsibilities of the federal
>government, and the states; and tribal governments and implications of
>environmental justice for industrial development. Participants in the
>workshop will include representatives from tribal governments, tribal
>community-based organizations, inter-tribal organizations, federal and
>state government organizations and industry representatives. Federal
>agencies supporting the workshop are:  EPA, the Department of Energy, the
>Department of Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, the
>Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Defense and
>the Department of Agriculture. The meeting will be at the Southwestern
>Indian Polytechnic Institute, 9169 Coors Rd. N.W., Albuquerque, N.M., from
>9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To obtain more information and to register, contact
>Derrick Watchman at 202-586-0211 or Jessica Alcorn at 202-586-0798.
>
>COLORADO
>
>http://insidedenver.com:80/news/0731trib7.shtml Indian firefighters rebury
>bones and pottery shards unearthed by the fire in knowing disregard of the
>Native American Grave Repatriation Act, with its bureaucratic procedures
>for claiming and reinterring remains. They reburied bones, and didn't tell
>the archaeologists.
>
>http://insidedenver.com:80/news/0731home6.shtml A historic farm homestead
>will remind of the agrarian past. The farmhouse, barns, garages, silos and
>corrals were built between 1881 and 1909 and have undergone little
>alteration since. The center will be designed to showcase a farm between
>1900 and 1935.
>
>CYBERIA
>
>http://www.al.com:80/news/birmingham/Jul2000/31-e298221b.html
>Anthropologists have a long tradition of using films to document
>cultures, but as technology has made the equipment affordable and the
>images easy to edit, filmmaking is becoming a more common component of
>anthropological study. The challenges anthropologists always face in the
>field: the difficulty of gaining access, building trust and getting people
>to act naturally when they know they are being observed.
>
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>Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest.
>
>Address:   SWA, Inc., Box 61203, Phoenix, Arizona USA 85082-1203
>Telephone: 602.882.8025 / FAX: 603.457.7957
>Editor:    Brian W. Kenny <swa@...>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Cohen-Williams [mailto:sdpresidio@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 3:09 AM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Pecos Conference at Mesa Verde!

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>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:48:15 -0700
>To: archaeologist@...
>From: dogyears <dogyears@...>
>Subject: Pecos Conference at Mesa Verde!
>
>From: "Linda Towle" <ltowle@...> YES, the Pecos 2000 Conference will
>be IN Mesa Verde National Park as planned! I'm pleased to report that,
>although nearly 20,000 acres of park land has burned since July 19,
>Morefield Village and campground did NOT burn. Since this is the location
>where we planned to have the conference, we have decided to hold the
>conference as planned. The park, the campground and the Lodge will be open
>by then, although the exact date for reopening has not been set yet. Prater
>Ridge, adjacent to the campground on the south, and the surrounding area in
>Morefield canyon did burn, so the vista from the conference will be black
>to the east and south, but green to the west and north. We will try to
>include in the program some current information about how the park plans to
>deal with the assessment of fire impacts on archeological resources, and we
>are working on ideas to show you some of the sites in the burned area. I
>would like to thank everyone who offered to take over the conference and
>hold it somewhere in the 4 corners if Mesa Verde could not host it. It will
>take extra effort to get everything in place by August 17, but I have lots
>of help. So please plan to come to Mesa Verde and enjoy Pecos 2000--the
>conference that won't be burned out! Thanks, Linda Towle, Pecos 2000 Chairman
>
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Cohen-Williams [mailto:sdpresidio@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 3:08 AM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: SWA's " Got CALICHE? " Newsletter, Sunday July 30, 2000

>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:25:08 -0700
>Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA)
>"Got CALICHE?" Newsletter
>
>Sunday July 30, 2000
>*****************************************
>
>NEW MEXICO
>
>http://www.cia-g.com/~gallpind/todaysnews.html#anchor6 The New Mexico Route
>66 Association plans a memorial to the men and women who built The Mother
>Road, which still has an impact on our culture, history, and economy. They
>are collecting names and occupations, and want to include everyone who
>deserves to be honored. If you know of anyone who worked on Route 66 in New
>Mexico between 1926 and 1959, please share. Leave us a message at
>505-294-1193, e-mail us at mosue66@..., or write 8120 Princess Jeanne
>NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87110.
>
>http://www.sfnewmexican.com/arts/index.las The sweep of Western and pioneer
>history is still visible in the many residences and commercial buildings
>preserved in Las Vegas today. With over 900 buildings on the National
>Register of Historic Places, the city encompasses several distinct historic
>districts including Plaza/Bridge Street, Old Town Residential, the Railroad
>District and El Distrito de las Escuelas.
>
>COLORADO
>
>http://www.denverpost.com:80/news/fire0730a.htm With officials completing
>full containment of the blaze this weekend, people soon will be coming back
>- in about two weeks, according to the latest estimates. When they get
>here, they'll drive through miles of charred earth on the park's access
>road, but they'll find the major ruins untouched.
>
>http://insidedenver.com:80/carroll/0730carro.shtml The skeptical or even
>hostile reaction reflects in part what anthropologist Lawrence H. Keeley
>has described as a concerted effort by archaeologists and prehistorians to
>'pacify' the past. More specifically, negative reaction reflects a
>widespread desire to sanitize and romanticize Native American cultures no
>matter what the cost to truth, the willingness of science to downplay or
>even suppress awkward or disturbing news.
>
>UTAH
>
>http://www.sltrib.com:80/07292000/utah/7653.htm There are 11 schools on the
>Utah Heritage Foundation's endangered list.
>
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>Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest.
>
>Address:   SWA, Inc., Box 61203, Phoenix, Arizona USA 85082-1203
>Telephone: 602.882.8025 / FAX <www.efax.com>: 603.457.7957
>Editor:    Brian W. Kenny <swa@...>
>
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Subject: ASHB Annual Conference

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Department of Anatomical Sciences

First Announcement - 14th Annual Conference of the
Australasian Society of Human Biology

The 14th Annual ASHB Conference '2000' will be held at Camp Coorong#
about 100 kms SE of Adelaide, South Australia, using the hospitality of
Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal people. The dates for the conference are the
11th - 13th December 2000.

The theme of the conference is
THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL VARIATION.

In early December the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology and
the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Joint Conference is
being held in Adelaide. This will provide some articulation with our
events.

Due to location at Camp Coorong this year's conference fee will include
cost of accommodation, and meals. All prices are in AUD$ (AUD$ »
US$0.57). Meals are $30 per person per day full board. Accommodation in
2-4 bed rooms $15 per person, per night. It is BYO pillow and blanket if

needed. A limited number of pillows and blankets can be organised at a
small additional cost.

We plan to publish proceedings as full, internationally refereed
chapters in a book, similar to the latest Volume 4 of 'Perspectives in
Human Biology'. Those participants wanting their paper to be considered
for publication will need to share the cost at AUD$100.00 per 10-20
pages long paper.

Abstracts of 250 words will be due in October. Please send initial
expressions of interest to Kosette Lambert, email:
kosette.lambert@...

Minimum conference fee: general conf. fee   $50.00
    meals 3 days     $90.00
   accomm. 3 nights         $45.00
      $185.00 (» US$105.00)

Extras  transport*      $50.00
       publication**    $100.00

* bus from airport to Camp Coorong and back
** full length internationally refereed papers in a volume

# The Coorong is a coastal lagoon separated from the Southern Ocean by
approximately 100km long Younghusband Peninsula. A large part of the
Coorong area is protected as a nature park. The area was densely
inhabited by Aboriginal people before the arrival of European settlers.
The still living in the area Aboriginal people run a camp where visitors

can acquaint themselves first-hand with the Coorong environment (walking

trails) and with history, culture and activities of Aboriginal
inhabitants. Workshops in basket weaving are offered, and the camp has a

small museum.

Adelaide is centrally located in Australia between beaches of the St
Vincent Gulf and the Mount Lofty Ranges (over 700m high). The city is
surrounded by valleys with extensive vineyards and nature reserves.
There are three universities (The University of Adelaide, The University

of South Australia, and The Flinders University of South Australia; all
of which have Faculties/Divisions of Health Sciences). The South
Australian Museum has a large natural science collection and an
excellent collection of aboriginal art. Adelaide is renown for its
biennial festival of culture and arts. There are many fine hotels and
good restaurants offering a world wide range of cuisines.

Early December is the beginning of summer in South Australia. Usually
very sunny (bring a hat and protective lotion if you plan to walk) and
hot days (25-30°C; 80-95°F), but reasonably cool nights.

[D K Sidhu
Secretary to Prof. M. Henneberg]

-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:16 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Fulbright Opportunities in Anthropology and Archaeology (FWD)

Forwarded by request. Details below. Hugh

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fulbright Opportunities in Anthropology and Archaeology
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 12:21:46 -0400
From: eiankova@... (EUGENIA IANKOVA)

THERE'S STILL TIME TO CONSIDER A FULBRIGHT

The Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty and professionals had  more
than 42 awards available in Anthropology and Archaeology for lecturing
and/or doing research abroad during the 2001-2002 academic year.
Although the August 1 deadline is past, there are still some awards open
and recruitment will continue. For information, visit our Web site at
www.cies.org after August 15 or contact the program officer listed for
awards you are interested in.  The award listings and application
materials are downloadable or you can request printed versions from
apprequest@.... U.S.  citizenship is required. Non-U.S.
citizens should contact the Fulbright agency or U.S. embassy in their
home countries.

The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the United States
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and
administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
(CIES).

Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden Street, NW,
Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008-3009
Tel.: 202.686.7877; Fax: 202.362.3442
www.cies.org

2001-2002 Fulbright Awards in Anthropology and Archaeology

Belarus:
Social Sciences and Humanities #1441
(cultural, cross-cultural, semiotics, multiculturalism)

Cameroon:
Any Field #1048

China, People's Republic of:
Study of the United States #1144

Cote d'Ivoire:
Any Field #1055

Croatia:
Any Field #1221

Cyprus:
Any Field #1227
(archaeology, preservation)

Czech Republic:
Any Field #1229
Social Sciences #1233
Social Sciences #1234

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program:
Fulbright-University of Calgary Chair in North American Studies #1007
Fulbright-University of New Brunswick Chair in Property Studies #1008
(anthropology and property studies)
Fulbright-Karl Franzens University Distinguished Chair in
CulturalStudies #1002
(archaeology and cultural studies)

Ghana:
Any Field #1066

Greece:
American Studies #1270
(American popular culture)
Modern Greek Studies #1273

Guatemala:
Anthropology #1555
(tourism, industrial anthropology, political anthropology, ethnicity,
Maya resurgence)

Honduras:
Anthropology/Archaeology, Ethnology, Linguistics #1560
(Mesoamerican archaeology, ethnology, ethnolinguistics, population
statistics)

India:
Women's Studies #1497
(women's studies, comparative studies, family relationships)

Kenya:
Social Sciences, Humanities or Professional Fields #1070

Latvia:
Any Field #1307
(cultural, social)
American Studies #1308
(cultural studies, American culture)

Lithuania:
Women's Studies #1322
(feminist theory and methods, U.S. women's history)
Anthropology #1317
(social, cultural anthropology, European, field research)

Mali:
Any Field #1076

Middle East, North Africa, South Asia Regional Research Program:
Middle East, North Africa, South Asia Regional ResearchProgram #1387

Minority Studies Regional Research Program:
Minority Studies Regional Research Program #1196
(minority, ethnic studies in Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia)

Nigeria:
Humanities and Social Sciences #1089

Norway:
Any Field #1329
(Norwegian-American migration studies)

Poland:
Any Field #1338
(cultural, ethnic studies)
American Studies or American Culture #1340
(ethnic studies, American)

Romania:
Any Field #1353
(cultural anthropology)

Saudi Arabia:
Archaeology #1415
(archaeology, museology)

Senegal:
Archaeology, History, Museum Studies or Environmental Sciences #1095
(archaeology, museum collection
information)

South Africa:
Any Field #1100
(liberation studies)

Turkey:
Any Field #1376
Social Sciences and Humanities #1382

Uganda:
Women's and Gender Studies #1128
(rural and urban development and gender)

Vietnam:
American Studies #1189
(American culture)
Any Field #1187
(indigenous peoples, sustainable development)

West Bank:
Any Field #1427
(Islamic archaeology)

Yemen:
Humanities, Social Sciences, Law #1432
(archaeology)

Zimbabwe:
Any Field #1129

-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Cohen-Williams [mailto:sdpresidio@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:30 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Scientific American Discovering Archaeology Weekly

Apologies for cross-posting

>DISCOVERING ARCHAEOLOGY
>Newsletter for August 02, 2000
>http://www.discoveringarchaeology.com/newsletter.shtml
>
>--- Feature Stories ---
>
>- WHEN THE RAINS STOPPED
>Constant Shifts in Climate Molded Much of Human History
>http://discoveringarchaeology.com/0900toc/9focus1-rains.shtml
>
>- Archaeology Live!
>It's midnight in the middle of the eastern Sahara Desert. Cairo lies
>some 230 miles to the northeast - and in-between is nothing but four
>hours of sand.
>http://www.egyptrevealed.com/073100-archlive.shtml
>
>Plus these Feature Reports:
>
>- Chinese Toilet
>http://www.foxnews.com/science/072600/sky_toilet.sml
>
>- Another Civilization's Remains Discovered in Iran
>http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/entertainment/afp/article.html?s=si
ngapore/headlines/000801/entertainment/afp/3_000-year-old_remains_discovered
_near_Tehran.html
>
>- Finland's Undersea Museum
>http://www.latimes.com/news/asection/20000728/t000070685.html
>
>- Raising the Hunley
>http://www.ngnews.com/news/2000/07/07262000/hunley_2869.asp
>
>- Civil War Blockade Runner Excavated
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000729/us/civil_war_ship_1.html
>
>- The Roman Open Aire Museum
>http://www.villa-rustica.de/indexe.html
>
>- Calculate like an Egyptian
>http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?filei
d=161183&flt=CAB
>
>-----
>
>The Discovering Archaeology Newsletter finds the week's most
>interesting archaeological stories and presents them to you in a
>simple, easy to read format on the web. Read these and other
>interesting features, including Readers Polls, Book Reviews,
>Archaeological Event Calendars and much more at:
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: William Grassie [mailto:grassie@...]
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 10:56 AM
To: metanews@...
Subject: [METANEWS] Assistant Editor Sought for Meta Lists on Science
and Religion

Below is an announcement of a new position with Meta.  We will be
hiring an assistant editor to help manage a major expansion of this
online service.  Needless to say, this means that we have received
renewed funding from the Templeton Foundation, along with a
significant commitment from the Counterbalance Foundation.  Thanks
also for the many contributions which came in from the last appeal.

-- Billy Grassie

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The Meta Lists on Science and Religion <http://www.meta-list.org>
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the web site and list distribution services.  Position requires a
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specifically in excellent use of word processing and email.  Web
publishing, database development, and distance learning experiences
are also desirable.

The assistant editor will work closely with the editor, staff,
editorial board, and consultants in a dynamic and entrepreneurial
role, overseeing significant components of the project, including
monthly book reviews, contributing authors, the creation of a monthly
digest, marketing, and subcontracting.  The position includes many
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Excellent editing skills.  Friendly and energetic communication
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-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Yee [mailto:danny@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:30 AM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Book Review - On the Road of the Winds

An HTML version of this book review can be found at
 http://dannyreviews.com/h/Road_Winds.html
along with more than five hundred other reviews.

 TITLE: On the Road of the Winds
 - An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Conquest
 AUTHOR: Patrick Vinton Kirch
 PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2000
 OTHER: 422 pages, halftones, notes, bibliography, index

_On the Road of the Winds_ is a history of the Pacific islands that
combines a "big picture" overview (invoking Braudel and the _longue
durée_) with a feel for the "dirt" of actual excavations.  It is both
a historical synthesis and, in so far as is possible in the space,
an archaeological survey.  Kirch integrates the diachronic evidence of
archaeology with the synchronic evidence of linguistics, ethnography,
and biology to describe the human settlement of the Pacific and its
history down to European conquest.  And along the way he summarises the
archaeological record, with details from key excavations.

Kirch writes for specialists (he merrily switches, for example, between
BC/AD and calibrated and uncalibrated radiocarbon BP dates), but for such
a broad range of specialists that the informed lay reader won't miss
much -- and unwanted detail about excavations and artifacts is easily
glanced over.  With an effective selection of halftones, figures, and maps
complementing clear and incisive prose, in elegant and attractive physical
packaging, _On the Road of the Winds_ is an all-round outstanding volume.

--

Pacific archaeology has an intriguing history of its own, from voyages
of exploration and missionaries to modern academic research and cultural
resource management.  Earlier thinking was bedeviled by now antiquated
racial typologies and a stress on the ethnographic present that in some
cases amounted to outright denial of history and time-depth.  The power of
archaeology to uncover depth in Pacific prehistory is now unquestioned,
but much remains unknown and work in Melanesia and New Guinea is really
only beginning.

The Pacific islands are a unique and diverse environment, offering
unique challenges to human settlement.  In twenty pages Kirch gives
a rapid overview of the geological origins and development of the
different islands (island-arc islands, high islands, atolls, and
_makatea_ islands), their climate (especially rainfall variation), their
biogeography and ecosystems, and the considerable impacts of indigenous
Pacific peoples on the latter.  He also touches on the often neglected
microbiotic world, explaining how "the concentration and persistence of
disease-causing microorganisms in Near Oceania had serious consequences
for long-term human history" (with Remote Oceania in comparison relatively
disease-free).

Human settlement of Sahul (Australia and New Guinea, joined when sea
levels were lower) in the Pleistocene almost certainly involved repeated,
purposeful water crossings of some distance.  It is perhaps no surprise,
therefore, that people had crossed the Vitiaz Strait to the Bismarck
and Solomon Islands by 35 000 years ago; scattered evidence reveals
tantalising glimpses of their lives.  The early Holocene saw changes
in settlement and foraging patterns: in the New Guinea Highlands there
is evidence for very early agriculture, while the lowlands and islands
saw innovations in arboriculture and shell-working.  Malaria may have
played a key role in limiting population growth in the region.

One of the central events of Pacific history (and one of the great human
migrations) is the spread of Austronesian speaking peoples from Taiwan.
Some groups travelled along the north cost of New Guinea and interacted,
starting around 1500 BC, with the indigenous occupants of the Bismarcks
to create the Lapita cultural complex.  Around 1200 BC this jumped
across the gap between the southeast extremity of the Solomons and the
Santa Cruz islands, then rapidly expanded, reaching to Fiji, Tonga, and
Samoa by around 1000 BC.  This reconstruction rests on a combination of
ethnographic, linguistic, and biological evidence.

Post-Lapita, the New Guinea Highlands saw increasing populations,
especially with the introduction of sweet potato by the 17th century.
Patchy excavations across the islands between coastal New Guinea and
Fiji leave it unclear to what extent these were linked, but there is
evidence for increasing economic specialisation, with trading networks in
the Massim and coastal New Guinea and islands specialising in ceramics.
There is also evidence for concentration of chiefly power (notably the
burial site of Roy Mata in Vanuatu) and for agricultural intensification
(with terraced, canal-fed irrigation systems on several islands).
Disruptive volcanic events may have played a significant role in some
areas.

Micronesia was settled from several directions: the Marianas and Palau
were settled by Western Malayo-Polynesian speakers, probably from the
Philippines; the Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati archipelagoes were
settled by speakers of the Nuclear Melanesian branch of Proto-Oceanic,
probably from the Solomons or Vanuatu; Yap is something of an anomaly,
possibly reached directly from the Bismarcks in the second millenium
BC; and then there are Polynesian Outliers such as Kapingamarangi.
Kirch surveys the archaeological record of the region, covering the
Caroline high islands, limestone columns in the Marianas, terraces on
Palau, the Yapese "empire", and so on.

Culturally and linguistically "monophyletic", Polynesia is a unique
opportunity for studying cultural and linguistic change.  Historical
linguistics and ethnography provide a fairly clear picture of Polynesian
origins and dispersals, starting with the Ancestral Polynesian region
around Tonga and Samoa and then expanding first to the Society and
Marquesas islands and thence to Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand.
Many of the details are still debated: the exact sequence and timing of
settlements in Eastern Polynesia, the nature of Polynesian exploration and
voyaging, and whether there was a "long pause" between the initial Lapita
occupation of Western Polynesia and expansion eastwards.  Kirch outlines
the archaeological sequences in Western Polynesia and the earliest
settlements in Eastern Polynesia, with details from key excavations.

A second chapter on Polynesia looks at its subsequent history, at the
evolution of chiefdoms.  Here Kirch uses a Traditional/Open/Stratified
typology, but only heuristically -- he argues that there was no
"standard progression" and that the various islands "are best seen
as a series of sometimes parallel or convergent, sometimes divergent,
historical trajectories, all ultimately springing from the common basis
of Ancestral Polynesia Culture".  He presents case studies from Mangaia,
the Marquesas, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Zealand, Tahiti and the
Society Islands, and Hawaii, illustrating "the contexts, constraints,
and processes" behind sociopolitical transformation.

The final chapter of _On the Road of the Winds_ looks at "big structures
and large processes" in Oceanic prehistory: correlations between language,
biology, and culture; the role of demographic change and controversies
about pre-colonial populations; the environmental impact of human
settlement; the political economy of changing landscapes; intensification
and economic specialization; and transformations of status and power.

--

%T      On the Road of the Winds
%S      An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Conquest
%A      Kirch, Patrick Vinton
%I      University of California Press
%C      Berkeley
%D      2000
%O      hardcover, halftones, notes, bibliography, index
%G      ISBN 0-520-22347-0
%P      xxii,422pp
%U      http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8928.html
%K      archaeology, Oceania

2 August 2000

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Subject: more books from India (fwd)

Details below. Hugh

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Tribal Women Workers : A Study of Young Migrants / Jayanti Alam.  1st ed.
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2.    Beteille, Andre,
Chronicles of Our Time / Andre Beteille.  1st ed. New Delhi, Penguin Books
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Thought-provoking and Insightful Essays on the State of the Nation.
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ISBN: 0140296999                KK-10983

3.    Bhasin, M. K.,
Studies on Man : Issues and Challenges / Edited by M. K. Bhasin.  1st ed.
Delhi, Kamla-Raj Enterprises.  2000.  xii, 318 p. ills. maps. 25 cm.
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ISBN: 8185264244                KK-10933

4.    Datta, Veena,
Chalcolithic Pottery Paintings : With Special Reference to Central India
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252 p. ills. 25 cm.
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ISBN: 8185616655                KK-10936

5.    Gupta, Dipankar,
Interrogating Caste : Understanding Hierarchy and Difference in Indian
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 2000.  x, 300 p. 20 cm.
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ISBN: 0140297065                KK-10982

6.    Jha, Natwar,
The Deciphered Indus Script : Methodology, Readings, Interpretations /
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xxviii, 269 p. ills. 29 cm.
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Living Pre-Rigvedic and Early Rigvedic Traditions of Himalayas / P. C.
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ISBN: 8177020048                KK-10938

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Fields of Victory : Vijayanagara and the Course of Intensification /
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Ethnobotany of Totopara / V. Mudgal, D. C. Pal, R. N. Kayal and S. Saha.
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ISBN: 8187478055                KK-10966

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The Dawn of Indian Civilization up to c. 600 BC / Edited by G. C. Pande.
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ills. maps. 29 cm.  (History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian
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Van Rawats : A Tribe in Peril / Prasanna K. Samal, Yesh Pal S. Topal and
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Through the Vistas of Life and Lore : Folkloric Reflections of Traditional
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Land Reforms in India / Edited by B. K. Sinha and Pushpendra.  1st ed. New
Delhi, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.  2000.  243 p. ills. 23 cm.
Vol. 5. India-An Unfinished Agenda.
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Ban-Gujars : A Nomadic Tribe in Himachal Pradesh / V. Verma.  1st ed.
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Another book from India. Details below.  Hugh

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Studies on Man : Issues and Challenges / Edited by M. K. Bhasin.  1st ed.
Delhi, Kamla-Raj Enterprises.  2000.  xii, 318 p. ills. maps. 25 cm.
List Price: $ 50        Your Price: $ 45
ISBN: 8185264244                KK-10933
          ----------------------------------------

Consisting of twenty three - papaers contributed by faculty members of the
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, this book
documents the enourmous diversity and varied aspects of anthropological
research in India. Each dealing with a specific domain, these articles are
integrated by the fact that they address to the issues and challanges
confronting contemporary human populations. Not only does this book mirror
the anthropological researches in one of the premier Anthropology
Department in India, but also advances several theoretical and
methodological dimensions of current interst.

Preface / Indera P. Singh
1. Behavioural Determinants of Rhesus Monkeys / Praveen Kumar Seth
2. Anthropology in Prehistoric Archaeology: The Indian Scene / D. K.
Bhattacharya
3. 'Writing' in Space : An Interpretation of Prehistoric Mortuary Practices
in the Central Ganga Valley / Indrani Chattopadhyaya
4. Biology of Castes and Tribes of India : Genetic Markers-Colour Blindness
and Taste Sensitivity / M. K. Bhasin
5. Demogenetic Diversity : Kashmiri Pandits in Retrospect and Their
Socio-biological Diversity / A. K. Kalla
6. Human Adaptation to High Altitude : Body Proportion Analysis Using
Phantom Model / S. L. Malik
7. Body Composition and Adaptation : Variations in Relative Fatness and
Regional Distribution of Body Fat at High Altitude and in Plains: A Study
on Adult Females / Satwanti Kapoor
8. Bio-Statistical Approaches : Origin and the Parental Affinities of the
Populations / Gautam Kumar Kshatriya
9. Human Population Genetics : Genetic Affinity Among Caste and Tribal
Populations of India / A. K. Kapoor
10. Human Genetics: Multiple Births : Twins, Rare Type of Twins, Siamese
Twins, Super Twins and Multiple Births / H. K. Kumbnani
11. Serum Proteins and Diseases : A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach /
Swadesh Seth
12. Dermatoglyphics and Diseases : Finger-ball Dermatoglyphics and primary
(Idiopathic) Generalised Epilepsy / P. R. Mondal
13. Applied Biological Anthropology : Reconstruction of Tibial Length and
Stature from Fragmentary Dimensions / Surinder Nath
14. Forensic Biochemical Anthropology : Genetic Markers in Blood and Semen
Stains / M. P. Sachdeva
15. DNA Damage and Cancer : Sister Chromatid Exchanges in Betel and Tobacco
Chewers and Tobacco Smokers / P. K. Ghosh
16. Socio-cultural Adaptations in Cold Deserts / Veena Bhasin
17. Environment Ecology and Culture Paradigms : Case of Ladakhi Tribe / R.
S. Mann
18. Cultural Homogeneity and Economic Disparity : A Case of Discriminatory
Approach in Social Transformation / J. S. Bhandari
19. The Emergence of an Ethnic Identity : The Case Study of the "Gorkhali"
of Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh / Subhadra Mitra Channa
20. Islamization and Muslim Identity : The Case of Meos / I. S. Marwah
21. Dharma and Karma : Dharma: Purity and Pollution, Karma: Pun and Pap /
V. C. Channa
22. Social Anthropology of Pastoral Nomads : The Raika Jati and Its Dharmic
Order / Vinay Kumar Srivastava
23. Tribe and Displacement : Social Implications of Rehabilitation / S. M.
Patnaik

                      ------------------------------

M. K. Bhasin is Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, University
of Delhi, Delhi.

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Subject: Book Review - The Origins of Music

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 TITLE: The Origins of Music
 EDITORS: Nils L. Wallin, Björn Merker + Steven Brown
 PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2000
 OTHER: 498 pages, references, index

_The Origins of Music_ brings together papers on subjects ranging
from birdsong to neurobiology to fossil flutes to musical universals.
Music rarely gets even a passing mention in work on human evolution,
while evolutionary approaches in musicology are even rarer, so such a
volume offers challenges to both musicologists and paleoanthropologists.
Indeed the editors hope to see the start of an evolutionary musicology,
a subfield of biomusicology "devoted to the analysis of music evolution,
both its biological and cultural forms".  _The Origins of Music_ deserves
wide interdisciplinary attention.

After an introduction to evolutionary musicology by the editors, the
other papers are grouped into four sections.  The first focuses on vocal
communication in animals.  General papers by Simha Arom and Peter Marler
are followed by papers on birdsong repertoire (Peter J. B. Slater) and
its neural basis (Carol Whaling), perception and production of primate
vocalizations (Marc D. Hauser), gibbon songs/duets (Thomas Geissmann),
the role of social organisation in primate vocal communications (Maria
Ujhelyi), and creativity in the songs of humpback whales (Katharine
Payne).

        Any similarity between birdsong and human music is by analogy,
        as vocal learning evolved quite differently in the two cases.
        As there are around 4,000 species of songbirds with a rich variety
        of vocal patterning, the occurrence of some with features also
        found in our music does not necessarily imply a deep similarity
        between the phenomena. (Slater)

The papers in the second section look broadly at music and language in
human evolution.  Derek Bickerton suggests some lessons biomusicologists
can learn from the history of "language evolution studies".  Jean Molino
argues that music and language (and dance, chant, poetry, and pretend
play) have at least in part a common origin.  Harry Jerison explores
homologies in the paleoneurology of mammalian and bird brains, but
concludes that "the evocative role of music in human experience is
directly related to language as a specifically human adaptation".
Dean Falk looks at what the latest technology reveals about the regions
of the brain involved in music and language.  And, in a long paper which
I only glanced through, Drago Kunej and Ivan Turk analyse a possible
"flute" from the Middle Paleolithic.

        Because music and language are so neurologically intertwined, it
        is hypothesized that they evolved together as brain size increased
        during the past two million years in the genus _Homo_. (Falk)

The papers in the third section present different theories for the origin
of music.  Steven Brown presents a "musilanguage" model in which music
and language evolved from a common ancestor; Bruce Richman argues that
both originated in collective repetition of formulaic sequences; and
Björn Merker suggests that synchronous chorusing was a key adaptation in
human evolution.  Geoffrey Miller argues that music must have originated
through sexual selection and Peter Todd looks at simulation of coevolution
between "male song producers and female song critics".  In contrast,
Ellen Dissanayake suggests music needs to be considered as part of the
"temporal arts" more broadly and that the key to their evolution lies
in interactions between mothers and infants under six months of age.
And Walter Freeman ranges from neurobiology and brain chemistry, through
altered states of consciousness, to cooperative action and links between
music and politics.

        I took random samples of... jazz albums... rock albums... and
        classical music works... [M]ales produced ten times as much music
        as females, and their musical output peaked in young adulthood,
        around age thirty, near the time of peak mating effort... [This
        suggests] that music evolved and continues to function as a
        courtship display, mostly broadcast by young males to attract
        females. (Miller)

        [I]t is in the evolution of affiliative interactions between
        mothers and infants -- not male competition and adult courtship
        -- that we can discover the origins of the competencies and
        sensitivities that gave rise to human music. (Dissanayake)

Four papers at the end are grouped in a section "Musical Universals".
Sandra Trehub looks at human predispositions for processing music
and Michel Imberty connects the generative theory of tonal music with
innate competencies, while Bruno Nettl presents an ethnomusicologist's
perspective on universals and François-Bernard Mâche that of a composer.

        I can only say, as a composer, that _Craticus nigrogularis_,
        the pied butcher bird, is a kind of colleague. (Mâche)

--

%T      The Origins of Music
%E      Wallin, Nils L.
%E      Merker, Björn
%E      Brown, Steven
%I      The MIT Press
%C      Cambridge, Massachusetts
%D      2000
%O      hardcover, references, index
%G      ISBN 0-262-23206-5
%P      xii,498pp
%U      http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262232065
%K      palaeoanthropology, music, linguistics

13 August 2000

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Master Class in Applied Computing and the Social Scientists.

http://anthropology.ac.uk

The University of Kent Department of Anthropology and DICE and the Centre
for Social Anthropology and Computing invite you to participate in a series
of one day master classes to learn new software being developed for social
science problems.  For more information please see our website or email
Steve Lyon at mailto:S.M.Lyon@... .

1. Saturday 9 December 2000 Dr. Fergus Sinclair Knowledge elicitation and
expert system development

2. Saturday 17 February 2001 Dr. Michael Fischer Fieldnotes and other field
media

3. Saturday 12 May 2001 Dr. Nick Ryan Hand held mobile computing

Kent is one of the pioneers in combining computing with social
anthropology. Since the introduction of the World Wide Web and the
popularity of the Internet more and more departments seem to be jumping on
the bandwagon and contributing to studies of 'virtual societies' or making
use of the internet for information dissemination. While we see these
activities as very positive, we believe they are not taking full advantage
of what the computing revolution has to offer to social science analyses.
In the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing we are fortunate to
have several researchers actively involved in either developing software or
making use of software as an integral part of analyses (Dr. Michael
Fischer, Dr. David Zeitlyn, Dr. Janet Bagg, Dr. Nevill Colclough, Mr. Alan
Bicker). In other parts of Europe and in North America, anthropologists
have been developing software to deal with specific problems they have
encountered.

However there are no forums where others may learn about this software. It
is not commercially produced, there is therefore little information to
support it - other than the cryptic notes that may be embedded within the
source code. A 'Master Class' series would therefore address the growing
need of anthropologists to utilise computing tools while recognising that
there is already a body of existing materials which will serve some of that
need.

The first Class will take place on the 9th of December, 2000. Dr. Fergus
Sinclair, from the University of Wales at Bangor will instruct participants
in software he developed to elicit knowledge

The second Class will be in February, with Dr. Michael Fischer from UKC and
CSAC. He will be discussing Fieldnotes and other field media: Qualitative
content coding, extracting information, analysis and report writing.

The final Class for the academic year will take place at the start of the
Summer term, 5th of May 2001, with Dr. Nick Ryan, from the UKC Computing
Department. Weather permitting, this class will involve actual field
practice around the campus of the University of Kent.

You do not need to be a programmer or advanced user to attend and benefit
from these classes, although there may be designated specific sections
which are intended for the more advanced. Some familiarity with either
Macintosh or Windows operating systems is strongly recommended.
Participants should leave the Master Classes with a working knowledge of
the software and a copy of the software.

http://anthropology.ac.uk/MACSS

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Stephen M. Lyon
Department of Anthropology and DICE
Eliot College
University of Kent at Canterbury
Canterbury, Kent
UK  CT2 7NS

Eliot Annex Rm:  L24
Tel: 01227-764000  Ext: 3948
Fax: 01227-827289

http://anthropology.ac.uk/Bhalot
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:29 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: CFP: Web-Based Language Documentation and Description (FWD)

FYI, all. Details below. Hugh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:19:32 EDT
From: Steven Bird <sb@...>
Subject: CFP: Web-Based Language Documentation and Description

                  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (2nd call)

           Web-Based Language Documentation and Description

                Philadelphia USA, 12-15 December 2000

             Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
                      University of Pennsylvania

 Organizers: Steven Bird (U Penn) and Gary Simons (SIL International)

This workshop will lay the foundation of an open, web-based
infrastructure for collecting, storing and disseminating the primary
materials which document and describe human languages, including
wordlists, lexicons, annotated signals, interlinear texts, paradigms,
field notes, and linguistic descriptions, as well as the metadata
which indexes and classifies these materials.  The infrastructure will
support the modeling, creation, archiving and access of these
materials, using centralized respositories of metadata, data, best
practice guidelines, and open software tools.

Abstract deadline:      Friday 1 September
Full CFP:               http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/CFP
FAQ:                    http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/FAQ

To be sure of receiving future announcements, please subscribe to
LINGUISTIC-EXPLORATION, at http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:30 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Harvard Scientific Archaeology position (fwd)

This wandered by. Sorry if you have already seen it.  Hugh

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Job
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:16:46 +0100
From: Mark Nesbitt

This post doesn't seem to have been widely publicised - I came
across it on the AEA's (very well) redesigned site
(http://www.envarch.net/).

Mark

TENURED OR TENURE-TRACK POSITION IN SCIENTIFIC
ARCHAEOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,  USA

Harvard University Peabody Museum and Anthropology Department
seek applicants for a tenured or tenure-track position in Scientific
Archaeology (rank and specializations open). Applicants should
have well-established archaeological interests and be scientists
with active research programs. In addition to pursuing her/his own
research, the appointee will be encouraged to develop and direct a
laboratory engaging in varied applications of the natural sciences to
archaeological problems.

Women and minority group candidates are especially encouraged
to apply.

Send detailed vita to Chairman, Department of Anthropology,
Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138 by 1, September, 2000.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 9:48 AM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: New archaeological online journal (fwd)

FYI, all. Cheers, Hugh.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:25:50 +0200
From: Dirk Raetzel-Fabian <dirk.fabian@...>
To: intarch-interest-moderator@...
Subject: For moderation - New archaeological online journal

** Sorry for cross-posting **

Dear listmembers,

I would like to draw your attention to a non-commercial academic
online-journal on the archaeology of the Neolithic period:

www.jungsteinSITE.de

Access is free and in no way restricted. Language is mainly German, but
English summaries and figure captions are provided for all articles.
Starting with a most interesting article on a quite unusal enclosure in
Wales the jungsteinSITE now opens up for contributions in English language:

ALEX GIBSON, Portsmouth:
The Neolithic Palisaded Enclosure at Hindwell, Powys, Wales

The article (and many others) can be reached via the English TOC of the
site: www.jungsteinsite.de/toc.htm

Enjoy reading!

Dirk Raetzel-Fabian

-----------------------------------------------
Dirk Raetzel-Fabian, Dr. phil  M.A. (Editor)
Herkulesstrasse 69
D-34119 Kassel, Germany
Tel.: +49-(0)561-36577
Fax: +49-(0)721-151211292
redaktion@...
www.jungsteinsite.de

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 5:11 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: US NEH Summer Stipend $4,000 Deadline Announcement (fwd)

FYI all. Details below. Hugh

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:17:48 -0400
> From: "Bramson, Leon" <LBramson@...>
> Subject: FW: NEH Summer Stipend ($4,000) Deadline Announcement
>
>       NEH SUMMER STIPENDS
>       Deadline: October 1, 2000 for awards during the summer of 2001
>
> The National Endowment for the Humanities announces the competition for
> Summer Stipends awards. These awards support two consecutive months of
> full-time work on projects that will make a significant contribution to
> the humanities. In most cases, faculty members of colleges and
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> for the Summer Stipends competition, and each of these institutions may
> nominate two applicants. Prospective applicants who will require
> nomination should acquaint themselves with their institution's nomination
> procedures well before the October 1 deadline. Individuals employed in
> nonteaching capacities in colleges and universities and independent
> scholars not affiliated with colleges and universities do not require
> nomination and may apply directly to the program. Adjunct faculty and
> academic applicants with appointments terminating by the summer of 2001
> may also apply without nomination.
>
> TENURE: Tenure must cover two full and uninterrupted months and will
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> $4,000
>
> INQUIRIES: 202/606-8200 or e-mail: stipends@...
>
> PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The Summer Stipends program provides opportunities for
> individuals to pursue advanced work in disciplines of the humanities
> during the summer. Projects proposed for support may contribute to
> scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the
> humanities, and they may address broad topics or consist of research and
> study in a single field.
>
> ELIGIBILITY: Applicants need not have advanced degrees, but neither
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> from a person's own institution are not considered major fellowships.)
> Beginning in 2001, Summer Stipends recipients may hold other small
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> but they must devote full time to their Summer Stipends research for the
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>
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> Please note that the NEH does not accept applications submitted by FAX or
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:56 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: A Survey of Open Language Archives (FWD)

Forwarded by request. Details below. Hugh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:53:41 EDT
From: Steven Bird <sb@...>
Subject: A Survey of Open Language Archives

A Survey of Open Language Archives
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/survey.html

By "Open Language Archive" we mean a digital repository of language
data, documentation and description, including texts, recordings,
dictionaries, grammars and field notes, where there is an intent to
make the materials openly available.  "Open Language Archive" is
construed broadly, to include any such repository which has an
accessible digital component, even if it is just an online catalog or
a few digital holdings.  It also encompasses organizations which
publish language data in electronic form.  (NB. Our use of "open" is
inspired by the Open Archives initiative [www.openarchives.org]).

Examples of the kinds of archives we have in mind are listed here:
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/archives.html

The purpose of this survey is to identify:

1.  all existing digital archives of language materials, the nature of
    their holdings, and any electronic publication activities
    (whether digital media or web-based);

2.  all planned digital archives of language materials
    and their present status;

3.  any technical, legal or moral obstacles particular to
    archives of language materials.

Additionally, we would like to find out about the metadata
(i.e. catalog fields) used for classifying archived
language materials.

If you (plan to) archive and/or publish digital language
materials and/or the associated metadata, please
visit this URL and complete our online survey

        http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/exploration/survey.html

If you know of such an archive or publisher, please forward this
message to the appropriate person.

Many thanks,
Steven Bird.

--
Steven.Bird@...  http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/sb
Assoc Director, LDC; Adj Assoc Prof, CIS & Linguistics
Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania
3615 Market St, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2608

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:55 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Indian book: Fields of Victory (fwd)

Details below. Hugh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:52:34 +0500
From: kkagencies <kkagen@...>
Subject: Fields of Victory - One Recent Title

Here is a great work, just published, which could be of interest to you.

We have a **special discounted price shown in our offer against 'Your
Price' applicable on all orders reaching us till 30 September 2000**. Also,
we _make all shipments by registered AIRMAIL with no additional charges_.
You may give a reference to this bulletin while ordering. For ordering
details please refer at the end.

          ----------------------------------------
Morrison, Kathleen D.,
Fields of Victory : Vijayanagara and the Course of Intensification /
Kathleen D. Morrison.  1st ed. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
Pvt. Ltd.  2000.  x, 201 p. ills. maps. 30 cm.
List Price: $ 41.70     Your Price: $ 37.50
ISBN: 8121509181                KK-10940
          ----------------------------------------

Vijayanagara, the "city of victory," was the capital city of an expansive
empire which lay claim to large tracts of land in southern India between
the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries AD. For the approximately two
hundred years of its existence, Vijayanagara was not merely a political
center, it was also a population center and a locus of production, trade
and consumption. The dry interior districts of northern Karnataka, which
supported this great city, pose special challenges to agricultural
production; the success of the city depended on meeting these challenges.
This volume considers the diverse repertoire of agricultural strategies
practiced by Vijayanagara food producers, using evidence from original
research on archaeology, paleoecology, and written texts. A primary focus
of the volume is the process of agricultural intensification, a process
critically important to both the initial founding of the city and its
dramatic expansion in the early sixteenth century. The author argues that
understanding the course or path of intensification is critically important
and an essential prerequisite to coming to terms with competing causal
models for agricultural change.

1. Agricultural Intensification
2. Agricultural Production in the Vijayanagara Region
3. Vijayanagara Agriculture in Context
4. The Vijayanagara Metropolitan Survey
5. Archaeological Patterns of Land Use
6. The Historical Record
7. Identifying Land Use: Pollen and Charcoal
8. Conclusion: Intensification at Vijayanagara
Appendix 1 List of Recorded Sites in Blocks O, S, and T
Appendix 2 Vegetation

                      ------------------------------

Kathleen D. Morrison is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Anthropology, University of Chicago.

                ----------------------------------------

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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:52 AM
To: chronicle-community@...
Subject: 8/14/2000 Chronicle Report on Community Colleges

The Chronicle of Higher Education's
Weekly Report on COMMUNITY COLLEGES
_________________________________________________________________

Here is news of interest to community colleges from our August 18
issue. The page numbers refer to that issue, and the Web
addresses refer to the online versions of the articles.

TOP STORIES:

*  RENAISSANCE IN INDIANA: By creating a new system of two-year
   institutions, state officials hope to train more skilled
   workers, but critics wonder whether the chosen overseer of the
   group, Vincennes University, will succeed: A27
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v46/i50/50a02701.htm

*  A SURPRISING RECORD FOR A DEMOCRAT: Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman,
   Vice President Al Gore's choice as a running mate, has
   supported more research spending but criticized political
   correctness and racial preferences in admissions: A26
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v46/i50/50a02601.htm

*  TROUBLE AT THE TOP: The two leading officials of Colorado's
   new information-technology institute quit this month, before
   any of its college classes had begun: A26
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*  COLLEGES' PURCHASING POWER: The largest buying cooperative in
   higher education, known as E&I, is looking to e-commerce to
   bolster its business: A33
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v46/i50/50a03301.htm

*  ARMY ROCKS DISTANCE EDUCATION: In a proposed $600-million
   program, the military would enlist higher-education
   institutions to provide and coordinate online courses for
   soldiers: A35
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v46/i50/50a03501.htm
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ALSO OF INTEREST TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES:

*  PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCED a set of incentives intended to
   benefit borrowers in his prized direct-lending program, to the
   dismay of lenders: A25
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*  STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TAUGHT to write using a computer don't
   perform as well on composition tests that use paper and
   pencil, researchers at Boston College have found: A40
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v46/i50/50a04001.htm

*  DISTANCE EDUCATION IS THE BIGGEST emerging issue facing
   campus-computing officials, according to a survey by the
   Educause academic-technology group: A35
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v46/i50/50a03502.htm
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-----Original Message-----
From: wilkr [mailto:wilkr@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 1:58 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: STAFF MEMBER NEEDED (fwd)

Richard Wilk                  Chair, Anthropology Dept.
812-855-3901, or 1041         Indiana University
812-855-4358 (fax)            Bloomington, IN 47405
www.indiana.edu/~wanthro      www.indiana.edu/~anthro/home.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:25:03 -0600
From: Mary Dell Lucas <MDLucas@...>
To: "'wilkr@....'" <wilkr@...>
Subject: STAFF MEMBER NEEDED

Professor,

Frequently you know of graduate students (or undergraduate students) who
might be happier using their skills and interest in archaeology and culture
in another way.  We need a new full time office employee and would
appreciate your help.  If you know of someone who might be appropriate
please ask them to email us.

Meanwhile, we would appreciate it if you would post this for us.

STAFF MEMBER NEEDED
FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR COMPANY

Our company specializes in tours throughout the world with an archaeological
and cultural emphasis. We are looking for a hard-working, personable and
enthusiastic new member to join our busy office team. This position offers
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Excellent computer skills essential. Superior customer service skills,
outstanding verbal/writing abilities, and careful attention to detail are
required. Travel industry background and knowledge of other countries a
definite plus.  Fluency in another language, especially Spanish or French,
strongly desired.  Salary includes an attractive benefits package.

If you enjoy working with people, do well under pressure, would like to live
in New Mexico, and have an interest in archaeology and indigenous peoples,
email your resume, along with a cover letter saying why you are interested
in the position   to amcnair@...   Phone calls will not be
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Some German colleagues (psychologists)  arrived for a professional visit with my father and brought him a very nice, but mysterious, object that I am hoping someone can enlighten us about.

 These visitors arrived with a bouquet of artificial flowers and a strip of stiff white cloth about three feet long and eight inches wide.  Their names are embroidered on one end and "In Memoriam  ..." with my mother's name at the other. She died at the end of May.

Is my father supposed to hang this thing over a chair?  Around a mirror?   Pack it carefully away and look at it once in a while?

What are these things called?  (It will make writing the thank you note a LOT easier!)

What is the historical derivation?

Thanks in advance!!

Ann Popplestone

CCC TLC
216-987-3584

-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh W. Jarvis [mailto:hjarvis@...]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 12:46 PM
To: ANTHRO-L@...
Subject: Three Great Titles on Buddhist Studies (fwd)

Three new Indian books. Details below.  Hugh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:28:03 +0500
From: kkagencies <kkagen@...>
Subject: Three Great Titles on Buddhist Studies

          ----------------------------------------

1. Goldstein, Melvyn C.,
English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan / Melvyn C. Goldstein.  4th
rev. & enl. ed. Dharamsala, Library of Tibetan Works & Archives.  1999.
xxii, 342 p. 24 cm.
List Price: $ 30        Your Price: $ 27
                KK-11383

          ----------------------------------------

Much awaited revised edition of this dictionary is finally out. A scholarly
dictionary of its kind by the world's leading lexicographer of modern
Tibetan. Essential for everyone who needs to write or speak modern Tibetan:
scholars, students, government officials, business people etc.. 16,000 main
entries and 29,000 sub-entries, ranging from the technical and scholarly to
the idiomatic and colloquail.

          ----------------------------------------

2. Huber, Toni,
Sacred Spaces & Powerful Places in Tibetan Culture : A Collection of Essays
/ Edited by Toni Huber.  1st ed. Dharamsala, Library of Tibetan Works &
Archives.  1999.  xii, 403 p. 24 cm.
List Price: $ 33.30 (Ubd.)      Your Price: $ 30 (Ubd.)
ISBN: 8186470220                KK-11381

          ----------------------------------------

The essays in this volume all attempt to document and interpret ways in
which Tibetan peoples have identified and related to different categories
of space and place as being unique or of higher ontological value, and as
being set apart from many other spheres and sites of human life. The
collection reflects the multitude of traditions of thinking about space and
place which can be found in Tibetan culture.

Each essay constitutes a separate chapter and they are arranged into four
parts relative to their predominant themes like, Social Identity &
Territory, Ritual Spaces & Places, Hidden Countries & Holy Lands and
Colonialism & modernity.

          ----------------------------------------

3. Bu-sTon,
Jewellery of Scripture / Bu-sTon, translated by E. Obermiller.  1st ed. New
Delhi, Paljor Publications.  1999.  x, 221 p. 22 cm.
List Price: $ 25        Your Price: $ 22.50
ISBN: 8186230149                KK-11382

          ----------------------------------------

Bu-Ton Rinpoche was a native of Central Tibet. He lived in the years
1290-1364. He consequently belongs to the old school of Tibetan learning.
Besides the History he has written many other works. History of Buddhism in
India and Tibet by the great scholar is held in great esteem by Tibetan and
Mongolian learned lamas.

The present translation is divided into two books. First book contains
three parts. The merit of studying & preaching the doctrine, General review
of the literature of Buddhism, and The consideration fulfillment of the
rules for study and teaching. Book two includes, the history of Buddhism,
the difference aeons, the rise of Buddha in this world etc.

                ----------------------------------------

Price indicated is in US dollars.

Libraries & institutions may straight raise their purchase orders thru our
website, e-mail, fax or post and pay routinely after receipt of materials &
their corresponding invoices.

Individual orders may be pre-paid conveniently thru their personal checks
drawn in US dollars (or any other equivalent currency) favouring
<K.K.AGENCIES> and while so doing kindly put title/s together, so that a
one time order totals upto US $ 20.

Our comprehensive catalog can be browsed at <www.kkagencies.com>.

We at KK are dedicated to making your experience with us more enjoyable and
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By MARK RIDLEY

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                                            GENES, PEOPLES, AND LANGUAGES
              By Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. Translated by Mark Seielstad.
                                                        228 pp. New York:
                          North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $24.
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     A human being is a walking archive of historical evidence. Our
     ancestry as fishes shows up every time we choke. Our windpipes are
     in front of our throats, though our mouths are below our noses, and
     the absurd crossover from mouth to throat is evolutionarily
     descended from a sensible plumbing system in fish. But our genes
     are an even better source of historical evidence than our
     anatomies, and there is no better historical reader of our genes
     than Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. In ''Genes, Peoples, and
     Languages,'' he says that in 1951 he began ''wondering whether it
     was possible to reconstruct the history of human evolution using
     genetic data from living populations.'' Since then he has invented
     a new way of studying human evolution.

     Cavalli-Sforza's research makes use of the global map of human
     genes. For instance, the A, B and O blood groups are under simple
     genetic control, and their frequencies have been measured all over
     the globe. The O blood group has a frequency of about 100 percent
     in South American Indians, about 50 percent in Northeast Asia and
     30-40 percent in Europe. There is a mass of evidence of this kind,
     collected over the past century. Cavalli-Sforza uses genetic
     differences among people from various places to reconstruct the
     ''tree'' of human evolution: a branching diagram of relations among
     different populations. He posits that populations that are
     genetically more similar probably share a more recent common
     ancestor than those that are genetically more distant. The results
     helped to establish a classic story: the common ancestor of all
     humans lived in Africa, about 70,000 to 100,000 years ago. Some
     Africans colonized Asia, and then Australia (55,000 years ago) and
     North America (maybe 30,000 years ago). About 40,000 years ago
     others from Africa, along with colonists from Asia, founded the
     European population of Homo sapiens and, probably, as they did so,
     eliminated the Neanderthals who had preceded them. Cavalli-Sforza,
     a geneticist at Stanford for many years, first produced a tree of
     human evolution in the 1960's. Indeed, he largely invented the
     idea, and it was not until the 80's that other scientists looked at
     the same question, using other kinds of genetic evidence. They have
     supported his main conclusions.

     His second big project looked at the spread of farming in Europe.
     Before it originated in the Middle East 10,000 years ago, humans
     were hunters and gatherers. But farming soon spread across Europe,
     in a great wave, from 9,000 to 6,000 years ago. Archaeologists used
     to think farming spread by cultural copying, as people imitated
     successful neighbors. Cavalli-Sforza suspected it might have spread
     because the farmers themselves moved, as the new practice led to
     higher population densities and subsequent migration. He tested the
     two ideas with genetic evidence. If the farmers moved, they would
     have taken their genes with them; but if the farming habit alone
     was copied, it would have had no genetic consequences. What he
     found was a gradient of genes across Europe, fanning out from the
     Middle East, and the gene map almost exactly matches the
     archaeological map of the spread of wheat. The movement of people,
     rather than the copying of a practice, caused the spread of
     farming. Cavalli-Sforza says that when he first published the work
     in 1984, it ''was not immediately welcomed by Anglo-American
     archaeologists.'' They are more welcoming now.

     Genes are a powerful source of historical evidence, but they are
     not bug-free. One problem is that humans form a genetic continuum.
     Evolutionary tree diagrams were invented to show relations between
     different species, like humans, chimpanzees and gorillas. A tree
     diagram for species makes clear sense; each branch in the diagram
     represents a distinct line of creatures. Within a species, the
     meaning of the branches is less clear and can even be bogus. If
     chimpanzees were a genetic mix, resulting from repeated
     interbreeding between gorillas and humans, it would be odd to
     represent their evolution by one branch leading off the human line
     of the tree. The reality would be a blurry mess. But that is
     exactly what ancestral relations are like within the human species.
     It is difficult to say what a tree means when its branches are
     within one species, and Cavalli-Sforza says little about that
     question.

     He says more about the related question of human races. One
     misinterpretation of a human evolutionary tree would be that it
     shows the branching off of distinct races, with separate histories.
     A major achievement of human genetics has been exploding the theory
     that races are genetically distinct. They are genetically only
     skin-deep: races do differ in a small number of genes that
     influence superficial features like skin color. But the great
     majority of our genes are a mish-mash and do not fall into any
     discrete subcategories of human being. Cavalli-Sforza shows that
     the European population is the most genetically mixed-up on earth,
     being a mix of genes from Asia and Africa. He uses this to poke fun
     at Arthur de Gobineau, the 19th-century French author of the
     ''Essay on the Inequality of Human Races,'' which helped inspire
     German racism. De Gobineau, he says, ''would die of rage and shame
     at this suggestion since he believed that Europeans . . . were the
     most genetically pure race, the most intellectually gifted and the
     least weakened by racial mixing.''

     Right on! But I should have liked Cavalli-Sforza to tell us more
     about what these mix-ups mean for the branches on his evolutionary
     trees.

     The book is written for nonspecialists. It contains some technical
     terms, but they are well flagged. Readers can easily fast-forward
     through them. It is also a personal book, almost amounting to an
     intellectual autobiography. Cavalli-Sforza describes his own work
     on cultural evolution but ignores the work of other scientists. He
     describes his own research on the ''great diasporas,'' like the
     spread of farming, but ignores another method that has been used.
     He describes his own reconstruction of human evolution but does
     little more than mention complementary research that uses
     mitochondrial DNA. However, the personal style of the book makes it
     more readable than a balanced survey could hope to be. And
     Cavalli-Sforza has himself contributed so much to the subject in
     the past half-century that he is the ideal author for a personal
     account of it.
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     Mark Ridley is a lecturer in the department of zoology at the
     University of Oxford.
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