Archaeology papers

Looks at the issue of the method of dating the Paleolithic mural paintings in the Chauvet Cave in the Ardeche region of south-central France..

An analytical essay on the various modes of ecological interpretation of paleolithic art.

A review of Ladislav Kesner's article "Likeness of No One: (Re)Presenting the First Emperor's Army," and an article on the website Planetware, on the terracotta warriors in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi.

Looks at the Incas, an ancient, relatively small and unknown but once powerful South America civilization.

Describes the ancient Greek pottery called "Terracotta Loutrophoros" (Ceremonial Vase for Water) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

An overview of the research on Lapita pottery and ceramics.

Discusses the construction of the pyramids and the tools ancient Egyptians used.

Presents a sacred geographic and political geographic analysis of the ethnic and religious conflict over the ancient Ayodhya site in Uttar Pradesh, a northern Indian state.

An exploration of the history of and recent discoveries involving fluid inclusion research.

Reviews Zvelbil Marek, P.C. Woodman et al's research article entitled "Excavations at Ferriter's Cove 1983-1995: Last Foragers, First Farmers in the Dingle Peninsula."