It’s not often you hear archaeology news from Laos, no thanks in part because of the language barrier. But interested readers might be pleased to read about the ongoing work by the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project team, where Amy Ellsworth, Digital Media Developer of the University of Pennsylvania Museum is blogging about the excavations at [...]
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The Peking Man (homo erectus, same as the Java Man) made the news last week for being older than previously thought – but what happened to his bones? This and more in this week’s Rojak. photo credit: ideonexus [...] Rojak turns 50! Not that it has been 50 weeks since I first started this since I’ve missed quite a few weeks due to travels or sheer forgetfulness -it’s more like one and a half years. This week, we feature quite a few stories from Southeast Asia like the Cambodian dinosaur found on the walls [...] Ethnoarchaeologists might find this site useful, perhaps? The Center for Ethnic Studies and Development at Chiang Mai University has a website with a database of downloadable articles about ethnic populations in Southeast Asia. While there is a distinct Thai focus in the site, about 40% of the 12,000 articles are in English. An e-museum also [...] Speaking of websites, the Cham Museum of Da Nang Province was also recently launched their own website last week. Da Nang is some 30 km away from Hoi An, and the 90-year-old museum is home to a large repository of stone, terracotta and bronze statuary from Cham sies like My Son and Tra Kieu. [...] I got an email from Dougald O’Reilly of Heritage Watch last week about their revamped website which you should check out here. Heritage Watch is a Cambodian-based NGO aimed at the preservation of Southeast Asia’s heritage and do a lot of good grassroots level work particularly with sustainable tourist models in Angkor. [...] Another website I discovered on the web last week but haven’t gotten round to properly playing around with is TimeRime, a site that lets you create interactive timelines online easily. As a field focusing on “When” as much as the “Where” and “What”, you can see how this might be a good illustrative tool for [...] Three Vietnamese museums have been chosen to display their collections on a virtual museum – a collection of masterpieces from around the world. Vietnamese artifacts displayed online Vietnam Net Bridge, 11 April 200 [...] There’s a new web forum online dedicated to the archaeology and history of Asia. It was started by Ondine Martinez, who announced it over at the SEAArch Facebook page.
The party’s only just started, so pay a visit and see what else pops up on the forum. It’s a great place to [...] |
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