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The Sintashta Culture and Some Questions of Indo-European Origins
The Sintashta Culture and Some Questions of Indo-European Origins: This theory proposes a local development of East-European cultures from Enaeolithic to Pit-grave culture, Catacomb culture, Timber-grave (or Srubnaya) culture and Andronovo culture, which migrated south to India. (Asia)[PDF]
http://csc.ac.ru/news/1998_2/2-11-1.pdf |
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Artistic Features of Jewelry Art from Central Asia (IV BC - IV AD)
Artistic Features of Jewelry Art from Central Asia (IV BC - IV AD): Attempts to identify the unique artistic features of jewelry and draw conclusions based on differences in the quality of articles from various treasures. (Asia)
http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0108/neva-art_jewelry.html |
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The Great Cities of Asia
The Great Cities of Asia: A program at the University of Sydney aims to make resources available online for people interested in the development of ancient and medieval cities across Asia. Includes maps and charts. (Asia)
http://www.archaeology.usyd.edu.au/research/great_cities/ |
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Bibliography of Works on East Asian Archaeology
Bibliography of Works on East Asian Archaeology: An extensive bibliography of works in western languages on East Asian archaeology. (Asia)
http://www.ancienteastasia.org/bibliography/eastasiaarchbib.htm |
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New Light On A Forgotten Past
New Light On A Forgotten Past: Synopsis of the book written by Wilhelm G. Solheim Ii which re-examines established beliefs on ancient horticulture, bronze casting, migration, and other aspects after new discoveries in southeast Asia. (Asia)
http://www.vhvietnam.com/vanhoa/drum.htm |
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Xinhua - Chinese, Japanese Started Prehistoric Exchanges 7,000 Years Ago
Xinhua - Chinese, Japanese Started Prehistoric Exchanges 7,000 Years Ago: Explores the conclusions of a conference of Asian scholars and archaeologists that cultural exchanges occurred on a route from northeast China through Russian areas to Japan over 7,000 years ago. (Asia)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/11/content_1118767.htm |
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Early Iron in China, Korea, and Japan
Early Iron in China, Korea, and Japan: Explores the use of iron in east Asia and Siberia, from a meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Los Angeles, in 1993. (Asia)
http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/KoreanFe/KoreanFe.html |
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Southeast Asian Archaeology Bibliographic Database
Southeast Asian Archaeology Bibliographic Database: An interactive bibliographic database devoted to scholarly research pertaining to Southeast Asian archaeology and anthropology. (Asia)
http://seasia.museum.upenn.edu/ |
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Ancient Jewelry from Central Asia
Ancient Jewelry from Central Asia: Provides a short history of research of jewelry art in Central Asia from 400 BC to 400 AD. (Asia)
http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0106/neva_jewelry_central_asia.html |
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Semthan: The Prehistoric Period of Kashmir
Semthan: The Prehistoric Period of Kashmir: Synopsis of investigation into Kashmir prehistory, revealing Greek influence and discoveries of important relics. (Asia)
http://www.koausa.org/KoshSam/Semthan.html |
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Basic Readings in English on the Archaeology of Asia
Basic Readings in English on the Archaeology of Asia: Compiled listing, grouped by region, by Boston University's International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History. (Asia)
http://www.bu.edu/asianarc/OUTREACH/bibliography.htm |
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Institute of History and Philology
Institute of History and Philology: Academia Sinica, a Taiwanese institute, describes its research departments on history, linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, and the Chinese writing systems. (Asia)
http://www.sinica.edu.tw/as/intro/ihp.html |
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Southeast Asian Monuments
Southeast Asian Monuments: Shows 100 slides of monuments in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam documenting Hindu and Buddhist structures, dating roughly from the 9th to 15th centuries. With overview, sculptures, and ornamental details. (Asia)
http://www.leidenuniv.nl/pun/ubhtm/mjk/intro.htm |
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South Asian Archaeology 1999
South Asian Archaeology 1999: A report from the IIAS Newsletter on the 15th South Asian Archaeology Conference for the exchange of new ideas, and latest results of excavation and research by archaeologists and art historians working on South Asia and the Silk Road region. (Asia)
http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/20/regions/20SA7.html |
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Archaeological Resinous Deposits from Southeast Asian Ceramics
Archaeological Resinous Deposits from Southeast Asian Ceramics: Describes ongoing research being carried out which seeks to identify and date archaeological resins from Southeast Asia. (Asia)
http://www.student.brad.ac.uk/clampert/ |
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The Alekseev Manuscript
The Alekseev Manuscript: A lecture by the distinguished Soviet scholar Valery Alexeev at Harvard University in 1991 on the state of archaeology in the former USSR and description of the physical and political geography of Eurasia. (Asia)
http://www.drummingnet.com/alekseev/ |
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Ancient East Asia
Ancient East Asia: Devoted to the archaeology and pre-history of China, Japan, and Korea, an affiliate of The Society of East Asian Archaeologists. (Asia)
http://www.AncientEastAsia.org/ |
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BBC - Origin of Dogs Traced
BBC - Origin of Dogs Traced: Explores how virtually all dogs evolved from just a handful of wolves tamed by humans living in or near China less than 15,000 years ago. (Asia)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2498669.stm |
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Information: The investigation of past cultures of the region of Asia through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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