buy viagraCelebrating 90 years of Dr. Richard Daugherty’s Visions

Celebrating 90 years of Dr. Richard Daugherty’s Visions

Dr. Richard Daugherty, world recognized wetland site pioneer and the director of the Ozette Village wet site on the Northwest Coast of North America, was joined by his students from across the United States and Canada and Makah Indian Nation members to celebrate his 90th birthday, March 20th, 2012 in Olympia, Washington USA. 
Photographs from the [...]

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Hampshire archaeologists discover Stone Age boatyard

Hampshire Archaeologist Gary Momber, a WARP Contributor in the past, has had an amazing new discovery: 
An 8,000-year-old “High Street” has been discovered in the Solent by Hampshire archaeologists.
The Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology has been working on the underwater section near Bouldnor since 1999.
However, it was only last summer they discovered the boat-building site, [...]

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Dr. Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, founder of the Viking Ship Museum, has passed away

Dr. Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, founder of the Viking Ship Museum, has passed away

We are sad to report that Dr. Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, Viking Ship Museum, passed away after a long period of illness, at 76.  Some of you remember how Ole helped host  the Silkeborg, Denmark WARP international conference in 1996.  He gave a brilliant tour of the Viking Ship Museum exhibits (below) and facilities, and we [...]

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Akira Matsui provides first hand update on Japan Tsunami Heritage Site Disaster….

We are currently working on a way to fundraise to help with the major impact to Heritage Sites caused by the Japanese Tsunami–The PayPal account address can be reached through this address to help:  
heritage@nabunken.go.jp
Akira Matsui, NewsWARP Asia Coordinator, provided this first-hand update, including wet sites impacted by the Tsunami.  Here is a slide-show that reflects the [...]

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Circum-Alpine Lake-Dwellings added to UNESCO World Heritage List!

On June 27th 2011, the prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List!
Switzerland (as the leading country) Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Slovenia have managed to have 111 of the most important prehistoric lacustrine settlements of the Circum-Alpine foreland designated as World Heritage sites.
The promoters hope that the UNESCO [...]

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Archaeologists Unearth 5,000-year-old Door In Switzerland

Our NewsWARP European coordinator, Francesco Menotti,  Professor, Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University, Switzerland, has sent us this news release on the recent discovery of a 5,000 year old door in a Swiss wetland/wet site:  http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1935254/archaeologists_unearth_5000yearold_door_in_switzerland/.  Francesco reports that “we know that it dates 3063 BC, but not much more details.”  We will post [...]

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Professor Barry Raftery, Founding WARP Associate, Passes after Long Illness

Professor Barry Raftery, Founding WARP Associate, Passes after Long Illness

We are sorry to report the loss of Professor Barry Raftery, emeritus professor of archaeology at University College Dublin, Ireland.  Barry attended WARP conferences in U.S. and Europe and visited WARP Pacific Representative, Professor Akira Matsui’s projects in Japan.  He hosted the WARP international conference in Dublin in 1998–certainly one of most memorable experiences for [...]

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Macedonia Archaeological News including Wetlands

ANNOUNCEMENT
From: Paul Bahn <pgbahn@anlabyrd.karoo.co.uk>
Subject: some wetland stuff!
To: “Coles, John” <jmcoles@btinternet.com>
Date: Wednesday, 16 December, 2009, 15:00

Subject: Fourth issue of Macedonian Archaeological News

We are delighted to present the fourth issue of Macedonian Archaeological News.
http://www.mav.mk
Its basic purpose is to inform the public in Macedonia and worldwide about current archaeological research, undertaken in [...]

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