Having just issued JWA Volume 11 as a special issue dedicated to recent studies of the world famous wetland site at Star Carr, Volume 12 is now open for papers on any topic in wetland archaeology from methodology to synthesis and theory. All periods and all geographic regions are covered. Contributions may take the form of substantial research papers (normally up to 6000 words in length) or shorter papers (up to 3000 words in length). JWA will also consider longer site-based papers up to 12,000 words in length by agreement with the editor. Short papers may include notes on new techniques, philosophical discussions, current controversies and suggestions for new research, as well as conventional research papers. Preliminary discussions with the Editor are encouraged.

Managing Editor: Tony Brown (PLUS, University of Southampton) Email: Tony.Brown@soton.ac.uk

 See Also the WARP and PLUS Websites;

http://www.oxbowbooks.com/trade.cfm/Publisher/Oxbow%20Books/SeriesID/446//Location/Oxbow

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 gathering and a YouTube video are presented here for those who could not attend.  Ruth Kirk Daugherty, his wife, worked with the organizing committee to be sure he was surprised.

Dr. Richard Daugherty is a pioneer in developing wet site archaeology through the recovery of several ancient Makah houses that had been caught under a mudslide approximately 300 years ago.  He initiated some of the first equal partnerships developed between Indian Tribes and archaeologists while working on Ozette wet site with the Makah Indian Nation.  At Washington State University he pioneered a multidisciplinary approach to archaeology in developing the Quaternary Program, involving a faculty of Anthropologists, Zoologists, Botanist, Soils Scientists and Geologist.  He was instrumental in spearheading much of the U.S. legislation of the past 50 years that protects and preserved cultural resources–working directly with legislatures and legislative committees.

Below are photographs highlighting Celebrating 90 years of Doc’s Visions and the YouTube video of the celebration, the presentations and the Makah Tribal tribute:

click here for YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK6tROxgwiI

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, which has not been disturbed for centuries.

The discovery is of international importance according to the trust, as it sheds new light on how people lived in the Mesolithic period. 

See this amazing find and YouTube at:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17060174