Archaeology Magazine - November/December 1979 - 5

Historical
Museumof SouthernFlorida,Miami
FL:"Permanent
Exhibits"
traces
(Indefinite),
to modern
lifeinsouthRoridafromprehistoric
and Seminoleartimes,featuringaboriginal
andrelicsofunderwamaterial
tifacts,nautical
tersalvageoperations.
Museumand ArtCenters,Coral
Metropolitan
Gables, FL: "Peru's GoldenTreasures''
15, 1979- February
11,1980),dis(November
plays225 examplesof rare Precolumbian
masks,beakers,figurines
goldwork
including
andjewelry,
nearly2,000yearsand
spanning
the pre-lncaculturesof Vicus,
representing
are
Nazca,MocheandChimu.Alsoincluded
associatedexhibitsof Peruviantextilesand
underthe auspicesof the
pottery.Traveling
Government
of Peru.
WEST
DallasMuseumof FineArts,Dallas,TX:"ObArt
CoastIndian
Pride:Northwest
jectsofBright
ofNatural
Musuem
fromtheAmerican
History"
21- November
4, 1979),presents
(September
masksand
100objectsincluding
approximately
headdresses,rattlesand feastdishes,many
never beforeexhibited.Circulatedby the
ofArts,NewYork.
Federation
American
Los AngelesCounty Museumof Art, Los
Far
Angeles,CA:"TheJoys of Collecting:
Collection"
EasternArtfromtheLidow
(through
38worksina variety
January6, 1980),exhibits
Chinesevesselsfromthe
of media,featuring
B.c.)andChou(1027-222
Shang(1500-1028
fromanb.c.)dynasties:
weaponsexcavated
fromthe
cienttombs;and funerarysculpture
Han(206B.c.- a.D.220)totheT'ang(a.D.618$4.50.
available,
906)dynasties.
Catalogue
Palaceof the Governors,SantaFe,NM:"The
sevRioGrandeWorld"
(Permanent),
displays
develcultural
artifacts
eralhundred
illustrating
from
RioGrandeValley
opmentintheNorthern
the
thePalaeoindian
(ca.10,000b.c.)through
Anasazi(a.D.1600)periods.Potteryand
of the
jewelryas wellas Spanishdocuments
theemergence
ofspe16thcentury
emphasize
inthearea.
identities
cificcultural
SeattleArtMuseum,
Seattle,WA:"5,000Years
1, 1979-January13,
Art"(November
ofKorean
1980),exhibits345 objects,including
many
designatedas NationalTreasuresby the
Governmentof Korea.Featuredare rare
Koryoceladons,giltbronzes,three golden
crowns and iron and stone sculptures.
Catalogueavailable.
CANADA
ON:"Treasures
ArtGalleryofOntario,Toronto,
1- December
ofTutankhamun"
31,
(November
1979),exhibits55 objectsfromthe tombof
the goldeneffigyof
Tutankhamun
including
ofthegoddessSelTutankhamun,
giltstatuette
offunerary
ketandexamples
furniture,
jewelry,
alabasmaterials
as wellas decorative
writing
available.
terandivoryobjects.Catalogue
NationalMuseumof Man,Ottawa,ON:"Los
8, 1979- January14,
Mayas''(November
and
1980),featuresMayaceramicsculptures
with
potsrangingindatefroma.D.250-1200,
materialplacingthe
associatedaudio-visual
context.
objectsinhistorical

AIA News
A special Science-in-ArchaeologyFair,
sponsored by the ArchaeologicalInstitute
of Americaand the Associationfor Field
willbe one ofthe highlightsof
Archaeology,
the Centennial Year Annual Meeting in
Boston (December 27-30). For the first
time, this fair willbringtogetherscientists
and technicianswho,withtheirequipment,
photographsand graphicdisplays,willillustrate howscientificmethodologyis used to
solve archaeologicalproblems. Participants willgive informaldescriptionsof their
work withdemonstrations.
Scientificspecializationsinclude:ground
penetratingradar (B. Bevanof Geosight);
archaeoastronomy(J. Carlsonof the Universityof Maryland);palaeomagnetism(J.
neutron
Kopperof LongIslandUniversity);
activation(E.Sayre ofBrookhavenNational
Laboratory);thermoluminescence(V.Barthelotof DaybreakNuclear);resistivity(G.
ofMinnesota)
;coring
Rappofthe University
(J. Kraft of the Univerityof Delaware);
metallurgy(A. Steinbergof MIT);magnetometry(J. Weymouthof the Universityof
Nebraska); accelerator radiocarbon (A.
Litherlandof the Universityof Toronto);
underwaterscanning(H.Edgertonof MIT);
aerial recordingand verticalphotography
(J. Whittlesey, Whittlesey Foundation);
Inc.
electronicsurveying(Hewlett-Packard,
and TellurometerUSA);obsidianhydration
(J. Ericksonof Harvard University);and
of Cornell
(P. Kunniholm
dendrochronology
Otherareas to be coveredare
University).
scanning electron microscopy, isotopie
analysis of marble, computer simulation,
remote sensing, lead isotope analysis,
underwaterarchaeologyand racemization.

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