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Upcoming events


July 2-3, 2009 - Workshop in Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM): limitations and achievements in reconstruction of past activity patterns to be held in Coimbra, Portugal. Info: http://www.uc.pt/en/cia/people/WinMSM

7 July 2009 - Concepts of Health, Illness and Disease, Workshop 3: Culture-bound Syndromes. Funded by the AHRC. University of Lancaster, Institute for Advanced Studies Building. Meeting Room 2. The workshop is free, but places are limited. Please email Rachel Cooper, r.v.cooper@lancaster.ac.uk to reserve a place. There are some travel bursaries available for postgrad students. Please
email by 22 June to apply.

6- 9 July 2009 - the 16th International Congress of the Spanish Association of Physical Anthropology. University of Alcala de Henares. Presentations and posters welcome in either Spanish or English. For more information write to: congreso.seaf@uah.es and http://www2.uah.es/16_congreso_seaf/pdf/inscripcion_provisional.pdf

24-25 August 2009 - APPROACHES TO ANCIENT MEDICINE conference, Newcastle University. Send an abstract of up to 200 words by 27 February 2009 to Prof. P.J. van der Eijk philip.van-der-eijk@ncl.ac.uk .

2-5 September 2009 - Vth International Anthropological Congress of Aleš Hrdlička. Prague - Humpolec, Czech Republic. Information: http://www.anthropology-hrdlicka2009.cz/

9-12th September 2009 - The Ninth International Conference Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal, University of Durham. "Emotion and Identity in Death Dying and Disposal". Deadline for Abstracts: January 1st 2009. Details: Conferenceadministration.service@durham.ac.uk Details of previous conferences are available as Bath University's Centre for Death and Society www.bath.ac.uk/cdas For any preliminary question relating to papers-posters (but not on accommodation) contact Prof. Douglas Davies, douglas.davies@durham.ac.uk

16-17 September 2009 - 2 day workshop in Dental Anthropology. University of Bradford. Info: Dr Jo Buckberry, J.Buckberry@BRADFORD.AC.UK.

1-3 October 2009. The 7th International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia (ISHA) to be held on the island of Crete. The goal of the 7th ISHA is to promote greater awareness into the History of Anaesthesia & Analgesia through the ages. For more information: http://www.isha2009.com/

14 - 16 October 2009. The 3rd Paleopathology Meeting in South America (III Congreso de Paleopatología en Sudamérica - PAMinSA III). It will take place in the city of Necochea in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The spirit of this 3rd Meeting can be summed up under the title “Bridges and Transitions”. Info: Dr. Ricardo Guichón, Email: paminsa09@yahoo.com

28-31 October 2009. 37th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Vancouver, BC. To be held at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver Campus from October 28-31, 2009. Info: http://www.sfu.ca/~mcollard/CAPA2009.htm The deadline for pre-registration and abstract submission is August 31st, 2009.

12-16 April 2010 - the 7ICAANE (The 7th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East). It will take place in London. The 7ICAANE is organised jointly by the Department of the Middle East, The British Museum and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Further information on 7ICAANE can be found at www.7icaane.org.

2010 - XVIII European PPA Meeting – Vienna, Austria. This meeting is being organized by Professor Maria Teschler-Nicola and will be held at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, which is located in the center of the city.

Useful Link Database


SEE ALSO: http://paleopathology.org/links.html


ARCHAEOLOGY - EXCAVATION

The Harris Matrix - book and software

Past Horizons’ Weblog - World Archaeology: http://pasthorizons.wordpress.com/

Archaeology in Europe: http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html

Publishing Archaeology: http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/

Mediterranean Archaeology: http://medarch.blogspot.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News Updates

Egypt at the Manchester Museum

The Antikythera Mechanism (video)

Top 10 Weird Ways We Deal with the Dead

People of the Green Sahara

Dating Archaeological Sites and Artifacts


BOOKS

Smithsonian Contributions Series. Most books now available for FREE download, including "Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains" by Donald J. Ortner and Walter G. J. Putschar.

Archaeopress - BAR series (British Archaeological Reports) - Catalogue

Google Books

Scribd free online share book & document library

FREE e-books on Cultural Heritage and Multimedia Technology by EPOCH


JOURNALS

Paleobios

The Open Anthropology Journal

Asian Perspectives

Journal of World History

Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology

Anthropological Science

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Journal of Anthropological Sciences


ASSOCIATIONS

Paleopathology Association

BAHID

BABAO


LANGUAGE

Η ΠΥΛΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΓΛΩΣΣΑ - Greek Language Portal: http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/index.html

Greek linguistics dictionary: http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/glossology/index.html

Ancient Greek dictionary: http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/ancient_greek/tools/lexicon/index.html


CULTURE

Odysseus - Greek culture portal by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture: http://odysseus.culture.gr/index_en.html

The Parthenon: http://www.dkv.columbia.edu/vmc/acropolis/#1_2

The new Acropolis Museum - BBC Video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7381738.stm

3D Photography Gallery: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~konijn/3d/

Virtual Ancient Pompeii: http://www.epoch.eu/movies/pompeii.mp4

The Pitt Rivers Museum

Top 10 Weird Ways We Deal with the Dead


FORENSICS

History of Forensic Science: http://www.crimezzz.net/forensic_history/index.htm

Interpol Forensic page: http://www.interpol.int/Public/Forensic/Default.asp

Bodies of Evidence: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/bodies/index1.html

Forensic Medicine resources: http://eforensicmed.blogspot.com/

Forensic Magazine: http://www.forensicmag.com/


BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Tooth Eruption

Sequence and Timing in Dental Development

Skeletal System Illustrations and Animations

Learn Genetics: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

Bioethics: http://www.bioethics.net/

PreOp Patient Medical Education: http://www.preop.com/

An Atlas of the Human Body

Palaeopodiatry: http://paleopodiatry.blogspot.com/

Gallery: Images of virtual autopsies of humans and animals

Embalming: 'Tricks of the trade'


PALAEOPATHOLOGY

Italian palaeopathology

New York Cholera Outbreak of 1832

Wellcome Trust: Wellcome Collection

Tales from beyond the grave (videos)

Paléopathologie



DATABASES

Mediterranean Archaeology Resources: http://www.geocities.com/i_georganas/main.html#Organisations

WikiArc
http://www.wikiarc.org/

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin online: http://darwin-online.org.uk/


OTHER BLOGS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

ArchaeoSeek: http://archaeoseek.ning.com/

Online Archaeology: http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/

Anthropology.net: http://anthropology.net/

Medical Humanities: http://medhum.blogspot.com/

John Hawks' weblog: paleoanthropology, genetics, and evolution: http://johnhawks.net/weblog/

HOME OF THE SKULLS: http://bonesandskulls.blogspot.com/

SkullzBlog: http://skullz.wordpress.com/

Elginism: http://www.elginism.com/

Predator Hunters: http://predatorhunters.blogspot.com/

Archaeologyfieldwork.com: http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/forums/index.php

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