John W. Hoopes
Welcome to
my personal Web page!
If you want to know more
about who I am, have a look at my curriculum vitae.
Visit my other Web pages
Department of Anthropology, University
of Kansas - A site with information
about where I work.
University Courses
[Please note that all of my current
courses are now on Blackboard at KU,
some with restricted access.]
Introduction to Archaeology - A course I've taught in past years.
A History of Anthropology
- A graduate seminar I last taught in Fall 1998.
Ancient American Civilizations:
Mesoamerica -
A course I taught in Fall 1999.
Ancient American Civilizations:
The Central Andes - A course I taught in Summer 2000.
Archaeological
Myths and Realities - A course I taught in Fall
1999.
New
Discoveries in Archaeology - A course I taught in Fall 2000.
The
Ancient Maya - Another course I taught in Fall
2000.
Nepal
2000: Challenge and Discovery - A course I taught in Summer 2000 with Felix Moos & Ling-Lung Chen.
Museum Exhibitions
Gold, Jade, Forests, Costa Rica - A major exhibition
of Precolumbian art that toured the
Bibliographies
One Hundred
Years of Anthropology in Costa Rica - A bibliography with 1200+ entries.
Fieldwork
The Archaeology of Golfito/La Arqueología de Golfito - My research project
in southern
Online Publications
In Search of Nature:
Imagining Precolumbian Landscapes of Ancient
Central America - An attempt to explode some common myths
about humans and their environment.
The Future of the Past: Archaeology
and Anthropology on the World Wide Web - A paper presented at the Museums and the Web conference
in March 1997.
AZTLAN E-Journal
- An adventure in Web publishing on the theme of Precolumbian
studies!
Online Articles from
the SAA Bulletin
Ordeal
in Chiapas: Archaeologists Survive Attack During Attempt to Rescue Maya Altar
from Looters
Electronic
Quipus for the 21st Century: Andean Archaeology
Online
Surfing
the Syllabi: Online Resources for Teaching Archaeology
Anthropology Museums
Online
The Online Lab Manual:
Reference Collections on the Web
You've Got News! Archaeology
Journalism on the Internet
The
Law of the Bulldozer: Costa Rican Government Restricts Archaeological Impact
Studies
Other Resources
Virtual Archaeology - A growing list of virtual reality applications in archaeology.
Stone Balls of Costa Rica
- A contribution to reasonable consideration of these "mysterious" objects.
Digitized Images
A growing collection of rare and historic
images of interest to archaeologists.
Photos from Nepal - A collection
of photos from my KU Summer Study Abroad trip to Nepal in 2000.
Burning Man 2002 - A collection of photos from my trip to Black Rock City.
My Genealogy
Page
Information on my
family history that
I've assembled using Family Tree Maker software.
Short Stories
Cuando Cantan los Gallos - A piece (in English) that I wrote many
years ago.
My Bookmarks
Get an idea of where I've been
on the Web.
Online Bookstore
You can find my most recent book (or review
it on the Web) at Amazon.com.
The
Emergence of Pottery: Technology and Innovation in Ancient Societies (1995)
Find other books in which I have chapters
(or add your comments about them).
The
Formation of Complex Society in Southeastern Mesoamerica (1991)
Wealth
and Hierarchy in the Intermediate Area (1992)
The
American Southwest and Mesoamerica: Systems of Prehistoric Exchange (1993)
Precolumbian Jade: New Geological and Cultural Interpretations
(1993)
Archaeology,
Volcanism, and Remote Sensing in the Arenal Region, Costa Rica (1994)
Paths
to Central American Prehistory (1996)
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