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Biography: Johan Reinhard, Anthropologist
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You may know him as the mummy man whose Andes discoveries win headlines worldwide. But Johan Reinhard got his start planting telegraph poles in his native Midwest, on a line gang filled with Southerners. Then 16, Reinhard delighted in decoding “these strange men.” When he learned his hobby had a name—anthropology—he was off.
Exuberant athleticism and a ravenous intellect drove Reinhard across deserts, down unexplored rivers, and to Earth’s highest archaeological sites. Today his quest continues, both in the field and online. “Sometimes I even surf when exploring,” he says, “using my satellite phone.”
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Why These Are Favorites
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ArchNet News & Info
[http://archnet.uconn.edu/news/news.html] |
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“I like to see what’s been submitted recently.”
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Asian Diver Online
[http://www.asian-diver.com/] |
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“I always think about going diving in Asia, but I never seem to do it.”
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Expedition News
[http://www.microship.com/expedition_news/] |
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“I check here to keep up with other expeditions.”
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The Explorers Club
[http://www.explorers.org/] |
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“I like to see what other members are doing.”
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Inkspot: The Writer’s Resource
[http://www.inkspot.com/] |
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“At Inkspot I get tips and news on writing.”
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The Kathmandu Post
[http://www.nepalnews.com/ktmpost.htm] |
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“This newspaper helps me keep tabs on the Himalayan region.”
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The Library of Congress
[http://www.loc.gov] |
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“I search here for books and materials. It’s the most comprehensive library anywhere.”
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MAD Scientist Network
[http://www.madsci.org] |
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“This one’s just for fun. They’ve got a lot of crazy science-related activities.”
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Royal Ontario Museum
[http://www.rom.on.ca/] |
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“I often go to museum sites to see how they present collections and expeditions online, since I do a bit of that on my Web site. The Royal Ontario Museum site is one of the best.”
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Find Out More About Johan Reinhard
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Andes Expedition @ nationalgeographic.com
[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/andes/index.html] |
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Perform a virtual autopsy on the Inca ice maiden, or search Peruvian peaks with Reinhard via interactive maps.
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Bookworm Corner @ nationalgeographic.com
[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/books/bookworm/inca.html] |
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Preview Reinhard’s Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden, a kids book about his 1995 breakthrough.
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“The Mummies of Peru” @ nationalgeographic.com
[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures/97spring/reinhard.html] |
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Listen to Reinhard’s 1997 lecture at the National Geographic Society’s headquarters.
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Three Inca Mummies Found on Volcano @ nationalgeographic.com
[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/events/99/mummies/index.html] |
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Get the details on Reinhard’s historic 1999 discovery—plus exclusive photographs and video of the find.
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Dr. Johan Reinhard’s Journeys
[http://www.mountain.org/reinhard] |
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Reinhard’s home page offers images from expeditions, links, classroom exercises, and more.
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The New Explorers: “The Search for Shangri-La”
[http://www.pbs.org/wttw/web_newexp/] |
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In this PBS special, host Bill Kurtis and Reinhard search for the mystical kingdom hidden beyond the Himalaya.
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NOVA: “Ice Mummies of the Inca”
[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/] |
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This PBS site chronicles Reinhard’s 1996 search for frozen mummies in Peru—complete with photographs and dispatches from the field.
Photograph by Jim Webb
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