Favored Links for Friday

I won’t be online much, I hope, this next week. Here are a few links to tide you over:

Architecture for Humanity, and Lulan Artisans have a great-looking new project operating throughout mainland Southeast Asia that promises scalable support for traditional artisanal industries, in an effort to provide attractive and sustaining jobs for those who might otherwise be trafficked. They are applying for a grant from American Express, and could use your vote. You don’t need to be a member. Click here for information on the project. Click here to nominate the project for the grant. [via BB]

Here’s a fun quote on language in Old Cambodge, courtesy of New Mandala.

Lorenz of anthropologi.info has a good synopsis of the news that has begun changing the way archaeologists approach rainforest urbanism. The specific story is out of the Amazon, but the findings apply nicely to rainforest cities throughout the world.

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog points to a map that shows how global ‘agriculture value added’ looks throughout the globe.