Archive for March, 2007

Iranian Government With Panties in Wads over ‘300′

The Iranian government is bitching to the United Nations about a movie. I kid you not. They want the U.N., specifically, UNESCO to take action against Warner Brother’s and the film. A movie.
Iran Protests to U.N. Over ‘300′
Apparently, they’re upset at being portrayed as warlike and barbaric. The nation that just put a nuclear symbol [...]

ArtiFACTs: Recent News in Archaeology and Anthropology

Here’s a roundup of some recent news relevant to archaeology and anthropology. Click below the fold for more…Circular formation found in IndianaThe earthen structure was discovered by GIS workers for Delaware County (Indiana) as they studied topographic information during plans to widen a highway. The description of the formation provided in the link above appears [...]

Happy Birthday PZ Myers!

For those that don’t know (as if there’s anyone on the Internet that doesn’t), PZ Myers is the man behind the blog Pharyngula. And he turns 50 years old in a few hours!
Happy Birthday!

A New Dating Technique: Water Diffusion in Manufactured Glass

Kambiz at Anthropology.net has invited me to start posting there and my first post is on the topic of water diffusion dating, based on a recent research article published in Archaeometry. I won’t bother to go into a lot of detail here, since the full post is found at Anthropology.net.
I’m not abandoning Hot Cup of [...]

New Anthro/Archaeo Blogs Added to the Blogroll

Looking through my SiteMeter stats and the blogrolls of other folks, and through the submissions to past/present Four Stone Hearth issues, I’ve stumbled across a couple new Anthropology/Archaeology weblogs. Click below the fold to see who!Fort’o Books – written by Robin, a 2nd semester senior at George Washington University, expecting to graduate in May (that [...]