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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Pseudoscience and the Serpent Mound
I recently blogged about the Serpent Mound after a visit to the Ohio archaeological site, sharing a few of the photos I took while there. Today, I get a comment that explores the “alternative” explanations for the mound (as well … Continue reading
Posted in Favorites, Pseudoarchaeology
Tagged energy, new age, Pseudoarchaeology, pseudoscience
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Lake Erie Fish Die-Off
Recently, I was in Ohio on vacation and I snapped this photo while on a ferry ride between South Bass Island and the mainland. Every few meters during the trip I noticed dead fish floating near the surface. Seeing so … Continue reading
Four Stone Hearth – past and future
Remote Central hosted the Four Stone Hearth on July 16th and I somehow completely over looked it. Tim always does a great job and if you haven’t read the posts at the blogs he linked to, now’s as good a … Continue reading
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Nitrogen Tire Scam part 3
Okay, I thought of adding this response as a comment, but since it ended up being so lengthy, I decided to make a separate post. The original comment is here and was caught by the Akismet as spam. I’ve since … Continue reading
Nitrogen Tires part 2
Looking through my spam filter I find the following: Cfeagans Hello. You may recall that I posted the below entry on your blog, Hot Cup of Joe, countering some of your arguments against nitrogen tire inflation. I was just curious … Continue reading
Posted in Favorites, Skepticism and Pseudoscience
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A Classic Paper: Archaeology as Anthropology
This is an entry submitted for The Giant’s Shoulders blog carnival, the “Classic Papers” category. Binford, Lewis R. (1962) Archaeology as Anthropology American Antiquity, 28 (2), pp. 217-225 Lewis Binford is considered by many to be one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Favorites
Tagged Archaeology, binford, Blogging, giant's shoulders, lewis binford
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Nitrogen Filled Tires: a Scam?
While this is primarily an anthropology and archaeology blog, I also like to write about skeptical topics as well. I’ve written several bits about pseduoarchaeology in the past, but this topic is a straight bit of skepticism. My wife and … Continue reading
Posted in Favorites, Skepticism and Pseudoscience
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