Author Archives: Carl Feagans

About Carl Feagans

Graduate student of anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington with a focus on archaeology. My interests lie mostly with the material remains of belief and religion in antiquity.

Grave Dowsing?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Carl Feagans

What’s a water dowser do when his method is demonstrated time and again to be nonsense on stilts? Turn to dowsing for graves, I suppose. It wasn’t mentioned if the dowser who worked for Mississippi landowner about to lose a … Continue reading →

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SciCulture – A New Site

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Carl Feagans

I’ll still be blogging here, but I’ve also just launched a new site called SciCulture (www.sciculture.com) and it’s my hope to entice a few new bloggers to make it their home. So if you know anyone that might be interested, … Continue reading →

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Atlantis Rising’s Micheal Cremo and the Calaveras Skull

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Carl Feagans

Michael Cremo is the author of the pseudo-archaeological tome Forbidden Archaeologist and has a regular column in that woo-woo rag Atlantis Rising. In the March/April column, Cremo revisits the so-called Calaveras skull, which was long-ago revealed as a hoax. Cremo is … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich: Americans are an Invented People

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Carl Feagans

So, if Palestinians are an “invented people,” then equally, too, are the Americans and the Israeli’s. Neither the United States or Israel existed prior to 1776 and 1948 respectively. Continue reading →

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Feminism and Classism in the Context of MTVu in University Public Spaces

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Carl Feagans

I came across this article today on the Serendip forum at Bryn Mawr College. The author posts photos and a transcript of several “napkin notes,” a Bryn Mawr tradition for communicating with the dining facility (which I find fascinating by … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be a Rick: Anthropology and Liberal Arts in the Republican Gunsights

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Carl Feagans

So we should clue he and those who think like him in. Spread the word. If you have a blog or a site that can share it, go to the links below and embed this Prezi slide show.   This is … Continue reading →

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“Mainstream” Archaeologists…?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Carl Feagans

Here’s a line I noticed on a mystery-monger site, posted by some well-meaning, if somewhat ignorant, significance-junkie. “… the often ridiculously closed society of “mainstream” Archaeologists, who sometimes prevent truths from seeing the light of day in order to save … Continue reading →

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People. Fire. Climate.

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Carl Feagans

“Humans and fire are interconnected all the way back to our beginnings,” said Thomas W. Swetnam, principal investigator on the grant and director of the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Continue reading →

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The Science Forum.org

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Carl Feagans

http://thescienceforum.org and http://thescienceforum.net There once was an Internet forum called The Science Forum. Then our friend, who owned the software, database, and all the writings of our community decided to move on with his life and sell to more capable … Continue reading →

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Lewis Binford has Passed

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Carl Feagans

I rarely mention the passing of notable people on this blog. But I find that I have to make time and space for an archaeologist who’s been so influential on so many. Lewis Binford, 79, passed away at his home in Kirksville, … Continue reading →

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