Category Archives: Archaeology

Eddie Izzard on Archaeology! Funny!

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Carl Feagans

I was visiting a site from a commenter (Digging The Dirt) and noticed this video. I laughed my arse off. Then knicked it from Digging the Dirt. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt By the way, visit Brendon at Digging the … Continue reading →

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When on Google Earth #64 (WOGE 64)

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Welcome to When on Google Earth here at A Hot Cup of Joe for the first time! I sneaked in from nowhere and snatched a victory after staring at WOGE 63 as Vix France, major period of occupation around the … Continue reading →

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Artificial Cranial Modification: Head Shaping

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia In addition to cranial surgery, another artificial modification of the human skull present in the archaeological record, which is perhaps better known, is skull shaping. Like trephination, this practice of modifying the shape of the human skull … Continue reading →

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Artificial Cranial Modification: Trephination

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image by Luciana Christante via Flickr The practice of artificially modifying the human skull has been a part of human culture as far back as 45,000 years BP[1], and it has been shown to occur on every inhabited continent . … Continue reading →

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How to make casts of bone and stone

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Carl Feagans

In the United States, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 () mandates special care and treatment of Native American cultural remains, particularly human remains. The single best discussion on the internet that includes the most sources … Continue reading →

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Online Comic About Archaeology

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Carl Feagans

If you like comics, the internet, and archaeology, you really must check out this short online comic. The Secret in the Cellar: A Written in Bone forensic mystery from colonial America. This webcomic is based on a very real forensic … Continue reading →

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Three cool things about archaeologist Larry Zimmerman

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Carl Feagans

1) Archaeology of Homelessness: Zimmerman, along with student Jessica Welch, recently presented the findings of a study they completed which examined the material culture of the homeless.The presentation was at the World Archaeological Congress in Dublin, Ireland. The study was … Continue reading →

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Stolen & Looted: $5-6 Billion in Stolen Artifacts?

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Carl Feagans

This is part of an on-going series dealing with the theft, sale, and trade of artifacts and archaeological finds that are abruptly removed from their contexts, destroying valuable data that can be gleaned and sold to the highest bidder for … Continue reading →

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A Classic Paper: Archaeology as Anthropology

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Carl Feagans

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 →

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Stolen and Looted: an interesting article

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Carl Feagans

These damages aren’t done by people walking along and spotting arrowheads. These are people who are actively digging and looking for artifacts with an intent to remove cultural resources from lands shared by us all. These people are thieves… Continue reading →

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