Tag Archives: Archaeology

Vampire Forensics: A Book to Sink Your Teeth in

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Carl Feagans

Vampire Forensics presents the lore and myth of vampires with an eye for science, particularly anthropology, psychology, physiology and, more to my liking, archaeology. I have always enjoyed stories and movies about vampires. At age four, I was hooked on … Continue reading →

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Robert J. Braidwood: More Than Just One Man

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Carl Feagans

One cannot study prehistoric archaeology without encountering the name Robert J. Braidwood. An innovator of archaeological method and inquiry, Braidwood pioneered new ways of investigating the prehistoric past. He found an interest in that unique period of human history that … Continue reading →

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A Decade of Pseudoarchaeology

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Here are six pseudoarchaeological topics that I encountered on the internet since the beginning of the millennium. I think most of them I dealt with on this blog, others I probably encountered on various internet forums that I used to … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Tomorrow is the day for the Four Stone Hearth: My birthday edition! That’s right, I pass another annual milestone and will celebrate by sharing some wonderful anthropology writing around the net. If you have a blog post of interest to … 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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The ‘Ancient Underwater Ruins’ of Yonaguni, Japan

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Carl Feagans

One of the pseudo-archaeological claims that I see from time to time on the intertubes is the speculation that there are underwater ruins of an ancient civilization off the coast of Yonagumi. This by itself isn’t such a fantastic claim. … Continue reading →

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Alien Skulls? Not even close!

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Carl Feagans

If you’ve ever spent any time browsing a UFO forum or website, you’ll eventually run into a link or claim that the ancient Mesoamericans and Inca or worshiped aliens as gods. The “proof” is usually a skull much like the … Continue reading →

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