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AT&T Blackberry Warranty Problem and Corporate Greed

This isn’t a post about archaeology, anthropology, or even science. It’s about consumer fraud, to which I’m a victim And the perpetrator appears to be a very large corporation. But I don’t think the corporate management at AT&T is aware … Continue reading

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Vampire Forensics: A Book to Sink Your Teeth in

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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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Reviewing an Ethnography

I recently had the pleasure of reading Ruth Benedict’s The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, an ethnography done in an experimental style just at the end of World War II in 1946. Benedict studied anthropology under Franz Boas and was the … Continue reading

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Archaeology and the Public: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

afarensis asks “where are the children?” in the context of where are they in the archaeological record. In another context, I can answer that they’re at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, learning about science and archaeology. Look below the fold … Continue reading

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Blog Critic reviews my friends at Scienceblogs

Blog critic, ggwfung, an anonymous blogger and critic with his own blog, Ideas Man, has written an article at Blogcritics titled ScienceBlogs Network Reviewed – the A’s. In it, he gives an apparent thumbs up for the only two anthropology … Continue reading

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