New World Drugs and Old World Mummies
Note: There is an updated version of this article that can be found here. A few times per year, someone brings up the fact that […]
Year: 2018
Ancient Child Sacrifice and Modern Sensibilities
A brief warning: this post contains a few images of sub-adult skeletal remains. The photos, however, are instructive and help to offer context. I subscribe […]
Pseudoarchaeology on the Travel Channel: Megan Fox to have a new show and crystal skulls on Legendary Locations
Yesterday, I posted a link on the Facebook Page to a an online article at Inverse where Rae Paoletta covered the recent news that Megan […]
Wild Plants and Historic Archaeology
As an archaeologist for the U.S. Forest Service, I get to do both prehistoric and historic archaeology. Historic archaeology isn’t something that was really covered […]
Earliest Figurative Art in Crete and Greece
The earliest known figural art from Greece was once thought to be from the Neolithic (8,500 to 5,000 years ago). New research on old data […]
Andrew Collins and the Oldest Humans
Pseudoarchaeology proponent Andrew Collins posted on Jan. 25 to the aptly named “Megalithomania” Facebook group in response to the “Oldest known human fossil outside Africa” […]
No Scottish Spheres in Tiwanaku
A guy named Hugh Newman has a video that was recently shared with me that I thought was interesting. In it, Newman highlights some legitimate […]
Review of Expedition Unknown, the Butch Cassidy Episode
I generally like Expedition Unknown. I know there are some archaeologists who don’t, but I generally think that Josh Gates brings an overall fair look […]
Kelty Redwing Review: a Backpack for the Archaeologist
As an archaeologist, I’ve used a few different packs over the years and I’ve found there were features about most of them that I liked. […]