Preservation in Cultural Resource Management
I recently listened to some discussions on preservation on the Archaeology Podcast Network, and it inspired me to write a little about “preservation” as I […]
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Radiocarbon Dating and How Mystery-Mongers Appeal to the Significance-Junkie with Hyperbole and Lies
One of the biggest purveyors of pseudoarchaeological nonsense, Ancient-Origins, recently plagiarized Science Daily, which ran a short article based on a study in PNAS (Proceedings […]
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 […]
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 […]
9.7 MYA Teeth from the Miocene Force Archaeologists to Rewrite Human History! Or not.
In the last week, the interwebs have been all abuzz for me about the 9.7 million year old teeth that were recovered in Eppelsheim, Germany. […]
The Rama Setu, the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, and Cultural Landscapes
Between India and Sri Lanka is a thin strip of land that stretches from Pamban Island in India to Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. It’s […]
The Solar Eclipse and Archaeology
On August 21, 2017 there will be a total eclipse of the sun by the moon. Something that is getting a lot of hype as […]
Top 20 Archaeology Blogs by Google Rank
I was curious about how Google ranked the top 20 blogs about archaeology, so I did some searches. Here’s the results of the most basic, […]
130,000 year old Californians?
This is a review of an article that just ran in the journal Nature, titled, “A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA.” The core of the […]
Beg, Borrow, and Steal: The Archaeologist’s Lament
Ask any archaeologist what they consider the most iconic tool of the archaeological trade and they’ll probably say the trowel. And many an archaeologist has […]