Thinking about Neolithic Figurines: Making them
My master’s thesis is a study of anthropomorphic figurines from the Neolithic of Southeastern Europe and Southwest Asia. So I thought I’d try my hand […]
Archaeology
Walmart Endangers Cultural Site? Gets Building Permit Through Bribery?
From the I’m-shocked-to-find-bribery-and-deceit-in-Walmart’s-plans department. The New York Times is reporting through an expose a laundry list of wrongdoing on the behalf of Walmart that resulted in the […]
Richard III Remains Confirmed!
I’m a little late with this, but I’ve been busy all day. The remains found at a carpark in Leicester, England have been confirmed to […]
People. Fire. Climate.
“Humans and fire are interconnected all the way back to our beginnings,” said Thomas W. Swetnam, principal investigator on the grant and director of the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.
The Science Forum.org
http://thescienceforum.org and http://thescienceforum.net There once was an Internet forum called The Science Forum. Then our friend, who owned the software, database, and all the writings […]
Lewis Binford has Passed
I rarely mention the passing of notable people on this blog. But I find that I have to make time and space for an archaeologist […]
Happy New Year
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2010: The Year in Pseudoarchaeology
Compared to previous years, 2010 wasn’t really a productive one for the pseudoarchaeologists. Very little has been said about the Bosnian Pyramid, and rightfully so […]
When does vandalism become an archaeological feature?
When it’s done in antiquity, of course. Below are some photos of a particular kind of vandalism commonly referred to as “pilgrim gouges.” I’ve noticed […]
ET Impact Probably Didn’t Wipe Out Clovis
In a paper published in PNAS in 2007 ((Firestone RB, et al. (2007) Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the […]