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 […]
Archaeology
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 […]
A Romantic Adventure-Tale of Treasure and Archaeology
You know how you start googling for information on one thing but end up going down a completely different rabbit hole from the one you […]
4,000 year-old brain surgery?
An archaeologist from from Ankara University, Fikri Kulako lu, reports the discovery of a 4,000 year old skeletonwhich has evidence of “a successful brain operation” in […]
Dead Sea Scrolls: were the authors Jewish or Jewish?
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 caves near Qumran on the Dead Sea by a Bedouin shepherd. Stored for nearly 2 millennia in clay jars or pots, […]
The Pseudoscience of Homeopathy
I am not responsible for any keyboards for those who tried reading this with their morning hot cup of joe! If you’ve never visited xkcd, […]