How to make casts of bone and stone
In the United States, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 ([slider title=”NAGPRA“]Many groups, especially indigenous peoples, have profound concerns about the […]
Archaeology
Online Comic About Archaeology
If you like comics, the internet, and archaeology, you really must check out this short online comic. The Secret in the Cellar: A Written in […]
Three cool things about archaeologist Larry Zimmerman
1) Archaeology of Homelessness: Zimmerman, along with student Jessica Welch, recently presented the findings of a study they completed which examined the material culture of […]
Stolen & Looted: $5-6 Billion in Stolen Artifacts?
This is part of an on-going series dealing with the theft, sale, and trade of artifacts and archaeological finds that are abruptly removed from their […]
A Classic Paper: Archaeology as Anthropology
This is an entry submitted for The Giant’s Shoulders blog carnival, the “Classic Papers” category. Binford, Lewis R. (1962) Archaeology as Anthropology American Antiquity, 28 […]
Stolen and Looted: an interesting article
These damages aren’t done by people walking along and spotting arrowheads. These are people who are actively digging and looking for artifacts with an intent to remove cultural resources from lands shared by us all. These people are thieves…
An Abnormal Interest in Gilgamesh
You gotta love Gilgamesh! He was two-thirds god and one-third human, so his threats weren’t to be taken lightly!
The Serpent Mound
We really don’t know for sure what most ancient, pre-literate cultures used many of their monumental constructions for. We’re reasonably sure about things like the […]
Big Flower that Looks at Sun God
It’s been held that the sunflower was originally domesticated in eastern North America then introduced to Mexico -the sunflower is a major seed crop in […]
Looting antiquities and hurt feelings and an appeal to Memorial Day
As many of you are aware, A Hot Cup of Joe is a blog that originated at Blogspot. In fact, the original blog is still […]