Amalgamated Friday, #2

By K. Kris Hirst, About.com GuideMarch 2, 2007

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Conservapedia and Piltdown, from Afarensis
Anthropology against itself from aperey on Anthropology.net
An 'emerging problem', on the new 'e' word (that would be 'evolution'), John Hawks
The manimal will have a British accent, from Pharyngula
Furrowed brows over Lake Chapala, Mexico, from remote central
Indigenous branding, from Rex on Savage Minds
A place to rest your bones, on a recently discovered 1st Millennium BC stone cairn in Sweden, from Martin on Aardvark Archaeology
The tomb of Jesus, from Alun on Archaeoastronomy
New dates for Clovis, from Hal on blivet 2.0
The early days of radiocarbon dating: an insider's view from Brian on Old Dirt, New Thoughts
Open Source Archaeology, Tim on Archaeolog
GoogleEarth as the 'View from Nowhere', Matt on GIS for Archaeology and CRM
Down on their luck, farmers turn into gold diggers, on Southeast Asia Archaeology

Line Art of Frank Lacano, via Boing Boing, includes line drawings from the 1950s of such central American cultural topics as the Olmec
Christopher Columbus and silver smelting, news report on EurekAlert about Kathleen Deagan's latest research
Earliest astronomical observatory in Americas, report on EurekAlert about Chankillo site in Peru
Lactose intolerance a Neolithic thing, report on EurekAlert about joint University of College London and Mainz University study
Jesus relics, news report from Reuters on the James Cameron/family of Jesus story making the rounds
What's wrong with Intelligent Design?, story on Science Daily
How do paleontologists determine the sex of a fossilized creature?, Scientific American's Ask the Expert column
Islamic civilization and mathematics, on Scientific American

March of the Librarians, 5 minute video on the ALA convention that seemed frighteningly familiar to me for some reason, via Annals of Improbable Research

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