Number 30? How the heck is THAT possible? Here's your (more or less) weekly roundup of news in archaeology from the blogs, etc.
Around About.com
- How Assyria gained independence, from NS Gill about events of 1400 BC
- Do you know where the Fertile Crescent is? , NS Gill on Ancient History at About.com
- Rule of Thumb for Wife-Beating?, Jone Johnson Lewis debunks a long-standing myth from Women's History
- On the Lively Art of Death Masks
Books
- "Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World", review by Tara Smith on Aetiology
- From Eden to Exile, Chris O'Brien over on Northstate Science is reviewing, very slowly and carefully, a new book from the National Geographic Society
Ethics
- US Army is Embedding Anthropologists, Kambiz on Anthropology.net commenting on the NYT article about the good and bad points
- "The archaeological community's obsession with context", David Gill on Looting Matters muses on the legal profession's obsession with the right to own goodies
- Publishing Archaeology Outside of Archaeology, Mike Smith on Publishing Archaeology
Museum Exhibitions
- Concerns with Turkana Boy’s, aka Nariokotome Boy, Tour to the Windy City, Kambiz on Anthropology.net
- Another fossil skeleton set to hit the road, from John Hawks
- Micropolitan Museum of Microscopy, via David Pescovitz on BoingBoing
Carnivals
- Four Stone Hearth #24, Paddy K's Swedish Extravaganza
- Boneyard #6, Fish Feet
- Tangled Bank #89
Rice News
Not Condaleeza, either- Rice Domestication and the Origins of Agriculture, more evidence from China, reported by Kambiz on Anthropology.net
- Prehistoric rice farming and modern consequences, Allun Salt ClioAudio, with an interesting commentary
Archaeology
- Mass Death Events: Then and now, on the late Miocene evidence for mass death at Langabaan (South Africa), from Greg Laden at Evolution: Not Just a Theory
- Medieval Soapstone Quarry, in Norway, from Martin on Aardvarchaeology
- Ileret Fossils and Primate Sperm Competition, Afarensis
- Reading Livers Through Reading Literature, research on ancient divination practices from Patrick Hunt on Archaeolog
- The Red Brick House, a neighborhood archaeology project in Hamline, Minnesota, from Brian on Old Dirt-New Thoughts
- A new week at the settlement at Lantjärv, last week of excavations in the Iron Age/Viking age site of Norrbotten, from Testimony of the Spade
- In a Primitive Tool, Evidence of Trading in the Pacific Henry Fountain in the NYT
- Indonesian "hobbits" seem to be separate species, David Pescovitz on BoingBoing
Dmanisi
An Artist's Eye
Which is really a miscellaneous category, but full of arty kinds of things this week.- 10 Ways the World Could End, video from Stephen Petranak on TED, via Tim on Remote Central
- Newark Earthworks Moonrise Celebration, fabulous image of moonrise over the Newark Earthworks posted by Brad Lepper on Ohio Archaeology
- A Few Items to Consider, an archaeological-like poem by Sandra Cisneros via Colleen Morgan on Middle Savagery
- Tunísia: fotos de Ana Bettencourt - Oásis de Chebika. Trans-Ferir is featuring several photo collection from Ana Bettencourt's recent trip to Tunisia
- Q&A: Ridley Scott Has Finally Created the Blade Runner He Always Imagined, on Wired, although fans of Philip Dick will be none too happy with Scott's comments
- How to Make Medieval Ink, David Pescovitz on BoingBoing
- Linguistics; taking responsibility for language, Suzette Haden Elgin
- Archaeology, four minute video of a musical performance held at the Treasures of a Lost Civilization exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum in 2001.
- Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge, on TAC
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