Pine Nuts
Sunday June 29, 2008
Pine nuts are a tasty, nutritious treat used in recipes around the world. Archaeological evidence at Danger Cave, Utah indicates that they have been part of the American diet for ... Read More
Is the Phaistos Disk a Hoax?
Friday June 27, 2008
In July of 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier was excavating at the Minoan site of Phaistos when he stumbled upon one of the great enigmas of archaeology: The Phaistos Disk. ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Puuc House at Chichén Itzá
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Hopkins in Egypt 2008
Tuesday June 24, 2008
This summer, Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her team of graduate students, artists, conservators and photographers are back at the Mut Temple in Luxor Egypt. Each day in June ... Read More
New Anthropology-Like Videos on TED
Monday June 23, 2008
A couple of interesting videos on TED this week:
Anthropologist Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual, discussing proto-shamanism and paleolithic art, tying in mythology and magic ... Read More
Mapping Ostionoid Maize Agriculture
Saturday June 21, 2008
The history of maize agriculture in the Dominican Republic between about AD 500-1500 is examined through analysis of lake bed sediments in a new paper by researchers Chad S. Lane, ... Read More
60,000 Years of the Bow and Arrow?
Thursday June 19, 2008
Recent investigations at the Middle Stone Age Sibudu Cave site in South Africa have produced simply gobs of new information about hunting technology, including the oldest evidence for bow and ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Ancient American Teo Mask
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Should Indiana Jones be in the AIA?
Tuesday June 17, 2008
SafeCorner, the blog maintained by Nathan T. Elkins a variety of people for Saving Antiquities for Everyone,
Would you trust this man with your antiquities? Harrison Ford at Japan ... Read More
Aztecs
Monday June 16, 2008
The Aztecs were the people who occupied most of Mesoamerica when the Spanish arrived in the early 16th century.
Aztec/Mexica dancer Martin Tellez blows a conch shell during a performance ... Read More
TAC Video: Chavín de Huantar
Friday June 13, 2008
A 12-minute video on the site of Chavín de Huantar was added to The Archaeology Channel files this week. Produced by the Global Heritage Fund in 2007, the film follows ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Aksumite Palace at Lalibela
Wednesday June 11, 2008
RAGBRAI and Archaeology
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Every July for the past thirty-five years, thousands of Iowans and other crazies have gathered together and crossed the state of Iowa on their bicycles.
Lance Armstrong (L) and Democratic ... Read More
Becoming a scientist...
Monday June 9, 2008
The paths to a scientific career are as varied as the men and women who practice it.
Ship in the Atlantic Ocean Photo Credit: Phillip Capper
Archaeological chemist Nikolaas van der ... Read More
Archaeology Strike at the Museum of London
Sunday June 8, 2008
On Monday June 9, 2008, archaeologists and other museum specialists at the Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) are staging a one-day strike against the museum, in response to unacceptable ... Read More
Field School in Focus: Los Padres National Forest
Thursday June 5, 2008
California State University at Dominguez Hills is conducting its field school this summer in the Los Padres National Forest, between June 23 and July 18, 2008. Marketing director for the ... Read More
Interview with Israel Finkelstein in New Scientist
Wednesday June 4, 2008
David Cohen has an interesting profile of this week in New Scientist on the controversial archaeologist Israel Finkelstein. Finkelstein, professor of archaeology and chair of the Institute of Archaeology at ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Cacao Tree (Theobroma spp)
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Do I Need Math in Archaeology?
Tuesday June 3, 2008
On the bulletin board today is a question from Alunasa, who asks if a learning disability related to the recording of numbers will be a hindrance in a career in ... Read More
Stonehenge Decoded according to Nigel Tufnel
Sunday June 1, 2008
Just what we all needed right about now: a new theory of how Stonehenge was built from fake rock band Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), as interviewed by Jim ... Read More
The Pini Society: A Computer Game Review
Sunday June 1, 2008
Boy, do I need to get a life. I just tried out my first ever archaeology-themed computer game and found myself whining about the archaeological content.
But, having said that, ... Read More