Deep Origins of Agriculture
Sunday September 28, 2008
The origins of agriculture started with harvesting small seeds--wheat, barley, millet, lentils, chickpeas. Archaeological evidence today suggests that a fitting metaphor to that process would be "the long and winding ... Read More
Quote: Why Is Climate Change Insurmountable?
Thursday September 25, 2008
Global climate change is a reality, no matter what politicians try to tell you, and the issue we need to face now is how best to cope with the coming ... Read More
4SH: #50
Wednesday September 24, 2008
The fiftieth edition of Four Stone Hearth is up at Yann Kilmentidis' web blog:
Four Stone Hearth Anthropology Blog Carnival
TAC: Camp Amache
Wednesday September 24, 2008
The Archaeology Channel's contribution this week is Camp Amache, archaeological investigations at a Japanese interment camp in California:
Camp Amache
Neanderthals and Seafood
Tuesday September 23, 2008
Scholarly debates about the differences between Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans, two human species who shared the planet between about 150,000 and 30,000 years ago, often include some discussion of ... Read More
Stonehenge: A Place of Healing?
Monday September 22, 2008
Was one of the purposes of Stonehenge as a place of healing? Archaeologists Timothy Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright think so, and their ideas are described in the October issue of ... Read More
Stonehenge at Solstice
Friday September 19, 2008
Ever had one of those projects that runs away from you? I fully intended on putting together a 'walking tour' of Stonehenge.
Stonehenge beyond the fence Photo Credit: Matt Cardy ... Read More
Dangerous Archaeology
Thursday September 18, 2008
Why would I think archaeology is dangerous?
The Archaeological Life
Monday September 15, 2008
How does an archaeologist spend his or her day?
Mahamat Sale at the African Iron Age site of Aissa Dugjé, CameroonPhoto Credit: Scott MacEachern (c) 1998
It struck me that, fictional ... Read More
Four Stone Hearth #49
Thursday September 11, 2008
... is at Hot Cup of Joe this week
Four Stone Hearth #49
A Walking Tour of Sannai Marayuma
Monday September 8, 2008
Sannai Maruyama is an enormous Jomon period occupation site located on the very northern end of Honshu Island, Japan.
Reconstructed Six-Tiered Building, Sannai Maruyama, Japan Photo Credit: nyaa birdies perch
Although ... Read More
DNA Folding: Paul Rothemund on TED
Saturday September 6, 2008
Interesting 15-minute video this week on TED, in which biologist Paul Rothemund speaks about the future of his form of DNA research: folding DNA.
Paul Rothemund on DNA Folding, on ... Read More
TAC: Archaeology in High Def
Friday September 5, 2008
The Archaeology Channel is currently offering a free look at some high-definition videos. In a partnership deal with VIRCAS, TAC is offering a download of the software and free access ... Read More
Ometepe Archaeological Project: Field Work in Focus
Tuesday September 2, 2008
It must be that time of year--time to start planning for the 2009 archaeology field season.
Volunteers recording a petroglyph site on Lake Nicaragua Photo Credit: Ometepe Archaeological Project
The 8th season ... Read More
FAQ: I want to study Vikings!
Monday September 1, 2008
Faithful reader Kyle writes:
I've decided, after mulling it over for a bit, to go back to school for a degree, probably a master's, in archaeology. I'm interested in a ... Read More