Quiz of the Week: The Maya Civilization
Tuesday May 26, 2009
Today's Quiz of the Week is on The Maya Civilization, that huge, particolored culture that took up huge hunks of Central America between about AD 250 and 900. ... Read More
The Aterian Middle Stone Age
Friday May 22, 2009
Recently, I obtained some images of Nassarius shell beads, dated approximately 80,000 years ago, a little bit older than similar beads from the Howiesons Poort sites in South Africa, but ... Read More
Commentary on the Hohle Fels Venus Figurine
Thursday May 21, 2009
I've been rather busy this week, and have been remiss in catching up on my email. Now that I'm going through it, I've discovered many very interesting discussions about the ... Read More
Four Stone Hearth #67
Thursday May 21, 2009
Four Stone Hearth is a blog carnival covering the four fields of anthropology, including archaeology, and it always has something interesting to say. The 67th issue can be found at ... Read More
Aztec Archaeology: A Fieldwork Tale
Monday May 18, 2009
I spent some twenty years conducting archaeology hither and yon, before abandoning the dirt for a computer screen, and like all archaeologists, I have some stories to tell.
This is ... Read More
Quiz of the Week: King Tut and His Tomb
Sunday May 17, 2009
Today's Quiz of the Week is on Tutankhamun's tomb (also spelled Tutankhamen), the best known tomb in Egypt, after the pyramids at Giza. Built during the New Kingdom for the ... Read More
Oldest Venus Figurine Discovered - Photo Essay
Wednesday May 13, 2009
The oldest yet discovered venus figurine has been recovered from the archaeological cave site of Hohle Fels, Germany, and reported in the May 14, 2009, issue of Nature.
Quiz of the Week: Emperor Qin and his Terracotta Army
Sunday May 10, 2009
Today's Quiz of the Week is on the Tomb of Shi Huangdi, which is remarkable—no, downright amazing—for the terracotta army buried with him.
Ancient terracotta warriors are displayed ... Read More
Four Stone Hearth #66
Thursday May 7, 2009
Four Stone Hearth, that collection of archaeology/anthropology miscellanea is over at Martin Rundkvist's Aardvarchaeology this time:
Four Stone Hearth #66
A Book Review of The Why Files
Wednesday May 6, 2009
The Why Files, written by science writer David Tenenbaum with Terry Devitt and published this month by Penguin Press,
The Why Files cover art Photo Credit: Penguin (c) 2009
is a collection ... Read More
Everett Ruess Discovered
Tuesday May 5, 2009
A combination of detective work, Google, DNA and archaeology recently solved the mystery of what happened to a young explorer, artist and writer who disappeared in the early 1930s.
Quiz of the Week: The Nazca Lines
Sunday May 3, 2009
Today's Quiz of the Week is on the The Nazca Lines, which have absolutely nothing to do with automobile racing but can be spelled Nazca (as most people do) or ... Read More
Ursula LeGuin, Archaeology, Writing and War
Saturday May 2, 2009
Over the past few years, I've come to recognize that Ursula K. Le Guin is an enormously important figure for public archaeologists. The K. stands for Kroeber—Le Guin is ... Read More
Homo wanderensis: Human Migrations in Africa
Friday May 1, 2009
Today, the results of an immense study of DNA and linguistics in the African continent was published in Science magazine. The study includes the nuclear DNA from over 3,000 people ... Read More