Time Team America
Tuesday June 30, 2009
Premiering Wednesday, July 8, 2009, is Time Team America, a new PBS television series that is the first U.S. program dedicated to showing the nuts and bolts of archaeology in ... Read More
Archaeology Quiz of the Week: Middle Paleolithic
Monday June 29, 2009
Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on Middle Paleolithic, that most exciting period in human history.
Neanderthal Reconstruction, Neanderthal Museum, Erkrath Germany.Photo Credit: Jakob Enos
Trivia Quiz: Middle Paleolithic Trivia ... Read More
Twitter and Archaeology
Friday June 26, 2009
Now I know Twitter is not everybody's cup of tea, but I was poking around today and discovered some very interesting projects in Twitter. If you've been interested in seeing ... Read More
Behavioral Modernity in South Africa
Thursday June 25, 2009
I just discovered a great article in the American Scientist this month (July/August 2009) on behavioral modernity as exemplified in the South African industries of Howiesons Poort and Still Bay, ... Read More
Ancient Flutes from Hohle Fels
Wednesday June 24, 2009
The oldest musical instruments found to date are from the Upper Paleolithic period, and include bullroarers, rasps and even a marimba-like instrument. But the oldest of all these are ancient ... Read More
Sequoyah's Written Language
Wednesday June 24, 2009
In this month's issue of Archaeology magazine, archaeologist Ken Tankersley describes Cherokee rock art in Tennessee, which includes an early example of the written language developed by the 18th century ... Read More
National Archives on YouTube
Tuesday June 23, 2009
Now this is really neat. The US National Archives has just posted 17 videos from its vast storage of historic audiovisual records to YouTube.
Among the tasty things of interest ... Read More
Field Work in Focus: Marsiliana d'Albegna Project
Tuesday June 23, 2009
The 7th Research Campaign at the Marsiliana d'Albegna Project will be held 31 August 2009 - 30 October 2009 and is currently seeking students and volunteers. Carmine Sanchirico sent along ... Read More
Solstice at Stonehenge 2009
Monday June 22, 2009
On June 21, 2009, at 4:58 in the morning, Stonehenge looked like this:
Quiz of the Week: Inca Empire
Monday June 22, 2009
Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on Inca Empire, the South American civilization of the 15th and 16th centuries AD.
The Qorikancha, Cusco, Peru.Photo Credit: Yan-Di Chang
Trivia Quiz: Inca ... Read More
Shell Beads and Behavioral Modernity
Wednesday June 17, 2009
A few weeks ago, you might have noticed a news story, or rather several of them, about "prehistoric bling", referring to some Middle Stone Age shell beads that are believed ... Read More
Archaeology Quiz: What Makes a Civilization?
Monday June 15, 2009
Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on Characteristics of Civilizations, the various kinds of things that archaeologists use to measure and discuss the complexity of a the societies they ... Read More
Four Stone Hearth at Remote Central
Wednesday June 10, 2009
Somehow I missed this, but 4 Stone Hearth #68 was posted at Remote Central last week:
Four Stone Hearth #68, at Remote Central
Getting a Background in Archaeology
Wednesday June 10, 2009
A great question comes today from Faithful Reader Theresa B, who writes, "I'm an archaeology student. After taking some classes I realize how much I do not know about the ... Read More
Nat Geo's Easter Island Underground
Tuesday June 9, 2009
The saga of the research being undertaken at Easter Island continues in "Easter Island Underground", a new video from National Geographic. Produced by Geoff Luck and narrated by Peter Coyote, ... Read More
Quiz of the Week: Domestication
Monday June 8, 2009
Today's Quiz of the Week is on Plant and Animal Domestication, the always-fascinating process whereby humans, animals and plants recreated the world.
Przewalski's Horse (Toronto Zoo). ... Read More
FAQ: How much is left to excavate?
Saturday June 6, 2009
Faithful Reader Bud S writes:
"Is there some kind of figure regarding how much of the world there is to dig up and how much has been dug up? Are ... Read More
Nat Geo: Easter Island Underworld
Friday June 5, 2009
A new National Geographic special on Easter Island, called Easter Island Underworld and airing next week, is an excellent summary of the research and some of the debate about this ... Read More
New Scientist: Undeciphered Languages
Thursday June 4, 2009
Last week, New Scientist printed an interesting article (free for the download) by writer Andrew Robinson on a perennial favorite subject of mine: unknown ancient scripts.
Among the systems looked ... Read More
Transition to Agriculture
Monday June 1, 2009
The more I read about the archaeological evidence for the transition to agriculture—that supposedly useful symbiotic domestication process on the part of plants, animals and humans—the more I realize that ... Read More