Archaeology CryptoQuote 4
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Today's cryptoquote is from a literary person, who was fond of the Sea of Cortez.
Defining Archaeology
Monday September 28, 2009
Over the past 150 years or, archaeologists and our related colleagues have tried to define archaeology, by describing it alternately as a stand-alone science or as an interdisciplinary study or ... Read More
Archaeology Quiz of the Week: LBK
Sunday September 27, 2009
Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on the Linearbandkeramik culture, that group of Neolithic party poops who brought the drudgery of agriculture to the happy-go-lucky Mesolithic hunter-gatherers of Europe. ... Read More
Staffordshire Hoard: A Photo Essay
Thursday September 24, 2009
The Staffordshire Hoard is a newly discovered cache of gold and silver objects tentatively dated to the 7th-8th centuries AD. More than 1,500 objects, weighing approximately 11 pounds, were found ... Read More
Archaeology CryptoQuote 3
Wednesday September 23, 2009
This week's cryptoquote is from a famous anthropologist, who knew a thing or two about oddities.
Experimental Archaeology and the MythBusters
Tuesday September 22, 2009
It's a perfect match of public archaeology and popular science, and why nobody thought of it before University of Wyoming archaeologists Nicole Waguespack and Todd Surovell is beyond me.
Mythbusters ... Read More
Autumnal Equinox at Loughcrew 2009
Monday September 21, 2009
Michael Fox of the Knowth site has posted new photos of the equinox sunrise at Cairn T at Loughcrew, which occurred this Sunday, September 20th. Loughcrew is one of several ... Read More
Archaeology Quiz: The Persian Empire
Sunday September 20, 2009
Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on the Persian Empire, with particular emphasis on the heyday of the Achaemenid Dynasty.
Rock cut tomb site called Naqs-i Rustam, probably that of ... Read More
Paisley Caves Update
Thursday September 17, 2009
Faithful reader Becca H sent along a note today asking whether there had been any additional information about Paisley Caves since the original publication of the results in April 2008. ... Read More
Guinea Pig History
Thursday September 17, 2009
The latest addition to the About.com Guide to Animal Domestication project is the guinea pig, those ubiquitous grade school class pets. Guinea pigs have an interesting domestication story, in part ... Read More
Archaeology Cryptoquote #2
Wednesday September 16, 2009
This week's cryptoquote is about transportation, sort of, and so I've chosen this terrific photo of a watchtower on the Appian Way, an important Roman road, to go along with ... Read More
Archaeology Quiz: Site Types in Archaeology
Sunday September 13, 2009
The Quiz of the Week today is on Archaeological Site Types. Despite our reputations as grave-diggers, archaeologists do study things other than burials. What do you know about different kinds ... Read More
Dyed Textiles from the Upper Paleolithic: A Photo Essay
Friday September 11, 2009
This week in Science, a multinational research project reported on the archaeological discovery of dyed and spun flax fibers from an Upper Paleolithic cave in the Republic of Georgia, dated ... Read More
Archaeology CryptoQuote #1
Wednesday September 9, 2009
I love cryptoquotes, and I have a huge stash of archaeology quotations that would make great examples. So, here it is, your cryptoquote of the week, to be posted here ... Read More
Archaeology Quiz: History of Glass
Monday September 7, 2009
The Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on the History of Glass, the fascinating glittery stuff that comes in so useful these days.
Egyptian Goddess Tawaret in Faience, Late Period 25th-30th ... Read More
Transition from Hunting to Farming in Europe: A Photo Essay
Thursday September 3, 2009
According to a new genetic study reported in Science Express tomorrow, the first farmers of Europe were almost certainly immigrants, perhaps descendants of those first farmers in the Fertile Crescent. ... Read More