GVSU department head: Despite criticism, there is value in an anthropology degree (Guest column):...
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GVSU department head: Despite criticism, there is value in an anthropology degree (Guest column)
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Archaeological News: Epigraphs of ancient Turkic people discovered in Mongolia
Archaeological News: Epigraphs of ancient Turkic people discovered in Mongolia:...
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archaeoblogs: Glamorganshire: Dyffryn Goluch – The Vale of...
Glamorganshire: Dyffryn Goluch – The Vale of Worship (pt1)
Source: http://bit.ly/1dAHYZc
A guest article by member Sue Brooke, previously published on her own blog. The nice thing about a collection of old books is that they can give you a starting point. If you are lucky your collection may contain books on the same subject but written at different points in time. This not only allows you to understand how the various schools of thought on any subject may have developed and changed but also allows you yourself to think about whether things have changed for the better or for the worst. When reading a little book called The Story of Glamorgan this was highlighted for me. Towards the………. Read MoreRead and find more great archaeology blogs at: Archaeology Blog Project
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"For this reason, I have begun to wonder whether the concept of dwelling is, after all, apt to..."
“For this reason, I have begun to wonder whether the concept of dwelling is, after all, apt to...
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prettysweetlemons: The 3,500 Year Old Scrapes of a Temple...
The 3,500 Year Old Scrapes of a Temple Doorway, Hattuša, Turkey
This is an entrance leading into one of the smaller chambers that surrounds the courtyard of the Great Temple, dedicated to the Storm God and Sun Goddess, in the ancient Hittite capital Hattuša. We know that the temple was used during the Empire period (1400 - 1200 BCE); however, it is possible that it was constructed during the Middle Kingdom era. The swinging action of a wooden door can still be seen in the faint impressions left behind on the stone flooring, testament to its use centuries ago.
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Archeologists dig up King David's palace
Archeologists dig up King David's palace: The importance of the discovery led to the rejection of a...
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A Palace of David Discovered at Khirbet Qeiyafa?
A Palace of David Discovered at Khirbet Qeiyafa?: The latest big archaeological news is the press...
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Mysterious Monument Reveals Secrets Of Ancient Maya Royalty
Mysterious Monument Reveals Secrets Of Ancient Maya Royalty: Researchers in northern Guatemala have...
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ancientart: The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site,...
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, located 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, USA -the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico.
An excellent example of a complex chiefdom society, this site was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800–1400), and at its peak had a population of 10–20,000. The Monks Mound is one of the most prominant features of the site (shown in photos 1 & 3), which covers 5ha, and stands at 30m high.
Artistic recreation of Cahokia from the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center (photo via flickr). The main structure in the background is Monks Mound.
Photos courtesy & taken by shaddowhawke.
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allthingsaafs: I found yet another crouch burial, this time...
I found yet another crouch burial, this time with a bit of pottery next to the skull, from the archaeological excavation I attended!
Also If you’re looking for more juicy tidbits of information, photos, topics and insights into a post-grad student’s world then please check out my blog by clicking here! Or browse my tumblr for excerpts from my posts. - Rosie x
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dead-men-talking: Corset damage to a ribcage. 19th century...
Corset damage to a ribcage. 19th century London. Hunterian Collection, Royal College of Surgeons, London via The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice.
Yes, plain old cloth and string CAN do this to bone. Corsets also had whale bone in them. Living bone is pliable and adaptable. It’s always rebuilding itself. When the right amount of force is placed on it for a long enough time, it will stay that way, particularly if the individual is young.
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theolduvaigorge: Guidelines for archaeological excavation and...
Guidelines for archaeological excavation and recording techniques
"An introduction to excavation methods and recording techniques aimed at voluntary groups. This resource was produced by Community Archaeologist Gemma Stewart (Northumberland National Park) with funding from English Heritage and the Council for British Archaeology."
(Source: ISGAP via @PastHorizons on Twitter)
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Chimps, Orangutans Have Human-Like Memory
Chimps, Orangutans Have Human-Like Memory: Primates can quickly recall something learned three years...
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ancienttimenews: 300 Million Year Old Machinery Found In...
300 Million Year Old Machinery Found In Russia
The Voice of Russia and other Russian sources are reporting that a 300 million year old piece of aluminum machinery has been found in Vladivostok. Experts say a gear rail appears to be manufactured and not the result of natural forces.
According to Yulia Zamanskaya, when a resident of Vladivostok was lighting the fire during a cold winter evening, he found a rail-shaped metal detail which was pressed in one of the pieces of coal that the man used to heat his home. Mesmerized by his discovery, the responsible citizen decided to seek help from the scientists of Primorye region. After the metal object was studied by the leading experts the man was shocked to learn about the assumed age of his discovery. The metal detail was supposedly 300 million years old and yet the scientists suggest that it was not created by nature but was rather manufactured by someone. The question of who might have made an aluminum gear in the dawn of time remains unanswered.
The find was very much like a toothed metal rail, created artificially. It was like parts are often used in microscopes, various technical and electronic devices says writer Natalia Ostrowski at KP UA Daily.Nowadays, finding a strange artifact in coal is a relatively frequent occurrence. The first discovery of this sort was made in 1851 when the workers in one of the Massachusetts mines extracted a zinc silver-incrusted vase from a block of unmined coal which dated all the way back to the Cambrian era which was approximately 500 million years ago. Sixty one years later, American scientists from Oklahoma discovered an iron pot which was pressed into a piece of coal aged 312 million years old. Then, in 1974, an aluminum assembly part of unknown origin was found in a sandstone quarry in Romania. Reminiscent of a hammer or a support leg of a spacecraft “Apollo”, the piece dated back to the Jurassic era and could not have been manufactured by a human. All of these discoveries not only puzzled the experts but also undermined the most fundamental doctrines of modern science.
The metal detail which was recently found by Vladivostok resident is yet another discovery which perplexed the scientists. The coal in which the metal object was pressed was delivered to Primorye from Chernogorodskiy mines of Khakasia region. Knowing that the coal deposits of this region date 300 million years back, Russian experts inferred that the metal detail found in these deposits must be an age-mate of the coal.Another question that interests Russian scientists is whether the aluminum alloy is of Earthly origin. It is known from the study of meteorites that there exists extra-terrestrial aluminum-26 which subsequently breaks down to magnesium-26. The presence of 2 percent of magnesium in the alloy might well point to the alien origin of the aluminum detail. It could also be evidence of some past, unknown civilization on Earth. Nonetheless, further testing is needed to confirm this hypothesis…
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ancientart: Olmec (circa 1400-400 BCE) Monument 19, from La...
Olmec (circa 1400-400 BCE) Monument 19, from La Venta, Tabasco. The earliest known representation of a feathered serpent in Mesoamerica.
The early Olmec feathered serpent, as shown here, is thought to have acted as a forerunner for many Mesoamerican deities, with the feathered serpent later becoming a prominent and established aspect and deity of Mesoamerican religion. Dualism is common in Mesoamerican deities, as shown here with the feathered serpent. Being a serpent represents the human aspect of it, and the ability to move on the ground like and among other animals. Being feathered represents the divine nature of it, or the ability to reach the skies.
Courtesy & currently located at the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City. Photo taken by Xuan Che.
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archaeoblogs: Floating the Dover Bronze Age BoatSource:...
Floating the Dover Bronze Age Boat
Source: http://bit.ly/15WkcGf
The Dover Bronze Age Boat, when first discovered in 1992 during a road-building scheme and construction of an underpass, sparked several frantic days of rescue excavations to save it from destruction. It was dated as being some 3500 years old (cue museum curator joke “I guess that makes it 3521 years old now then”). The boat was made using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings. This technique has a long tradition of use in British prehistory; the oldest known examples are from Ferriby in East Yorkshire (upon which the recent Falmouth Log Boat reconstruction was based). Unfortunately,………. Read MoreRead and find more great archaeology blogs at: Archaeology Blog Project
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Archaeological News: Polish archaeologists in Egypt uncovered the remains of a 4.5 thousand years old settlement
Archaeological News: Polish archaeologists in Egypt uncovered the remains of a 4.5 thousand years...
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Evidence of Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Saudi Arabia
Evidence of Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Saudi Arabia:
Pre-Pottery Neolithic assemblages are best known...
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Giant Wooded Knot Sprouts From Museum Walls
Giant Wooded Knot Sprouts From Museum Walls: Somewhere between a fairy tale beanstalk and a...
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Mysterious Stone Coffin To Be Unsealed
Mysterious Stone Coffin To Be Unsealed: Archaeologists are set to lift the lid on a stone coffin...
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