February 2012
177 posts
fromtheemic:
According to Wikipedia Joan Rivers has a BA in anthropology.
Actually it says she has a dual BA in English Lit and Anthro. Ah, the places you’ll go!
Anthropology News: New life for cold case:More... →
anthropologynews:
The tragic death of two unidentified teenagers near Willits more than 30 years ago remains unsolved, but new technology has brought new leads to the case.
A citizen stumbled upon two human skeletons at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday July 8, 1979, near Highway 20 about 13 miles west of Willits. From the…
“The situation for archaeology in countries where native peoples have been...”
– Bruce G. Trigger. “Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist,” 1984. (via gardant)
e.g. & miscellanae: More online Arch & Anth... →
noellejt:
From SpringerLink, (presumably) free to students.
see the FULL LIST OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY TITLES.
Including several other paleoanth titles (which I’ll be downloading as soon as I have the time to name and file them properly)
The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the…
Surrounded By Bones
newsblag:
I spoke with an 76-year-old Eastern Washington archaeologist on the phone today. He said his wife was having a meeting upstairs, so he was banished to the basement, surrounded by bones.
one penis too many
hornblende:
the lack of scholarly research on the “homosexual” wall inscriptions in Pompeii will always confuse and irritate me
it’s like, they can handle one penis. bc they talk about the phallic images and penis chimes. but then they see anything related to two penises and they’re just like NOT OUR DIVISION, THIS IS TOO MUCH PENIS FOR US.
how are Pompeian scholars so prudish?
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“Dear everyone who works as a professional archaeologist or consultant in the...”
– -a formerly disgruntled archaeologist
It truly depends on locality. I know that California has a much higher wage than those listed and they have to pay it by law. Besides… don’t you have huge bloodsucking bugs in Canada? and ice? like, huge fields of it? massive amounts,...
zomganthro:
franzboas:
every time you tag a dinosaur with #archaeology a baby unicorn dies
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If you use a reader here is an RSS Bundle of great blogs that deal with osteoarchaeology (bones), the human body of the past, and burials.
Death Bundle