Hug-An-Anthropologist Day !
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berangereSomeone just told me it is 「Hug-An-Anthropologist Day !」 !
Just turn to your lab neighbour and hug him/her ^___^ !
Just turn to your lab neighbour and hug him/her ^___^ !
berangere
ossamentaWritten as part of the Frequently-Or-Not-So-Frequently-Asked-Questions project (itself part of the annual Three Weeks for DreamWidth), for the prompt "I've often wondered how archaeologists determine the sex of a skeleton - I know there are differences in the pelvis, but what else is taken to be a clue? I'm also curious about how accurate it is, and whether anyone's done any studies on that."
Sex estimation of skeletons is one of the fundamental methods of bone analysis, and, yes, lots of studies have been done on that. Essentially, there are three ways of sexing (human) skeletons: shape and relative size of the bones, grave goods associated with a particular sex/gender, and DNA testing. This post is primarily dealing with skeletal sexual characteristics, but the other methods will get a brief mention.
( cut for length )
And finally, just remember that it’s always more complicated once you go into the details…
*: cis = having a gender identity that matches the sex one was assigned at birth. Opposite to trans gender.
Cross-posted toossamenta and ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fonsfaq
Sex estimation of skeletons is one of the fundamental methods of bone analysis, and, yes, lots of studies have been done on that. Essentially, there are three ways of sexing (human) skeletons: shape and relative size of the bones, grave goods associated with a particular sex/gender, and DNA testing. This post is primarily dealing with skeletal sexual characteristics, but the other methods will get a brief mention.
( cut for length )
And finally, just remember that it’s always more complicated once you go into the details…
*: cis = having a gender identity that matches the sex one was assigned at birth. Opposite to trans gender.
Cross-posted to
ossamenta and fonsfaqberangereWe've got two prompts answered so far in our 「Frequently-Or-Not-So-Frequently-Asked-Questions about Archaeology」 ! Let's go on today with this one :
Since this one is asking a more personal point of view comparing to the other prompts, I suggest everybody answers to the question in the comments (or in a new post if you prefer so).
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prompt by
What's your favourite and least favourite depiction of archaeology in fiction?
Since this one is asking a more personal point of view comparing to the other prompts, I suggest everybody answers to the question in the comments (or in a new post if you prefer so).
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berangere Yeah ! Three Weeks For Dreamwidth has begun and it seems I'll be the one beginning the festivities in the archaeological community ! Here is the article written for the first prompt requested in our 「Frequently-Or-Not-So-Frequently-Asked-Questions About Archaeology 」 event !
I will answer to this prompt for France and Japan only. If you have any knowledge of the situation in other countries, please feel free to write another article, in this community or in your own journal.
Since I know more about French legislation than about Japanese one, I will present the situation in France in the most detailed way possible, and then highlight the differences that can be found in the Japanese system.
I read a lot of archaeological publications in English, but since English is not my first language, I think I will mess up a few technical words : archaeological concepts are covered by really precise words in French, and I suppose it is the same in English, so please excuse me if I use a synonym to the terms generally used in archaeology.
( This way please )
question by
I would really like to learn more about archeology in cities. They're building a new library here and they're letting the archaeologists in to do some work before they start building. What do archaeologists look for, and what's it like with a really short turn around time?
I will answer to this prompt for France and Japan only. If you have any knowledge of the situation in other countries, please feel free to write another article, in this community or in your own journal.
Since I know more about French legislation than about Japanese one, I will present the situation in France in the most detailed way possible, and then highlight the differences that can be found in the Japanese system.
I read a lot of archaeological publications in English, but since English is not my first language, I think I will mess up a few technical words : archaeological concepts are covered by really precise words in French, and I suppose it is the same in English, so please excuse me if I use a synonym to the terms generally used in archaeology.
( This way please )
berangere Hello Community !
I have been wondering lately what we could do for the "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth" event, andtrouble , in the history community, pointed to this really interesting project hosted by dingsi : collect -and answer to- frequently, and not so frequently, asked questions about a subject. It started with questions about Germany and now deals with a bunch of various subjects. I may be participating in the French prompt, hosted by snakeling , but I thought we may host one here too !
So let me introduce you to
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth
Frequently-Or-Not-So-Frequently-Asked-Questions about Archaeology !
That's easy : you leave a comment here with
- a question you always have wanted to ask about archaology
OR
- a topic you always have wanted to explain to the world.
It can be anything, as long as it has a link with archaeology. I think even archaeology in fiction works as literature or cinema should be OK. Always wanted to understand C14 dating ? Think that Dreamwidth needs to know about de Han dinasty of China ? Need a bibliography about a certain topic ? Want to know how to determine if a patella is a right one or a left one ? Just propose a prompt.
Then go read the comments to browse the prompts and reply to the one(s) you would like to answer to, saying you'll propose an answer.
I'll edit this post with the list of subject proposed and of prompts.
To make things easier, please use [prompt] and [taken] in the subject of your comment.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth will begin on April the 25th, so the entries will have to be posted from this date and for three weeks. You can post your entries in this community to make it a little livelier or/and in your own journal. If you prefer not to post / crosspost to this community, be sure to comment here with the link to your article on your journal, and I'll update this post with a direct link.
Even if it is supposed to last only three weeks, I'll go on updating this post if people go on proposing answers to the questions asked.
I really hope this event will be as successful as it seems to be on the other areas concerned !
List of prompts and articles
legislation : preventive archaeology requested bytrouble
⇒ France and Japan cases, written byberangere
archaeometry : the use of other sciences in archaeology, requested byyvi
⇒ archaeology and molecular biology, written byberangere
⇒ archaeology and its use of other sciences, written byberangere
archaeology in fiction : favourite and least favourite depiction of archaeology, requested bysnowynight
⇒ article waiting for you opinions !
physical anthropology : sex diagnosis from skeletons, requested byvacillating
⇒ article written bymarshtide
⇒ article written byossamenta
physical anthropology and archaeozoology : studying dead things, requested bylilmoka
⇒ article written bymarshtide
buildings archaeology : the use of archaeology in the study of architecture, requested bysbrackett
ETA 25th of April :
A community has been created for the ones who do not want to post their articles on their own journal :fonsfaq
I think I'll crosspost everything I'll write, for a better accessibility to everyone on Dreamwidth.
I have been wondering lately what we could do for the "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth" event, and
trouble , in the history community, pointed to this really interesting project hosted by dingsi : collect -and answer to- frequently, and not so frequently, asked questions about a subject. It started with questions about Germany and now deals with a bunch of various subjects. I may be participating in the French prompt, hosted by snakeling , but I thought we may host one here too ! So let me introduce you to
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth
Frequently-Or-Not-So-Frequently-Asked-Questions about Archaeology !
That's easy : you leave a comment here with
- a question you always have wanted to ask about archaology
OR
- a topic you always have wanted to explain to the world.
It can be anything, as long as it has a link with archaeology. I think even archaeology in fiction works as literature or cinema should be OK. Always wanted to understand C14 dating ? Think that Dreamwidth needs to know about de Han dinasty of China ? Need a bibliography about a certain topic ? Want to know how to determine if a patella is a right one or a left one ? Just propose a prompt.
Then go read the comments to browse the prompts and reply to the one(s) you would like to answer to, saying you'll propose an answer.
I'll edit this post with the list of subject proposed and of prompts.
To make things easier, please use [prompt] and [taken] in the subject of your comment.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth will begin on April the 25th, so the entries will have to be posted from this date and for three weeks. You can post your entries in this community to make it a little livelier or/and in your own journal. If you prefer not to post / crosspost to this community, be sure to comment here with the link to your article on your journal, and I'll update this post with a direct link.
Even if it is supposed to last only three weeks, I'll go on updating this post if people go on proposing answers to the questions asked.
I really hope this event will be as successful as it seems to be on the other areas concerned !
List of prompts and articles
legislation : preventive archaeology requested by
trouble ⇒ France and Japan cases, written by
berangere archaeometry : the use of other sciences in archaeology, requested by
yvi ⇒ archaeology and molecular biology, written by
berangere ⇒ archaeology and its use of other sciences, written by
berangere archaeology in fiction : favourite and least favourite depiction of archaeology, requested by
snowynight ⇒ article waiting for you opinions !
physical anthropology : sex diagnosis from skeletons, requested by
vacillating ⇒ article written by
marshtide ⇒ article written by
ossamenta physical anthropology and archaeozoology : studying dead things, requested by
lilmoka ⇒ article written by
marshtide buildings archaeology : the use of archaeology in the study of architecture, requested by
sbrackett ETA 25th of April :
A community has been created for the ones who do not want to post their articles on their own journal :
fonsfaq I think I'll crosspost everything I'll write, for a better accessibility to everyone on Dreamwidth.
Neolithic Marathon
Apr. 12th, 2011 11:34 amberangereHello Community !
For those of you who live in England and wondered what to do on May the 1st, they organize a NEOLITHIC MARATHON ! Yes, a NEOLITHIC MARATHON !
First I thought that you would have to run in neolithic attires or maybe you would have to visit the most neolithic sites you can in one day. In fact it's just a cross country marathon but it's between the stone circle of Avebury and Stonehenge !
It seems to be really well organized, here is the website dedicated to the event.
For those of you who live in England and wondered what to do on May the 1st, they organize a NEOLITHIC MARATHON ! Yes, a NEOLITHIC MARATHON !
First I thought that you would have to run in neolithic attires or maybe you would have to visit the most neolithic sites you can in one day. In fact it's just a cross country marathon but it's between the stone circle of Avebury and Stonehenge !
It seems to be really well organized, here is the website dedicated to the event.
How to make bamboo tools with stone tools
Apr. 10th, 2011 04:40 pmberangereHello Community !
I would like to point you at this (in my opinion) quite interesting article about the processing of bamboo tools : review at the Southern Methodist University website.
The title of the article is
Bar-Yosef, O., M.I. Eren, J. Yuan, D. Cohen, and Y. Li. 2011 (In Press)
Were bamboo tools made in prehistoric Southeast Asia? An experimental view from South China. Quaternary International.
It seems there is a "lack" of stone implements in the prehistoric cultures of Southeast Asia. One theory to explain this lack is that instead of stone tools, prehistoric humans used bamboo tools.
This study explores if it is possible to create bamboo tools with the resources available in prehistoric times (a.k.a. ... stone tools). And... well, it is possible.
Here is a film of the process for the ones who would not want to read the article : youtube (I can't embed the video)
I would like to insist on the fact this study shows that it is possible to make bamboo tools with stone tools, but does not at all prove that the use of bamboo tools is the reason why we do not find a lot of stone tools in Southeast Asia. It even showed that the bamboo tools are less efficient than stone tools in cutting hide. So, if the prehistoric cultures there had the technology to produce stone tools (that are necessary to process bamboo tools) why would they use less efficient bamboo tools instead of the stone tools they had ?
(And I want to make clear that I consider "because bamboo tools are cool" as a perfectly acceptable answer to this question. It would not be the first time humanity chose to use something less efficient just "because it's cool").
Well, as always, as archaeologists, it seems that once again we may one day find "how". But we will never be able to know "why".
I would like to point you at this (in my opinion) quite interesting article about the processing of bamboo tools : review at the Southern Methodist University website.
The title of the article is
Bar-Yosef, O., M.I. Eren, J. Yuan, D. Cohen, and Y. Li. 2011 (In Press)
Were bamboo tools made in prehistoric Southeast Asia? An experimental view from South China. Quaternary International.
It seems there is a "lack" of stone implements in the prehistoric cultures of Southeast Asia. One theory to explain this lack is that instead of stone tools, prehistoric humans used bamboo tools.
This study explores if it is possible to create bamboo tools with the resources available in prehistoric times (a.k.a. ... stone tools). And... well, it is possible.
Here is a film of the process for the ones who would not want to read the article : youtube (I can't embed the video)
I would like to insist on the fact this study shows that it is possible to make bamboo tools with stone tools, but does not at all prove that the use of bamboo tools is the reason why we do not find a lot of stone tools in Southeast Asia. It even showed that the bamboo tools are less efficient than stone tools in cutting hide. So, if the prehistoric cultures there had the technology to produce stone tools (that are necessary to process bamboo tools) why would they use less efficient bamboo tools instead of the stone tools they had ?
(And I want to make clear that I consider "because bamboo tools are cool" as a perfectly acceptable answer to this question. It would not be the first time humanity chose to use something less efficient just "because it's cool").
Well, as always, as archaeologists, it seems that once again we may one day find "how". But we will never be able to know "why".
(no subject)
Apr. 8th, 2011 09:23 amsteorraHi, this is my first post here. I subscribed to this community a while ago but then forgot about it until berangere's recent post.
Someone linked me to an interesting article recently about apparently-respectable evidence for humans in North America before the Clovis period that had been the earliest confirmed date:
Humans in North America earlier than thought.
berangere's recent post.Someone linked me to an interesting article recently about apparently-respectable evidence for humans in North America before the Clovis period that had been the earliest confirmed date:
Humans in North America earlier than thought.
berangereHello Community !
This is several days old, but I discovered it today, randomly browsing random archaeological pages : Ikea Instructions to build your henge
I really liked it, so I thought I should share.
This is several days old, but I discovered it today, randomly browsing random archaeological pages : Ikea Instructions to build your henge
I really liked it, so I thought I should share.
The archaeological week in Japan
Jan. 31st, 2011 10:26 amberangere Hello community !
Sadly this place is not really active, and even though I thought I could post regularly... I did not.
As I may have mentionned I am in Japanese archaeology so it is easier for me to keep up to date with archaeology in this part of the world than with archaeology elsewhere.
So have a quick overview of the archaeological week in Japan :
January the 26th
The municipality of Mukō in Kyōto is struggling with a difficult decision.
Excavations conducted before construction works that would have made a primary school earthquake-safe unearthed what clearly is a part of the Nagaoka palace.
Nagaoka has been the capital of Japan from 784 to 794 and what has been found on the primary school ground is the West Palace (the capital included a bunch of palaces for the different administrative services).
A number of associations of citizens, researchers, and even cultural offices have asked the city for a preservation of the site.
The problem is that the 700.000.000 yens contract for the works has already been decided, and that during the discussions, the children have their lessons in temporary buildings in the school playground, that are not earthquake-proof at all.
The city is trying to find a way to conduct the works without damaging the underground, preserving the site this way.
( Japanese source )
January the 27th
The castle of Sekinotsu (16th century, Sengoku period) in the prefecture of Shiga may have had a watch tower.
Excavations have been conducted on the site of this castle since 2009 and they cover an area with a strong gradient : the main house seems to have been on a place 103 meters high, storage buildings on a place 109 meters high.
What is thought to be a watchtower is on a 118 meters high plane square ground of 13 meters of side. There were two buildings of 4x4 meters and 4x5,2 meters.
It can't be cocluded that those buildings were destined to warfare, because the artifacts found on this ground is quite eclectic, including a high number of cups and bottles for alcohol. It may have been a watchtower, but also a sort of theatre or of hall of reception.
This site brings us a lot of informations about the intern organization of a castle during Sengoku period.
( Japanese source )
January the 27th
We can take an exam and obtain a licence in archaeology on the net !
I wrote to ask if it was OK to take the exam from abroad but they replied only this morning. Since the VISA registrations are already closed, I'll have to take it on May...
January the 27th
Vestiges of a tsunami that hit Kobe in the Edo period have been discovered. It has to be one of the two tsunamis created by the Nankai earthquakes of 1707 (mag. 8,6) or 1854 (mag. 8,4).
We had no written reportds of this tsunami (even though with have some for other cities that have been striken) and it prooves the waves can reach Kobe during Nankai earthquakes.
( Japanese source )
January the 28th
The prefecture of Hyogo holds an exposition concerning the excavations conducted between 1998 and 2008 (21 sites). It explains the archaeological process, from the discovery to the excavations planification, including preservation and restauration of the sites.
The exposition presents 340 important artifacts, including wooden false teeth of Edo period (18 and 19th centuries), and other discoveries from Kofun period (6-7th centuries) and the end of Yayoi period (4th century).
( Japanese source )
January the 29th
The city of Shirakawa opened an inquiry about the use of public money concerning the attribution of excavations contracts.
It seems even in Japan fraudulent use of public money can happen
( Japanese source )
That's all for this week. I can't swear I'll do this every week, but I'd be glad to hear about things that occured in your field of specialisation.
Sadly this place is not really active, and even though I thought I could post regularly... I did not.
As I may have mentionned I am in Japanese archaeology so it is easier for me to keep up to date with archaeology in this part of the world than with archaeology elsewhere.
So have a quick overview of the archaeological week in Japan :
January the 26th
The municipality of Mukō in Kyōto is struggling with a difficult decision.
Excavations conducted before construction works that would have made a primary school earthquake-safe unearthed what clearly is a part of the Nagaoka palace.
Nagaoka has been the capital of Japan from 784 to 794 and what has been found on the primary school ground is the West Palace (the capital included a bunch of palaces for the different administrative services).
A number of associations of citizens, researchers, and even cultural offices have asked the city for a preservation of the site.
The problem is that the 700.000.000 yens contract for the works has already been decided, and that during the discussions, the children have their lessons in temporary buildings in the school playground, that are not earthquake-proof at all.
The city is trying to find a way to conduct the works without damaging the underground, preserving the site this way.
( Japanese source )
January the 27th
The castle of Sekinotsu (16th century, Sengoku period) in the prefecture of Shiga may have had a watch tower.Excavations have been conducted on the site of this castle since 2009 and they cover an area with a strong gradient : the main house seems to have been on a place 103 meters high, storage buildings on a place 109 meters high.
What is thought to be a watchtower is on a 118 meters high plane square ground of 13 meters of side. There were two buildings of 4x4 meters and 4x5,2 meters.
It can't be cocluded that those buildings were destined to warfare, because the artifacts found on this ground is quite eclectic, including a high number of cups and bottles for alcohol. It may have been a watchtower, but also a sort of theatre or of hall of reception.
This site brings us a lot of informations about the intern organization of a castle during Sengoku period.
( Japanese source )
January the 27th
We can take an exam and obtain a licence in archaeology on the net !
I wrote to ask if it was OK to take the exam from abroad but they replied only this morning. Since the VISA registrations are already closed, I'll have to take it on May...
January the 27th
Vestiges of a tsunami that hit Kobe in the Edo period have been discovered. It has to be one of the two tsunamis created by the Nankai earthquakes of 1707 (mag. 8,6) or 1854 (mag. 8,4).
We had no written reportds of this tsunami (even though with have some for other cities that have been striken) and it prooves the waves can reach Kobe during Nankai earthquakes.
( Japanese source )
January the 28th
The prefecture of Hyogo holds an exposition concerning the excavations conducted between 1998 and 2008 (21 sites). It explains the archaeological process, from the discovery to the excavations planification, including preservation and restauration of the sites.
The exposition presents 340 important artifacts, including wooden false teeth of Edo period (18 and 19th centuries), and other discoveries from Kofun period (6-7th centuries) and the end of Yayoi period (4th century).
( Japanese source )
January the 29th
The city of Shirakawa opened an inquiry about the use of public money concerning the attribution of excavations contracts.
It seems even in Japan fraudulent use of public money can happen
( Japanese source )
That's all for this week. I can't swear I'll do this every week, but I'd be glad to hear about things that occured in your field of specialisation.
berangereThere is an interesting conference tomorrow in Dublin National Museum.
An anthropologist will explain how they reconstructed the face of a man of Iron Age, found in a bog.
This is an interesting story, there is an article about it in the independent.
The text of the article under a cut :
I found it really interesting, bogmen are quite fascinating, aren't they ? I mean, they tell us so much more than we are accustomed to hear. We can even know what they ate before they were killed !
But I must say I grinned at the
"When he saw the image, my brother rang and said, 'Ned, he is the image of my wife's cousin in the Midlands'. And it's true, he could be around today "
part... ＊holy cow, do you mean we are physically identical to persons who lived in the Iron Age ? That's absolutely incredible !!!!!!!!!＊
Well, that's something we often hear from people visiting expositions, aren't we ? "That's incredible, they look like us". Yes Sir, yes. They do.
Is anybody lucky enough to be able to attend the conference ?
ETA: Sorry about the mess with the cuts, it did not work at the two first tries, and and don't know how to remove the cuts...
An anthropologist will explain how they reconstructed the face of a man of Iron Age, found in a bog.
This is an interesting story, there is an article about it in the independent.
The text of the article under a cut :
( I always fear they remove the articles after a period of time... )( Read more... )
But I must say I grinned at the
"When he saw the image, my brother rang and said, 'Ned, he is the image of my wife's cousin in the Midlands'. And it's true, he could be around today "
part... ＊holy cow, do you mean we are physically identical to persons who lived in the Iron Age ? That's absolutely incredible !!!!!!!!!＊
Well, that's something we often hear from people visiting expositions, aren't we ? "That's incredible, they look like us". Yes Sir, yes. They do.
Is anybody lucky enough to be able to attend the conference ?
ETA: Sorry about the mess with the cuts, it did not work at the two first tries, and and don't know how to remove the cuts...
Follow Friday!
Oct. 22nd, 2010 02:30 pmberangereHey, community !
Let's have a community-related Follow Friday !
For those unaware of the phenomenon, each Friday, Dreamwidth asks us to share links to the communities, journals and feeds we would like to recommend to others.
「Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. 」
There is a community dedicated to it here :followfriday
It helped me finding communities when I registered on Dreamwidth, but it seems that recently, there are less people participating.
Entries tagged 「followfriday」 or 「follow friday」 can be consulted on their own "latest things" page here.
Let's have an archaeology-related Follow Friday !
Of course, there is no need to recommendarchaeology to its own members, but there is also archaeology_weekly that is dedicated to archaeology news. It seems it is currently on hiatus, but you never know !
Our archennemies historians also have a community :history and since Dreamwidth is a place of peace and love, they seem to be OK about articles dealing with archaeological books too !
middle_ages is about... middle ages. It is not yet really active.
Well, that's all I have for communities, any recommendations ?
Here are a few RSS feeds. I love the fact I can read feeds on DW so I registered quite a bunch of them, and I discovered some that were previouly registered too.
First, there are the two ones I already wrote about a few weeks before :![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png)
am_anthropologi_asso_feed and eurekalert_archaeo_feed
But my collection grew since that time :
sc_d_fossils_ruins_feed It is Science Daily's 「Fossils and Ruins」 section's feed. There is a feed only for archaeology, if anyone prefers. Since I was also interested is reading the paleontology news, I only registered the more global one.
archaeology_in_eu_feed deals with news about archaeology in Europe.
And there isstone_pages_news_feed I already linked to in another entry.
10_century_europe_feed is a blog about middle ages, dealing with really various subjects, from caroligian nuns food habits to Christopher Lee's latest album...
bc_vintage_feed is also a blog about archaeology.
For people interested in costumes and re-enactment, here are two blogs :
medieval_silkwork_feed and cathyscostumeblog_feed
And for those of us who are in academy, I strongly recommendacademy_of_words . This is a wonderful place where you can cry about your overload work, the fact your supervisor seems to have left for another planet (or at least a country with ＊no Internet＊), about the university, about the bus, about the food, about anything related to your academic work. It also have a daily "word-count" post, where you can say to everybody on Earth you managed to write a chapter... or despair that you did not manage to...
Let's have a community-related Follow Friday !
For those unaware of the phenomenon, each Friday, Dreamwidth asks us to share links to the communities, journals and feeds we would like to recommend to others.
「Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. 」
There is a community dedicated to it here :
followfriday It helped me finding communities when I registered on Dreamwidth, but it seems that recently, there are less people participating.
Entries tagged 「followfriday」 or 「follow friday」 can be consulted on their own "latest things" page here.
Let's have an archaeology-related Follow Friday !
Of course, there is no need to recommend
archaeology to its own members, but there is also archaeology_weekly that is dedicated to archaeology news. It seems it is currently on hiatus, but you never know !Our archennemies historians also have a community :
history and since Dreamwidth is a place of peace and love, they seem to be OK about articles dealing with archaeological books too ! middle_ages is about... middle ages. It is not yet really active.Well, that's all I have for communities, any recommendations ?
Here are a few RSS feeds. I love the fact I can read feeds on DW so I registered quite a bunch of them, and I discovered some that were previouly registered too.
First, there are the two ones I already wrote about a few weeks before :
am_anthropologi_asso_feed and eurekalert_archaeo_feed But my collection grew since that time :
sc_d_fossils_ruins_feed It is Science Daily's 「Fossils and Ruins」 section's feed. There is a feed only for archaeology, if anyone prefers. Since I was also interested is reading the paleontology news, I only registered the more global one.archaeology_in_eu_feed deals with news about archaeology in Europe.And there is
stone_pages_news_feed I already linked to in another entry.10_century_europe_feed is a blog about middle ages, dealing with really various subjects, from caroligian nuns food habits to Christopher Lee's latest album...bc_vintage_feed is also a blog about archaeology.For people interested in costumes and re-enactment, here are two blogs :
medieval_silkwork_feed and cathyscostumeblog_feed And for those of us who are in academy, I strongly recommend
academy_of_words . This is a wonderful place where you can cry about your overload work, the fact your supervisor seems to have left for another planet (or at least a country with ＊no Internet＊), about the university, about the bus, about the food, about anything related to your academic work. It also have a daily "word-count" post, where you can say to everybody on Earth you managed to write a chapter... or despair that you did not manage to...berangere Tirnony Dolmen (North Ireland) will be the object of rescue excavations following the partial collapse of its capstone.
It seems that it is a rare fact in Ireland, where dolmens are preserved more than excavated, and the excavation will only take place before the dolmen is restored in its original shape and closed again.
The evolution of the excavations can be followed on a blog here.
There is an article talking about it here.
And the link to Stone Pages RSS Feed for DW here.
On the same thema, I'd like to also point to this article.
It deals with the fact dolmens were hidden in the landscape.
This is really interesting because I have always been taught of dolmens as a way to revendicate the soil where they were built, a way to create links with the land, and a way to tell *other tribes* 「hello, this is OUR land (please, go away, thanks)」.
But it is true that most of the dolmens were, at that time, hidden in an artificial hill, and may not have been landscape markers as evidently as they are thought to be today (does this sentence make any sense ?). It's a 「modern eyes bias」, as, for example, the 「white marble」 idea that we generally have of Greek temples, while they were heavily coloured...
Landscape archaeology is really interesting.
It seems that it is a rare fact in Ireland, where dolmens are preserved more than excavated, and the excavation will only take place before the dolmen is restored in its original shape and closed again.
The evolution of the excavations can be followed on a blog here.
There is an article talking about it here.
And the link to Stone Pages RSS Feed for DW here.
On the same thema, I'd like to also point to this article.
It deals with the fact dolmens were hidden in the landscape.
This is really interesting because I have always been taught of dolmens as a way to revendicate the soil where they were built, a way to create links with the land, and a way to tell *other tribes* 「hello, this is OUR land (please, go away, thanks)」.
But it is true that most of the dolmens were, at that time, hidden in an artificial hill, and may not have been landscape markers as evidently as they are thought to be today (does this sentence make any sense ?). It's a 「modern eyes bias」, as, for example, the 「white marble」 idea that we generally have of Greek temples, while they were heavily coloured...
Landscape archaeology is really interesting.
ChicagoJournals - Current Anthropology
Oct. 12th, 2010 10:59 amberangereI was reading a piece of news about Neandertal and the article linked to the Chicago Journals site.
Some of the articles published in 「Current Anthropology」 can be downloaded for free !
For exemple, here is an article about the theory that north-american "clovis" culture was terminated by a meteoritic impact. You can read it online or download the .pdf version.
(I don't know anything about north-american prehistory, so I thought it was an interesting article, even if I do not like the fact they wrote "12.9 ka" instead of 12.900 years... I can't visualise the time span if all the zeros are not on...)
Some of the articles published in 「Current Anthropology」 can be downloaded for free !
For exemple, here is an article about the theory that north-american "clovis" culture was terminated by a meteoritic impact. You can read it online or download the .pdf version.
(I don't know anything about north-american prehistory, so I thought it was an interesting article, even if I do not like the fact they wrote "12.9 ka" instead of 12.900 years... I can't visualise the time span if all the zeros are not on...)
Tokyo National Museum
Oct. 9th, 2010 04:49 pmberangereHello,
This community is not really active. I am not sure of what we could talk about myself, but I thought I could post something and see if the community awakes.
Since I am in Japanese archaeology, I'd like to inform people that the Tokyo National Museum has an English-language website.
You can visit it here.
And here is the webpage for the archaeological collections.
This community is not really active. I am not sure of what we could talk about myself, but I thought I could post something and see if the community awakes.
Since I am in Japanese archaeology, I'd like to inform people that the Tokyo National Museum has an English-language website.
You can visit it here.
And here is the webpage for the archaeological collections.
Archaeology related Feed
Sep. 10th, 2010 06:37 pmberangereHello, I joined today, and added this feed to the list : http://eurekalert-archaeo-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
I thought some people here may be interested too, it displays random news about archaeology around the world.
(I also added this one : http://am-anthropologi-asso-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile but it is more related to general anthropology : it's American Anthropology Association's website)
(I'm pretty sure there is a way to make the links appear prettier, but of course I do not know it >__<)
(I'm not sure either of what I am doing with the tags)
I thought some people here may be interested too, it displays random news about archaeology around the world.
(I also added this one : http://am-anthropologi-asso-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile but it is more related to general anthropology : it's American Anthropology Association's website)
(I'm pretty sure there is a way to make the links appear prettier, but of course I do not know it >__<)
(I'm not sure either of what I am doing with the tags)
greenwitchArchaeologists have discovered a second henge at Stonehenge, described as the most exciting find there in 50 years.
The circular ditch surrounding a smaller circle of deep pits about a metre (3ft) wide has been unearthed at the world-famous site in Wiltshire.
Archaeologists conducting a multi-million pound study believe timber posts were in the pits.
Project leader Professor Vince Gaffney, from the University of Birmingham, said the discovery was "exceptional".
The new "henge" - which means a circular monument dating to Neolithic and Bronze Ages - is situated about 900m (2,950ft) from the giant stones on Salisbury Plain.
Rest of the Article @ BBC
