February 2012
150 posts
“Evolution isn’t just a story about where we came from. It’s an epic at the...”
– Ken Miller, “America’s Darwin Problem” (via celadoncity)
“Some days — some years — it’s hard to think of a more apt symbol for Pakistan...”
– Kamila Shamsie on the softer side of Peshawar for New York Times. (via invest2innovate)
“DNA studies do not indicate that separate classifiable subspecies (races) exist...”
– Human Genome Project Announces That “Race” Does Not Exist Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Human Genome Project Announces That “Race” Does Not Exist | NowPublic News Coverage http://www.nowpublic.com/world/human-genome-project-announces-race-does-not-exist#ixzz1k3Ae3Pv3 (via pugsandpaintbrushes)
anthropology and development: a feel good essay →
commonunity:
Given this swiftly changing context, the world of development is increasingly fertile ground for anthropologists seeking to engage with the public sphere in creative ways. Here are two ways that we think anthropology can be put to good use:
1) As new development regimes change people’s lives in unexpected directions, anthropology can help us understand how this situation creates...
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5 Ridiculous Archaeological Frauds (That Fooled... →
Via: Cracked.com
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The SAA president's response to the Spike TV show... →
The Bygone: ameliaelizabeth: Petition: Stop Spike... →
ameliaelizabeth:
Petition: Stop Spike TV from looting our collective past
I’m serious guys, this is really fucking important.
Archaeological sites can only be dug up once. They want to go in with metal detectors, locate ‘treasure’, bulldoze it, and sell it. If there’s an artefact there,…
I’m sure you all got the email from shovelbums, but seriously, this is important to me, and...
Provenience, Provenance, Let's Call the Whole... →
“Provenience: The precise location where an artifact or archaeological sample was recovered archaeologically. Provenance: The detailed history of where an artifact has been since its creation. Take as an example a Roman coin. The provenance of that coin could include its creation in a mint in Italy, its loss in a shipwreck off Alexandria, its recovery by shell divers, its purchase first by an...
Somatosphere: Science, Medicine, Anthropology →
literary-ethnography:
A great website for medical anthropologists.
Archaeological News: Stonehenge Inspired by Sound... →
archaeologicalnews:
Theories about the purpose of Stonehenge range from a secular calendar to a place of spiritual worship. Now, an archaeologist suggests that the Stonehenge monument in southern England may have been an attempt to mimic a sound-based illusion.
If two pipers were to play in a field, observers…
Ancient Olympia Antiquities Museum Is Robbed,... →
archaeology:
Two masked armed robbers tied up a museum guard at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece and made off with dozens of artifacts, authorities said Friday.
Greece’s Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos submitted his resignation after the robbery at the antiquities museum in Ancient Olympia, but it was unclear whether it had been accepted by Prime Minister Lucas ...
franzboas:
every time you tag a dinosaur with #archaeology a baby unicorn dies
I asked my professor if it was possible to get...
sayitlikeitisdamnit:
You are a brave sir or madame.
“Dear everyone who works as a professional archaeologist or consultant in the...”
– -a formerly disgruntled archaeologist
(just don’t take any jobs I want)
“basically what archaeologists do is dig through people’s shit…and sometimes it’s...”
– my eloquent archaeology professor (via justthetwoofusacrosstheuniverse)
“Landscapes are culture before they are nature; constructs of the imagination...”
– Landscapes and Memory, Simon Schama (1995: 61)
“Culture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough, what it hides, it...”
– Edward Hall, The Silent Language (via connectnothing)