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Beer and Archaeology

Now, don't get me wrong. Archaeologists do have a reputation for drinking an ocean of beer at the end of their working day, but that is besides the point. I recently heard about an inventive public archaeology venue, being carried out in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—surely one of the beer-making ca...

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About.co...haeology — November 02

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Environmental Collapse of the Nasca

According to a little press release I received late last week, David Beresford-Jones from the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge has been leading a team investigating the environmental impacts of agriculture on the Nasca civilization in Peru. ...

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About.co...haeology — November 01

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Woolley at Ur

From 1922-1934, archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley excavated at the Sumerian city of Ur, an ancient tell located in what is today very southern Iraq, funded by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ...

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About.co...haeology — November 01

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The Indians of Iowa: A Book Review

Lance Foster is an academic and a member of the Ioway tribe, and beginning in 1996, he started an ambitious web project (now defunct) called Native Nations of Iowa. The Indians of IowaPhoto Credit: Lance Foster and the University of Iowa Press (c) 2009 The project assembled what histories...

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About.co...haeology — October 31

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Archaeology CryptoQuote 8

The effect of spending your life studying the ancient past changes people, in ways that are quite surprising. Today's cryptoquote nails the creation of the archaeological other very well indeed. ...

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About.co...haeology — October 28

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Archaeology and Halloween

Archaeology magazine this month has a special feature on the archaeology of Halloween, witches, witchcraft and all sorts of spooky topics. Lots of online content includes articles on Samhain, the witches of Cornwall, witchbottles, vampires, sacrifices, zombies and curses: Great fun. Don't miss th...

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About.co...haeology — October 27