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In Small Things Found: Classification: Lumpers more accurate than Splitters? Some reflections on what dinosaurs can teach us about potsherds
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Monday, September 27, 2010. Classification: Lumpers more accurate than Splitters? Some reflections on what dinosaurs can teach us about potsherds. 1915 Classification of Ceratopsidae by William Diller Matthew. ( Wikicommons. Discussed by Scientific American. This issue has been particularly in the news lately. In your best Sherlock Holmes imitat...
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In Small Things Found: September 2009
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Monday, September 21, 2009. El Mirador - Destroyed by Teotihuacanos? Press reports coming from the El Mirador project are intriguing, to say the least. This will complicate the arguments over the relationships between Teotihuacan and Tikal, and El Mirador and Calakmul. Http:/ in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-42207620090903? Sunday, Sep...
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In Small Things Found: Lost Language Discovered on 17th Century Paper in Peruvian Archaeological Excavation
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Sunday, September 19, 2010. Lost Language Discovered on 17th Century Paper in Peruvian Archaeological Excavation. Press release on the research can be read here. Here's the project website. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Classification: Lumpers more accurate than Splitte. Lost Language Discovered on 17th Century Paper in .
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In Small Things Found: Ancient Poetry and Texts in the Original Languages
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Saturday, October 02, 2010. Ancient Poetry and Texts in the Original Languages. Martin Worthington at Cambridge is spearheading a project. To bring together scholars and record for public listening various Babylonian texts, initially poetry, in the original Akkadian. And the Odyssey in Ancient Greek. Very cool project, glad someone is doing it.
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In Small Things Found: June 2010
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Update - Aztec Ritual Depost and possible "tomb". As noted 2.5 years ago. Mexican archaeologists found a carved slab which they believed covered the tomb of Aztec emperor Ahuizotl. This has not immediately turned out to be the case, as shown in today's presentation of the materials. Sunday, June 13, 2010. I would need t...
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In Small Things Found: April 2010
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Electronic Atlas of Maya Sites: Now on Google Earth. Database of locations and rough size/scale of over 6000 Maya archaeological sites. And now, they have a kmz version for Google Earth. Http:/ mayagis.smv.org/. Thursday, April 01, 2010. Soviet-Era Maya-Themed Playing Cards. Note: one is Moche. View my complete profile.
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In Small Things Found: December 2010
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Weird Archaeology 101: Update on Glenn Beck's Archaeology Lessons. Wesley Lowery of The Columbus Dispatch brings us the behind the scenes. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Weird Archaeology 101: Update on Glenn Becks Arch. French in the Cane River Valley, Louisiana. Mot juste (blog for architectural preservation in Peru).
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In Small Things Found: January 2010
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Sunday, January 31, 2010. Skeleton with East Asian Ancestry Found in Ancient Roman Cemetery. First-century AD skeleton in a Roman cemetery had East Asian ancestry on one side. Neat stuff, and a good reminder that talk about "recent" globalism is somewhat overblown and buzzworded. Cool discovery by a former colleague of mine. Mixtu'ux - Blog of D...
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In Small Things Found: February 2012
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Friday, February 10, 2012. Maya 2012 Apocalypse - Upcoming Lecture I'm presenting. So, this is happening. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Maya 2012 Apocalypse - Upcoming Lecture Im presen. French in the Cane River Valley, Louisiana. Mixtu'ux - Blog of David Anderson, a Tulane Archaeologist Working in Yucatan. Port Tobacco Archaeological Project.
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In Small Things Found: February 2010
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In Small Things Found. Discussion of Archaeological Discoveries. May emphasize Mesoamerica and historical archaeology, but will range to whatever is interesting. Sunday, February 28, 2010. Maya Ruins and Treasure Hunting by Parachute in 1931. Go ahead and read, if you can stand the excitement. Spielberg and Lucas said they based Indiana Jones off of the pulp serials of the 1930s and 1940s. I wonder if they knew how close they were to the respectable headlines of the day. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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