Washington’s Boyhood Home Is Found
July 2, 2008
NYT > Science
Researchers say the remains of the farm in Virginia may yield insights into George Washington’s formative years.
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Uncovering Evidence of a Workaday World Along the Nile
June 30, 2008
NYT > Science
A new excavation sheds light on the living and working spaces of ordinary Egyptians.
Happiness is rising around the world
June 30, 2008
Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money / BJS
People in most countries around the world are happier these days. read more
On the "Darwin Year" [Evolving Thoughts]
July 2, 2008
ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed / John S. Wilkins none@example.com
Readers may be somewhat surprised that Evolving Thoughts hasn't made much of the Darwin bicentennial and the Origin sesquicentennial so far. Well, I haven't needed to, given the number of other folk making hay from this.
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Christian Lander, anthropologist of Stuff White People Like
July 3, 2008
L.A. Times - Entertainment News
How did archaeologists find half a million artifacts at George Washington’s boyhood home?
July 3, 2008
OTB News
Archaeologists announced on Wednesday that they had unearthed George Washington’s boyhood home at a site not far from Fredericksburg, Va. Over the course of a seven-year excavation, the researchers found more than 500,000 artifacts.
[NEWS FOCUS] ARCHAEOLOGY: Preserving Iraq's Battered Heritage
July 3, 2008
NetWatch / Andrew Lawler
Archaeologists have feared for Iraq's unique archaeological treasures since war began 5 years ago. Now, despite continued unrest, a team returning from southern Iraq bears surprisingly good news.Author: Andrew Lawler
Sewall Wright and migration
July 3, 2008
John Hawks Anthropology Weblog / John Hawks
DavidB at Gene Expression continues his wonderful series on Sewall Wright with a detailed post on the population genetics of migration.
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How did archaeologists find half a million artifacts at George Washington's boyhood home?
July 3, 2008
Slate Magazine / Jacob Leibenluft
Archaeologists announced on Wednesday that they had unearthed George Washington's boyhood home at a site not far from Fredericksburg, Va. Over the course of a seven-year excavation, the researchers found more than 500,000 artifacts.
Texas Archaeological Dig Challenges Assumptions about First Americans [News]
July 3, 2008
Scientific American
FLORENCE, TEX.--"Look at that--isn't it gorgeous?" Sandy Peck asks as she rinses dirt from a flaked stone about the length and width of a pinky finger. Peck runs a hose over soil on a fine-mesh screen, prodding at stubborn clods of clay with a muddy glove.
Britain's first shopping centre found - and it's 1,800 years old
July 2, 2008
Telegraph News | Top News
One of Britain's very first shopping centres has been unearthed by archeologists in a Welsh field.
The footprint of Washington's house at Ferry Farm
July 2, 2008
Newsweek Society
Excavating the long-sought remains of Ferry Farm.
Grisly Human Sacrifice Revealed at Syria Dig
July 2, 2008
Discovery Channel :: News :: Homepage / Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Around 4,000 years ago, a skilled acrobat was killed ceremonially in what is now Syria.
The "Darwin Year"
July 2, 2008
The Panda's Thumb / John S. Wilkins
Following on from Wesley Elsberry's post, readers may be somewhat surprised that Evolving Thoughts hasn't made much of the Darwin bicentennial and the Origin sesquicentennial so far. Well, I haven't needed to, given the number of other folk making hay from this.
Ruth Cardoso, Ex-First Lady of Brazil, Dies at 77
July 2, 2008
NYT > Americas
Ruth Vilaça Corrêa Leite Cardoso was a Brazilian anthropologist who carved out a career as one of her country’s most respected intellectuals and feminists.
Archaeologists find silos and administration center from early Egyptian city
July 1, 2008
EurekAlert! - Breaking News
A University of Chicago expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides new information about a little understood aspect of ancient Egypt -- the development of cities in a culture that is largely famous for its monumental architecture.
The Tunguska Mystery 100 Years Later [Features]
June 30, 2008
Scientific American
Editor's Note: This story was originally printed in the June 2008 issue of Scientific American.June 30, 1908, 7:14 a.m., central Siberia--Semen Semenov, a local farmer, saw “the sky split in two.
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Trendiest Dive-Themed Bar Nails a Patron with Meanness [Downtown]
July 3, 2008
Gawker / Sheila
This is exactly the type of shit you won't be missing if you have the blessing of going out of town this weekend: being yelled at by jerks at the trendiest new dive-themed dive bar downtown. This week's culprit: Taavo-Somers designed nautical spot The Rusty Knot, where a tipster went the other night: "My friend picked the bar for her birthday party, so I was obligated to go, despite my usual strategy of avoiding places that get drooling reviews and publicity from New York magazine and the rest.
Archaeologists 'used to destroy heritage'
July 3, 2008
ireland.com Breaking News
Archaeologists working on excavations on the controversial M3 motorway feared they would be "sacked, blacklisted or bullied out of their profession" for not supporting the building of the chosen route, it was claimed today.
3 000 years old clay idols were found at Perperikon.
July 3, 2008
Discover Ancient Bulgaria / Stony Rumelian
Three clay made idols were found just at the first day of the excavation works at Perperikon. These finds are some of the very first objects for the season 2008 at the ancient sanctuary between Haskovo and Kardjali.
Aztec Whistles of Death
July 3, 2008
The Cranky Professor / CrankyProfessor
For years, many archaeologists who uncovered ancient noisemakers dismissed them as toys. Museums relegated them to warehouses. But while most studies and exhibits of ancient cultures focus on how they looked, Velazquez said the noisemakers provide a rare glimpse into how they sounded.
Recreating the sound of Aztec ‘whistles of death
July 3, 2008
Mirabilis.ca / Christine
From CNN: Recreating the sound of Aztec ‘Whistles of Death’. Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand.
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