On the importance of context
Well, it looks like National Geographic have been busy reading ‘Introduction to Archaeology’, because they’ve finally clicked as to the importance of context – although I don’t quite think they’ve […]
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Dear National Geographic Channel (UK)
If you have visited my blog recently you will have heard about the recent rage-inducer that is ‘Nazi War Diggers’. I posted up a quick rant yesterday, which in the […]
Nazi War Diggers
Dear National Geographic Channel, For producing a show with the “quest to hunt for relics and bodies”, I present to you this: Leaving these individuals buried and unidentified is a […]
HEA: Human Remains
Last week I attended a workshop ‘Using human remains in teaching and practicing archaeology: Intercultural perspectives’ at Bradford University. This was a follow-on workshop from last year’s ‘Using human remains […]
#mythesisinoneflowchart
Self-explanatory.
Breaking News Nine: March 1st – March 14th
Soz for the week out. The selection of links below includes all from the past week as usual and then just the highlights from the previous week (otherwise this round-up […]
PCR (no, not Ponies Conducting Reseach)
You’ve probably heard a bit about ancient DNA – it’s been in the news a lot recently. DNA (or deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used […]
Penny Darlings
[Update: The response to Penny Darlings has been rather unexpected. One a scale of one to GIF, I’m about here: As a result of the level of interest in this […]
Deathsplanation 