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Category Archives: Archaeology
Citizen Science Musings: The Amateur Anasazi Archaeologist
Richard Wetherill (1858 – 1910) lived in Colorado where his family owned a ranch. But Wetherill was more than just another cow puncher. He had an active interest in the history and culture of the various Native American tribes in the region and was on good terms with many members of various tribes. Continue reading
Ancient Egyptian Dentistry
The work shows intricate gold work around the teeth. This mummy was found with two donor teeth that had holes drilled into them. Wires were strung through the holes and then around the neighboring teeth. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, History of Science, Invention
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Citizen Science and the Genius of Crowds
We have mentioned many of the examples found in the article, but I recommend it in any case because it serves as a good review article, i.e., an article that summarizes the state of the art of crowdsourced science. Continue reading
Did Sunstones Help Vikings Find Their Way to North America?
The enigmatic sunstone appears as an extra navigational aid in an Icelandic saga featuring a sailor called Sigurd who, frustrated by the weather, holds a sunstone aloft to locate the sun and so set his ship’s course. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, General Interest
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Citizen Science Musings: Science and History
History, like science, matters. I particularly enjoy it when one can serve the other, as in a new study in the UK that seeks to track a herd of wild goats that comprise the UK’s oldest known herd of wild animals. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Biology, Citizen Science Musings, Wildlife
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Citizen Science “Old School.” Very Old School.
This may not fall strictly into a kind of citizen science that most people would recognize as such, but it is still a rather interesting example of “crowd sourcing” data collection. Zooniverse has been at the forefront of setting up all kinds of programs for citizen scientists to get involved in everything from nature observations to selecting potential targets for space probes. Now they are going back into the past with a new project using volunteers to help read ancient Greek papyri. Continue reading
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UK Amateur Archaeologists to Excavate Medieval Mill
The Coquetdale Community Archaeology Group, a group of amateur archaeologists in the UK have received funding to attempt to excavate a lost cloth mill from the 13th Century. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Breaking News
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