Archaeology
Jan 30, 2012
By articleman 
Views : 5 Making Faience
For some mysterious reason, faience--that striking turquoise colored stuff used as fake precious stones in Mesopotamia and Egypt beginning some 5500 years ago or so--has always fascinated me.
Faience tiles ...
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Jan 27, 2012 By articleman Views : 6 Fish Traps and Archaeology
Fish traps, which go by an astounding array of terms, are at least 8,000 years old, and were invented by complex hunter-gatherers all over the world.
Fish Weir off Deer ...
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Jan 25, 2012 By articleman Views : 6 European Paleodogs and Domestication
A couple of articles published in the last month or so have continued the debate as to the earliest domestication of the dog.
Images of the canid from Razboinichya Cave, ...
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Jan 23, 2012 By articleman Views : 12 Mongooses in Iberia
Mongooses (Herpestes spp) are kind of like cats, in that they really never became what you could call domesticated, but they do make great pets. Like cats, they also make ...
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Jan 20, 2012 By articleman Views : 5 25 Centuries of Architecture at Butrint
Butrint, on the coast of Albania across from the island of Corfu, is an astonishing blend of architecture. Founded in the 6th century BC, the strategically important port was owned ...
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