Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Spring has almost sprung here in North Dakotaland. I walked home last night without alerting the National Guard that I was outside alone and in casual winter garb. More than that, there was standing water on sidewalks this afternoon and slippery ice last night (yes, I did fall). So we’re almost out of woods.

As we celebrate the annual rite of thaw and prepare for next week’s writers’ conference, peruse some quick hits and varia:

• Despite being an archaeologist, I am still fascinated by really old artifacts.

• A strange review of a strange movie.

• Qatar gives Sudan a bunch of money to preserve its archaeological heritage.

• Lessons from the Little Ice Age.

• This has to be the worst road plan (from an archaeological perspective) of all time.

• More security at Pompeii.

• Lawrence of Arabia’s camp in Jordan.

• Icons and Modern Art.

• Small museums.

• Abandoned border checkpoints.

• Ugly.

• This story of archaeology and late capitalism never seems to end.

• This is odd and lovely.

• The rise of citation analysis (a pdf).

• I’m not sure whether this is a joke or Wu-Tang being Wu-Tang.

• Well, this is depressing for ole Wilmington, Delaware, but it would be safe from zombies.

• What I’m reading: P. Halstead, Two Oxen Ahead: Pre-Mechanized Farming in the Mediterranean. (2014).

• What I’m listening to: Lightnin’ Hopkins, The Herald Recordings.