links for 2007-02-20

• Memorabilia Antonina: Gladiators in Chester – apparently really Tony Keen is less than surprised. (tags: ancient+historyclassicsroman+archaeologyroman+historyclassical+archaeology)

• Pseudo-science and skepticism: How do we know what’s true and accurate? « Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub How do we know Abraham Lincoln lived at all? “We would know for certain if only he were mentioned in the Bible,” one kid quickly said. Oh dear. (tags: scepticismreligionantisciencepseudoscienceethics)

• Times Online – A Don’s Life – WBLG: Gladiators in Chester – and Afghanistan More gladiators, this time from Mary Beard. (tags: classicsclassical+archaeologyroman+archaeologyroman+history)

• Hot Cup of Joe: Development of farming compared and contrasted between two regions: the Tehuacan Valley in Mesoamerica and the Levant in the Near East Why do people start farming when they could have just wandered around having a good time? (tags: archaeologyneolithictheory)

• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ending in sight for hedgehog cull There’s a future for Uist’s hedgehogs, but not on Uist. (tags: scienceecology)

• Practice of farming reaches back farther than thought Has someone fed ancient chillies to UC’s press department? They’re really on form at the moment. (tags: archaeology)

• The mysterious case of Columbus’s silver ore Is this evidence of a Renaissance scam? (tags: archaeologyhistorical+archaeologygeology)

• Notes Archive: Whither blogging? Meta blogging on rigour and blogging (tags: philosophyacademiablogging)

• virtual philosopher: Can You Do Philosophy on a Weblog? More on rigour and blogging. (tags: philosophyacademiablogging)