links for 2007-04-14

• Bad Astronomy Blog » Defacing Mars Apparently the Face on Mars is the Virgin Mary – if you squint. Read the comments for details. Astronomers still claim it’s just a rock. (tags: astronomypseudoscienceantisciencemars)

• ABZU Bibliography: Free Book on Archaeological Computing ABZU beat me to linking to a free e-book on Archaeological Computing. They have the details. (tags: archaeologycomputingGIS)

• Science of the Invisible: If Robert Scoble can beg, so can I Media celebrity Alan Cann (he’s quoted at length in this week’s THES), asks for reviews on iTunes. I don’t want people to say what they think about my podcasts though. I want GOOD reviews. (tags: bloggingpodcast)

• In search of settlements « Testimony of the spade Here’s a question that often gets asked: “How do you know where to dig?” Magnus Reuterdahl writes on his survey for settlements in Sweden. (tags: archaeologysurvey)

• SNAIL’S TALES: Why the herons are tame in Florida With a photo of the unluckiest heron in the world, trailing the one man who’ll keep the snails for himself. Aydin Orstan reports on a serious problem for Florida’s wildlife (tags: biologyecologyscience)

• Iconoclasm » Ottoman Heritage in Greece Troels Myrup asks how you preserve the remains of the Turkish occupiers in Greece. (tags: heritagepoliticsethics)

• Pharyngula: Peter Cushing criticizes the Mummy’s religion When studying ancient history it’s vital that you don’t offend the wrong religions. They have a habit of coming back when you least expect it. (tags: archaeologypopular+culture)

• Bad Archaeology: The Death of Archaeology Scott de Brestian on the looting epidemic. (tags: archaeologyheritageethicslooting)

• Mediterranean Archaeology: Back in business! Hurrah! (tags: archaeologyblogging)

• The Stoa Consortium » First issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly The Stoa on the launch of DHQ, which looks like it could be essential reading. (tags: academiacomputing)