links for 2007-04-22
Science of the Invisible: Take a byte of a del.icio.us trend Alan Cann interviewed in the THES (tags: academiateachingblogging)
New A-level spec – archaeology The Portable Antiquities Blog points to the new Archaeology A-level specifications. It looks like an interesting course to take, but also a lot of hard work to teach. (tags: archaeologyteaching)
Truthdig – Reports – Hail and Farewell: the End of the American Empire Via Bread and Circuses, America is the New Rome according to Gore Vidal. (tags: classicspolitics)
remote central: New Rule May Help Native American Tribes Reclaim Artifacts More on the tussle over who owns ancient remains and artefacts. Not being familiar with North American archaeology, it presents a huge opportunity to stick my foot in my mouth. (tags: archaeologyethics)
Notes Archive: The duty of inquiry Is it defensible to believe everything will be alright if you don’t know better? What if you take steps to ensure you don’t know better? (tags: philosophyethics)
SNAIL’S TALES: Pay your taxes, you thieves! There’s no escape from the IRS! (tags: what_the…?)
Bad Archaeology: Terrorist Targets, Tehran Try Tablet Tussle Can artefacts be held as hostages if you really don’t like the owner? Some people are attempting to seize ancient tablets unless Iran pays a fine for backing terrorists. No news yet on what fines will be imposed on the USA for backing terrorists in Iran. (tags: archaeologyheritageethicspolitics)
Conference papers Papers from a recent conference on The Portable Antiquities Scheme at the British Museum are going online at the Portable Antiquities Blog. (tags: archaeologyheritage)
The Cranky Professor: Reburying Roman Remains Reburial without protest. I’ve no idea what the context of the bones was. (tags: archaeologyclassical+archaeologyroman+archaeologyethics)
Red State Rabble: Discovery Calls Police on Student Protesters at SMU It turns out the debate isn’t what the Discovery Institute want after all. (tags: politicsreligionantisciencepseudoscience)
Central Archaeology Group: The Archaeological Process in Ontario There are no uniform preservation laws, so archaeological practice can vary a lot between places. Here’s the view from Ontario, Canada. (tags: archaeologyheritage)
Digital History Hacks: Luddism Is a Luxury You Can’t Afford William J. Turkel on the need to make technology invisible. In defence of the Luddites, they wanted compensation for people put out of work by technology and the opportunity to retrain. They targetted the machines of employers who refused this. (tags: computingacademia)
Higgaion » This “top biblioblogs” thing Chris Heard on people using Amazon UnSpun to chart Biblioblogs. It looks like a potentially fruitful source of bickering. (tags: blogging)
Free will, law & the brain « Neurophilosophy The Neurophilosopher reports that you may have less free will than you think as he reports on a crossbow bolt in the head as a cure for anti-social behaviour. (tags: neurosciencephilosophy)
Northstate Science: Creationist Irrationality Fronts For A Psychological Need Interesting comments on why some people feel such a need for Creationism. It makes sense, Creationism leads to the notion of a place for everyone – though the next step would be that everyone should stick to their place. (tags: creationismantisciencepseudosciencepsychology)
History On Trial: Holocaust Education in the UK: False rumors lead to internet hysteria Deborah Lipstadt on the recent Holocaust Denial Flap in the UK, and why things aren’t as bad as they might first appear. It’s not something to be taken lightly, but nor is it as bad as many people fear. If I get time I’ll add a bit more about the social c (tags: historypoliticseducation)
History On Trial: The UK report on teching about the Holocaust More from Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denial or otherwise in English schools. (tags: historypoliticseducation)
Realtime Photorealistic 3D Environments at Past Thinking A few years back I seriously considered if it was possible to render the Acropolis in Doom or Quake for cheap 3D visualisation. Tom Goskar thinks that the day is getting closer that you’ll be able to wander round ancient sites. I don’t know about zapping (tags: archaeologycomputingGIS)
Copán: City of the Mist K. Kris Hirst on the famous Mayan city. It’s a site that I’d love to visit. (tags: archaeologyamericas)
Zenobia: Empress of the East: More Uppity Women: the 4 Julia’s (Part IV) Behind every great man… Zenobia explores the history of four women who wielded power. (tags: classicsroman+history)
Zenobia: Empress of the East: More Uppity Women: the 4 Julia’s (Part IV) … continued Zenobia continues to explore the history of four women who wielded power. (tags: classicsroman+history)
Water to the Arctic « Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub If water flows down and the Arctic is up, then how does water get to the arctic? Ed Darrell receives a question which would have stumped me, and writes about Geographic Illiteracy. (tags: education)
APOD: 2007 April 20 – Pantheon Earth and Moon The Pantheon is the greatest building in Rome. (tags: astronomyarchaeologyroman+archaeologyclassical+archaeology)
The Cranky Professor: Pantheon Tales The Pantheon IS the greatest building in Rome (tags: archaeologyclassical+archaeologyroman+archaeology)
Orbis Quintus » Voynich Manuscript on Flickr The Voynich Manuscript is an oddity. I think hoax is a harsh word. It is a stunning work of the imagination. Badger points to the Flickr pages where you can see it in all its glory. (tags: art)
JSTOR: American Journal of Archaeology: Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 445 The Calendar of Cos. Requires a subscription alas. (tags: archaeoastronomyclassicsgreek+historygreekastronomy)
JSTOR: Journal of Hellenic Studies: Vol. 36, p. 134 Apollo and St Michael, Some Analogies. Also requires a subscription. Includes details about Apollo Sminthios. (Apollo the Mouse-Killer) (tags: ancient+historyclassicsgreek+history)
Benutzer:Tlustulimu/Monatsnamen in verschiedenen Sprachen – Wikipedia A useful list of old Greek months. (tags: greek+historygreekcalendars)
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