Vidi VIII

In the field

A report on a lost civilisation found in the jungles of Peru, the Chacapoyas. They seem to be rediscovered on a fairly regular basis, but they’re still fun. From the Baltimore Sun.

The problems of having a journalist on site at your dig is reported in About.com and A Very Remote Period Indeed.

B.F.E. is writing a blog about his field school in Egypt.

If you want somewhere more exotic, Past Horizons has details about a field school in Mongolia. I’d go there in a heartbeat if I could. Mongolia is probably full of stacks of interesting stuff. Roman Times has one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites in its report on Petra and the Nabateans, including information about where you can get CC licenced photos.

Heritage and Damage

You’d be miffed too. Photo from Wikipedia.

Magnus Reuterdahl at Testimony of the spade writes on the damage to Sweden’s heritage from forests and looting.

Martin Rundkvist, Aardvarchaeology, has battle damage on the Djurham Sword that he excavated earlier this year.

Derek Fincham reports that the Lewis Chessmen may all be pawns in the latest political rumble between Scottish and British governments.

David Gill has more on the PAS funding fiasco. If you haven’t heard one of the greatest archaeological success stories of the past decade is having its funding cut. Find out what you can do to help fight that.

Archaeoporn in contrast is looking at the creation of ancient heritage in modern times. It seems if you offered Jesus’s finger’s 12 for the price of 10, someone would buy them.

Misc

The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World heralds the new Cardiff University Centre For Late Antique Religion & Culture.

Skeptico has a nice entry on the relationship between claims and evidence. Not strictly about the past, but handy to bear in mind.

That completes that and I got through it all without mentioning the MacBook Air. Why would someone pay $1000 more for a machine that does less? I know it weighs 2lbs less, but has no-one heard of salad?