Giants in prehistoric America?
- Friday, 09 May 2014 10:45
Almost every culture has stories about the giants that roamed the distant mists of time. Usually, the culture heroes must defeat them to make the world safe for human beings. So we especially love findings like this!
http://westerndigs.org/earliest-evidence-of-gigantism-like-disease-found-in-3800-year-old-california-skeleton/
Burial Ground destroyed
- Wednesday, 07 May 2014 15:18
Every time we reread this, the sensation of despair grows. What do you think about this?
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Indian-artifact-treasure-trove-paved-over-for-5422603.php#page-1
Turquoise revelations about Anasazi culture
- Friday, 11 April 2014 10:34
The wonderful thing about new technology is the unexpected discoveries that emerge:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/2012-140409-chaco-canyon-turquoise
Children’s book, EYEWITNESS: THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, THE BATTLEFIELD AND CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES
- Sunday, 23 March 2014 08:14
Hi All,
We’ve been finishing up our children’s novel, EYEWITNESS: THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN, 1876, for ages 7-10. It’s been great. We haven’t looked at Doug Scott’s book, ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE LITTLE BIGHORN, for a few years, and it’s been a delight to be back in that world. When Doug headed up the excavation at the battlefield in Montana, the archaeology amplified and helped to explain the historical record–which is archaeology at its best. As we head for the 140th anniversary of the Little Bighorn battle, it’s good to remind ourselves why it happened and the results of the battle. The Little Bighorn forever changed America and the lives of the native peoples.
We hope you and your children enjoy it! And most of all, we hope it helps you learn something about the impact of what is perhaps America’s best-known Native American/White battle.
Bison and Books
- Saturday, 08 March 2014 07:00
Hi All,
When the autopsy of the 9,000 year-old bison recently discovered in Russia is finished, we should know a great deal more about North American bison. We hope the scientists particularly look for “Bos Taurus” or “beef” genes in this bison. It is inevitable that bison and aurochs (the ancestor of modern beef) were freely cross-breeding in Russia at this time, and that some of the genes being classified as beef genes in bison today, actually date to the beginning of the Holocene. The parasite study will also be interesting.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2572020/Autopsy-9-000-year-old-bison-reveal-parasites-plaguing-ancient-animals.html
Also, don’t forget to register for the Book Giveaway of PEOPLE OF THE WOLF at Goodreads. Only two days left to register:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/860979.People_of_the_Wolf?from_search=true
Hope you win!
Mike and Kathy