Mobile Archaeology Project

24/12/2023

3500 years ago and same as it ever was.

Ancient Babylonians achieved a practical application of trigonometry that was massively advanced for the time.

11/09/2023

Archaeology done right.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/history/2023/09/10/interpreting-a-rare-find-of-african-american-blacksmith-shop-in-texas/

An Austin-based team used a whole community to interpret what was found in the ground at a 19th-century blacksmith shop.

03/08/2023

26/07/2023

The incredible endeavor in Orkney, Scotland, by hundreds of scholars and volunteers is nearing the end of excavation work. Here’s the introduction to the 2023 season at the Ness of Brodgar, by site director Nick Card.

https://youtu.be/j5f_B_-E-y4

11/07/2023

Archaeologists across the entire world are racing against climate change to record our collective human experience, and the history of life on earth. So many sites are melting into the ocean. Organic artifacts are rotting where they lay on mountaintops and tundra. It’s an exciting time, and a sorrowful one.

05/01/2023

By Jove, I think they’re onto something!! How exciting!

A furniture maker hit upon the meaning of the markings and teamed up with academics to decipher them.

06/12/2022

😂 Big Archaeology. What an eejit. And as a side note - Joe Rogan is a mouthpiece of the Christofascist movement.
“Netflix’s latest documentary series is causing a commotion. Creator/host Graham Hancock is a journalist known for his pseudoscience theories and unsubstantiated historical claims. He’s written several books about his ancient historical thoughts, but with Ancient Apocalypse he wanted to up his game and “overthrow the paradigm of history.” He claimed “big archaeology” wouldn’t look into his claims so he had to make this series himself. Actual archaeologists had some notes.

Although Ancient Apocalypse has been popular on the streaming platform since its premiere in November, many academics are questioning its credibility. The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) penned an open letter to Netflix and ITN, the series’ production company, condemning the show and asking for it to be re-categorized as “science-fiction” rather than “documentary.”

https://www.themarysue.com/archaeologists-petition-to-reclassify-netflix-documentary-as-science-fiction/

11/11/2022

If only it could talk.

A discovery on a beach on Newfoundland's south coast presents a mystery regarding European contact with North America.

03/11/2022

Can’t wait to see it dun (ha)

Standing amid the stunning Scottish wilderness for the past 2,000 years, these mysterious stone structures are a symbol of Scotland’s unique archaeological past. Known as a broch, the exact purpose of these iconic Iron Age ruins is still unknown, however a group of experimental archaeologists beli...

16/09/2022

Brilliant! - another book for the winter reads bookpile.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/viking-textiles-show-women-had-tremendous-power/

06/09/2022

Ah, that bog preservation.

06/09/2022

Yum! Fantastic what we can know- little time capsules.

Neolithic Britons cooked cereals, including wheat, in pots to make early forms of gruel and stew, new research has suggested.

21/07/2022

5th/6th century 😯

The team found 138 graves and a large assortment of artifacts and personal objects

13/06/2022

😁 Reckon they’ll use the new movie to show Indy having any regrets or attempting to make up for his actions in any way? Set in the ‘60s? Yeah, I don’t think so either.

30/04/2022

FBF: Two baby boys, whose bodies were covered in red ochre and buried under a mammoth bone about 31,000 years ago in what is now northeastern Austria, are the earliest known identical twins.

archaeology.org/issues/423-2105/digs/9602-digs-austria-twin-burial

(© OREA ÖAW)

28/03/2022

Congratulations to all!!!

We begin our day with fantastic news!! Last night, the U.S. Department of the Interior officially announced that it has submitted the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on behalf of the United States of America! A 15+ year collaboration among Ohio History Connection, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, federally recognized Tribal Nations with historic ties to Ohio, and a robust team of avid supporters has brought this dream to fruition! From the official announcement:

"This constitutes the official notice of the decision by the United States Department of the Interior to submit a nomination to the World Heritage List for the “Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks"...The nomination was submitted through the U.S. Department of State to the World Heritage Centre of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for consideration by the World Heritage Committee, which will likely occur at the Committee's 46th annual session in mid-2023."

Please join us in celebrating this milestone! To learn more and to help support the cause please visit the links below. Thanks for your support!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/23/2022-06121/submission-of-us-nomination-to-the-world-heritage-list

https://www.ohiohistory.org/hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-nomination-to-unesco-world-heritage-list-will-be-considered-next-year/

NPS photo, fog simmers at Mound City Group.

28/03/2022

Highlighting women’s contributions in Scottish archaeology.

We are Caithness Broch Project. Join us on our journey, as we recreate one of the most dramatic prehistoric monuments ever built - the enigmatic broch of Scotland!

17/03/2022

Yes. All of this.

The children who lived more than 10,000 years ago have been historically understudied, even though they're pivotal for our collective understanding of the species, and how we play and learn, according to researcher April Nowell.