Christine Finn wrote an excellent article for the Guardian “excavating” the mantelpiece at her parents’ house. This is the mantel in my apartment, sitting above a malfunctioning gas heater that serves as the only source of heat. I thought about creating a flickr group collecting mantelpiece photos, but it looks like someone already did, citing [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘contemporary archaeology’
May 24, 2008
The Great Abandonment
Cleveland, Ohio
“Explaining the ‘Great Abandonment’ has proven to be a challenge…The evidence for warfare, the widespread abandonments, and the subsequent settling of vacated regions by these nomadic peoples were considered to be compelling evidence. The arguments, however, have not held up to scrutiny.”
Cleveland, Ohio
“The trash deposits in the midden show that the initial abandonment was [...]
May 7, 2008
Borderlands Archaeology
A few days ago I came across some images posted by one of the right-wing vigilante border patrol groups of the trash that is left behind by people crossing the US/Mexico border. This is just one of the many perceived affronts by what many people consider an invading force–their own ancestry be damned.
When I was [...]
