May 2012 Archeology - Miscellaneous

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Audio News from Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/co...ews29apr12.mp3

Archaeology is more than digging in the dirt:
https://asunews.asu.edu/20120430_Smithpaper

So you want to be an archaeologist:
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/advice/...rchaeology.htm

… and a reminder that it can be dangerous work:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/201...mercer-county/

Feature on Dolce of Worms and her elegy:
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Judais...aspx?id=267586

The causes (maybe) of Lenin’s death:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1477258.html

A teen caught a mistake with a map at the Met:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1477094.html

Pondering the accuracy of DaVinci’s anatomy drawings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17907305

Related … a pricey (but interesting) DaVinci-related iPad app:
http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=55137

Interesting feature on how ‘unknown artists’ are identified:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=55133

On linking names to activities/personalities (in this case, Godel):
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...a-name-part-3/

What we can learn from dental plaque:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0502184838.htm

Review of Steven Nadler, *A Book Forged in Hell*:
http://www.tnr.com/book/review/book-...-steven-nadler

Review of Faramerz Dabhoiwala , *The Origins of Sex*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/bo...um-of-sex.html
Benzion Netanyahu has died:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/wo...es-at-102.html

…as has John Wacher:
http://www.sal.org.uk/obituaries/johnwacher

… and Norman Fruman:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/bo...ies-at-88.html

… and Robert Miles Parker:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/ar...vationist.html

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Audio News from Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/co...news6may12.mp3

On the DNA front, horses were domesticated first in the Ukraine, some
6000 years b.p.:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17943974

MicroCT scanning in archaeology:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-redefin...eological.html

Interesting 19th century slide collection has been rediscovered:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-exeter-...tten-19th.html

It’s that time of year when folks start yakking about recreating some lost
beer … this time it’s from an 1840s shipwreck:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird...151115415.html

Was Jack the Ripper a woman?:
http://news.discovery.com/history/ja...an-120511.html

On eating corpses for medicinal purposes:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...-Medicine.html

DaVinci had problems with the female reproductive system:
http://news.discovery.com/history/da...rt-120508.html

The Guardian features one of Ben Jonson’s poems:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012...eek-ben-jonson

The Graphic Canon looks interesting:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/...oons/?mod=e2tw

A cultural history (of sorts) of breasts:
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/10/on_t...ry_of_breasts/

I think we mentioned this archaeology-as-social science thing last week … here’s a link to the journal article abstract:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/20...14109.abstract

A loophole in the curse (note the source):
http://www.theonion.com/articles/loo...he-hook,28124/

Review of Flannery and Marcus, *The Creation of Inequality*:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...241796150.html

Crawford Greenwalt has died:
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/...reenwalt-dies/

...as has Peter Connolly:
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/commu...dies-1-3826414

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Archaeonews podcast 210:
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index....ws-podcast-210

Archaeologica audio news:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/co...ews13may12.mp3

Censoring Erasmus:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47430304...ience-science/

Is there a hidden Titian self portrait in the Martyrdom of St Lawrence?:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-Lawrence.html

Dealing with sulphur and iron compounds in old shipwrecks:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-sulphur...hipwrecks.html

On the utility of studying archaeology:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...d-society.html

Very interesting panoramic photo of the Sistine Chapel (you can move around):
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappel..._vr/index.html

Not sure if we mentioned this ‘plant repropagation’ (32000 years b.p.!) thing a few months ago:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...erian-ice.html

The Victorinator looks like an interesting iPhone app:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-19th-ce...phone-app.html

Jason Ur talks about satellite archaeology:
http://wamc.org/post/dr-jason-ur-har...te-archaeology

Pondering assorted dictators in history:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17990615

Parenting lessons from assorted ancient cultures:
http://news.discovery.com/history/pa...ld-120513.html

Latest (and presumably last) in the Odyssey Marine thing:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...dismissed.html

Dramatizing Caroline Herschel’s astonomical life:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/bl...oline-herschel

More on Leonardo’s anatomy drawings:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...atomy-drawings

On the cultural history of ‘fat’:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-today-l...es-rooted.html

Doug’s latest review of archaeology blogs:
http://dougsarchaeology.wordpress.co...to-look-at-vi/

Review(ish) of Emmet Scott, *Mohammed and Charlemagne Revisited*:
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/18/h...-civilization/

Peter Connolly has died:
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/commu...dies-1-3826414

...as has Crawford Greenewalt Jr.:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/wo...ies-at-74.html

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Latest video news from the Archaeology Channel:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

Latest audio news from Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/AudioNews.asp

Op Ed on the American fascination with powerful/celebrity jerks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/op...y-like-us.html

Ten scandalous authors:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012...n_1524300.html

Queen Victoria’s diaries have been put online:

ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9287970/Queen-Victorias-love-for-her-husband-outlined-in-diaries-made-public-for-the-first-time.html

Interesting profile of forensic guy Philippe Charlier’s work:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-forensi...ate-royal.html

Nice radio programme on archaeology and the media:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/...-media/4017372

Suggestion that Columbus was ‘secretly’ Jewish:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/opinio...ish/index.html

Suggestion that the genetic roots of domestic dogs needs more investigation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/sc...n-obscure.html

On Jewish medical pioneers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/he...nnovators.html

On the far periphery of our purview, but potentially interesting are plans to do DNA tests on a collection of items purportedly associated with Yeti:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18160673

Figuring out why/how copper turns green:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/web/2...en-Patina.html

Pondering Albrecht Durer:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/artic...-endures/26371

Feature on the Amarna Princess:
http://lalettredelaphotographie.com/...orgers-history

Something about Shakespeare:
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4024132.html

Photo feature on the Trevi Fountain:
http://news.discovery.com/history/tr...in-120522.html

An SAA unit on Archaeology for Educators:
http://www.saa.org/publicftp/PUBLIC/...ors/index.html

Last week we had that virtual Sistine Chapel thing … the same folks have done some other sites as well:
http://www.metafilter.com/99196/Site...n-Virtual-Rome

Review of Tom Koch, *Disease Maps*:
http://www.tnr.com/book/review/tom-koch-disease-maps

Review of Roland Chamers, *The Last Englishman*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/bo...-chambers.html

What Drew Gilpin Faust has been reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/bo...-the-book.html

Paul Fussell has died:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/bo...ead-at-88.html

...as has Thomas O’Connor:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/re...osition=recent