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Capuchin monkeys at 2740 masl during the Last Glacial Maximum? You must be kidding. You have probably confounded this report with Pierda Furada (another contested Early American site in Brazil).
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A brief abstract of the abstract:
"Investigations in the now-submerged cave systems on the Yucatán Peninsula continue to yield evidence for human presence during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Skeletal remains are scattered throughout the caves of Quintana Roo, most representing individuals who died in situ. The reasons why they explored these underground environments have remained
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An easy-to-read press release from the University od Cincinnati:
And a link to the original research paper:
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Now in the news:
but the university web-site is, of course, much more informative:
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Ancient History
A critical assessment of Cheshire's claims, with numerous links for further reading:
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Ancient History
Original paper:
and:
and forum search on Voynich.
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Ancient History
It is really strange what some people choose eat ...
"A couple ate raw marmot believed to have health benefits. Then, they died of the plague."
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Ancient History
FYI, some more stuff on Pakal (beyond journalism and ancient astronauts):
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Ancient History
Khazar-khum Wrote:
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> Ibn Battuta sounds like a real character. I wonder
> if his book is available in English anywhere?
You are kidding, aren't you? Ibn Battuta is still widely renowned as one of the founding fathers of geography/anthropology (at least in Europe). Is it to hard for you to look that up on Wikipedia? You may a
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Ancient History
... after some sort of unspecified radiometric analysis.
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As stated in the article quoted above, Palenque has some 1.3 million visitors per year. This means that you have hardly a chance to see any ruins below all the tourists. Unless you get up very early. You have to be there at sunrise - and then, it is one of the most magical, enchanted places you've ever seen.
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Ancient History
If you have ever wondered about the perils of inbreeding or the existence of incest taboos:
QuoteArchaeogenomic analysis of scarlet macaw bones demonstrates that the genetic diversity of these birds acquired by people in the southwestern United States (SW) between 900 and 1200 CE was exceedingly low. Only one mitochondrial DNA haplogroup (Haplo6) is present of the five historically known haplogr
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The prestigious Gordon R. Willey Lecture 2018 is available online:
Deborah L. Nichols (Dartmouth College)
"Teotihuacan and the Making of a World City" (filmed at Geological Lecture Hall, Cambridge, March 29, 2018).
As these lectures go, it doesn't contain anything new to the specialist, but it is a nice summary of Teo's archaeology (and history of archaeology). Those
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And while we're on it - Science Mag has a nice article on the study of a tzompantli (skull rack) near the Templo Mayor:
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Ancient History
Everyone who has ever been on archaeological fieldwork anywhere knows about the importance of right angles (exactly 90 degrees, no kidding):
So please enjoy and discuss:
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But only using original techniques and materials, please ...
Did you hear of Guédelon Castle in France?
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Humanities
Wow, you tend to get funny - there is an eclipse (not visible to AdBlock users).
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Ancient History
Research differs significantly from the private industry, and punishing scholars whose data base is still incomplete, too coarse-grained, inconclusive or outrightly negative is a really, really bad idea. The problem is that negative or inconclusive results never get published in peer reviewed journals. You can tell your colleagues about this over a drink in a bar, but that doesn't count as p
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Here is another skeptical voice:
If you scroll down long enough to read about M.E. Smith's intented audience, you'll find a veritable who-is-who of Mesoamerican studies.
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Here is another popular report.
I am sorry to say that this is hardly a "mayor archaeological breakthrough". There is nothing in this report which we didn't knew before. It is multi-media hyperbole. "Region more densely settled than previously thought" -yes. Because we have lacked the maps. There can be little doubt that Lidar IS revolutionary - just as radiocarbon d
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Ancient History
The Black Death, which may have killed more than a third of Europe's population during the mid-fourteenth century, was probably not due to spread of rats, but caused by human fleas and lice.
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A new study suggests that an epidemic which killed some 5-8 million people in Mexico was not due to the introduction of smallpox, as has been previously assumed. The real cause might have been the spread of salmonella enterica. As far as I recall, smallpox have probably been introduced by ship-wrecked Spaniards as early as 1511, before the conquerors even formally entered the mainland.
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He was grounded by law and technical problems, anyway:
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Khazar-khum Wrote:
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> Sissi was a somewhat less useless version of
> Diana.
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YMMD - nice thread.
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I agree with Paul's thinking - talking to editors or funding agencies can be really - well, you know: a pain in the ass! It is not a fair game - in the end the guy or girl who has read most of Machiavelli will always win. If you would like to have public support/funding for your research, please be prepared to strech or bend your moral principles (if any) to the extreme. Or to lie straight i
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Humanities
Well, just type "zero maya number" into any search engine and click on "pictures". The most common symbol for zero in the Late Postclassic codices was a stylised shell, but in Classic period inscriptions, more complex "notational" or "head-glyph variants" are used.
Southern Mesoamerica's mathematical system - which logically requires the zero value
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Humanities
Life-size stone replicas of skull racks have been known from Aztec art for a long time. But with the real skulls at their hands, archaeologists can start a whole series of new investigastions.
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