Archaeologists do it in holes: Tales from the stratigraphy

[mongers]

"Ivory Man" turns out to be "Ivory Woman".

Copper Age grave on Iberian peninsula with massive amounts of ivory grave goods (and wine and cannabis), as well grave offerings several generations afterwards.

Kind of cool grave that I knew nothing about: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-ivory-lady-spain-1.6902157

Once again archaeology student's post-dig evening shindigs contaminant excavation. 

[crazy canuck]

A lake in Ontario is the location of the golden spike identifying the start of the anthropocene in 1952

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-anthropocene-crawford-lake/

[grumbler]

A lake in Ontario is the location of the golden spike identifying the start of the anthropocene in 1952

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-anthropocene-crawford-lake/

Paywalled.  Exec summary?

[crazy canuck]

Sorry, I meant to use a gifted link.  This should work

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/519974dc5e28f762a87fb14c1570523f4fb873adfcfcb945043907ccc3c41650/CNRX7YAMEVFE7N2I6A4EI2KADA/

It is a lengthy article which describes the growing evidence of a new epoch defined by human alteration of the planet, and why the Lake in Ontario helps to make that scientific case by being the best site, of a number considered around the world, for geological evidence of the start of a new age.

One of the things that is striking is how rapid the change has been.

[jimmy olsen]

Evidence of human inhabitation of Brazil at least 25k years ago

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/humans-were-in-south-america-at-least-25000-years-ago-giant-sloth-bone-pendants-reveal

[mongers]

Helping out at the museum festival today, nice afternoon, the place certainly has a fair few good friends, Phil Harding from 'Time Team' is one, he gave an excellent talk apparently, all on his own time and for no fee and was happy to hang around til late chatting with the visitors, a most decent down to earth bloke.

A bit of an archeo-groupie feel amongst some of the staff/volunteers as Alice Roberts is coming in a few days to give a talk about her new book, an 'archaeological novel' set in the ice age. 

[crazy canuck]

Alice Roberts 

[mongers]

Alice Roberts 

She probably gets quite a bit of unwanted or at least over attention from her fans. 

I certainly won't be attending the event.

[crazy canuck]

Alice Roberts 

She probably gets quite a bit of unwanted or at least over attention from her fans. 

I certainly won't be attending the event.

Why not? Her books are brilliant.

[mongers]

Alice Roberts 

She probably gets quite a bit of unwanted or at least over attention from her fans. 

I certainly won't be attending the event.

Why not? Her books are brilliant.

It's really a parents/children event, and I don't do children events at the museum as I can't hear a lot of what they saying.

Yes and I should catch up with her more recent books, 'Buried' looks good and one of its main subjects is 'our' Amesbury archer.

[jimmy olsen]

Genetic analysis seems to indicate that chromosome 2 fused around 800k to 1 million years ago, likely in the common ancestor of sapiens, neanderthals and denisovans.

However, if as John Haws thinks, their benchmark of Homo-Pan divergence is too early, then this fusing could be pushed back by 50%.

https://johnhawks.net/weblog/when-did-human-chromosome-2-fuse/

[viper37]

Alice Roberts 

She was pretty good in the Celts: Blood,  Iron and Sacrifice documentary.

[viper37]

Greek farmer accidently discovers 3400 years old Minoan tomb under olive grove.

[crazy canuck]

Very cool

[The Brain]

Nice. Even the article is old.