Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2

Subject: RE: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
From: Thompson
Date: 18 Sep 24 - 07:18 AM

All we know is they were able to speak
Really, someone should tell the Neanderthal people who model for those photos to comb their hair!

Subject: RE: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Sep 24 - 07:58 AM

right on!

checking out a site I bookmarked sometime back & forgot about - it's too interesting to ignore

17th c. gallows yields bone pits, revenant and suicide burials

Dig uncovers 200-year-old message in a bottle from archaeologist it was written in 1825.

Edfu temple restoration reveals original inscriptions, colors, gold

Brain and skin remains found in Bronze Age burials

Subject: RE: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Sep 24 - 12:57 PM

I've started reading a book called So Much Stuff by Chip Colwell, and it begins with an analysis of creatures around the world using tools, either opportunistic or crafted, and then into the wide range of humanoid ancestors over the last seven million years and their stone cutting tools. He has references and notes and citations, and from where I am in chapter one I can project that he will soon be talking about modern era archaeology and our looking back at what our ancestors chose to carry around and keep. (I think I bought this via Bookfinder.com, and though Amazon owns Bookfinder, you can still find new and used books much cheaper there because they have charity shop listings and such.)