Lincoln Castle

Lincoln Castle from iStockphoto
I have credits to use up on iStockphoto, so here’s one I downloaded simply because it looked nice. It’s Lincoln Castle, which is an 11th century motte and bailey castle built over the Roman fort of ancient Lindum. The Friends of Lincoln Castle have a nice website with more information

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The cultural landscape of interplanetary space

I’ve been sent this article written by Alice Gorman in February’s edition of the Journal of Social Archaeology after finding it mentioned on Raw Harvest. As will become apparent below, I know very little about Australia despite working with some Australian archaeologists. I remember while digging in Luxembourg Matthew, an Australian archaeologist on holiday, was [...]

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Easter Island Moai

Photo by Mòni
It’s traditional to follow up a post on Stonehenge with a spurious connection. This is a Moai on Easter Island, the most isolated spot on Earth where they had a sky. Just like Stonehenge. If I ever write my alternative archaeology book then I’ll make a big deal of that.
The tale of Easter [...]

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Which Stonehenge?

A couple of summers ago I designed a module for the Interdisciplinary Science course, called Powers and Prophets. The brief I was given was “Do a module about Stonehenge, It has to have Physics, Geology and Archaeoastronomy in it with some Archaeology.” It was a fun, if intense experience as the course was to be [...]

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Segesta Tempio

Segesta temple from the inside
A photo from my trip to Sicily. I thought the photos had been biased towards prehistory and so this makes a nice change. This is Segesta Temple in western Sicily. It looks like a Greek temple. In fact it’s a native temple as Segesta was an Elymian city. There’s been a [...]

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Something, somewhere, has gone terribly wrong

I see this has been listed on the Carnival of Bad History. Visitors from there might find the first posting on How Art Made the World useful.
I saw Episode II of How Art Created Made the World on cave art and the invention of the image and I felt a bit guilty about running down [...]

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Archaeology Japanese Style

Photo by Wiru-Sensei
No other information on the photo alas and I know next to nothing about Japanese archaeology, so I’ll just leave a link to Jomon Japan.

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It turns out throwing someone in a lake and seeing if they sink is a scientific test after all

Johann Hari (full article available for free at his site) has written a column on the new pseudo-science including noting that forthcoming film “What the Bleep Do We Know?” makes a variety of claims including one that you can walk on water if you believe that you can.
This should be easy enough to test.
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Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill seen from West Kennet
One of my photos today, Silbury Hill. It’s a site near Avebury. It’s a massive prehistoric mound. Beyond that it’s all a bit of a mystery. It’s probably not a burial - at none has been found yet. It has been suggested it’s an observatory. That makes sense until you [...]

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Isn’t Radio 4 Wonderful?

I have a recurring nightmare that I’m turning into my Da. I’ll wake up with a craving to create staved tankards. Nevertheless Radio 4 is a truly wonderful thing.
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