Prehistory & Archaeology

Prehistory & Archaeology

This section is for my pieces about different parts of prehistory, including archaeological method & theory, scholarship, original research and open questions.

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Breakdown - Oldest Pyramid in the World? Sadly Not.

A new paper on the megalithic site of Gunung Padang & when archaeology becomes a cargo-cult

Nov 7 •

Stone Age Herbalist

So You Want To Be An Archaeologist? - Typology

Lithics, Classification, Tool Cultures, Chaîne Opératoire, Acheulean & Levallois

Oct 6 •

Stone Age Herbalist

The Māori Genocide of the Moriori

The Māori Musket Wars, the invasion of the Chatham Islands and its aftermath

Sep 28 •

Stone Age Herbalist

The Return of 'Dynastic Race Theory'?

Genetic results from Egypt may resurrect some old and unwelcome ideas

Sep 22 •

Stone Age Herbalist

So You Want To Be An Archaeologist? -Dating Methods

Relative vs absolute dating with a focus on radiocarbon dating

Aug 23 •

Stone Age Herbalist

The First Humans in Europe

Hominins, Neanderthals and the humans before the Aurignacians

Jul 23 •

Stone Age Herbalist

So You Want To Be An Archaeologist?

The Many Roads To The Past - Academia, Commercial, Amateur

Jun 6 •

Stone Age Herbalist

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