http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog we are all archaeologists now ... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:41:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was my weblog on all things archaeological. It ran for a couple of years between June 2003 and October 2005. As well as a commentary on items in the archaeological news, it was a way I found to explore aspects of our contemporary archaeological way of thinking - a kind ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=300 Fascinating website of photographs found undeveloped in old cameras - [Link - westfordcomp.com] Camera c 1947. (Thanks again to Sam (Schillace) for this link.) http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=287 Press release from the Ministry of Culture in the UK UK National Museums Get New Powers To Return Human Remains Nine national UK museums, including the British Museum and the Natural History Museum, have this week acquired powers to move human remains out of their collections as the Government brought section 47 ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=247 Abram (Stern) has put me on to the recent Boing Boing link to photos of the rotting Jesusland built by Jim Bakker. Illicitohio.com spcializes in urban exploration in and around Ohio, photographing abandoned buildings and structures. They have a gallery devoted to “Heritage USA” and the PTL Club - 2000 acres ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=286 Steve Mithen of Reading University is in the news again about his forthcoming book - another on cognitive archaeology and evolution. The BBC have picked up on his argument about neanderthals, language and symbolic behavior [Link] Prof Mithen thinks the cave- dwellers would have enjoyed the rhythms and sounds made by ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=215 The touring exhibition of the wonderful photographs of Edward Burtynsky reaches the Cantor Arts Center today and runs till September 18. Nickel tailings #30 - Sudbury, Ontario Like Gursky, [Link] Burtynsky works in large format - the pictures are up to 5 feet across. His subjects are envrionmental impacts. Great holes in ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=269 Rome Risonanze Oscure Dark Resonances We are at the Colosseum, the Flavian Amphitheatre - me, Nick (Kaye) and Gabriella (Giannachi). It is 10pm. Across the street beneath the temple of Venus we have been looking at flickering images of what look to me like archaeological sediments projected into the foundation arches, behind the protective ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=270 It has taken me too long to get round to reading Charles Redman’s great book Human Impact on Ancient Environments - Arizona, 1999. I came to the book because of the upcoming exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, of the photographs of Edward Burtynsky - they foreground massive environmental impacts. ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=282 As I prepare for a month of fieldwork along Hadrian’s Wall in the UK and north into Walter Scott country, never mind the rock art and superbly preserved agricultural landscapes, I came across a new attraction at Alnwick Castle, the fabulous medieval border stronghold owned by the Duke and Duchess ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=283 Had lunch with Ralph Maurer today. He researches organizational behavior and is interested in how people get attached to what they make, the ideas they have and such, and how this attachment may lead them to manage work and intellectual property without reference to economic gain. Economic relationships are embedded in ... http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks/weblog/?p=229