Just to prove me wrong April 4, 2008
Posted by argotnavis in Archaeology, News.Tags: Sweden, treasure
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This BBC story (it's currently hovering between 4th and 5th most read — See? People are interested in archaeology!) demonstrates one of those rare times when archaeologists actually do find a hoard of ancient treasure. That's not why it's an exciting find, obviously, but I thought I'd point it out, since I said this just yesterday. I checked out the Swedish National Heritage Board's web site, and did manage to find the press release for this story, but it's mostly meaningless to me, since I don't speak Swedish. It's pretty short, so I imagine there's not a lot there that isn't in the BBC story. There are some neat pressbilder (hey, that's the same in German!), though.
And next, on "Things You Never See Indiana Jones Doing" April 3, 2008
Posted by argotnavis in Archaeology, News.Tags: Americas, Clovis, Indiana Jones, treasure
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Contrary to popular belief, most of the things archaeologists find and are interested in are not shiny treasures (although those are often interesting) or magical religious artifacts. No, archaeology is often a study of things people throw away or, well, this BBC article from today will fill you in. I'll probably check out the actual paper at some point. Interesting stuff, though.
