Showing posts with label Archaeology and the media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeology and the media. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

How archaeology is distorted by Science magazine and the National Geographic Society

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The public has a lot of interest in archaeology, and new finds and discoveries are often in the news. Sometimes the press reports outlandi...
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Sunday, February 4, 2018

Why I am skeptical about the new Maya LiDAR results from NGS

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New Tikal LiDAR map I am skeptical about the hype surrounding the recent press release from the National Geographic Society about th...
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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Getting into the journal Science through the back door

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Well, since I can't seem to get myself into the journal Science as an author (see my post on my second Science rejection , and one on my...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Keeping archaeology safre from vampires, dung, and twisted animal bladders

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Vampires:  I just had a journal insist that my co-authors and I tone down some of our wording in a paper. Jason Ur, Gary Feinman and I wi...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Science type 1 vs. Science type 2

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In a previous post, Rejected by Science!, I identified two different concepts of science in archaeology. Archaeological science type 1 is t...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Television shows celebrate looting

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This is an excerpt from an email sent to SAA members by President Fred Limp: "Late last week the SAA Board was informed that there...