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July 2014 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« on: July 06, 2014, 01:56:18 pm »
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

Interesting ‘reinterpretations’ of assorted Renaissance works:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/5/5873013/renaissance-paintings-come-to-life-as-animated-gifs

On Robbie Burns’ ‘mystery editor’:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28109392

A 1776 ‘tweet’ purchased by a collector:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10946948/1776-American-independence-tweet-bought-by-collector.html

Feature on the British Museum’s reading room:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/allanmassie/100075526/the-british-museums-reading-room-should-be-a-monument-to-the-history-of-the-book/

Feature on Titian’s Danae:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/after-almost-500-years-titians-danae-still-makes-you-blush/2014/07/01/6367416e-013a-11e4-8fd0-3a663dfa68ac_story.html

Figuring out who the girl with the pearl earring was:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140701-who-was-the-mysterious-girl

Clamping down on ivory trade in New York:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/arts/design/law-to-impose-tough-limits-on-sales-of-ivory-art.html?ref=design

More on archaeoastronomy:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140623092326.htm

A bit out of our period, but a soldier’s camera from the battle of the Bulge (with pics!) has been found:
http://petapixel.com/2014/07/01/soldiers-camera-photos-battle-bulge-found-foxhole-70-years-later/?utm_content=bufferdd35b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

That vandalized Monet from while back has been restored and returned to public view:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28105836

Latest reinvention/application of old math:
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-19th-century-math-tactic-makeoverand.html

Studying whaling log books:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140630094648.htm

No DNA evidence for Bigfoot:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/jul/02/genetics-evolution-dna-analysis-yeti-sasquatch-bigfoot-zoology-primates

They’re analyzing the DNA of Otzi’s clothes:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/p-hfm062714.php

3d printing hand axes:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/29/5855256/3d-printing-stone-age-hand-axes

Using Ramen spectroscopy on inks:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/06/Raman-Technique-Identifies-Ink-Molecules.html

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Re: July 2014 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2014, 03:40:17 pm »
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Napoleon and Josephine’s wedding certificate is coming to auction:
http://artdaily.com/news/71386/Napoleon-and-Josephine-s-marriage-certificate-for-sale-at-Maison-Osenat-in-Paris

The British Museum gets in the World Cup spirit:
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/07/13/world-cup-match-of-the-day/

On the ‘strategic’ side of archaeology:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/07/08/archaeology-as-vital-us-strategic-interest/

Weirdness in the Amazon:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-fantasy-life-of-tatunca-nara-in-the-amazonian-rainforest-a-978594.html#ref=rss

Big bucks for a Botticelli drawing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28241733

Cezanne painted a lot of apples:
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/10/330159592/for-paul-cezanne-an-apple-a-day-kept-obscurity-away

On old maps:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/09/digital-public-library-maps_n_5549723.html

The history of invisible ink:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/10940173/Prisoners-Lovers-and-Spies-The-Story-of-Invisible-Ink-from-Herodotus-to-Al-Qaeda-by-Kristie-Macrakis-review-disappointing.html

Questioning daVinci:
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-da-vinci-wrong-experts-friction.html

Wanna buy a library:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/10946649/For-sale-the-3m-library-that-time-forgot.html

P.N.Furbank has died:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/arts/p-n-furbank-biographer-of-e-m-forster-dies-at-94.html

The techy side of amber:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709140201.htm

A Torah-writing robot:
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-robot-torah-berlin-jewish-museum.html

Some apocalyptic climate events:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/four_apocalyptic_weather_events/29863887

A technique to date copper and bronze:
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-voltammetry-microparticles-date-archeological-artifacts.html
 cf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201404522/abstract;jsessionid=D5F472B313D4E5A8E77A02D85E2D2468.f01t01 (abstract)

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Re: July 2014 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2014, 07:39:05 pm »
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Interesting feature on the history of olive cultivation:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/61ee463e-0b3a-11e4-9e55-00144feabdc0.html

Feature on the development of watches:
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/07/17/through-time-the-history-behind-your-watch/

Nice price for a Napoleonic War letter:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-28371622

… and for the first printed book in English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28344300

On the ‘Alexandra Limp’ fad:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28357269

Interesting essay on Renaissance art and forgeries (sort of):
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/07/art/beyond-the-relic-cult-of-art

Reconstructing (online) Charles Darwin’s Beagle library:
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-historian-re-constructs-charles-darwin-beagle.html
cf: http://darwin-online.org.uk/BeagleLibrary/Beagle_Library_Introduction.htm

Photo essay on some megaliths:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/photographs-of-mysterious-megaliths-180951790/

Pondering a 112-year-old ham:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28299440

More on not finding bigfoot:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/science/bigfoot-and-yeti-as-elusive-as-ever.html?ref=science

Ronald Youngblood has died:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jul/20/tp-ronald-youngblood-worked-on-translation-of/

... as has James MacGregor Burns:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/us/james-m-burns-a-scholar-of-presidents-and-leadership-dies-at-95.html

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Re: July 2014 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2014, 10:16:48 pm »
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Trying to identify some silent films:
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/26/334898306/silent-film-fans-make-some-noise-to-help-id-forgotten-treasures?sc=17&f=1008&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

For those following plague outbreaks:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/07/24/334440738/shades-of-the-middle-ages-the-plague-popped-up-in-china-and-colorado

On women and dogs in Neolithic times (not sure where to put this one):
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dogs-and-women-140718.htm

Merge tennis and cricket?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28237387

More on reconstructing Darwin’s Beagle library:
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-historian-re-constructs-charles-darwin-beagle.html

Review of J. Luzzi, *My Two Italies*:
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/02/327797351/an-elegant-thoughtful-exploration-of-life-in-two-italies?sc=17&f=1008&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

On the genetics of cavities and implications for research into human diet:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140723110409.htm
cf http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1790/20140586 (abstract)
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1790/20140586.full (Full text)

3D imaging of a Paleolithic child’s skull suggests trauma and possible brain damage:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140723141714.htm
cf http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0102822 (full text}
Several deaths to report...

Bel Kaufman:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/arts/bel-kaufman-up-the-down-staircase-writer-dies-at-103.html?ref=arts

Thomas Berger:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/books/thomas-berger-little-big-man-author-is-dead-at-89.html?ref=books

Paul B. Harvey:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/centredaily/obituary.aspx?n=paul-b-harvey&pid=171840259

Klaus Schmidt:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3184647/posts

Amnon Rosenfeld:
http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/2014/07/fel388023.shtml

Rebecca Vanel:
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/07/19/art-history-prof-remembered-wit-warmth-intelligence/

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