Author Topic: April 2013 Archeology - Miscellaneous (Read 1144 times)

Aisling · « **on:** April 07, 2013, 11:41:52 am »

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Some quibbling about William Herschel’s titulature:
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-sir-william-herschel-incorrectly-honored.html

On preserving terracotta warriors and making music in the lab:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i13/Preserving-Terra-Cotta-Soldiers-Making.html

An image of the Loch Ness Monster in a medieval manuscript?:
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/03/loch-ness-monster-found-at-british-library.html

Looking at Vesalius’ marginalia:
http://news.yahoo.com/margin-notes-shed-light-renaissance-anatomy-masterpiece-015813457.html

Feature on the ‘real’ paleo lifestyle:
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/april/17-paleomythic-how-people-really-lived-during-the-stone-age#.UWF-KDctejg

Nice article on photographing Dura Europos in the 1920s and ‘30s:
http://www.ajaonline.org/article/930

Review of Andrea Stuart, *Sugar in the Blood*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/books/review/sugar-in-the-blood-by-andrea-stuart.html?ref=books

Review of Jonathan Sperber, *Karl Marx*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/books/review/karl-marx-by-jonathan-sperber.html?ref=books

Thomas McEvilley has died:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/arts/thomas-mcevilley-critic-and-scholar-of-non-western-art-dies-at-73.html?ref=design

Aisling · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2013, 01:43:26 pm »

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Interesting scanning technique applied to a restored Roman fresco:
http://www.livescience.com/28632-airport-scanning-fresco.html
cf. for some important missing details from the press coverage:
http://rogueclassicism.com/2013/04/13/ancient-roman-hidden-under-fresco-maybe-maybe-not/

A rather silly dispute with conservation overtones:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/owners-bar-built-16th-century-shipwreck-told-paint-190423520.html

Analyzing old patent medicines:
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-patent-medicine-remedies-museum.html

... and we’re still learning about scurvy, apparently:
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-humanities-medicine-combine-reveal-secrets.html

Suggestion that Shakespeare may have been a ‘humble schoolmaster’ at one point:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22064636

An image of John Keats is coming to auction:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=61834#.UWq9s0otejh

... as is a 17th century hymnal:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hymnal-dates-1640-could-fetch-30m

On the role of animals in societal evolution:
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-evolving-human-societies-overlook-role.html

On the role of the brain in art:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/opinion/sunday/what-the-brain-can-tell-us-about-art.html?ref=science

Interview with Clive James:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/books/review/clive-james-by-the-book.html?ref=books

The changing focus of history in universities:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/education/in-history-departments-its-up-with-capitalism.html?ref=books

On lab-testing ancient inscriptions:
http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=552

Big bucks for a Picasso:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/for-cohen-a-big-art-deal/?hp

A new word that is gaining currency: de-extinction:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i14/Reviving-Dead.html

WarHorse · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2013, 08:41:10 pm »

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Feature on the ‘real’ paleo lifestyle:
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/april/17-paleomythic-how-people-really-lived-during-the-stone-age#.UWF-KDctejg

Page two of the article is missing, but I agree with everything on page one. This sentence caught my attention:

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A child who goes barefoot will end up with differently shaped feet than one who wore cute tiny sneakers.

I experimented with barefoot running last year and have taken it up again this Spring. My feet have definitely changed shape, becoming wider and thicker. And running is more enjoyable now, without that bone-jarring heel impact.