It’s not unusual to see Greece featured in the archaeology headlines. Last weekend, a team of researchers released a claim about 700ky old archaeological remains near Megalopolis in the Peloponnese, which would nearly double the age of the oldest archaeology in the country, and which would be among the oldest archaeology in all of Europe.…
Exploring complexity and self-organization with a simulation tool
Note: In March and April 2023, I completed a Visiting Researcher Fellowship at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark. I reworked, refined, expanded, and much improved, I think, RGBCatastrophe, my computer simulation tool for exploring, teaching, and thinking about complexity and self-organization. Here I give a preview of the latest…
Curse of Oak Island Archaeology Update: Is there a 900 year old well on the island, and are there relics in the Blob?
Two of the new arrivals on Season 10 of Curse of Oak Island (COOI) are the stone well down by the shoreline that the team claims is 900 years old, and what the team are calling The Blob, an area near the garden shaft that is supposed to be the source of the gold and…
Curse of Oak Island Archaeology Update: A good look at Zena Halpern’s map of Oak Island
Zena’s map has made a lot of noise on The Curse of Oak Island (COOI) so far. Its authenticity has been debated both on the show and in fan communities. It has guided part of the work done by the COOI team. Today I’d like to take a good, close, long overdue look at it.…
The Capuchins of Pedra Furada: Did non-human primates create the oldest known stone tool assemblages in Brazil?
For several decades now, Brazilian sites like Pedra Furada have claimed archaeological material dating back as far as 30ky ago. That would be about double the age of the oldest securely dated archaeological material in the Americas. I’ve commented on these sites before. My opinion so far is that the assemblages could very well have…
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