“Conflict archaeology in a galaxy far far away.” In 2013 I wrote an essay about the archaeology of Star Wars. In it, I explored the extant remains of ‘Tatooine’ in Tunisia as being archaeologically valid in the 'real' world. I suggested that they are ‘culturally significant imaginings’, an extension of the more traditional archaeology of ‘culturally... Continue Reading →
The Lars Homestead ‘igloo’, home to the Skywalker clan. Image courtesy of Rä di Martino “These are not the ruins you’re looking for!” In 2012 Italian photographer Rä di Martino spent more than a year wandering the desert towns of Morocco and Tunisia, on her journey she came across the curious remnants of another world… ‘A long... Continue Reading →
Material and Tools I thought it would be nice to illustrate the tools. Since I gathered everything I used, expect some unnecessary doubling. As you can see, most of them are "nice to have objects" rather than necessities ... also, welcome to the non-authentic tool collection for home use! ToolsC. Girotto 2020, CC BY-SA 3.0... Continue Reading →
This month I am diving in to my love of Halloween and having a lot of fun extending beyond the usual 'Halloween Week'. It's great.However, since 1987, October has also been Black History Month in the UK and as much as I enjoy Halloween, I also want to acknowledge this annual opportunity to reflect and... Continue Reading →
After we have explored the more technical part...now on to the fun part: What garments were worn? Clothing of the Woman from Borum Eshøjby L. Larsen, CC-BY-SA-2.5 Well, we don’t really know. Since no complete garment has survived from the Bronze Age we have to work with analogies and the most contemporaneous evidence available to... Continue Reading →
Since I made a (slightly sarcastic) 'Cultural Marxist' satirical confessional video, I've seen a small dribble of lost Likes, Follows and Subs across Archaeosoup's Social Media (about 20 people so far), accompanied by what I refer to as various 'loud leaving' comments and messages. These are typically insults and pearl clutching comments along the lines... Continue Reading →
It is so important to regularly stop and examine of the truths we carry with us every day. That familiar sack of behaviours, received wisdom and lessons-learned may have served you well so far, but is there something weighing you down? Holding you back? Something which doesn't belong in the sack any more? In my... Continue Reading →
This morning I received an email which stopped me in my tracks and hasn’t quite let me go. It asked a simple question, which boils down to this: Why isn’t your hand up? The email was from a young woman asking why is it that Archaeosoup hasn’t publicly expressed support for #blacklivesmatter or Pride Month... Continue Reading →
I recently studied mortality and population curves in T. Waldron's "Counting the Dead" (1994) [for reasons not related to this post]. That got me thinking about how pandemics impact the demographic profile osteologists derive from cemeteries, mass graves, and past populations. But first we must consider what we would expect to see in a 'normal'... Continue Reading →
Please allow me to take you along on my personal journey to reconstruct clothing for a Central European Urnfield Culture (1250 – 800 BCE) lady. Obviously I am not the first person to do this and I am most grateful for my friends at „aurea-aetas - Projekt Urnenfelderkultur/ Bronzezeit Lebendige Geschichte“ who not only introduced... Continue Reading →
