Will at Skepchick has a nice piece on Franz Boas . I liked what he had to say about cultural relativism, especially given that it is a ske...

Sobibór 2008: areas of mass graves in the open field around the ash mound, as defined by deeper green hues in the vegetation (courtesy...

It looks as if Niall Ferguson has been caught being a bad boy , lying about his evidence, and for a Newsweek cover story no less!  I never ...

There seems to be an uptick in historical studies by scientists (henceforth Scientists-Doing-History or SDH). I guess everyone wants to be...

A project in California to document the impact of sea-level rise on coastal archaeological sites-- Rising Seas Threaten California’s Coasta...

When I was an undergrad I think I read everything Michael Coe wrote about the Maya.  I didn’t realise until now that he had an engagement wi...

Not much to say here. I got a kick out of this bit from the Creation Institute on how archaeology should serve as a model for other science...