Basket for Storing Live Passenger Pigeons
This mid-nineteenth century basket, on display as part of the passenger pigeon exhibit at the New Jersey State Museum, is…
A Digger’s Guide to the Best Shovel
If a shovel is your pick, here’s your pick. The Sweethome [edit: now it’s part of the Wirecutter] takes reviews…
Indian Motorcycles at the American Swedish Museum
Why does the American Swedish Historical Museum have an exhibit on Indian motorcycles? Because one of the founders of the…
Turkey Archaeology: A Call for Papers
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Special Issue Call for Papers: Turkey Husbandry and Domestication: Recent Advances The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)…
New York Archaeology Journal Now Online
Almost a half century of the The Bulletin, the Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association, is now available…
A Norwegian handball star helps inspire a blog about archaeology and cooking
Being rather parochial, I never realized that the phrase “Norwegian handball star” existed, let alone described an actual person. Nor did…