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San Jose archaeology

Beer, Civilization, and Archaeology

What does the production of ancient beer have to do with civilization? Modern beer is more associated with the drunken revelry of football or the...
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Archaeology and beer

Though archaeologists are often well-known for their habit of imbibing large amounts of alcohol, a few are contributing to the production of beer...
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San Francisco’s Buried Waterfront

Recently, two nineteenth-century ships were discovered underneath a building site in San Francisco. These kinds of discoveries aren’t...
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The Graffiti Archaeology project

When most of us think of archaeology, we think of a science whose practitioners dig in the dirt and use what they find to tell us about the distant...
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‘The First Families’ exhibit in Danville

A family-oriented event that will introduce people of all ages to the Native inhabitants of the San Ramon Valley is going on at the Museum of the...
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Lecture alert: The Musical Instinct

Ever since Pythagoras, and certainly much earlier, science and music have been entangled in an intimate dance. From the geometrical relationships...
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What is carbon dating?

One of the most talked about facets of archaeology is carbon-14 dating 9aka radiocarbon and carbon dating). It captures the imaginations of people...
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The connection between urban and prehistoric archaeology

People seemed surprised when an archaeological treasure turns up underneath a modern city, especially in the United States, but there isn’t...
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Georgia's mountains conceal ruins of ancient gold miners

The rugged terrain and thick vegetation in the gold-bearing mountains of northern Georgia contain a little known architectural heritage of Native...
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Call for accuracy and transparency at TAG Buffalo

Accuracy is the top requirement in the archaeological profession – from the field work to the final publication. Unfortunately, it is in fact...
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