The Origins of Money

Came across a review article by Professor Michael E. Smith , The Archaeology of Ancient State Economies [link to pdf download], which I found enlightening. The references to the origins and history of money I found particularly striking, so have followed up by reading John F. Henry The Social Origins of Money: the Case of Egypt [pdf] and Eric Tymoigne & L. Randall Wray Money: an ...

Population Density Leads To Cultural Innovation, Says New Study

A new study published in Science by the University College London suggests that increases in technological and cultural complexity are triggered by the level of interaction between people. "High population density leads to greater exchange of ideas and skills and prevents the loss of new innovations. It is this skill maintenance, combined with a greater probability of useful innovations, ...

Острова Свифта

Informaworld 1) Anderson A. Islands of Exile: Ideological Motivation in Maritime Migration // The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 1556-4894. Vol. 1. Iss. 1. 2006. P. 33 – 47 . 2) Nicolson M., Mohler N. Swift's "Flying Island" in the Voyage to Laputa // Annals of Science, 1464-505X. Vol. 2. Iss. 4. 2005. P. 405 – 430 . JSTOR 3) Mezciems J. The Unity of Swift's "Voyage to Laputa": ...

Stuff and Nonsense

... in Canberra to ban home births? WTF? NO. Stop taking away our choices! # 18:11 I spent much of today butchering Bob the Roadkill Possum with stone tools. Gross and smelly. Ah archaeology. # 21:15 There were cupcakes in the postgrad meeting today. Deliciously lemon-zesty cupcakes. I wish I had a cupcake now. Mmmmm. # 21:18 RT @historytweeter "#history Iceman finders fee settled ...

The beginnings of rulership

..., Stanford. Smith, Adam T. (2003) The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities , University of California Press, Berkeley. Smith, Michael E. (2004) “The Archaeology of Ancient State Economies” , Annual Review of Anthropology 33:73-102. Trigger, Bruce G. (2003) Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study , Cambridge University Press, New ...

TRAVEL--Jamaica Trip--Part 4--Last Day

...I hadn't had time to do for the ENTIRE trip (bad me!). They were there after breakfast, along with a couple from Edinburgh (I'd spend my Junior Year Abroad at Edinburgh University. The woman had studied archaeology and I'd done the first year BA course in that while I was there), who were going to the Black River excursion to view wildlife and walk to the falls. It would have been fun to tag along...

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I don't know if I've posted my grades yet. They're a vast improvement over forever. I got an A in computer science, an A in economic anthropology, and a B in survey of French literature. It has been some sorta week. I can't seem to get anything done. = P I guess it's just because it's the first week of summer, but I should really be up at the archaeology lab right now. = P

Open Access journal search

I'm attempting to build a searchable list of open access archaeology journals, conference proceedings and books. Please do let me know if you can think of anything I should link to. The list (which you can search thanks to the Google Custom Search) is at http://www.wikiarc.org/links Please do give it a try and let me know how it goes for you.

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