Almost but Not Quite Crazy— a Wee Bit on Cast Iron Repair
This post goes over cast iron repair, using my own success and failure as examples, as well as considerations to make before deciding whether or not to repair at all.
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Crazy for Cast Iron Part 2!
After finding a peculiar cast iron bowl at the Rhode Island Antiques Mall, I set out to try and identify it using my fledgling knowledge of cast iron cookware.
Crazy for Cast Iron
Cast iron cookware has a weird…almost mythological status. I don’t mean that to be dramatic, it’s just that they’d alwaysContinue Reading
So Why Cemeteries?
A brief overview of my growing interest in Rhode Island’s myriad historical cemeteries and how it marries my research to critically needed volunteer work
Two Hungry Trees and a Fun Mystery
A mystery surrounding a headstone being eaten by trees to me fits perfectly with what is known about Colonial New England society.
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When it Comes to Understanding the Past, the Future is Lookin’ Pretty Crappy (that’s a good thing)
Briefly going into a bit more detail about the work of Taryn Johnson, we learn more about how anthropologists reconstruct our past
And Then There Were Five
A brief look at the several members of our genus who survived until most recent times, including the recently announced Homo luzonensis.
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Why Four Fields?
If you’re an anthropologist, or even just a casual student of anthropology (I’m including followers of this blog), you’ve heardContinue Reading
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The Unexpected Adventure of Mr. Goaty Goat
Content Warning! The following contains graphic description and images depicting butchering and hide work. It’s early 2013.Continue Reading
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Aliens and Racists and Corn Dogs, oh my!
I love suspending my attachment to established science for the sake of watching a 17 part series of 2 hour episodes of searching a 10,000 year old lake for a creature that’s been extinct for 65 million years as much as anyone. I also have light sabers tattooed to my chest. It doesn’t mean I believe in Star Wars being real, as painful as it is to say that.
