Ye Old Yorn in Ye Side
In this brief post we look at ways language, including alphabet, can change over time and how that change isn’t always smooth, and can have lasting impacts that we don’t even realize.
an anthropological spin
In this brief post we look at ways language, including alphabet, can change over time and how that change isn’t always smooth, and can have lasting impacts that we don’t even realize.
A short discussion of the Geißenklösterle flutes, and just how amazing they are.
One of many updates, this one covers the very many projects that are full steam ahead with the decision to make Anthrospin my full-time occupation.
With a huge undertaking of a year behind me, I’ve come up for air to let you know what’s going on, and what to expect.
In this post I talk about the ways my research has impacted my views on some local political topics
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.
So this year has been a wild ride. It started with incredibly high hopes, which were then dashed as prettyContinue Reading
A mystery surrounding a headstone being eaten by trees to me fits perfectly with what is known about Colonial New England society.
It probably surprises few people besides myself that I’m fairly involved with local history. As an anthropologist, I’m perpetually ofContinue Reading
Briefly going into a bit more detail about the work of Taryn Johnson, we learn more about how anthropologists reconstruct our past