How Trees Tell Time: Dendrochronology
While many people know that they can tell how old a tree is by counting its rings, not everyone’s aware that they can use this same method to date archaeological sites going back tens of thousands of years!
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Archaeological Dating Methods Part 1
Have you ever wondered how archaeologists know how old an object is? That is the question I tried to answer in this article for StoneAgeMan, and I quickly learned that there are many dating methods, each with their own particularities. I thus decided to spend several posts exploring the various dating techniques, with this first article focused on relative and radiocarbon dating methods.
Here is How Archaeologists Excavate Sites
Contrary to how it may seem in movies and television shows, archaeological excavations do not consist of frantically digging in the desert while fighting Nazis or chasing aliens. What they do involve is precision: precision, detailed measurements, patience, painstaking documentation, and plenty of banter. Archaeological excavation methods are the topic of this article for StoneAgeMan.
How do Archaeologists Locate Sites?
This article was my third for the science, philosophy, and survival website, StoneAgeMan. It describes archaeological survey techniques; or, in normal person language, how archaeologists know where to dig.
The Three-Age System: What it is and why it Matters
This is my second article for StoneAgeMan. It tells the story behind the Three-Age System – the Stone, Bronze, Iron Age classifications of human prehistory – and briefly describes what each age entails.
Archaeology: The Science of Uncovering the Past
This article is an overview of the field of archaeology for Stone Age Man: a website about the history of humankind’s relationship with the natural world.
To Better Save the Planet, Show Yourself
During the course of my master’s thesis on wildlife television, I was repeatedly struck by the feeling that much wildlife and science-based programming was stale. It was too formulaic, and…
Essay: Connecting to Nature Through Television
NatureVolve is a digital magazine that combines science and art. Since bridging science and art is what I do, I wrote an essay for the third issue of NatureVolve about…
The Jaguar 