The Wicked Archaeologist

It's burnt corn! A beautiful example of corrugated pottery, where you can see fingerprints remaining from the creator of the pot. And a beautiful rim fragment from a bowl!

Had some amazing food and met some great people, and we even got invites to karaoke on our last night here in town by the locals.

Hello moon 🌙

Every day is a new adventure! We even found CORN 🌽 😁

"In the study, PhCMoV was identified in eight countries. They took healthy plants to act as a host while being inoculated with the disease to correlate symptoms in controlled conditions."

A Multi-National Effort Leads to the Characterization of Emerging Plant Virus | Earth And The Environment Plant pathogens are the unseen enemy. According to the Encyclopedia of Microbiology, plant disease is defined as a state of local or systemic abnormalities | Earth And The Environment

Attack of the Killer Toilet Paper? "Forever Chemicals" Identified in Endangered Orca Species | Chemistry And Physics The bathroom can be a sacred place in one's home. A moment of silence, some privacy, or a place for self-care even. You use the restroom and have baby | Chemistry And Physics

Have you ever wondered how what we put down the drain affects the environment? Well, something near and dear, our coveted toilet paper, is killing the killer whales.

Attack of the Killer Toilet Paper? "Forever Chemicals" Identified in Endangered Orca Species | Chemistry And Physics The bathroom can be a sacred place in one's home. A moment of silence, some privacy, or a place for self-care even. You use the restroom and have baby | Chemistry And Physics

Pottery sherds from the San Marcos Pueblo while walking the trails for maintenance

aDstretch is an app that let's you take photos of various lighting filters for layers. This layer helped us identify some potential archaic period petroglyphs that were extremely washed out to the human eye. Now we can see them!

Fire as Medicine: How Indigenous fire management methods shaped our modern landscape | Plants And Animals Fire is everywhere, from stoves and heaters to grills, fun-smelling candles, fireplaces, and portable pocket lighters. However, fire is one of the deadlies | Plants And Animals

How do you guys handle the disposal of Batteries? Do you recycle? do you know the difference between the variable battery types and what they are used for? What are some ways you think we could improve the functionality and resourcing for sustainable batteries?

What to Print Next? 3D printing the Next Generation of Lithium Batteries | Earth And The Environment Today’s world has the most access to information and technology it has ever had. We are plugged in everywhere and portable as often as we can be. Thi | Earth And The Environment

Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology have discovered a rare bone flute during excavations in Herne Bay, located in Kent, England.

Just in time for Flu Season!
How many of us are affected by seasonal colds and flu? Today, people's immunity is ever-changing. Here is a little history of human immunity when dealing with pandemics!

"A graduate student named Jennifer Klunk, who was helping to organize boxes of bones housed within the Museum of London, began to wonder why some people survived the plague while others did not, and decided to look for genetic answers."

From Fleas to Natural Selection: The Black Plague & Modern Immunology | Immunology Acknowledgments of our many physiological changes since the evolution of modern humans have been studied profusely, especially as methods and technology ad | Immunology

"In the 19th century Sir Ronald Ross, a soldier, pioneer, microbiologist, botanist, and a knight helped shape how we view many diseases today with his discovery of the parasite that causes malaria. In 1895, Ronald Ross embarked on an adventure to determine the transmission paths of malaria from mosquitos to humans."
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Sir Ronald Ross- A Scientific Pioneer | Microbiology In the 19th century Sir Ronald Ross, a soldier, pioneer, microbiologist, botanist, and a knight helped shape how we view many diseases today with his disco | Microbiology

"According to the World Health Organization, as of 2016, over 65% of the population of people aged 50 and below carry a variant of HSV1. Like many diseases the exact origin of the virus, or when humans first contracted it, remains unknown."
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A Viral History- Cold Sores Have Been Around for How Long? | Health And Medicine The herpes simplex virus, or HSV1, is one of the most pervasive viruses among humans. A new study suggests the virus might have a more recent and tumu | Health And Medicine

When you travel with your four legged friends, it's best to make sure you both have a spot to chill 😎

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"114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in France by two brothers, Amadee and Jean Bouyssonie. Today, new research from this well-known find has left scientists wondering; are humans the only species to practice intentional burials?"

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Today in Science History: Most Complete Skeletal Remains of Neandertal Still Tell a Story Today | Earth And The Environment 114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in France by two brothers, Amadee and Je | Earth And The Environment

"Tattooing as an art form, and a form of expression, has been around for millennia and was especially prominent in indigenous cultures around the globe. A rare find from an Ancestral Puebloan site is now aiding in establishing a timeline for the roots of tattooing here in Northern America."

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Tools of the Trade: Ancient tattoos brought to life | Technology With little to no information in the archaeological record regarding tattoos, placing their origin has proven difficult. What we do know is that tattooing | Technology

Can you see the ancient foot paths? These trails have been around for hundreds, even thousands of years in some parts. In New Mexico, hand and foot trails such as these can be found dotting the landscape, providing a literal footpath into the places people before us experienced life.

Located on the outskirts of the Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument is a place that can be visited publically today, but remember to pack in, pack out. It is a protected area of over 33,000 acres and a developing human history going back 11,000 years. Artwork, masonry and dwellings are preserved still today.

Maintain the ecosystem by not altering any portion of the environment. Respect nature and its inhabitants.

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"Claims have been made over time that dogs practically domesticated themselves. One central theory in this is the availability of human food and supplies were also available to wolves. It is accepted that gray wolves and dogs split from an extinct wolf species."
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Early Domesticated Dogs Grew in Size to Defend Herds | Plants And Animals As one of the earliest domesticated animals, dogs evolved from wolves into what we now know as extremely diverse domesticated animals that range from almos | Plants And Animals

"This pioneering Polish scientist was not only considered a great scientist but is considered a role model to many women in STEM."
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Today in Science History: The Original Radium Girl- The Death of Marie Curie | Chemistry And Physics Before she had even taken her first step in the United States in 1921, Marie Curie had already discovered the element radium and received a Nobel Prize for | Chemistry And Physics

"Out of the 99 cities examined in the more recent study, 33 were reported to see portions of the city sinking around 10 millimeters or more. These cities were in Europe, North America, Africa, and Australia."
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Its All Downhill From Here - Why Coastal Cities Around the World are Sinking | Earth And The Environment It is no secret that some coastlines have seen extreme change over the last several thousand years of human existence. We can see the literal human footpri | Earth And The Environment

"A deep-sea volcano originally thought to be inactive, it has recently played host to a series of earthquakes which are proportionally more than the region has been known to see."
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What is Happening in Antarctica? 85,000 earthquakes near previously inactive Volcano | Earth And The Environment Antarctica has always been a wonderous place with its scenic views and extremophile inhabitants. It has become a scientific haven for astronomers, oceanogr | Earth And The Environment