Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Nicola hated the new typeface for the logo so I have gone back to the old favourite.
Everyone's a bloody critic these days.
Everyone's a bloody critic these days.
In the August 2000 issue of "Military Heritage", Steven Weingartner said
"The gladius accounts for more deaths than any other weapon prior to the advent of firearms."
Pause for thought...
The support for this is that no other kind of weapon remained so
consistently the same in design as the gladius for so many years.
Bows, axes, spears and so on all changed over time but the gladius remained fixed apart from minor variants for around 400 years as the weapon of choice for the Roman Empire.
Find out a little more about the gladius.
"The gladius accounts for more deaths than any other weapon prior to the advent of firearms."
Pause for thought...
The support for this is that no other kind of weapon remained so
consistently the same in design as the gladius for so many years.
Bows, axes, spears and so on all changed over time but the gladius remained fixed apart from minor variants for around 400 years as the weapon of choice for the Roman Empire.
Find out a little more about the gladius.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
I have a seriously deep slice on my thumb courtesy of Making and Understanding Stone Tools. Despite the injury I love the book. Everyone should try their hand at flintknapping... But wear some thick gloves.
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
There are hundreds of photos of west kennet long barrow on the web, (see England Travel for example) but not one plan drawing. Strange, because I would have thought that the similarity in the plan of this ancient structure with that of the Ggantija temples on Gozo would have been too close for many people to ignore.
Monday, October 20, 2003
Five days time until the 25th October. Memorable as the 588th Anniversary of the battle of Agincourt, that features so strongly in Shakespeare's Henry V.
A good excuse to link to a short article I dug up from the Britarch archives entitled "Interpreting the landscapes of battle" by John Carman.
A good excuse to link to a short article I dug up from the Britarch archives entitled "Interpreting the landscapes of battle" by John Carman.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
In our society, old information is not thought of very highly. Although we might value objects from the past, ideas and facts are generally dismissed.
Not so in archaeology it seems. Although we are naturally disposed to think well of older things, you might suppose that with GPS, electronic theodolites and digital cameras littering the average dig these days, old information is deemed to be poor information.
Well, at the hallowed halls of Reading University they are handing out study maps of Ancient Rome which were originally drawn in the 19th Century. This is because nobody has made a better map since... Now there's a challenge for the new millenium.
Not so in archaeology it seems. Although we are naturally disposed to think well of older things, you might suppose that with GPS, electronic theodolites and digital cameras littering the average dig these days, old information is deemed to be poor information.
Well, at the hallowed halls of Reading University they are handing out study maps of Ancient Rome which were originally drawn in the 19th Century. This is because nobody has made a better map since... Now there's a challenge for the new millenium.
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Planning a primer article on drawing plans and sections. If anybody has already written one and would like to see it published on www.newarchaeology.com, please send me an email.
