Comments for The Random Planet http://www.therandomplanet.com Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on World-building Wednesday post 1 by G http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/rWud4J1v_Zw/ G Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:46:49 +0000 http://www.therandomplanet.com/?p=3934#comment-2924 T'schuldigung für die Rechtschreibfehler, iPad spinnt und ich habe nicht gecheckt. nehme an, es ist auch so zu verstehen :-) T’schuldigung für die Rechtschreibfehler, iPad spinnt und ich habe nicht gecheckt. nehme an, es ist auch so zu verstehen :-)

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2011/10/27/world-building-wednesday-post-1/#comment-2924 Comment on World-building Wednesday post 1 by G http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/qLXzG_BpUTU/ G Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:45:37 +0000 http://www.therandomplanet.com/?p=3934#comment-2923 Nur eine Kleinigkeit, die Mir ALS alte Geographiestudentin auf befallen ist| Fluesse münden eigentlich immer in einer Form von Wasser, d.h. Die Berrgfluesse müssten auch einen kleinen See haben, odersoweit fließen, dass sie wieder im Meer enden! Ist natürlich alles Phantasie, aber ........ Lavu Nur eine Kleinigkeit, die Mir ALS alte Geographiestudentin auf befallen ist| Fluesse münden eigentlich immer in einer Form von Wasser, d.h. Die Berrgfluesse müssten auch einen kleinen See haben, odersoweit fließen, dass sie wieder im Meer enden!
Ist natürlich alles Phantasie, aber ……..
Lavu

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2011/10/27/world-building-wednesday-post-1/#comment-2923 Comment on Archaeology boner. by Hellen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/f7g4f6JfGs8/ Hellen Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:53:35 +0000 http://chairman-wow.livejournal.com/473501.html#comment-2508 Yes, a soluble and consumable material would be very difficult to prove. I really don't think I've ever come across any discussion of the salt trade before. Do send me some of the bibliography, I'd be interested to read more about it! Yes, a soluble and consumable material would be very difficult to prove. I really don’t think I’ve ever come across any discussion of the salt trade before. Do send me some of the bibliography, I’d be interested to read more about it!

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2011/06/04/archaeology-boner/#comment-2508 Comment on Archaeology boner. by Maulwurf http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/81VUs_aU5F8/ Maulwurf Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:30:11 +0000 http://chairman-wow.livejournal.com/473501.html#comment-2499 The bird looks like a sparrow, indeed. Salt Archaeology is vaguely defined as the archaeology of salt production/trade/consumption. More or less a "fringe" theme compared to "mainstream" themes like, well, wine, oil and copper :-) We're a rather small bunch of salt archaeologists, maybe 30 - 40 for the whole of Europe, plus some americans and Japanese&Chinese, mostly doing salt research besides our main jobs. Salt mines are rare, boiling ovens and evaporation pans are common, from neolithic times until contemporary ethnoarchaeology. If you look at mediterranean trade in the middle ages, salt is one of the main trade goods and it could have been in prehistory too but salt is difficult to prove. it's soluble :-( There are Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources for bronze age salt trade, and there are probable production centers on Cyprus too. If you are interested I could send you some bibliography on mediterranean salt. The bird looks like a sparrow, indeed.
Salt Archaeology is vaguely defined as the archaeology of salt production/trade/consumption. More or less a “fringe” theme compared to “mainstream” themes like, well, wine, oil and copper :-) We’re a rather small bunch of salt archaeologists, maybe 30 – 40 for the whole of Europe, plus some americans and Japanese&Chinese, mostly doing salt research besides our main jobs. Salt mines are rare, boiling ovens and evaporation pans are common, from neolithic times until contemporary ethnoarchaeology. If you look at mediterranean trade in the middle ages, salt is one of the main trade goods and it could have been in prehistory too but salt is difficult to prove. it’s soluble :-(
There are Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources for bronze age salt trade, and there are probable production centers on Cyprus too. If you are interested I could send you some bibliography on mediterranean salt.

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2011/06/04/archaeology-boner/#comment-2499 Comment on Archaeology boner. by Hellen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/FjHGskD3YSg/ Hellen Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:48:42 +0000 http://chairman-wow.livejournal.com/473501.html#comment-2491 I wonder if the species of bird has some kind of association. But I don't know anything about birds, so I couldn't identify it. A sparrow, maybe? I hadn't thought of salt, actually. I'm concentrating on wine (and/or oil) and copper. (This is specifically in the Eastern Mediterranean/Egypt, by the by.) What does salt archaeology entail? Mostly mines? I suppose there are also things like salt cellars and other paraphernalia. I wonder if the species of bird has some kind of association. But I don’t know anything about birds, so I couldn’t identify it. A sparrow, maybe?

I hadn’t thought of salt, actually. I’m concentrating on wine (and/or oil) and copper. (This is specifically in the Eastern Mediterranean/Egypt, by the by.) What does salt archaeology entail? Mostly mines? I suppose there are also things like salt cellars and other paraphernalia.

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2011/06/04/archaeology-boner/#comment-2491 Comment on Archaeology boner. by Maulwurf http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/fnq1mWAe6KM/ Maulwurf Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:06:12 +0000 http://chairman-wow.livejournal.com/473501.html#comment-2490 Bird = distances as the bird flies ? btw, talking about medieval and bronze age trade, is there SALT among your chosen few commodities? (I've done too much salt archaeology, I start to get slightly obsessed with salt, sorry...) Bird = distances as the bird flies ?

btw, talking about medieval and bronze age trade, is there SALT among your chosen few commodities?
(I’ve done too much salt archaeology, I start to get slightly obsessed with salt, sorry…)

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2011/06/04/archaeology-boner/#comment-2490 Comment on Easterconnnn by Hellen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/zsfo-VPRo3Y/ Hellen Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:25:36 +0000 http://chairman-wow.livejournal.com/451058.html#comment-329 Thank you! :D I've subscribed to your blog's RSS feed, too. Thank you! :D I’ve subscribed to your blog’s RSS feed, too.

]]> http://www.therandomplanet.com/2010/04/08/easterconnnn/#comment-329 Comment on Easterconnnn by Nukapai http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/therandomplanet/comments/~3/OA79kpfnLqg/ Nukapai Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:16:43 +0000 http://chairman-wow.livejournal.com/451058.html#comment-328 Hahaa! Great drawings; cool little report :) I've bookmarked your blog because it's always good to see what another Ben Goldacre fangirl is up to. Hahaa! Great drawings; cool little report :) I’ve bookmarked your blog because it’s always good to see what another Ben Goldacre fangirl is up to.

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