Archaeology Review https://ahotcupofjoe.net/ Archaeology, anthropology, science, and skepticism Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-smith-skull-32x32.jpg Archaeology Review https://ahotcupofjoe.net/ 32 32 An Artificially Intelligent Pseudoarchaeologist? https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/07/an-artificially-intelligent-pseudoarchaeologist/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/07/an-artificially-intelligent-pseudoarchaeologist/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:00:55 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4776 Graham Hancock recently shared a link to an article on Hub Pages titled, “How Archaeology’s Gatekeepers Hinder Discovery,” by Sigrid Salucop. Her early work at [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/07/an-artificially-intelligent-pseudoarchaeologist/feed/ 0 When an Italian Cultural Resource is also a 14th Century Fraud https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/06/when-an-italian-cultural-resource-is-also-a-14th-century-fraud/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/06/when-an-italian-cultural-resource-is-also-a-14th-century-fraud/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2025 02:39:52 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4769 I don’t know if the Shroud of Turin is the most controversial or the most intensely studied artifact in the world but it certainly must [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/06/when-an-italian-cultural-resource-is-also-a-14th-century-fraud/feed/ 1 Comet Research Group’s Questionable Claims Get Called https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/05/comet-research-groups-questionable-claims-get-called/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/05/comet-research-groups-questionable-claims-get-called/#comments Sun, 11 May 2025 05:56:29 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4749 On September 20, 2021, a handful of authors wrote a paper published in Nature Scientific Reports titled, “a Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/05/comet-research-groups-questionable-claims-get-called/feed/ 1 The Newport Tower: Not a 12th-Century Baptistery https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/the-newport-tower-not-a-12th-century-baptistery/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/the-newport-tower-not-a-12th-century-baptistery/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:17:06 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4729 A recent chapter in an obscure edited volume from a university publisher in Istanbul, Turkey, written by Patrick Shekleton, is being promoted by him as [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/the-newport-tower-not-a-12th-century-baptistery/feed/ 3 The Tucson Artifacts Hoax https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/the-tucson-artifacts-hoax/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/the-tucson-artifacts-hoax/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2025 06:13:07 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4703 This is the story of how a family outing turned into the discovery of over 30 artifacts–most of them made of lead–that some people think [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/the-tucson-artifacts-hoax/feed/ 2 Unpacking the Universe: a Review https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/unpacking-the-universe-a-review/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/unpacking-the-universe-a-review/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2025 05:22:42 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4694 This is a review of a documentary that chronicles the six year process of developing and installing a museum display of Columbian cultural heritage. As [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/01/unpacking-the-universe-a-review/feed/ 0 Sicilian Atlantis or Telepylos? https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/12/sicilian-atlantis-or-telepylos/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/12/sicilian-atlantis-or-telepylos/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:41:45 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4664 Revealed on Twitter last week was the discovery of a “lost city” just 40 km off the coast of Sicily! This article is why that [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/12/sicilian-atlantis-or-telepylos/feed/ 6 Review of Andrew Collins’ Karahan Tepe: Decoding a Neolithic Mystery https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/12/review-of-andrew-collins-karahan-tepe-decoding-a-neolithic-mystery/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/12/review-of-andrew-collins-karahan-tepe-decoding-a-neolithic-mystery/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:29:16 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4656 Collins, Andrew. Karahan Tepe: Decoding a Neolithic Mystery. Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2024. $26.00 [] I received a review copy of this book in [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/12/review-of-andrew-collins-karahan-tepe-decoding-a-neolithic-mystery/feed/ 2 Real Archaeology: How is it Done? https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/10/real-archaeology-how-is-it-done/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/10/real-archaeology-how-is-it-done/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4631 We all love a good Indiana Jones adventure. But what about the real archaeology? The kind where even the smallest speck of dirt can tell [...]

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]]> https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/10/real-archaeology-how-is-it-done/feed/ 1 A Lighthouse in the Forest https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/10/a-lighthouse-in-the-forest/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2024/10/a-lighthouse-in-the-forest/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=4604 Ken Feder, Ph.D. It doesn’t happen very often that an archaeologist has the opportunity to assess the reality of a legend, and yet that’s exactly [...]

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