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When Washington Crossed the Delaware
Lynne Cheney is a very gifted writer. She is, of course, the “2nd Lady” (wife of Vice-President Dick Cheney). But she is also a distinguished scholar with impressive credentials, including… more →
Contending with the Culture
Private Eye 그림자살인 2009 review
masterlymasterlee wrote 1 month ago: What is it about Korean soundtracks that makes them instantly recognizable? Is the ever-present acco … more →
Kill The Shogun 무장해제 1975 review
masterlymasterlee wrote 1 month ago: In 1592, the Japanese shogun Hideyoshi failed in his attempt to invade Korea (and later, China throu … more →
2012: “Baktuniarism” – or why I changed my mind regarding cosmology
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Johan Normark wrote 1 month ago: One might ask why I am so irritated by the 2012 circus? Is this “end date” not important to the past … more →
Aristotelian/Linnaean classification and the Snake kingdom
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Johan Normark wrote 1 month ago: I am stepping into a domain of which I am not an expert so take it for what it is. It crossed my min … more →
Notes on 39th Text for Reading Field: Acheson
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hallnjean wrote 2 months ago: Canadian History, Week 7 m George Neilson Smith, with John H. Buford, lithograph and watercolour, … more →
Sacbeob 4: The Blister Black Christ of Ichmul
Johan Normark wrote 2 months ago: In April I wrote three posts on sacbeob (causeways). These posts lined up with another series of pos … more →
Sacbeob 4: The Blister Black Christ of Ichmul
Johan Normark wrote 2 months ago: In April I wrote three posts on sacbeob (causeways). These posts lined up with another series of pos … more →
No Hassle(hoff) Furniture Restoration
stigofthedump wrote 4 months ago: It’s unusual when you find you have something in common with Pamela Pamela Anderson - handy to have … more →
Climate and the “Maya collapse” pt 4: Some flaws in the "mega drought" hypothesis
Johan Normark wrote 6 months ago: Most Mayanists are not strong believers in Gill’s “mega drought” hypothesis. Demarest and Webster ha … more →
Climate and the "Maya collapse" pt 1
Johan Normark wrote 7 months ago: My current research deals with the issue of climate change in the Maya area. One can say that I basi … more →
Agrarian practice, encounters and social logics. Europe and the Americas 1500-1800
Johan Normark wrote 7 months ago: Apart from my own projects, described on a separate page, I am currently co-writing a proposal for a … more →
Ethnographic analogies in archaeology
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Johan Normark wrote 8 months ago: A common method in Mayanist studies is that of analogical reasoning in order to explain past human b … more →
Presenting Ichmul
Johan Normark wrote 8 months ago: Considering the time I spent in Ichmul during my dissertation I must also present “my” s … more →
Presenting Sacalaca
Johan Normark wrote 8 months ago: Located along the “church route” is the village and ejido of Sacalaca. It has become the … more →
The Chicxulub fracture zone and the Spanish Colonial border
Johan Normark wrote 8 months ago: During the 2008 season the Cochuah Regional Archaeological Survey (CRAS) project surveyed what was a … more →
Deleuzian spaces
Johan Normark wrote 8 months ago: My ongoing project on caves and climate also makes use of different Deleuzian spaces as seen in the … more →
Between Maya collapse and Spanish conquest
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Johan Normark wrote 8 months ago: I am working on an article concerning Postclassic shrines, altars and their relation to settlement. … more →
Where Did That Come From?
jaysview wrote 9 months ago: Have you ever said something and had someone hear something else entirely? Or have you ever misunder … more →
When Washington Crossed the Delaware
redhatrob wrote 1 year ago: Lynne Cheney is a very gifted writer. She is, of course, the “2nd Lady” (wife of Vice-Pr … more →
