Alistair Pike, Author at Archaeology Blogs

Scientific analysis of human remains

You have seen in the course in the Scientific Finds Analysis step this week the range of ways in which finds are analysed. I wanted to mention one form of analysis I have been involved with that relates to those techniques employed at Portus. Continue reading →

Archaeological science and the new Stonehenge visitors centre.

The new and long awaited Stonehenge visitor’s centre opens today and archaeological scientists from the University of Southampton have worked on one of the highlights of the new exhibition - the excavated remains and facial reconstruction of a Neolithic individual from the Winterbourne Stoke long barrow situated about a mile from Stonehenge. Continue reading →

Neanderthal culture: Old masters

Nature have published a News Feature on our work on dating cave art in Spain and the debate surrounding the symbolic capabilities of Neanderthals. Last October Nature Journalist Tim Appenzeller accompanied me and my collaborators from Spain on a sampling trip to El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Northern Spain. We were collecting samples from calcite that has formed on top of the hundreds of ice-age paintings in the cave. Continue reading →

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