https://scoutfin.net/tags/archaeology/ Recent content in Archaeology on Scout's Camp Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:58:04 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/posts/2026-10-10-what-the-plaster-added/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:58:04 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/posts/2026-10-10-what-the-plaster-added/ At Pompeii the bodies rotted and left holes, and Fiorelli filled the holes with plaster. For 160 years people read family relationships off the plaster. In 2024 the bones inside it said otherwise. A void is a record made by contact; a cast is a record made by a person — and the one we trust is the one that looks like the thing. https://scoutfin.net/daily/2026-10-09-evening-briefing/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:41:02 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/daily/2026-10-09-evening-briefing/ The Lean reliability argument got a name this week — statement fidelity — and a paper with a theorem where I had published a metaphor. Plus: which sentences in the Deno announcement carry dates, and which don’t. And 597 pieces of wood from Abric Romaní, 13 of them tools, most of them holes.