User talk:Adamsan/Talkin turkey

Archaeological field survey

I've made a start on that article, mainly based on memories of field surveys I've been on (I left out the pain of walking through a Greek field, where every plant has thorns, and some have seeds that crawl up your trousers and sting you where it really hurts. Someone should probably have a look at the article, anyway. Cnyborg 00:57, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Wantsum Channel

I have corrected a couple of typos in Wantsum Channel but this article duplicates stuff in the Isle of Thanet article. Tidying is needed.

Queries. Two miles wide ? - the three furlongs of the other article seems nearer the mark. Does Reculver consider itself to be on the North Sea or the Thames Estuary?

-- RHaworth 01:42, 2005 Jan 17 (UTC)

Glen Blocking Forts and the Gask Rigde

Thanks for the correction on the Inchtuthill page. I confused the two, whereas they are different and the relationship between them is unclear. --Dumbo1 19:49, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

ae or e

I moved them primarily because their parent article Paleolithic is without the ae, and has been for ages without anyone changing it. I did notice that the ae spelling is valid and I made edits to accomodate both forms. The spelling with e, however, did seem to be much more popular at Google, so I proceeded with the move. You can move them around wherever, but make sure it's according to Wikipedia:Naming conventions and consistent (i.e. not just move three and leave one behind). --Joy [shallot] 11:05, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

African stone circles

Just about everything I know about them is in the articles - the Wassu stone circles article is probably the more informative of the two. I wonder if there are any others around the world? Warofdreams 19:41, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hunebedden

Please refer to Talk:Dolmen. I hope it will of some help.

If you need help with translating Dutch to English, please let me know. Shinobu 00:56, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Glad to help. Would be good if all votes had the same organisation as requests for adminship [1].--Chammy Koala 17:17, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/RickK

Because I have been asked to comment on this RfC I have done so, though I still think it's nonsense. Rick K 23:07, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Graham Hancock

Keep up the good work on Graham Hancock. I confess that I'm too much of a coward to start picking fights with the logic-resistant and reason-challenged, but I admire your efforts. Although that'd be because I'm part of a global academic conspiracy to conceal The Truth. Obviously. Penfold 21:18, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Digg

Hello. I apologize for the delay. I've been away for a while, and just now saw your message. I've changed the page so it no longer redirects to Excavation, and left a note on the talk page so the digg folks will understand. SWAdair | Talk 30 June 2005 02:36 (UTC)

Category:UK Wikipedians

Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 18:29 (UTC)

Wikiportal screw-up

Well, look what a mess a lack of sleep and a missed "r" can make. I can see i made a big mistake, but I would like to have all portals changed over to the new box format. With your permision (as maintainer of the page)I can try again.Trevor macinnis 8 July 2005 01:23 (UTC)

British and Irish current events

I note you voted keep in the above page's VfD, and I was wondering if you'd consider helping to keep it updated. Thanks for your time, Hiding 21:37, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Obscure Scand cultures

Hi Adamsan, I have expanded archaeological Wikipedia into the little-known Scandinavian prehistory. I have created the following stone age articles:

I have expanded the following articles, and added images (where available),:

I will spare you the bronze age articles. I wonder if you would like to check these articles for errors in terminology (and other sorts of errors).--Wiglaf 22:16, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Naming discussion

Hi Adamsan, I'd like your opinion on what naming would be most accurate. My book says that Corded Ware culture is the name of the central European subculture of the battle Axe culture. User:FourthAve's books say that it is the other way round, and that battle axe culture is the name of the Scandinavian version. Since, I'd like the naming to be as NPOV as possible, I'd like to ask for your opinion.--Wiglaf 20:43, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Adamsan. Your contribution is much appreciated and it has made me change my mind about the naming.--Wiglaf 17:27, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re:

I have replied here. Cheers, Sam Spade 22:11, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Digamma and Linear B

Can you judge this anonymous edit: [2]?

A quick Google search revealed some mentioning of this theory in discussion groups, rather fishy evidence IMHO, but I'm not an expert.

Pjacobi 20:35, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. The anon editor now argues on the talk pages: Talk:Digamma#Linear_B. Perhaps you want to join the discussion. --Pjacobi 13:41, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

On Cogidubnus & Togodumnus

I found someone who has written on Cogidubnus & Togodumnus, that agrees it is likely Togodumnus and Cogidubnus are one and the same person. Professor Barry Cunliffe's book on Fishbourne Roman Palace argues that the two were one and the same. He is considered a credible expert by most. Here is a review of his book. Given that this idea isn't something I made up since there is at least one scholars who agrees, can you guys agree perhaps that a review of the both the Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus and the Togodumnus article are necessary?. WikiRat 17:37, 3 November 2005 (EST)

Archaeological food chain

The article is very incomplete, still. Just a few points:

Carbon 13 is useful to differentiate also C4-plants/C3-plants in the diet chain, particularly important in the Americas, in Africa, etc where maize (corn), millet (as in the recent Chinese spaghetti), etc.
Together with the stable isotopes of nitrogen allows to follow marine diets.
Carbon 13 analysis of each archaeologic and geologic sample that is radicarbon dated are needed to fine tune the radiometric dates done with carbon 14.
Time series in carbonaceous sediments or stratigraphic samples of similar composition also yield info on paleoclimate variations.
One of my advisees used such methods to discriminate gender in paleoindian populations.

I'll be glad to give you more info and references, but I'm rushing out at this time. Let me know. BTW they don't need to be vegan, e.g., beef or llama fed on maize reflects the plant signature, even measurable in the collagen fraction of bone. Jclerman 21:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Acheulian

Is your Acheulian/temp article ready to go live? Nature's list of problems with the version they reviewed can be seen here. It would probably be easier for you to mark off what's been addressed at that site, and maybe we can chalk up one more article corrected. - Nunh-huh 14:25, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've marked it on the peer review page. - Nunh-huh 21:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Years in archaeology

I notice you created Category:Years in archaeology, which contains articles whose titles begin with a year. If you have time, could you please go through and make sure the articles are sorted in their respective year (or year-in) parent categories using sortkeys as outlined at Wikipedia:Categorization#Year categories? (Don't forget to start the sortkey with a capital letter.) If you've done this already, thanks and sorry for bugging you about this. I plan to go through a ton of such pages early next year; it would be nice if some of the work were already done... - dcljr (talk) 01:30, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Invasion theory

This article has no sources, please provide them.

TheRingess 02:09, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]