If anyone believes that science is not subject to fashion trends, then they should read the latest scientific articles about the demise of civilizations in Central Asia. While for the last 50 years there was a general consensus that the Mongols (Tamerlan, etc…) were behind the demise of the Turkic empires, under the influence of the eko movement of recent years, more and more renowned studies are appearing on the influence of climate on the fall of empires such as Kokand, Samarkand, Bukhara, etc… pokračuj / entry »
A brief treatise on hydraulic civilisations
November 7th, 2024 komentáre: 0
A bit of that wild nature in the middle of a dehumanized civilization…
September 13th, 2023 komentáre: 1
Look carefully at the photo. It depicts the situation before my current job in a corporation, where I create (mostly) nonsense that, however, allows me to feed my family.
A wilderness belt as a response to the discontinuity of agricultural work
July 28th, 2023 komentáre: 0
As the popular saying goes “inter arma silent musae”, not only the muses, but also ordinary village life. pokračuj / entry »
Anthropocene – great news for archaeologists
December 14th, 2020 komentáre: 0
In December 2020, Nature published a study claiming that the amount of man-made goods (i.e., artifacts) exceeded the amount of natural biomass. I do not intend to assess the validity of such a statement (the article also sources data and method of calculation), rather I would add a few archaeological considerations: pokračuj / entry »
A church buried in stratigraphy in almost original state
May 24th, 2020 komentáre: 0
Northwest Bohemia is a strange piece of land. Mordor of the Czech Republic, the place from which the people moved the Germans after the war and destroyed the original landscape by coal mining and the construction of chemical plants. pokračuj / entry »