
Interpretive Sign at Ballcourt, Wupatki National Monument
Mike Smith points to a new blog, apparently modeled after one of his, reporting on ongoing research at a site in central Mexico. Looks interesting. Archaeology is a notoriously conservative discipline in general, and, true to form, it’s been very slow to adopt blogs. Because of the small blogosphere in archaeology (especially American archaeology), I like to link to archaeological blogs even if they’re not directly relevant to the things I discuss here. I’ve therefore added the Xaltocan blog to my blogroll, and I’ll be keeping an eye on it. In the case of Mesoamerican archaeology, of course, the connection to Chaco isn’t as distant as one might think, or as most people thought as of a year ago.

Interpretive Sign on Trade, Edge of the Cedars, Blanding, Utah