an anthropological spin
Humans universally create stories of supernatural animals, from evil monsters to religious figures. Most of the time these creatures stem from misidentified animals they live beside, or mere figmants of our ancestors’ vivid imaginations. Though some of these creatures bear stricking resemblances to animals that have long been extinct, animals that many of our distant... Continue Reading →
Here we dive into the problematic tendency to assign dates based on seeing a bottom gate mark. We also dive into how we can look into foundry records to get a better idea of production dates.
When we tell the story how humans came to domesticate dogs, and adopt them as our loyal friends, we rarely capture granular steps in the transitional process our ancestors experienced, and the perspectives they may have held in response to wolves becoming more ingrained to their culture and lives. These stories are often overlooked or... Continue Reading →
A brief commentary on the fate of cursive, and why maybe it's not the end of the world after all.
When we think about human evolution, and cave men, we often imagine hunched-over or even knuckle-walking humans, reminiscent of our closest relatives the chimpanzees. It is understandable that one might think this, afterall, it has been part of our cultural zeitgeist for decades now. As protrayed in many depictions of man's transition from "primitive ape"... Continue Reading →
Our first mini-dive into obscure foundries looks at Wright & Bridgeford and their transition into Bridgeford & Co.
Almost three years after the fateful repair, we take a look at how our wonderful friend, the number 9 Maritta skillet that was terribly cracked, is fairing.
In this post, we explore the plethora of miniature iron stoves and learn how to appropriately identify them as toys or salesman's samples.
In this post we take a look at modern shaving's ties to one of the most horrible occurrances in human history while simultaneously exploring a fantastically constructed and aesthetically beautiful razor.
A cautionary tale about letting your guard down in research. The past happened: We owe it to the history we claim to care about to accurately represent it.
Everyday Anthropology 