Thursday, June 30, 2011

Tanks a lot

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For an area that has had no military conflict of any sort since the Black Hawk War of 1832 (and that only lasted a few weeks), Wisconsin see...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Glory of a Gloomy Day

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The Fourth of July is fast approaching.  This is foreshadowed in mid to late June by the arrival of fireworks tents.  They spring up like pa...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Valedictory Sentiments

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It was late springtime in Wisconsin, so along rural byways you saw many indications of high school graduations.  Lots of signs announcing ...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

The Lost Roman Province of Occidentia-Part Three

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Having perhaps had a little fun with some of the less plausible evidence of contact between the Americas and the world of Antiquity, it shou...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Lost Roman Province of Occidentia-Part two

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Lets talk about coins turning up in odd places.  It is a common occurrence.  The best survey on the subject was by Epstein  who looked at 40...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

The Lost Roman Province of Occidentia-Part One

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Jeff, one of my fellow excavators, noted the other day that the numbers of Americans and Canadians coming over to work at Vindolanda were re...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

We now return to our regularly scheduled program

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On Monday I noticed that my usual blog audience went up a bit.  From, oh, 30 or 40 bemused eccentrics to over 6000 readers. This of course...