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A look at pollen data in the Old World
Since the 19th century, the study of archaeobotanical remains has been very important for combining “strictly archaeological” knowledge with environmental data. Pollen data enable assessing the introduction of certain domesticated species of plants, or the presence of other species that grow typically where humans dwell. Not all pollen data come from archaeological fieldwork, but the…
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Developing a vocal language. Standing three miles apart.
Tonight I was walking along a country road near my house, almost in the dark. Despite the highway that runs at less than 500 meters from there, there was an unusual moment of silence (probably everyone else in Italy was staring at the TV), and I suddenly realized that with that silence it would be…
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The flow of data
How is that citizens have no access to entire datasets that are used every day by thousands of people? Here is a draft of a possible explanation, simplistic but not without sense.
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A bike ride in val d’Arbia
Today I went for my ritual Sunday bike ride in the countryside. I headed southwards along the Cassia road, just until Colle Malamerenda. Then straight on unpaved roads (even non-existing tracks in the fields), through Borgo Vecchio, Salteano and Taverne d’Arbia. From Taverne I followed the river downstream, crossed it at a beautiful ford that…
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Water basins are traces of extracting clay
Here around Siena there are lots of small water basins, measuring 10 meters in diameter on average. They tend to be near country houses, not far from secondary roads. They are used for water storage, but it’s not their original end. Instead, they are what was left by small activities for the extraction of clay…
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ArcheoFOSS 2010: back from Foggia
ArcheoFOSS 2010, the 5th Italian workshop on “Free software, open source e open format nei processi di ricerca archeologica” took place in Foggia, on the 6 and 7 May. First of all, it was very good. I’m satisfied with this meeting. Why? Here are some thoughts I sketched while traveling back to Siena. Lots of…
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Ενα ταξίδι στο Σουνιον
Στις 28 Απριλίου 2010 πήγαμε στο Σουνιον. O νάος είναι πολύ ωραίος. Ό ουρανός ήταν απίστευτα φανής. Έβγαλα μερικές φωτογραφίες.
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Democrazia?
Silvia Ronchey una volta a lezione ci raccontò la sua scelta nel ’68: lei scelse di studiare. Indipendentemente da quello che lei scelse veramente e dalle sue ragioni, è stato meglio così. Il ’68 non ha rovesciato un regime, lo ha solo sostituito – operando a livello culturale quello che a livello politico è avvenuto…
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Libri letti nell’anno duemilanove
Dicembre Nicolò Ammaniti, Che la festa cominci Letto in fretta, rubandolo a Elisa. Scoppiettante. Belli i satanisti. Novembre A. A. Milne, Winnie Puh e La strada di Puh Sono bellissimi. Le storie e i disegni — sono veramente come quelle che raccontavo a mio fratello da piccoli. Dimentichiamo volentieri il prodotto Disney, pallida rivisitazione dell’originale.…
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bye bye last.fm
Oggi ho cancellato il mio account last.fm, dopo avere recuperato i dati di ascolto. Da oggi ho un account su libre.fm: http://alpha.libre.fm/user/steko/. È certamente meno elaborato ma non ho mai comunque usato le funzionalità di community di last.fm.