# commercial archaeology (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover commercial archaeology. Page: Feed: --- ## [Bunkerology](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/bunkerology/) _2026-08-20 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ What is bunkerology? Luke Bennett coined this term to characterise the phenomenon of those with an interest, even obsession, with exploring underground concrete military facilities. In other words, ‘urban explorers who wrote online about their exploration of abandoned Cold War bunkers’ (2011, 421) although this could also be extended to pill-boxes and other concrete defensive … Continue reading… ## [July-August updates](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/08/19/july-august-updates/) _2026-08-19 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ Newly added: Coeur d’Alene Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1927-2025 Idaho Falls Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1923-2025 North Platte Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2026 Poughkeepsie Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations 1925-1988… ## [Onward to Richmond](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/06/21/onward-to-richmond/) _2026-06-21 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ Richmond turned out to be much more interesting (and to take much longer) than I expected. Most of the big chains turned up there at… ## [New stuff…](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/06/03/new-stuff-2/) _2026-06-04 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ …and a lot of it is from Utah. Since April: Massive expansion of Salt Lake City and suburbs New: Ogden UT, 1920-1987 Update to Tri-Cities… ## [Barn Storm](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/barn-storm/) _2026-05-19 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ It is not often I get angry, but a recent encounter with a standing stone has really annoyed – and shocked me. I am pretty used to prehistory being badly treated, and indeed a whole chapter of my forthcoming book (have I mentioned this before?) deals with 20th and 21st century biographies of megaliths that … Continue reading Barn Storm ## [Five options…](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/04/25/five-options/) _2026-04-25 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ …for a monstrously large roadtrip this fall. Thoughts? Anyone? Option 1 (5766 mi, 9225 km): Covers two of the remaining three US states (Montana and… ## [Updates, testing, and other things](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/04/19/updates-testing-and-other-things/) _2026-04-19 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ I haven’t really left the house much this weekend, not wanting to multiply the evil effect pollen has had on me this year. That said,… ## [WEO!](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/04/01/weo/) _2026-04-01 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ The Key Food cooperative, which purchased the Superfresh and Food Emporium tradenames during A&P’s bankruptcy announced today that it will also be resurrecting the A&P… ## [Message board issues](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/04/01/message-board-issues/) _2026-04-01 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ I’m seeing significant message board outages over the past few days, probably stemming from bot intrusions. I can’t tell you when or if the situation… ## [Lush prehistory](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/lush-prehistory/) _2026-03-09 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ In the name of relaxation, would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls like this gentleman? Now you can thanks to strong smelling toiletry-mungers Lush. Because at many of their branches you can get the Highland Spa experience. Who could walk past the enticing display … Continue reading Lush prehistory ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QJJIdr8kxGVd) _2026-03-09 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [March updates](https://www.groceteria.com/2026/03/05/march-updates/) _2026-03-05 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ Since it will soon be Daylight Savings Time and I’ll be too much of a zombie to type… New additions since December: Santa Maria CA… ## [For the delectation of posterity](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/for-the-delectation-of-posterity/) _2026-01-25 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ One of the most remarkable episodes in British archaeology was played out in the summer of 1937 in Clydebank, near Glasgow. For a short while, the Druid Temple, or Knappers, was the hottest ticket in town and prehistory was sexy, thanks to the charismatic Ludovic MacLellan Mann. This site, long invisible, and in the shadow … Continue reading For the delectation of posterity ## [Close to home](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/close-to-home/) _2026-01-08 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ I grew up in a town called Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, not far from Glasgow. It would be fair to say that this is a place that has a negative reputation at least in west central Scotland, and I was very aware of this when I was growing up. However the character of the town … Continue reading Close to home ## [Blood incantation](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/blood-incantation/) _2025-12-08 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ The most (in)famous example of heavy metal and prehistory harmonising is surely the undersized Stone’enge that is slowly lowered into the midst of guitars and spandex in the 1984 mock-rock-doc This is Spinal Tap. Confusion over inches and feet is an appropriate mistake to make for a monument that has so often in the past … Continue reading Blood incantation ## [December (and coming soon)](https://www.groceteria.com/2025/12/07/december-and-coming-soon/) _2025-12-08 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ Back from my annual road trip to Southwestern and Southern Ontario and other places along the way. This trip included one of my periodic runs… ## [October update](https://www.groceteria.com/2025/10/25/october-update-2/) _2025-10-25 · Groceteria · Groceteria.com_ Just a quick list of recent additions (which you’ll see quicker on Bluesky or in the Message Board: Fort Worth Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-1991 Slidell… ## [Passage grave art … in a passage](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/passage-grave-art-in-a-passage/) _2025-09-15 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ Urban prehistory can still surprise me. On a recent trip to Belfast, I hoped that I might stumble upon something that would be blog post worthy, and I thought I had hit urban prehistory gold when I got off the train at the nearby city of Bangor and saw a standing stone in the station … Continue reading Passage grave art … in a passage ## [Do hunter gatherers dream of electric elk?](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/do-hunter-gatherers-dream-of-electric-elk/) _2024-12-19 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ What else would we be going to look at on a suburban street called Helleristningen, other than what this Norwegian word means: the rock carving. Situated in an area of housing in Åskollen, south of Drammen on the west side of Oslo Fjord, this street winds its way past a caged outcrop, which has carved … Continue reading Do hunter gatherers dream of electric elk? ## [Lot 172](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/lot-172/) _2024-10-01 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ Me, tracing my fingers in and out of the coarse surface of cupmarks on a stone in the sun, with red paint marks on the rock beside me. Again. Not in Faifley, but Oslo. To be precise this happened on a walk with fellow archaeologist Ingrid Mainland in Ekebergparken, on the south side of the … Continue reading Lot 172 ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/T5Q2yp0goCyu) _2024-10-01 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [The ‘Spoons stone](https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/the-spoons-stone/) _2024-09-05 · balfarg · the urban prehistorian_ “Why does that Wetherspoons have a drawing of a standing stone outside?” I asked incredulously a few months back during a visit to the soon-to-be levelled down (funded by levelling up money) Cumbernauld Antonine shopping centre. Soon followed by, “…and it is called The Carrick Stone!”. Little more encouragement was needed to go inside to, … Continue reading The ‘Spoons stone