# prehistoric (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover prehistoric. Page: Feed: --- ## [The End of Oak Street – shag pile](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/08/18/the-end-of-oak-street-shag-pile/) _2026-08-18 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Remember a time before The Franchise had a near-monopoly on movie dinosaurs? Me neither. To avoid any references to the Crichton and Spielberg-spawned behemoth, you’d have to travel in time all the way back to the 1980s. And that seems like as good a reason as any to set the ‘modern day’ portions of any new dinosaur films during that decade – it’s the most recent era during which the characters… ## [The sacred caves of Northern Spain](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/the-sacred-caves-of-northern-spain) _2026-08-16 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Part 6: The Old Gods of Europe ## [Have archaeologists just solved the mystery of the Franklin Expedition?](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/have-archaeologists-just-solved-the) _2026-08-14 · Lauren · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ The Franklin Expedition is considered one of the worst exploration disasters in history. ## [Great Dinosaur Mistakes – review](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/08/10/great-dinosaur-mistakes-review/) _2026-08-10 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Having examined the changing image of Tyrannosaurus in 2023 s The Tyrannosaur s Feathers, Adam Smith, Jonathan Emmett and Stieven van der Poorten have returned with a similarly-themed follow-up book – only this time, featuring a whole range of prehistoric animals. That s right – in spite of the title, this book isn t confined to our favourite Mesozoic reptile pals (it s just that Great Dinosaur… ## [When caves were temples](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/when-caves-were-temples-5a4) _2026-08-09 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Part 5: The Old Gods of Europe ## [Why Do These Egyptian Mummies Have Gold Tongues?](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/why-do-these-egyptian-mummies-have) _2026-08-07 · Lauren · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ Why were ancient mummies buried with golden foil tongues inside their mouths? ## [These artefacts changed everything we knew about ancient doctors](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/these-artefacts-changed-everything) _2026-08-04 · The Archaeologists Notebook · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ What are the greatest archaeological discoveries in medicine? ## [The landscape is an archive](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/the-landscape-is-an-archive) _2026-08-02 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ On learning to read the world again ## [Why Was This Mummy Buried With Homer's Iliad?](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/why-was-this-mummy-buried-with-homers) _2026-07-31 · The Archaeologists Notebook · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ Was the mystery of the Neolithic population collapse caused by an ancient plague long before the Black Death? ## [The Names of Iberia's Forgotten Gods](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/the-names-of-iberias-forgotten-gods) _2026-07-26 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Part 4: The Old Gods of Europe ## [Open this .onion address (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kWmYg88PJSAR) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Access 7btj5kisrpopxjkhmcugbiygfk2xd6op3ta7whfrmxxrldyrlh5b5zad.onion using a Tor browser. ## [Why did Europeans spend centuries eating ancient Egyptian mummies?](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/why-did-europeans-spend-centuries) _2026-07-24 · Dr Tom Horne · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ But first… ## [Podcast Show Notes: Episode 51 – Parkersaurs to Ultimasaurs](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/07/22/podcast-show-notes-episode-51-parkersaurs-to-ultimasaurs/) _2026-07-22 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ In this slightly-delayed-by-the-heatwave episode, Gemma, Marc and Natee finally get around to discussing some of the best-known and most widely reproduced and copied palaeoart of all time – Neave Parker s monochrome saurians as published in the Natural History Museum (or rather, British Museum (Natural History)) s 1960s book entitled Dinosaurs. Then, Marc interviews American artist and author… ## [Vintage Dinosaur Art: Prehistoric Life (In School and At Home) – Part 2](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/07/21/vintage-dinosaur-art-prehistoric-life-in-school-and-at-home-part-2/) _2026-07-21 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Following my first post on Usborne s Children s Encyclopedia of Prehistoric Life (aka Prehistoric Life, part of the In School and At Home series in Russia in the 90s), at least four people wanted me to carry on and review some of the non-Mesozoic, non-dinosaurian illustrations. So here we go! Rather than start with the smelly mammals of the Cenozoic, I d prefer it if we could first go back to a… ## [Why do archaeologists lick bones?](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/why-do-archaeologists-lick-bones) _2026-07-21 · Dr Tom Horne · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ Archaeologist Giselle answers the internet’s biggest questions about ancient history, human remains, and field excavations. ## [Pigment Tuesday: ultramarine blue](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/pigment-tuesday-ultramarine-blue) _2026-07-21 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ I've started a new series called 'Pigment Tuesday'. In each post, we'll discover a new pigment, its history and applications in art. We're starting with the king of blues: lapis lazuli. ## [Help me bring the voices of ancient women’s religion to life!](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/help-me-bring-the-voices-of-ancient) _2026-07-19 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ On scholarship as devotion, dreams and imagination as methodology, and the robust vulnerability of asking for help ## [Did Odysseus actually exist, or was Homer’s epic entirely a work of fiction?](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/did-odysseus-actually-exist-or-was) _2026-07-17 · Dr Tom Horne · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ YouTube ## [Roman Guardian Spirit Sculpture Found Near Hadrian’s Wall | Slave Shackles from Ancient Gallic Market | New Kingdom Tomb Unearthed in Egypt](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/roman-guardian-spirit-sculpture-found) _2026-07-14 · Dr Tom Horne · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ What a Genius! ## [Our Lady of Ancient Iberia](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/our-lady-of-ancient-iberia) _2026-07-12 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Part 3: The Old Gods of Europe ## [BREAKING NEWS - Thinking About the Roman Empire: Rich Wannabe Romans Display Pre-Invasion Imperial Links in Essex Iron Age Cemetery](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/breaking-news-thinking-about-the) _2026-07-10 · Dr Tom Horne · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ I Want To Be Like You! ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2uVtwIe9RGi1) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Mosaic-Rich Late Roman Church | Early Medieval Hall | Medieval Vet Care | 1776 Copy of Declaration of Independence](https://thearchaeologistsnotebook.substack.com/p/mosaic-rich-late-roman-church-early) _2026-07-07 · Dr Tom Horne · The Archaeologist's Notebook_ At Cross Purposes: Mosaic-Filled Late Roman Church Discovered ## [Tramways and Dinosaurs: Jurassic Discovery in Seaton](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/07/06/tramways-and-dinosaurs-jurassic-discovery-in-seaton/) _2026-07-06 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon s glorious Axe Valley, according to their website, providing superb views across the wetland habitats of curlews, lapwings, egrets, shelducks, swans, and many more. But just in case you d rather see Mesozoic dinosaurs, Seaton Tramway (Enterprises) Ltd. also operates Jurassic Discovery, a venue… ## [Pigment Guide #7: oil paint](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/pigment-guide-7-oil-paint) _2026-07-06 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ This week, we turn to one of the most popular art techniques of the last 500 years: oil painting. ## [Childbirth as a Rite of Passage](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/childbirth-as-a-rite-of-passage) _2026-07-05 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ The loss of women's initiatory traditions and the modern exile of Mystery ## [The Peoples of Ancient Iberia: Landscapes, Cultures, and Chronology](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/the-peoples-of-ancient-iberia-landscapes) _2026-06-28 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Part 2: The Old Gods of Europe ## [Vintage Dinosaur Art: Prehistoric Life (In School and At Home)](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/06/23/vintage-dinosaur-art-prehistoric-life-in-school-and-at-home/) _2026-06-23 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ In the decade before the Normanpedia appeared and all and sundry decided to slavishly copy John Sibbick s work, Giovanni Caselli s illustrations for Halstead s The evolution and ecology of the Dinosaurs were often held up as the gold standard. Or so it would seem, based on the number of imitators. (Incidentally, did you know that there is a greater timespan between my review of the Halstead book… ## [Pigments under the skin: ancient and traditional tattooing among women](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/pigments-under-the-skin-ancient-and) _2026-06-21 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ Is this post, I explore some of the traditional methods, meaning and ingredientes used in ancient and indigenous tattooing around the world. ## [Ancient Iberia](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/ancient-iberia) _2026-06-21 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Part 1: The Old Gods of Europe ## [Discount on my most popular series](https://gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com/p/discount-on-my-most-popular-series) _2026-06-19 · Gabriela Gutierrez · Under a Fig Tree_ Celebrating the success of Before Olympus and 2,000+ new readers ## [Vintage Dinosaur Art: Giant Dinosaurs of the Jurassic – Part 2](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/06/08/vintage-dinosaur-art-giant-dinosaurs-of-the-jurassic-part-2/) _2026-06-08 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Gregory Wenzel s gorgeous Giant Dinosaurs of the Jurassic is well deserving of a second entry, especially as I showed my terrible theropod bias last time. Given the predominance of carnivores in the previous post, why not kick off with the completely harmless, very innocent and almost certainly meek and impeccably well-behaved Dryosaurus this time? While certainly not a Giant Dinosaur, Dryosaurus… ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gTPxSJ0e59n5) _2026-06-08 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Pigment Guide #6: iron gall ink (recipes from 16th century Spain)](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/pigment-guide-7-iron-gall-ink-recipes) _2026-06-07 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ Conservation studies about iron gall inks have increased exponentially in the past years. ## [Vintage Dinosaur Art: Jurassic Park Institute – Part 2](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/06/05/vintage-dinosaur-art-jurassic-park-institute-part-2/) _2026-06-05 · Sophie · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Last time, we took a look at some of the many theropods illustrated by Tim Bradley for the now-defunct Jurassic Park Institute Dinopedia. Let s check out a few more of those before moving on to the sauropods. Thanks again to Tim for providing these illustrations, it s a real pleasure to be able to see them again after all these years! I foolishly neglected to include a tyrannosaur last time, so… ## [Podcast Show Notes: Episode 50 – Half-Century Tim Haines Spectacular](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/06/02/podcast-show-notes-episode-50-half-century-tim-haines-spectacular/) _2026-06-02 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ In this no-doubt pivotal 50th episode of the somewhat irregular LITC podcast, Gemma and Marc interview Tim Haines about his latest televisual venture featuring CG recreations of prehistoric animals in photogenic settings – Surviving Earth! But before that, a short preamble packs in Isle of Wight shoutouts, Thai-ropods (or something like that), and Gemma s boundless flair for the dramatic. In the… ## [Debunking the myths and prejudices surrounding prehistoric rock art](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/debunking-myths-and-prejudices-surrounding) _2026-05-17 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ In this post, I cover six topics that are usually controversial or misunderstood about prehistoric art. ## [Podcast Show Notes: Episode 49 – Robots and Comics](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/05/15/podcast-show-notes-episode-49-robots-and-comics/) _2026-05-15 · Gemma Hazeborg · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ Episode fifty minus one is finally here, and we re back looking at some non-traditional forms of palaeoart! Gemma, Marc and Natee discuss the beloved animatronics made by the Dinamation company in the 1980s and 1990s. Then, Natee and Gemma interview the unsung Sean Hennesy, whose dinosaur comics under the name Speed Thief combine art with comedy. We discuss how cartoons can inspire curiosity, and… ## [What did Stone Age people actually do on a Saturday night 100,000 years ago?](https://www.zavesti.com/what-did-stone-age-people-actually-do-on-a-saturday-night-100000-years-ago/) _2026-05-14 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ A Saturday Night 100,000 Years Ago Makeup, firelight, and a prehistoric world richer than you were told The oldest Saturday night in the world Think about what you do when you go out for an evening. You wash your face. You look in a mirror. You smooth something coloured onto your cheeks or your lips.… ## [Vintage Dinosaur Art: Giant Dinosaurs of the Jurassic – Part 1](https://chasmosaurs.com/2026/05/12/vintage-dinosaur-art-giant-dinosaurs-of-the-jurassic-part-1/) _2026-05-12 · Marc Vincent · Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs_ As regular readers will hopefully be aware, our sole criterion for Vintage Dinosaur Art is that the art in question must be at least 20 years old. (We re also aware that vintage is not synonymous with old , but you don t mess with the brand.) Now that we are – rather frighteningly – well into the 2020s, that means works from the 2000s now fall within our purview. Unfortunately, the era immediately… ## [Why Stone Age Historical Fiction Gets Closer to the Truth Than Your History Class](https://www.zavesti.com/why-stone-age-historical-fiction-gets-closer-to-the-truth-than-your-history-class/) _2026-05-11 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ What prehistoric fiction readers see that archaeology keeps missing The Stone Age world most people imagine Close your eyes and picture a Stone Age scene. A campfire. A band of people eating around it. The low glow of ochre on cheekbones. Someone singing. Someone knapping a flake. Firelight moving on the walls of a cave… ## [Pigment Guide #5: egg tempera](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/pigment-guide-6-egg-tempera) _2026-05-03 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ Welcome back to the Pigment Guide! ## [The Stone Age World Was Nothing Like You Imagine](https://www.zavesti.com/the-stone-age-world-was-nothing-like-you-imagine/) _2026-04-18 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ Neanderthal chemists, Paleolithic engineers, and the things prehistoric humans almost invented Six weeks in the New Jersey woods In the summer of 2009, a New Jersey artist named Jamie O’Shea walked into the woods and spent six weeks trying to build an electric telegraph. The rules he set himself were strict. Every material had to… ## [Did Neanderthals Have an Incest Taboo? What Ancient Genetics Reveals](https://www.zavesti.com/did-neanderthals-have-an-incest-taboo-what-ancient-genetics-reveals/) _2026-04-14 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ Did Neanderthals have an incest taboo? The question sounds almost too modern to ask of a species that vanished 40,000 years ago — but the answer, drawn from recent studies of Ice Age DNA, is more interesting than you might expect. Neanderthals lived in communities so small that inbreeding should have been inevitable. Bands of… ## [Did Neanderthals Marry?](https://www.zavesti.com/did-neanderthals-marry/) _2026-04-14 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ Did Neanderthals marry? Not in any form we would recognise today — there were no ceremonies, no rings, no vows preserved in the archaeological record. But did Neanderthal adults form lasting pair bonds, share responsibility for specific children, and maintain those relationships across years of Ice Age life? The genetic and skeletal evidence says yes… ## [40+ Books on Women’s History, from the Stone Age to the Present](https://www.zavesti.com/best-books-about-women-in-history-40-picks-from-the-stone-age-to-now/) _2026-04-02 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ She hunted. She healed. She painted the cave walls. Here are the books that let you live inside her world. Nine thousand years ago, in the high Andes of Peru, a young woman was buried with her hunting toolkit — projectile points, scrapers, processing blades. For decades, archaeologists assumed the skeleton was male. It wasn’t.… ## [Were Hunter-Gatherers Healthier Than Farmers? What the Bones Tell Us](https://www.zavesti.com/were-hunter-gatherers-healthier-than-farmers-what-the-bones-tell-us/) _2026-04-01 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ The Cursed Harvest: When Farming Made Women Sick Agriculture wasn’t a gift from the gods. For the first women who tried it, it was a biological horror story. There is a grinding stone in every archaeological museum in the world. It sits in a glass case, usually near the flint tools and the pottery shards,… ## [The String Revolution: The Technology That Won the Ice Age](https://www.zavesti.com/the-string-revolution-the-technology-that-won-the-ice-age/) _2026-04-01 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ Spears Didn’t Win the Ice Age. String Did. And the People Who Made It Were Written Out of History Anyone who has ever lashed a handle to a blade knows the truth before the archaeologists do. The blade gets all the attention. You hold it up. People admire the edge, the symmetry, the knapping. But… ## [Coats of arms: the ID of the Middle Ages](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/coats-of-arms-the-id-of-the-middle) _2026-03-29 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ How could you demonstrate who you were before modern IDs were invented? ## [Best Books Like Clan of the Cave Bear (20+ Prehistoric Fiction Picks)](https://www.zavesti.com/best-books-like-clan-of-the-cave-bear-20-prehistoric-fiction-picks/) _2026-03-22 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ There are thousands of books set in the Stone Age. Most lists just dump them in a pile. This guide organises them the way archaeologists organise time — by era, by theme, and by what kind of reader you are. Whether you want Ice Age survival, Neanderthal encounter, the first farmers, or women who held… ## [What Did a Neanderthal Eat for Breakfast? Reconstructing a Day of Ice Age Meals](https://www.zavesti.com/what-did-a-neanderthal-eat-for-breakfast-reconstructing-a-day-of-ice-age-meals/) _2026-03-21 · Orla Connors · zavesti.com_ I split a marrow bone once with a hammerstone — a real one, at an experimental archaeology session. The crack was louder than I expected. The marrow inside was pale, fatty, and surprisingly abundant. I thought about a Neanderthal waking on a cold morning to the remnants of last night’s fire, picking up a long… ## [Bonus post #5: A legendary varnish?](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/bonus-post-5-a-legendary-varnish) _2026-03-15 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ What makes the Stradivarius and Guarneri string instruments the best in the world? ## [Pigment Guide #4: charcoal](https://mariacj.substack.com/p/pigment-guide-4-homemade-charcoal) _2026-03-08 · María C.J · Pigments, Colors & Other Stories_ We change gears in this post, from mineral pigment to charcoal. In this post, you'll learn how to make charcoal pencils and black pigment in a totally natural way.