A multidisciplinary and duo of scientists have analyzed the Codex Vergara. The Codex Vergara is a 660 year old document made by Aztec surveyors used to measure the surface of a field. It contains schematic drawings and measurements of individual fields. They were able to figure out that that Aztec surveyors probably used several types [...]
April 4, 2008
470 Middle Eastern coins from the 7th Century found near Stockholm, Sweden
There’s so much anthropology news all of a sudden, I’m gonna do my best to share them with you but I can’t promise I’ll cover it all. This first tidbit is of an archaeological find from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. Archaeologist Karin Beckman-Thoor tells the BBC News that she and her crew found over 470 coins [...]
