Comments on: Baltimore hair stylist tries her hand at archaeology

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:47:00 +0000

Seh-ew, how do you warsh it, hon? Do you try not to get warter on it?

By: Kevin Reid

Kevin Reid — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:01:00 +0000

For those interested: PDF of the article (found using the obvious keywords).

By: Jim Beach

Jim Beach — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:36:00 +0000

I’ll say it:
hairchaeologist.

By: Supernumerary

Supernumerary — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:31:00 +0000

I’m being besieged by images of a John Waters movie set in ancient Greece.

By: Silversalty

Silversalty — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:55:00 +0000

Fascinating stuff. If only I had hair. :P

Janet Stephens is both an archaeologist and architect of stranded construction. She could probably have given the Roeblings pointers.

A few video links.

Vestal Hairdressing: recreating the “Seni Crines”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA9JYWh1r7U

The hairstyle of Empress Plotina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMEoxT5YVk

Classical Greek Hairstyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ97okxEO5U

Hairstyles of Faustina the Younger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_HPjg-f8iQ

.. and more if you follow the links.

By: Doc_S

Doc_S — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:35:00 +0000

‘Course she was able to figure that out. Y’ever see one o’ those frightening Baltimore beehive do’s? Major structural engineering and a hard shell coat of Aqua Net.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:11:00 +0000

Fixed. Hopefully.

By: Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle

Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:55:00 +0000

thanks for the repaired link Joshua. Awesome stuff

By: Steven B

Steven B — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:50:00 +0000

A little while ago, I read a very interesting book by a modern construction engineer about his take on how the great pyramid was build. He hewed closely to the archeology, while using his practitioner’s eye to how him might do it (with ancient techniques). He figured that they needed 10,000 at peak, but that was for only 2-3 years because of the narrowing surface area. They could really only work on one level at a time. At the pyramid got taller, the level got smaller, meaning fewer and fewer people could fit.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Great-Pyramid-Was-Built/dp/0060891580

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:25:00 +0000

I see what you did there.

By: Trey Roady

Trey Roady — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:20:00 +0000

Thought: she’s now an archaeologist, not just a hair-dresser. I know it’s just splitting hairs, but sometimes we portray science like it’s something everyone else does.

You do the work, you run the inquiries, you are a scientist.

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:19:00 +0000

Yay Citizen Science! But, ah, WSJ links don’t work for kenyan muslim socialist proles like me…

Edit: Joshua’s link worked for me.

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:17:00 +0000

Link returns: Cannot GET /articles/a/?mg=reno64-wsj

This link seems to work for me:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324900204578286272195339456.html