14 January 2022 @ 07:10 pm
Fandom Snowflake 2022 Challenges #7  
Snowflake Challenge promotional banner with image of gingerbread Christmas trees, a silver ball, a tea light candle and a white confectionery snowflake on a beige falling-snowflakes background. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

In your own space, tell us about 3 fandom resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom!)

The article, "Predicting the preservation of cultural artefacts and buried materials in soil" by Mark Kibblewhite, Gergely Tóth, and Tamás Hermann, covers the preservation in various types of soil of bones, teeth and shells; ceramics, glass and phytoliths; organic materials; various metals; and stone and plaster. There are also sections on stratigraphy and soil properties.

I found this to be invaluable in writing my Yuletide treat, "The Mystery of Mantlemass"; and I suspect it would be useful not only for anyone else writing fanfic that involves archaeology but also for people writing casefic, especially involving a cold case.

 
 
 
 
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goddess47[personal profile] goddess47 on January 15th, 2022 01:00 am (UTC)
I'm going to make a note of that to read after Snowflake is over... You never know when some random knowledge like that is useful!

Thanks for sharing it!

Glad you joined in Snowflake!
greerwatson[personal profile] greerwatson on January 15th, 2022 05:11 am (UTC)
Knowing the internet, I saved a copy of it. I can quite see the information being useful in the future.
cindy: fangirl[personal profile] tsuki_no_bara on January 15th, 2022 02:35 am (UTC)
that seems both very specific and very useful. and neat!
greerwatson[personal profile] greerwatson on January 15th, 2022 04:00 am (UTC)
It told me exactly what I needed. :)