Substratum by Janek Sundahl and the Backfill editorial team.

Nothing grounds the truth like good poetry. Here, compliments of the Backfill editors, (and with apologies to the Beatles) is a piece of ground-truthing truth-grounding, free to enjoy at your end-of-season party, at a barbecue with the research team, on a Friday night out, or to contemplate in a soul-searching moment alone. Yesterdays Yesterdays All […]

Archaeological dating looks more and more like a trend to stay. Archaeologists, as everyone can see, like dating more than anything in the world. Except, possibly, for debating, ruminating, agonizing, chattering, and gossiping about their dates and those of others. Recently the market has been overflowing with new electronic applications promising to obtain dates. Many […]

From the shallow depths of a cigar box, previously unknown photos of Çatalhöyük being excavated by James Mellaart have seen the light of day.

JUA’s archaeological comic strip Substratum will soon appear here on the homepage.