WasteFlake

The Wasteflake Project starts conversations on culture and science.
The Wasteflake Project is currently being remodeled. Existing users can still login and add material but we are not actively seeking participants. If you would like a new a user id created or the password of an existing user reset please send email to wasteman at wasteflake.com.



Work in progress at Wasteflake, linked here for your consideration:

1. PeerReview — just what is it? Is the Wasteflake Project an example of expanded peer review, or an entirely new kind of peer review?
2. Popular images of science and scientists: see Cornelius' position paper on PopularArchaeology and discuss images of popular archaeology in the forum.
3. Fiction! See WasteflakeFiction for stories, both finished and in progress.
   1. The Encyclopedia of Minor Deities
4. SpamArt. If enough users, at enough keyboards, enter enough subject lines from spam, will it be art?
5. MoreWasteflake — everything from MixologicalScience to SoWhatsUp.
6. Background Checks Stories digging into the meaning of news breaks (these are the most recent)
   1. Early Bronze Age Money of Neck Rings
   2. Human-Altered Diversity of the Amazon Rainforest
   3. The Everlasting Unextinguished Legacy of Palimpsests
   4. Desert Flowering in Byzantine Farming Villages in the Negev
   5. Greenland Ice Melt Highest in 12000 Years and Why That Matters
7. HaveUniverseNeedName
8. Book of Frauds
9. It's AboutTime
10. Recovered Articles from About and Dot-Dash
    1. Hoards and Caches in Archaeology
    2. Yersinia pestis and the Bubonic Plague
    3. The Lost Library of Alexandria
    4. Terra Preta, Ancient Composting, and Biochar in the Amazon
    5. Papyrus Ecology and History
    6. Rest Houses and Way Stations
    7. Water Management at the Maya Capital of Tikal
    8. Domestication History of the Muscovy Duck
    9. Garum—Ancient Roman Umami in a Bottle
    10. A 16th Century Map of Aztec Mexico City
    11. Mass Kills: Prehistoric Communal Hunting Strategies
11. Opinions
12. Favorite Word Puzzles
13. TravelsDownTheRabbitHoleWithSteve
14. Book Reviews

• WasteflakeManifesto
• WasteflakeSupport
• WasteflakeWorkings
• WasteflakeBibliography
• Wasteflake ToDo

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