How to Get Scientific with Folklore and Legends, Dammit
LJ is a far darker place than ever I'd realized. Like, there are people hanging out here who voluntarily listen to "Aqualung." And who get all...philosophical and shit. *wary look* At least I know who the troublemakers are now. Freaks.
Since I can't properly smudge my LJ to purify it of that taint, I'm doing the next best thing: updating with a wee bit of archaeological neepage that goes heavy on SPN-related resources. Check this out:
Heat Wave Reveals Abbey's Archaeological Secrets
Not everything about the unrelenting heat has been terrible. As described in the above article, the heat has killed off the lawn in just the right places at Blanchland Abbey to reveal previously hidden building foundations.
I mention this for my sister SPN fen because of the hauntings reported at that particular abbey. Should that catch your interest, check out the following links:
Northumbrian Folktales
Maps and History of Blanchland
A Walking Tour of Blanchland Village
Facts and Photos of Blanchland Village and the Abbey
The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
And from my absolute favorite supernatural site because it's so brilliantly organized in a clear and concise fashion as only a complete geek could do for other complete geeks, The Paranormal Database, I give you the Northumbrian Database Records.
So, okay. How much do you people love me right now for hooking y'all up with this? It had better be ONLY ALL THE WAY. And, for serious, even that love is probably only a fraction of what the Winchesters should have for me, dammit. I have music! And ridiculous but magnificent resources! And! And! Fresh high-thread count sheets on my bed! *breathless* Hello, boys, indeed.
Right. What was next? Ah, yes. Much closer to home, I present you with:
Digging for 200-year-old truth of "black Paul Bunyan"
For the last two centuries, the amazing life of Venture Smith has been something of a legend in its own right in Kentucky. A slave who earned not just his freedom but the freedom of his family, Venture's first-hand narrative and the subesequent stories that rose around him clearly shows how a story can pass into fable while leaving an amazing number of documents and records to allow archaeologists to find their way back to the truth in a scientific fashion.
(Take a moment to appreciate just how very unsubtle I can be in that one run-on sentence alone, btw.)
For the fun of it, I also pass along the following links:
Procedures for Obtaining Biological Samples from Ancient Bones
How mtDNA Analysis Is Performed and Its Uses (as opposed to nuclear DNA analysis)
ETA Extraction of Nuclear DNA from Museum Specimens ♥!
An AWESOME DNA Forensics site
Haunted Kentucky
Ghost Stories from Kentucky and Tennessee
Finally, I gotta hook y'all up with the official site for The Kentucky Ghost Hunters because, come on. There's no way Dean and Sam wouldn't turn into Beavis and Butthead over folks who call themselves "The KY Ghosthunters." Hell, I practically peed myself when I saw that.
Come to think of it, there's really no way to top the KY Ghosthunters. This is plenty long for now. Enjoy and don't hesitate to ping me for additional resources should you be interested. Cheers!
Since I can't properly smudge my LJ to purify it of that taint, I'm doing the next best thing: updating with a wee bit of archaeological neepage that goes heavy on SPN-related resources. Check this out:
Heat Wave Reveals Abbey's Archaeological Secrets
Not everything about the unrelenting heat has been terrible. As described in the above article, the heat has killed off the lawn in just the right places at Blanchland Abbey to reveal previously hidden building foundations.
I mention this for my sister SPN fen because of the hauntings reported at that particular abbey. Should that catch your interest, check out the following links:
Northumbrian Folktales
Maps and History of Blanchland
A Walking Tour of Blanchland Village
Facts and Photos of Blanchland Village and the Abbey
The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
And from my absolute favorite supernatural site because it's so brilliantly organized in a clear and concise fashion as only a complete geek could do for other complete geeks, The Paranormal Database, I give you the Northumbrian Database Records.
So, okay. How much do you people love me right now for hooking y'all up with this? It had better be ONLY ALL THE WAY. And, for serious, even that love is probably only a fraction of what the Winchesters should have for me, dammit. I have music! And ridiculous but magnificent resources! And! And! Fresh high-thread count sheets on my bed! *breathless* Hello, boys, indeed.
Right. What was next? Ah, yes. Much closer to home, I present you with:
Digging for 200-year-old truth of "black Paul Bunyan"
For the last two centuries, the amazing life of Venture Smith has been something of a legend in its own right in Kentucky. A slave who earned not just his freedom but the freedom of his family, Venture's first-hand narrative and the subesequent stories that rose around him clearly shows how a story can pass into fable while leaving an amazing number of documents and records to allow archaeologists to find their way back to the truth in a scientific fashion.
(Take a moment to appreciate just how very unsubtle I can be in that one run-on sentence alone, btw.)
For the fun of it, I also pass along the following links:
Procedures for Obtaining Biological Samples from Ancient Bones
How mtDNA Analysis Is Performed and Its Uses (as opposed to nuclear DNA analysis)
ETA Extraction of Nuclear DNA from Museum Specimens ♥!
An AWESOME DNA Forensics site
Haunted Kentucky
Ghost Stories from Kentucky and Tennessee
Finally, I gotta hook y'all up with the official site for The Kentucky Ghost Hunters because, come on. There's no way Dean and Sam wouldn't turn into Beavis and Butthead over folks who call themselves "The KY Ghosthunters." Hell, I practically peed myself when I saw that.
Come to think of it, there's really no way to top the KY Ghosthunters. This is plenty long for now. Enjoy and don't hesitate to ping me for additional resources should you be interested. Cheers!