Editor s Selections: Grave Goods, Mother-Fetus Burials, Taste, Ornaments, Hallucinations, And Fig Cakes

By Krystal D'Costa?| March 15, 2012 |??

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Featured in my ResearchBlogging.org column?this week:

• At?Bones Don?t Lie, Katy Meyers discusses what we can learn from?grave goods.

• Kristina Killgrove examines biological and cultural processes of childbirth via the lens of?mother-fetus burials at?Powered By Osteons.

• Can the?ways we eat influence our ability to?taste? Possibly. At?Inkfish, Elizabeth Preston discusses the independent evolution of taste (or lack thereof) in animals.

• At?Originus, Cris Campbell urges caution when declaring artifacts as?ornaments.

• Can you trust what you think see? Always? At?Genealogy?of Religion, Cris Campbell discusses perceptual bias and?hallucinations.

• And finally, at?Tropaion Nikolaos Markoulakis discusses the significance of?fig cakes in a festival honoring Athena.

I?ll be back next week with more from anthropology, philosophy, and research.

About the Author: Krystal D'Costa is an anthropologist working in digital media in New York City. You can follow AiP on Facebook. Follow on Twitter @krystaldcosta.

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The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.

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