Musing About Marsala: Do Archaeologists Have a Color of the Year?
My first reaction to Pantone’s announcement about the color of the year, “Marsala” was “delicious!” The name stirred fond recollections of a few nice evenings. … Continue reading
What Color is Chocolate?
The Color Chocolate History The questions I have been investigating lately is when did, “chocolate” become a word to describe a color and what color was that, exactly? These questions are not as simple as they may seem; the answers … Continue reading
Understanding Brown Soils: Why Archaeologists Love Munsell
A fairly common idea about archaeology is that the goal is “to dig up stuff”—bits of pottery, bones, perhaps a stone tool or a hand-wrought nail. While this is indeed part of what archaeologists do, what we look for, in … Continue reading
