Horace LaBadie
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 Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:07 am Post subject: Ig Nobels Honor Archaeologist |
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Armadillos helped win an Ig Nobel for Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo, a
professor of archaeology at the Universidade De Sao Paulo in Brazil, and
a colleague earned.
Pesky armadillos, they found, can move artifacts in archaeological dig
sites up, down and even laterally by several meters as they dig.
Armadillos are burrowing mammals and prolific diggers. Their abodes can
range from emergency burrows 20 inches deep, to more permanent homes
reaching 20 feet deep, with networks of tunnels and multiple entrances,
according to the Humane Society of the United States' Web site.
Araujo was thrilled to win. "There is no Nobel Prize for archaeology, so
an Ig Nobel is a good thing," he said in an e-mail.
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