Wrapping up a month of the functional arts, the New Worlds Patreon is taking a look the wonders we have wrought with metal! Comment over there . . .

I’m a big fan of weaving, embroidery, and the various other textile arts that are the subject of this week’s New Worlds Patreon essay. Comment over there!

Our second “functional arts” essay for the New Worlds Patreon is kind of a twofer, maybe a threefer: ceramics, glass, and a side diversion into the more decorative topic of mosaics! Comment over there . . .

The May theme for the New Worlds Patreon is the functional arts, so we’re segueing out of ancient ruins into architecture as an art form! Comment over there.

The New Worlds Patreon is ending April with a topic near and dear to my archaeological heart: the question of how much ancient sites are ever truly “lost.” Comment over there!

Not all ancient works take the form of giant rocks. Some of them are carved into the earth itself — so the New Worlds Patreon is taking a look at geoglyphs! Comment over there.

The Pyramids of Egypt, the Argonath of Gondor . . . the New Worlds Patreon is taking a look at the wonders of megalithic architecture. Comment over there!

For April the New Worlds Patreon is taking a jaunt through ancient relics in the landscape — though as long as we’re talking about prehistoric rock art, I figured we might include modern graffiti as well! Comment over there . . .

Year Eight of the New Worlds Patreon is going to be a busy one for theory posts, as there are five months with five Fridays in them! To start us off, I recommend the merits of being a goat — comment over there!

Lack of belief in gods is not solely a modern concept, as this week’s New Worlds Patreon essay explores. Comment over there!

The New Worlds Patreon has talked a lot about religion, but in all this time, it hasn’t yet gotten around to monotheism. That changes today — comment over there!

Is everything about a religion available for people to know, or are there secret teachings and rites limited to only proper initiates? The New Worlds Patreon takes a look at esotericism vs. exotericism — comment over there!

Today we begin Year Eight of the New Worlds Patreon! Once again we turn our attention to religion, beginning with the veneration of the dead — comment over there . . .

For the final essay of Year Seven, the New Worlds Patreon contemplates the divine — or rather, the places where we do that contemplation . . . comment over there!

The New Worlds Patreon returns to less exciting essay titles as it takes a look at common patterns for how urban houses are laid out. Comment over there!

It’s “shameless allusions in the titles” time at the New Worlds Patreon. Our second essay for the month is the second half of the look at building materials — you can guess where it’s headed! Comment over there . . .

Yes, the New Worlds Patreon is making a “Three Little Pigs” reference, as this week’s essay is (one of two) about building materials! Comment over there . . .

No, you’re not seeing double: the New Worlds Patreon is talking about twins this week! Comment over there.

The New Worlds Patreon will neither blame you nor accept the blame if you get earwormed this week by songs from the musical Annie, as we turn to the topic of orphanages! Comment over there.