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Cover of the essay collection

Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication is a collection of
essays about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), edited by
Douglas Vakoch and published by NASA in 2014. Each of its four sections explores
a different topic: (1) the history of SETI as a field; (2) archaeological
comparisons for human–alien communication, such as the difficulties of
translating ancient languages; (3) the inferential gap between humans and
aliens, and the consequences this would have for communication and trade; and
(4) the potential nature of alien intelligences. Upon its release, the book
received widespread media coverage and generally positive reviews. It was at the
center of controversy when publications such as TheBlaze, The Huffington Post,
and Artnet misreported a quote about ancient stone carvings from one of its
essays, which rhetorically stated that the carvings "might have been made by
aliens" for all that they were understood by modern anthropologists.
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The Young Sabot Maker is an oil-on-canvas painting made by the American artist
Henry Ossawa Tanner in 1895. It was accepted for the 1895 Paris Salon, and was
Tanner's second painting entered for the Salon. The painting follows a theme
Tanner used for his genre paintings, "age instructing youth", which can also be
seen in The Bagpipe Lesson and The Banjo Lesson. It depicts an older man proudly
watching a boy push with his weight against the crossbar handle of a sawhorse to
carve a sabot, or wooden shoe. The two figures stand within the sabot maker's
workshop, with wood shavings scattered around them on the floor. The painting
was purchased by a group of donors and sponsors and given to the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1995.

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