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Bone Broke by Jess Beck is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Category Archives: Archaeology
Survey on Publishing Decisions in Archaeology
After spending about a month back in the US I have finally returned to Cambridge. I’m hoping to spend the next two months (a) writing; (b) experiencing the extended daylight and gentle sunshine of an early English summer, and (c) … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Data Collection, Publications
Tagged archaeology, data collection, open access, publishing, survey
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SAA 2019 – Albuquerque, NM
It is somehow already April, the month when I traditionally abandon the verdant beauty of the English spring: at a reasonable and relaxing hour: for a randomly-selected major US city, in order to attend the annual migration of archaeologists represented … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Conferences
Tagged Albuquerque, bioarchaeology, Cooperation, Mountains, NM, Normal smiling, SAA 2019, SAA meetings, Venom
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Field Trip to Ampoița
I have been absent from the blog for several months because I’ve been working with my friend and collaborator Colin Quinn to prepare our first season of excavation in Alba County, Romania as part of the ongoing Mortuary Archaeology of the Râmeț Bronze … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Fieldwork, Travel
Tagged Alba Iulia, anthropology, archaeology, Fieldwork, Horizon 2020, Mama Luța, MARBAL, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, MSCA-EF, Romania, Romanian Food
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Pop Culture Archaeology: Suicide Squad
This past weekend I found myself on the world’s longest flight – 15 hours and 10 minutes from New York to Taipei. It’s a staggering amount of time to sit in one place, and for me it was part of a longer 32 … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Pop Archaeology
Tagged Cara Delevingne, Dr. June Moone, Enchantress, Pop Culture Archaeology, Suicide Squad
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Archaeological fieldwork in Romania
In mid-October I had one of those hellish trans-Atlantic journeys that are the stuff of nightmares. I left for the Pittsburgh airport at 230 am, flew to Chicago, spent 9 hours in O’Hare, flew to Dublin, booked it through the … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Fieldwork, Travel
Tagged Apuseni mountains, archaeology, bioarchaeology, Bronze Age, Fieldwork, Romania, Transylvania
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Dirt & Words: A Video Journal of Public Scholarship of the Past
I’m taking a minute this week to plug a neat campaign that one of my friends is putting together. Archaeologist Dr. Emily Holt, currently at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, is crowdfunding a peer-reviewed video journal called Dirt & … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Outreach
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SAAs 2016 – Orlando
Yesterday morning I got up early and blearily watched sheets of pouring rain turn into pellets of hail, steeling myself to make the ten-minute trudge to the bus stop. Burdened with heavy bags and swathed in a flattering Ikea rain poncho, … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Conferences, Travel
Tagged archaeology, conferences, hail, Orlando, SAA meetings, Talks
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The Grand Challenges for Archaeology: A Blogging Carnival
A few years ago I participated in a Blogging Archaeology Carnival organized by Doug Rocks-Macqueen, a man whose surname manages to combine aspects of both lithic analysis and 1970s British rock. The carnival tasked participants with answering one question per month, beginning in November … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Blogging
Tagged #blogarch, archaeology, blogging, grand challenges of archaeology
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Top Ten Christmas Gifts for Archaeologists
This time of year the internet abounds with practical suggestions for gifts, no matter what your hobbies. Ailurophile? How about some Taylor Swift cat sneakers? Kitchen novice? What about a bagel-slicer? Wealthy scion of Hollywood elite? You’re clearly in the … Continue reading
Responses Needed for Public Archaeology and Blogging Survey!
I recently received an email from Fleur Schinning, an archaeology enthusiast pursuing a Master’s in Heritage Management at Leiden University in the Netherlands. She’s writing her thesis on the use of blogs and social media and how they contribute to the accessibility of … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Blogging
Tagged blogging, heritage management, public archaeology, surveys, University of Leiden
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