Category Archives: Archaeology

NSF Funding Needs Your Support!

Posted on June 3, 2015 by JB

I was describing the nature of my blog to someone recently and glossed its contents as consisting essentially of “Amusing pictures of animals. And some osteology.” However, in sharp contrast to my usual tongue-in-cheek self deprecation, this is one of … Continue reading →

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How do archaeologists find sites?

Posted on February 27, 2015 by JB

A few years ago I was a graduate student instructor for an introductory biological anthropology class. At the end of an exam review session, I asked my students if they had any questions about the course material. At this point one of … Continue reading →

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“There’s something the dead are keeping back”: Why I study bioarchaeology

Posted on November 25, 2014 by JB

Note: This is a longform essay that I entered in Brown’s Archaeology for the People competition back in September. On the one hand, I did not win, which means I am, sadly, neither rich nor famous. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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Blogging Archaeology: January

Posted on January 27, 2014 by JB

The January 2014 #blogarch question asks bloggers to describe their best and worst posts. This can be either a quantitative or qualitative judgement. Because I’m a pessimist (read: a graduate student with a realistic understanding of  job market prospects for … Continue reading →

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The Grand Challenge of Archaeology: Getting young people to respond to a survey, apparently

Posted on January 26, 2014 by JB

While trawling the internet recently, I was directed to a post on SEAC underground, a southeastern archaeology blog jointly authored by a number of graduate students and junior faculty. One of its authors was perplexed by the results of a … Continue reading →

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Blogging Archaeology: December

Posted on December 29, 2013 by JB

This month’s blogarch theme is the good, the bad and the ugly of blogging. I have a spectacularly short attention span since I’m saturated with holiday sugar, so I’m going to break the topic down as simply as possible. In … Continue reading →

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Blogging Archaeology: November

Posted on November 26, 2013 by JB

A few days ago I got an email asking me to participate in the Society for American Archaeology Blogging Carnival. There’s a session called “Blogging Archaeology” at this year’s conference in Austin, and a number of archaeological blogs have been … Continue reading →

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