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Anthro prof. & director of Tufts Archaeology. Former curator. Author of some things, most recently Archaeology for Today & Tomorrow. Interested in hist. #archaeology, #collaboration, #theory, #writing. Also: #dogs & #skateboards. Views my own. He/him/his.

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Mar 7

My new labs at Tufts are almost ready. Will start to break them in next week.

#archaeology

Photo of archaeology labs, with large work table in the center of the room.

Wet/dirty lab for processing collections directly from the field. Photo shows sink, artifact drying rack, and a two-leg archaeology screen.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 9d

Good

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 9d

Resolution of the University of Virginia Faculty Senate (thus not institutional policy and entirely non-binding, but still inspirational):

Resolution Opposing the
"Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"
WHEREAS the United States Secretary of Education has requested that the University of Virginia enter into a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education", and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions antithetical to the mission and traditions of the University, and
WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions which endanger the independence and integrity of the University, and
WHEREAS the compact likely violates state and federal law, and infringes upon the constitutional rights of members of the University community, and WHEREAS the University of Virginia exemplifies American academic values of the highest standard, including universal right to free speech and the cultivation of academic freedom; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia firmly opposes this Compact as written and calls upon Interim President Mahoney and the Board of Visitors to also reject this Compact outright as well as any similar proposal compromising the mission, values, and independence of the University.
Feature Date:
Friday, October 3, 2025

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Lee Panich @lmpanich.bsky.social · 11d

We're hiring! Santa Clara University is searching for a TT assistant professor in biological anthropology. We're a friendly department with strong interdisciplinary ties across the SCU campus. Feel free to reach out with any questions. Deadline is 11/1. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879320...

Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology - Santa Clara, California (US) job with Santa Clara University | 37879320

Seeking for a teacher-scholar with an active field/lab based research program at the intersection of infectious disease/immunology/human growth & dev.

jobs.chronicle.com

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Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social · 15d

Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵

Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺

doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sand coloured stone, with a diagonal crack. The sand rock has a textured surface, and small spots of blue can be seen towards the centre of the stone. The background is grey.

Microscopic photo of the blue spots, that are irregular in shape and size and positioned diagonally across the image. The rest of the photo shows the rough sand coloured texture of the stone.

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 17d

The Dentalux toothbrush shown here and found last week is from the cargo ship Wec Van Eyck, which lost a container of Lidl goods bound for Spain in Feb 22. Many years ago, a friend found 100s of unused toothbrushes washed up. He told us he had a lifetime's supply for his family.

Unused dentalux toothbrush from a cargo spill pictured among an array of brightly coloured plastic objects picked up from the beach

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just out, #openaccess forum, "Questions Worth Asking: Un-Disciplining Archaeology, Reclaiming Pasts for Better Futures." Download here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Please share. #archaeology

Screenshot of first page of multi-authored American Antiquity forum, "Questions Worth Asking"

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Aug 31

My PhD wasn't about space. It was a usewear and residue study of flaked glass artefacts that had been used for body modification, in the Pitt Rivers Museum. I made a bibliography of flaked glass and posted it to the Lithics-L back in 1998. Here it is if anyone is interested! 🧪 🏺

Flaked glass bibliography: a resource for lithics studies

I put this together for my PhD years ago, and sent it to the lithic email discussion list. Until recently it was still available online but ...

zoharesque.blogspot.com

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is wonderful! As an archaeologist who has skated for almost 40 years, this ticks all the boxes for me!

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Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · Aug 25

🏺Skateboard archaeology in action!

Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · Aug 25

You can follow our excavations at the KG \ Kelvin Wheelies 1970s skatepark in Glasgow all week by following #KelvinWheelies! Thanks in advance to our funders @socantscot.bsky.social
& partners @archscot.bsky.social
+ Archaeology at @uofglasgow.bsky.social

$Filled in slalom run at the KG \ Kelvin Wheelies 1970s skatepark in Glasgow$ $Concrete remains of the KG \ Kelvin Wheelies 1970s skatepark in Glasgow$

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Archaeology Division of the American Anthropological Association @ad-of-aaa.bsky.social · Aug 21

The AAA Nominations Committee is looking for candidates for positions on the AAA Executive Board and the Nominations Committee. If elected, service would begin November 2026. If you are interested in nominating yourself or others, find more information here: americananthro.org/about/govern...

Governance & Leadership - The American Anthropological Association

The American Anthropological Association’s Governance & Leadership section to access bylaws, leadership structures, committees, and annual meeting governance procedures.

americananthro.org

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

"We’ll have skateboarders on site who used the park as teenagers and will be re-living that experience at the end of a trowel".

Archaeologists to excavate 1980s Glasgow skatepark – with help from skaters

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Archaeologists to excavate Glasgow skatepark – with help from skaters

Kelvingrove park is site of Scotland’s first skatepark, Kelvin Wheelies, which has been covered in rubble for decades

www.theguardian.com

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Aug 20

Even harder to watch!

Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Aug 2

Archaeology's Epistemological Breadth: Collaborative-Indigenous and ontological turns in historical perspective

New article, download here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lXYR-JVc4...

#historyofanthropologicalthought
#archaeology
#anthropology
#collaborativeIndigenousarchaeology
#ontologicalturn

Screenshot of first page of article "Archaeology's Epistemological Breadth: Collaborative-Indigenous and ontological turns in historical perspective" from the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · Jun 26

We are hiring! Fully tenured associate professorship in environmental history! We are looking for someone who can be a strong contributor to the history group, to a new #envhum related MA program (if all goes well), and to @greenhouseuis.net. #envhist

Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger

Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Dan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social · Jun 20

Please share: we have a Teaching Fellow in Roman History post available! I want to be up front: 0.4 FTE for basically 10 months. We know what that means, but we are supportive, friendly & not cruel taskmasters. Applications close June 30.

Full advert here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11....

Teaching Fellow in Roman History in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team

View details and apply for this Teaching Fellow in Roman History vacancy in Leicester. An exciting new post has arisen for a Teaching Fellow in Roman History to join the University of Leicester...

jobs.le.ac.uk

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Jun 18

That would be great.

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Dan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social · Jun 17

A student essay just referred to scholarship from the 1990s as "old articles from the late 1900s"

a man with a beard is singing into a microphone with his hair blowing in the wind .

Alt: an old man with a beard is singing into a microphone with his hair blowing in the wind .

media.tenor.com

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Jun 16

I mean, what could go wrong with this plan? Look at how well that Sale trade worked out for the Red Sox. …wait. Oh no.

Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Jun 16

This just doesn’t make sense to me. Classic Red Sox bullshit.

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Sam Holley-Kline @sholleykline.bsky.social · Jun 5

My book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico, is out in November—and it has a cover! Couldn't be happier with @univnebpress.bsky.social. For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978... 🗃️📚🏺🏛️🇲🇽

Book cover reading "In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico," above a black-and-white photo of workers excavating a pre-Hispanic mound with a Willys Jeep to the left and masonry visible to the right.

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · Jun 4

And then they lost….again.

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · May 29

The University of Southampton seeks to appoint a full-time, permanent Lecturer (A) in Archaeology specialising in Palaeolithic Archaeology and/or Palaeoanthropology. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Lecturer A

The University of Southampton is in the top 1% of world universities and is one of the UK’s top 15 research-intensive universities. Committed to excellence in all we do, we are growing and investing i...

jobs.soton.ac.uk

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · May 29

I assume all the same right-wingers who went after Harvard's president will demand resignations here, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

www.nytimes.com

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · May 29

This interview may not be seen as helpful in this moment to scientists who see "politics" as a dirty word.

But there is no outside the social. We help train Indigenous scientists to do science with joy in support of Indigenous life & governance, and we'll continue amidst volatile settler politics.

Promoting Indigenous sovereignty through scientific research

By encouraging Indigenous participation in the sciences, professor Kim TallBear sees opportunities to reclaim some of what has been lost through colonization

www.ualberta.ca

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · May 28

McMahon unwittingly reveals the essence of the Trump administration's confrontation with American universities: the demand that universities be "in sync" with what MAGA is trying to accomplish.

UNIVERSITIES ARE ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH--NOT ABOUT BENDING FACTS TO MAKE AN ADMINISTRATION HAPPY.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 28

Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."

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Archaeo-CNC @cncipolla.bsky.social · May 28

A string of painful-to-watch games. Fielding, base running, hitting, starting pitching, the bullpen. It’s hard to guess which will sour a game this season (and it’s usually more than one).