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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Mar 18

I've been learning GPR the last few days. It's going good to get some pretty heavy use on my thesis site.

Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 30

As a "young" (time in the field not age) archaeologist, I gave my first guest lecture today on using Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (sUAS) in Archaeology. It was fun. I am still not super confident giving presentations though. I guess at some point I will work through that.

Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 29

@manigarm.bsky.social There is a new one out.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 24

That's a lot of Assassins Creed icons on the desktop.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Scallorn Lithic Point - 3D model by Conan Mills (@orkboy59)

Scallorn Lithic Point dating between 1,300 - 500 B.P. excavated in Kisatchie National Forest in central Louisiana. This was part of a project conducted by the Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab and the ...

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 21

Finished up a little photogrammetry the last few days. Here is one example.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 21

The view from the house this morning in south Louisiana.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 12

A little sUAS based Digital Terrain Model of Mound A at Poverty Point World Heritage Site.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Jan 6

I finished the first draft of my thesis proposal, I think. Finished making plates for 80 lithics from three sites. Also moved cold adverse plants inside. Made a grocery store run, and did dishes.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Dec 12

I have a presentation to the Rotary Club of Alexandria, LA to garner public support for upcoming excavations at the original campus of Louisiana State University.
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LSU’s Conan Mills Prepares for Archaeological Investigation at Original LSU Campus

(Alexandria, La.)- Conan Mills, a graduate student in LSU’s Geography and Anthropology Department, presented a talk today at Alexandria City Hall during the Alexandria Rotary Club meeting. He discusse...

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hope you like the taste of cardboard

Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 29

Mark is a cool dude. I'll be up in early January working on a project.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 23

It used to be part of the standard curriculum back in the day.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 23

Here is an example of projectile point made of silicified wood.

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Petrified Dooly Branch Cluster - 3D model by Conan Mills (@orkboy59)

Dooley Branch Cluster lithic point, made from petrified wood, dating to between 4000–1000 B.P. Excavated in Kisatchie Nation Forest in western Louisiana. This was part of a project conducted by the Lo...

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 22

My uncle was also in college during the Vietnam War. He was also deferred. For the uneducated folks to go after anyone who were deferred because of college is ridiculous. It was common, and will likely be the next time the draft is implemented.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 21

😂

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 21

Duck duck go works pretty well.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 20

If you know a PhD student interested in Digital Arch in the UK, this might be for them.

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Digital Conservation of Endangered World Heritage: Virtual Reconstruction of the Urban Landscape of the Ancient City of Thmouis, Egypt at Nottingham Trent University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Digital Conservation of Endangered World Heritage: Virtual Reconstruction of the Urban Landscape of the Ancient City of Thmouis, Egypt at Nottingham Trent University, listed on FindAPhD....

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Lisa Cipolla @w6lsa.bsky.social · Nov 20

Movie sets. Material objects to portray fictitious worlds in a digital form to the public. The monumental sets made for film remain as tourist sites. What messages continue for the public long after the images disappear from the screen? #archaeology #pseudoarchaeology #heritage #historicpreservation

Wayside sign for Jurassic World film location

Concrete structure with a dinosaur replica in the doorway

Replica of an Easter Island head next to a sign showing a picture of a National Geographic experimental archaeology episode.

Concrete entrance to a film set from the TV show "Lost"

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 19

I did a little photogrammetry of an artifact from the Old LSU Site, the original campus of Louisiana State University. Its now in the special collections of Hill Memorial Library on LSU campus.

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Coffee Cup (1860 - 1869) - 3D model by Conan Mills (@orkboy59)

One of the few known artifacts from the Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, also known as the Old LSU Site. The school opened in 1860 with William Tecumseh Sherman as the first presid...

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 18

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Edward González-Tennant @edgonzaleztennant.bsky.social · Nov 18

Are you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...

QGIS 4 Archaeology - Course Intro & Installing Software

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 18

1. My thesis project, the "Old LSU Site", aka the original LSU campus.
2. The archaeology of institutional life. I guess more specifically, the archaeology of early American higher education.

Carl Feagans @cfeagans.bsky.social · Nov 18

Blue sky academics and professional archaeologists, let's get to know each other! Quote this and tell me: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't but keep thinking about.

1) the archaeology of moonshine in west KY/TN.
2) vernacular style grave markers in west KY/TN.

Julien Riel-Salvatore @julienrs.bsky.social · Nov 16

Bluesky academics, let’s get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about

1) fiercely debunking pseudoarchaeological claims of a Phoenician presence in Québec
2) is it spelled Acheulean or Acheulian?

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 18

The university has approved a field school for the site, the first since 2018 and the only one in the state next summer. Needless to say we will be doing excavations there and I plan on finishing up my thesis the spring of 2026.

Sorry for the long winded intro.

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Conan Mills @archaeogiant.bsky.social · Nov 18

While I specialize in digital arch, my thesis is on the Original LSU campus in Pineville, LA. The site was the home of the Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy. It opened in 1860 with William Tecumseh Sherman as the president. It closed in Oct 1869 when it burned to the ground.

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