David
@archaeomather.bsky.social
Minnesota environmental archaeologist
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Memorial for Renee Good in New York City. She was murdered by ICE in Minneapolis six days ago, on January 7, 2026.
Roman bronze dancing bear ampulla, ca. 200-300 CE, Cleveland Museum of Art last month.
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Roman bronze dancing bear ampulla, ca. 200-300 CE, Cleveland Museum of Art last month.
Roman wolf head ornament (bronze, ca. 1-100 CE), possibly for a pleasure barge “designed as a floating platform for elaborate, hedonistic parties.” Seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art in January.
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Roman wolf head ornament (bronze, ca. 1-100 CE), possibly for a pleasure barge “designed as a floating platform for elaborate, hedonistic parties.” Seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art in January.
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It's Black History Month in the United States, and today I would like to feature the work of Edmonia Lewis "an American girl of African and Indian blood" who created stunning sculptures like this marble Cleopatra. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026
February 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It's Black History Month in the United States, and today I would like to feature the work of Edmonia Lewis "an American girl of African and Indian blood" who created stunning sculptures like this marble Cleopatra. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026
You’re telling me a peanut these m&m’s?
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 AM
You’re telling me a peanut these m&m’s?
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One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.
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Remembering this weird lumpy potato dog (complimentary) that I saw at the Toledo Museum of Art last December.
February 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Remembering this weird lumpy potato dog (complimentary) that I saw at the Toledo Museum of Art last December.
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I am so mad at a groundhog right now.
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I am so mad at a groundhog right now.
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That's his brother, Punxsujawney Philly
Not sure why Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t bite people more often.
February 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
That's his brother, Punxsujawney Philly
Not sure why Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t bite people more often.
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Not sure why Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t bite people more often.
Happy Birthday to my big brother Steve! He is so old. Old, old, yep a golden oldie that guy is.
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Happy Birthday to my big brother Steve! He is so old. Old, old, yep a golden oldie that guy is.
We’re all so proud of this young gentleman.
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
We’re all so proud of this young gentleman.
“Next week is the whatchamacallit bowl,” my wife just said to me. “Oh,” I said.
February 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“Next week is the whatchamacallit bowl,” my wife just said to me. “Oh,” I said.
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Scenes of South Mpls
Two blocks away, my neighbors are roasting marshmallows over a bonfire in the street where we’ve blocked off traffic
Parents wear whistles around their necks and FUCK ICE buttons on their coats as we all check in on each other and add one another to stray signal chats
Two blocks away, my neighbors are roasting marshmallows over a bonfire in the street where we’ve blocked off traffic
Parents wear whistles around their necks and FUCK ICE buttons on their coats as we all check in on each other and add one another to stray signal chats
February 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Scenes of South Mpls
Two blocks away, my neighbors are roasting marshmallows over a bonfire in the street where we’ve blocked off traffic
Parents wear whistles around their necks and FUCK ICE buttons on their coats as we all check in on each other and add one another to stray signal chats
Two blocks away, my neighbors are roasting marshmallows over a bonfire in the street where we’ve blocked off traffic
Parents wear whistles around their necks and FUCK ICE buttons on their coats as we all check in on each other and add one another to stray signal chats
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Hey it’s snowing, what the heck! - a sentence that I actually said this morning
February 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Hey it’s snowing, what the heck! - a sentence that I actually said this morning
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A Stonehenge centenary of sorts this week - the re-emergence of this 1730 painting of Stonehenge, reported in the ILN on 30 Jan 1926. Henry Bates of Salisbury wrote that he'd "just purchased it from a Wiltshire village. There is no painting of the stones of an earlier date." Now in Salisbury Museum.
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
A Stonehenge centenary of sorts this week - the re-emergence of this 1730 painting of Stonehenge, reported in the ILN on 30 Jan 1926. Henry Bates of Salisbury wrote that he'd "just purchased it from a Wiltshire village. There is no painting of the stones of an earlier date." Now in Salisbury Museum.
Decades ago, archaeologist Grant Goltz made a flintknapping exhibit in 5 parts. At the start of each, he made a resin cast of the piece, and then saved all the stone flakes struck to reach the next stage. This is the last (5th) stage, with the last flakes and final replica Besant point. 5cm scale.
January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Decades ago, archaeologist Grant Goltz made a flintknapping exhibit in 5 parts. At the start of each, he made a resin cast of the piece, and then saved all the stone flakes struck to reach the next stage. This is the last (5th) stage, with the last flakes and final replica Besant point. 5cm scale.
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Statement from The Jayhawks
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Statement from The Jayhawks
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Thousands filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest federal immigration enforcement for the second Friday in a row.
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Thousands filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest federal immigration enforcement for the second Friday in a row.
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
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Minnesota could use your help now. Tell your legislators and the federal government to send ICE home. #iceout And thanks to all those who showed up on lake Bde Maka Ska today to unite in solidarity and typography.
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Minnesota could use your help now. Tell your legislators and the federal government to send ICE home. #iceout And thanks to all those who showed up on lake Bde Maka Ska today to unite in solidarity and typography.
General strike dinner of popcorn and cocktails at home.
January 31, 2026 at 1:37 AM
General strike dinner of popcorn and cocktails at home.
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We are going to win, dammit.
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We are going to win, dammit.
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky