Curt
@neoriffic.bsky.social
Archaeologist
Work: CRM in BC, 🍁
Research: Ancient Southwest Asia
Player/writer of TTRPGs, veteran, nerd.
(he/him)
Living and learning in the unceded territory of the K'ómoks First Nation.
Trans Rights, BLM, MMIWG2S, Stop Asian Hate, Free Palestine
Work: CRM in BC, 🍁
Research: Ancient Southwest Asia
Player/writer of TTRPGs, veteran, nerd.
(he/him)
Living and learning in the unceded territory of the K'ómoks First Nation.
Trans Rights, BLM, MMIWG2S, Stop Asian Hate, Free Palestine
Live your life in such a way that when the emails of a deceased paedophile human trafficker are released you don't have heart palpitations as you frantically scan the database to see how bad the emails make you look.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Live your life in such a way that when the emails of a deceased paedophile human trafficker are released you don't have heart palpitations as you frantically scan the database to see how bad the emails make you look.
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From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East.
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East.
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Call for (post-PhD) historians and cultural scholars for the pod! We have a specific wishlist of scholarship we’re looking to add to the lineup:
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
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- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Call for (post-PhD) historians and cultural scholars for the pod! We have a specific wishlist of scholarship we’re looking to add to the lineup:
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
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It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
BAJR SURVEY PIR III: ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this anonymous survey will help to understand the level of Financial Crisis we are in as archaeologists - as individu...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
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We have prolonged the 📢Call for Papers for the NINO Annual Meeting 2026, “Food and Ritual in the Near East”. Submit your abstract for a 25 min. presentation or a 5-10 min. lightning session until 15 November!
More information & abstract submission on our website:
More information & abstract submission on our website:
7th NINO Annual Meeting: Food and Ritual in the Ancient to Early Modern Near East
NINO initiates, supports, and conducts scholarly research in the civilizations of the Near East from the ancient to the early modern period. In particular, it concentrates on the archaeology,…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We have prolonged the 📢Call for Papers for the NINO Annual Meeting 2026, “Food and Ritual in the Near East”. Submit your abstract for a 25 min. presentation or a 5-10 min. lightning session until 15 November!
More information & abstract submission on our website:
More information & abstract submission on our website:
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Definitely thinking a good response to the VP thing would be a larger collective response of some sort by several of us (we're stronger together) 🏺
👇🏼 HMU if you want some advice writing/pitching an opinion piece. Between this and Elon funding Roman archaeo for white supremacist purposes, it’s an all hands on deck kinda situation. 🏺
Archaeologists speak up against the Vice President's blatantly disinformative use of archaeology for spreading these harmful Christian nationalist narratives
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Definitely thinking a good response to the VP thing would be a larger collective response of some sort by several of us (we're stronger together) 🏺
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For the final throwback on our countdown to Halloween we return to our series on the presence of the Undead. Melissa Cradic guides us through the complexities of excavating ancient graves and relationships between the living & the disembodied dead in the Near East peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/21/b...
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For the final throwback on our countdown to Halloween we return to our series on the presence of the Undead. Melissa Cradic guides us through the complexities of excavating ancient graves and relationships between the living & the disembodied dead in the Near East peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/21/b...
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Our MSc Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology (Campus based, FT/PT) is now open for applications for Sept 2026 start. Full details below. Contact me to discuss. Please share!
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @eaapam.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @eaapam.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Our MSc Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology (Campus based, FT/PT) is now open for applications for Sept 2026 start. Full details below. Contact me to discuss. Please share!
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @eaapam.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @eaapam.bsky.social
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The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
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October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Our countdown to Halloween continues with today’s look back to our series on monsters and demons in the ancient world!
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Our countdown to Halloween continues with today’s look back to our series on monsters and demons in the ancient world!
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
Hot damn!
If you're into ancient edibles, fabled feasts, storied spreads, and bygone breakfasts, you should check this out! 🏺
If you're into ancient edibles, fabled feasts, storied spreads, and bygone breakfasts, you should check this out! 🏺
Excited to announce that @flintdibble.bsky.social & I are planning something fun on FEASTING THROUGH TIME for the Dec 9th Cardiff edition of @robinince.bsky.social 's #NineLessons - a festive science variety show, for charity!
Book here:
www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
Book here:
www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hot damn!
If you're into ancient edibles, fabled feasts, storied spreads, and bygone breakfasts, you should check this out! 🏺
If you're into ancient edibles, fabled feasts, storied spreads, and bygone breakfasts, you should check this out! 🏺
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Once again urging archaeologists to critically assess the AI push into archaeology. There is a huge swath of problematic ethical issues that come with the AI tech & tech lords & we don't have to make it easier for them to insert themselves in archaeology by welcoming them in. Don't be complicit.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Once again urging archaeologists to critically assess the AI push into archaeology. There is a huge swath of problematic ethical issues that come with the AI tech & tech lords & we don't have to make it easier for them to insert themselves in archaeology by welcoming them in. Don't be complicit.
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Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
Exhibit #1659 of how dismantling the humanities is actively destroying our world.
Anyone with an Intro to Anthropology course could understand the conception of aunties and uncles outside of the overly-simplistic paradigm taught in elementary.
Hell, even having 1 non-white friend would have done.
Anyone with an Intro to Anthropology course could understand the conception of aunties and uncles outside of the overly-simplistic paradigm taught in elementary.
Hell, even having 1 non-white friend would have done.
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Exhibit #1659 of how dismantling the humanities is actively destroying our world.
Anyone with an Intro to Anthropology course could understand the conception of aunties and uncles outside of the overly-simplistic paradigm taught in elementary.
Hell, even having 1 non-white friend would have done.
Anyone with an Intro to Anthropology course could understand the conception of aunties and uncles outside of the overly-simplistic paradigm taught in elementary.
Hell, even having 1 non-white friend would have done.
I gave a presentation on exactly this at the Canadian Archaeological Association this Spring and another at the BC Archaeology Forum two Saturdays ago.
When the overwhelming majority of archaeological reporting in Canada is dry, data-heavy technical reporting, accessibility through film is crucial.
When the overwhelming majority of archaeological reporting in Canada is dry, data-heavy technical reporting, accessibility through film is crucial.
Excellent talk this morning by @rubiconarchaeology.bsky.social about social media in archaeology. Honestly, I've been meaning to work more on creating shorts from my longer videos, I just need to find the time! 😅
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I gave a presentation on exactly this at the Canadian Archaeological Association this Spring and another at the BC Archaeology Forum two Saturdays ago.
When the overwhelming majority of archaeological reporting in Canada is dry, data-heavy technical reporting, accessibility through film is crucial.
When the overwhelming majority of archaeological reporting in Canada is dry, data-heavy technical reporting, accessibility through film is crucial.
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Just finished listening to the dulcet tones of @maklelan.bsky.social reading The Bible Says So, and the next listen recommended to me was a JBP book.
Holy missing the mark, Batman!
"It seems that you enjoy reason and critical thinking? Can we recommend to you the precise opposite of that?
Holy missing the mark, Batman!
"It seems that you enjoy reason and critical thinking? Can we recommend to you the precise opposite of that?
October 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just finished listening to the dulcet tones of @maklelan.bsky.social reading The Bible Says So, and the next listen recommended to me was a JBP book.
Holy missing the mark, Batman!
"It seems that you enjoy reason and critical thinking? Can we recommend to you the precise opposite of that?
Holy missing the mark, Batman!
"It seems that you enjoy reason and critical thinking? Can we recommend to you the precise opposite of that?
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📣 Job alert! 📣
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
📣 Job alert! 📣
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
This is an important conversation to start here in Canadian archaeology 🇨🇦🏺
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
Maybe this is a time to have a roundtable or panel discussion about threats to archaeology/gists in Canada, drawing folks accross Canada from Parks, CRM, academia, etc. to talk about identifying different types of threats and suggestions on how best to document and address them 🤔
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It's TIME! Our call for session proposals is open!
We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us!
We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference
We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us!
We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is an important conversation to start here in Canadian archaeology 🇨🇦🏺
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
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Maybe this is a time to have a roundtable or panel discussion about threats to archaeology/gists in Canada, drawing folks accross Canada from Parks, CRM, academia, etc. to talk about identifying different types of threats and suggestions on how best to document and address them 🤔
🏺
🏺
It's TIME! Our call for session proposals is open!
We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us!
We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference
We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us!
We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Maybe this is a time to have a roundtable or panel discussion about threats to archaeology/gists in Canada, drawing folks accross Canada from Parks, CRM, academia, etc. to talk about identifying different types of threats and suggestions on how best to document and address them 🤔
🏺
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Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!
Newfoundland
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Newfoundland
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the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
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Hell yeah.
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hell yeah.