Patricia Chirinos-Ogata
@pattych.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Director of the Callacpuma Archaeological Project (Cajamarca, Peru) @proyectocallacpuma.bsky.social | former many things (UCSB anthro, DO, WG, etc) | Nikkei-Peruvian | She/Ella | 💜🦻🏽🇵🇪
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Intro (I guess?) - Part one.
Hi! Hard to write intros when in liminal state, but here we go. I’m a Nikkei-Peruvian archaeologist. Have been studying Andean empires (Wari, Inca) for a while, and the Cajamarca polity/region for the last decade. Colonialism, failure, resilience - all that.
Hi! Hard to write intros when in liminal state, but here we go. I’m a Nikkei-Peruvian archaeologist. Have been studying Andean empires (Wari, Inca) for a while, and the Cajamarca polity/region for the last decade. Colonialism, failure, resilience - all that.
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Excellent review of Spondylus (limbatus... a.k.a calcifer) along the Pacific Coasts of the Americas.
Research completed by a team of archaeologists and biologists. Incredibly detailed and much needed work that will inform archaeology.
#Archaeology #Ecology
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bdj.pensoft.net/article/1805...
Research completed by a team of archaeologists and biologists. Incredibly detailed and much needed work that will inform archaeology.
#Archaeology #Ecology
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bdj.pensoft.net/article/1805...
New records and ecological insights of Spondylus limbatus (Bivalvia, Spondylidae) from the Panamic Province
Although Spondylus limbatus is a fishery resource in several Latin American countries and has been widely reported throughout the Panamic Province, gaps remain in the knowledge of its distribution and...
bdj.pensoft.net
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Excellent review of Spondylus (limbatus... a.k.a calcifer) along the Pacific Coasts of the Americas.
Research completed by a team of archaeologists and biologists. Incredibly detailed and much needed work that will inform archaeology.
#Archaeology #Ecology
🏺
bdj.pensoft.net/article/1805...
Research completed by a team of archaeologists and biologists. Incredibly detailed and much needed work that will inform archaeology.
#Archaeology #Ecology
🏺
bdj.pensoft.net/article/1805...
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
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This week a Bolivian archaeologist colleague is in the hospital with his wife. She was left for dead in a car accident. We are trying the best we can to help with medical expenses. We hope a little will go a long way if anyone can help. Either way, appreciate a Blue Sky share. gofund.me/f71f7d9e5
Donate to Support Lourdes’s Urgent Medical Care in Bolivia, organized by Jonah Augustine
Luis Callisaya is a dear friend of many of us who work in and around … Jonah Augustine needs your support for Support Lourdes’s Urgent Medical Care in Bolivia
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January 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This week a Bolivian archaeologist colleague is in the hospital with his wife. She was left for dead in a car accident. We are trying the best we can to help with medical expenses. We hope a little will go a long way if anyone can help. Either way, appreciate a Blue Sky share. gofund.me/f71f7d9e5
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Where does human #resilience come from? And how can #archaeology help us understand it?
Sebastian Kretz spoke with Alexandra W. Busch (LEIZA) and Klaus Lieb (LIR) for Leibniz Magazine. Read more (in German):
www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...
#Research @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Sebastian Kretz spoke with Alexandra W. Busch (LEIZA) and Klaus Lieb (LIR) for Leibniz Magazine. Read more (in German):
www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...
#Research @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Woher kommt unsere Resilienz?
Resilienz ist kein Modewort, sondern begleitet die Menschheit seit Jahrtausenden – durch Naturkatastrophen, Kriege und Pandemien. Doch was genau macht Individuen und Gemeinschaften widerstandsfähig? U...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Where does human #resilience come from? And how can #archaeology help us understand it?
Sebastian Kretz spoke with Alexandra W. Busch (LEIZA) and Klaus Lieb (LIR) for Leibniz Magazine. Read more (in German):
www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...
#Research @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Sebastian Kretz spoke with Alexandra W. Busch (LEIZA) and Klaus Lieb (LIR) for Leibniz Magazine. Read more (in German):
www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...
#Research @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
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Your bones remodel themselves every day. 🦴⚡
Movement creates tiny stresses that osteoclasts break down and osteoblasts rebuild stronger. Over time, your bones reshape themselves to match your habits.
Your skeleton adapts to the life you live. 🤯
Movement creates tiny stresses that osteoclasts break down and osteoblasts rebuild stronger. Over time, your bones reshape themselves to match your habits.
Your skeleton adapts to the life you live. 🤯
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Your bones remodel themselves every day. 🦴⚡
Movement creates tiny stresses that osteoclasts break down and osteoblasts rebuild stronger. Over time, your bones reshape themselves to match your habits.
Your skeleton adapts to the life you live. 🤯
Movement creates tiny stresses that osteoclasts break down and osteoblasts rebuild stronger. Over time, your bones reshape themselves to match your habits.
Your skeleton adapts to the life you live. 🤯
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The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE56...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE56...
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE56...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE56...
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2025? Pretty bad for US science.
That just motivated us more.
In 2025 we reached people on the street, at the bar, in the classroom, at the rec center, in the park, & more
How much we accomplish next year is only limited by how much we can afford.
Support our org at givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
That just motivated us more.
In 2025 we reached people on the street, at the bar, in the classroom, at the rec center, in the park, & more
How much we accomplish next year is only limited by how much we can afford.
Support our org at givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
2025? Pretty bad for US science.
That just motivated us more.
In 2025 we reached people on the street, at the bar, in the classroom, at the rec center, in the park, & more
How much we accomplish next year is only limited by how much we can afford.
Support our org at givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
That just motivated us more.
In 2025 we reached people on the street, at the bar, in the classroom, at the rec center, in the park, & more
How much we accomplish next year is only limited by how much we can afford.
Support our org at givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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To err is human, and people in the past made mistakes just as often as we do today. Why, then, are archaeologists often reluctant to consider failure as a driving factor when investigating unexpected findings? #WorldQualityDay
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
To err is human, and people in the past made mistakes just as often as we do today. Why, then, are archaeologists often reluctant to consider failure as a driving factor when investigating unexpected findings? #WorldQualityDay
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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📢📢 OUT NOW: 'Training for Transformation: Rethinking Archaeological Readiness in California and Beyond' - a #blog by Kaitlin Brown to accompany new research in the #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social: ⛏️🎓 https://cup.org/47HcnKE
#archaeology
#openaccess
#archaeology
#openaccess
Training for Transformation: Rethinking Archaeological Readiness in California and Beyond « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
“You get in, you get out, and you get the job.” That line from a recent The CRM Archaeology Podcast (Ep 315) about academia's responsibility to CRM and vice versa stuck with me. It resonated because it echoes a broader shift happening across higher educ...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢📢 OUT NOW: 'Training for Transformation: Rethinking Archaeological Readiness in California and Beyond' - a #blog by Kaitlin Brown to accompany new research in the #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social: ⛏️🎓 https://cup.org/47HcnKE
#archaeology
#openaccess
#archaeology
#openaccess
Had a wonderful conversation today with a LEGO club via @skypeascientist.bsky.social . 10/10 would totally recommend (and would totally do it again!)
#archaeology #somanychallenges #skypeascientist
#archaeology #somanychallenges #skypeascientist
October 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Had a wonderful conversation today with a LEGO club via @skypeascientist.bsky.social . 10/10 would totally recommend (and would totally do it again!)
#archaeology #somanychallenges #skypeascientist
#archaeology #somanychallenges #skypeascientist
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September is Deaf Awareness month. There are approximately 11 million deaf / hard of hearing residents in the US. I'm a hearing individual, but I am an advocate for learning #AmericanSignLanguage - ASL. I'll be posting more art & resources this month. Hope you enjoy. 🖖🏻🤟🏻
youtu.be/tkMg8g8vVUo?...
youtu.be/tkMg8g8vVUo?...
The ASL Alphabet | ASL - American Sign Language - ABCs
YouTube video by ASL THAT
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September 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
September is Deaf Awareness month. There are approximately 11 million deaf / hard of hearing residents in the US. I'm a hearing individual, but I am an advocate for learning #AmericanSignLanguage - ASL. I'll be posting more art & resources this month. Hope you enjoy. 🖖🏻🤟🏻
youtu.be/tkMg8g8vVUo?...
youtu.be/tkMg8g8vVUo?...
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Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this record-keeping was practiced by commoners as well as elites.
A lock of hair may have just changed what we know about life in the Incan Empire
Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this record-keeping was practiced by commoners as well as elites.
n.pr
August 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this record-keeping was practiced by commoners as well as elites.
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This is an official Skype a Scientist HQ Mayday Alert to all Archaeologists.
We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38!
Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38!
Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
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August 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is an official Skype a Scientist HQ Mayday Alert to all Archaeologists.
We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38!
Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38!
Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
May 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.
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Resounding yes and now let’s explore how many societies maintained basic freedoms instead of why they never got so unequal; my modest contribution: journals.uclpress.co.uk/ai/article/i...
April 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Resounding yes and now let’s explore how many societies maintained basic freedoms instead of why they never got so unequal; my modest contribution: journals.uclpress.co.uk/ai/article/i...
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Inequality is not inevitable!
Very much enjoyed being a part of this research. Amazing insights from a huge collaborative database of material evidence from across the globe.
Stay tuned for more news…
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Very much enjoyed being a part of this research. Amazing insights from a huge collaborative database of material evidence from across the globe.
Stay tuned for more news…
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Inequality isn't an inevitable aspect of society, 10,000 years of data reveals
A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality isn't inevitable, but rather a consequence of political choices.
www.livescience.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Inequality is not inevitable!
Very much enjoyed being a part of this research. Amazing insights from a huge collaborative database of material evidence from across the globe.
Stay tuned for more news…
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Very much enjoyed being a part of this research. Amazing insights from a huge collaborative database of material evidence from across the globe.
Stay tuned for more news…
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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Egalitarian economies were relatively common for millennia, but economic #inequality began skyrocketing in different parts of the world since around 2000 BC. What changed?
In a word, #governance. #Archaeology #Economics
See: Indus seals at the British Museum.
www.routledge.com/Cities-and-C...
In a word, #governance. #Archaeology #Economics
See: Indus seals at the British Museum.
www.routledge.com/Cities-and-C...
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Egalitarian economies were relatively common for millennia, but economic #inequality began skyrocketing in different parts of the world since around 2000 BC. What changed?
In a word, #governance. #Archaeology #Economics
See: Indus seals at the British Museum.
www.routledge.com/Cities-and-C...
In a word, #governance. #Archaeology #Economics
See: Indus seals at the British Museum.
www.routledge.com/Cities-and-C...
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Available Online from #PracticingAnthropology: Inspiring Civic Engagement Through Bioarchaeology and Biological Anthropology by Corina M. Kellner doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@cmkellner.bsky.social @practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology
@cmkellner.bsky.social @practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology
March 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Available Online from #PracticingAnthropology: Inspiring Civic Engagement Through Bioarchaeology and Biological Anthropology by Corina M. Kellner doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@cmkellner.bsky.social @practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology
@cmkellner.bsky.social @practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology
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February 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Just finished a school session via @skypeascientist.bsky.social . Amazing experience 💯. I recommend this to all of my colleagues #archaeology #science #skypeascientist
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just finished a school session via @skypeascientist.bsky.social . Amazing experience 💯. I recommend this to all of my colleagues #archaeology #science #skypeascientist
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Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
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Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍❤️ The Year of the Snake is said to be a transformative time. The snake is known for being wise, intuitive, clever, and mysterious.
These wooden bookends were carved out of pine by Minoru Fujita while incarcerated in Manzanar concentration camp, depicting a snake on a cactus.
These wooden bookends were carved out of pine by Minoru Fujita while incarcerated in Manzanar concentration camp, depicting a snake on a cactus.
January 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍❤️ The Year of the Snake is said to be a transformative time. The snake is known for being wise, intuitive, clever, and mysterious.
These wooden bookends were carved out of pine by Minoru Fujita while incarcerated in Manzanar concentration camp, depicting a snake on a cactus.
These wooden bookends were carved out of pine by Minoru Fujita while incarcerated in Manzanar concentration camp, depicting a snake on a cactus.