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Sam Holley-Kline
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anthro PhD | book: In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico (@univnebpress.bsky.social) | co-editor @bhajournal.bsky.social‬ | published work: hcommons.org/members/sholleykline/
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Sam Holley-Kline @sholleykline.bsky.social · Nov 2
PUBLICATION DAY for In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico!

Use discount code 6AF25 for 40% off—that's $18 plus taxes and shipping (paperback/ebook)! Thanks, @univnebpress.bsky.social!

For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....

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Flyer for book, IN THE SHADOW OF EL TAJIN: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico. "Immensely important.... Sam Holley-Kline reframes the archaeological site of El Tajín as a location of recent, rather than just ancient, Indigenous history. In the Shadow of El Tajín makes a significant contribution to the emerging field of the history of archaeology in Mexico and beyond, as well as to our understanding of Mexican political economy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries." -LISA PINLEY COVERT, author of San Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site. Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac residents of the region know well that the site's relative absence from discussions of global archaeology and heritage belies a century of wide-ranging labor, extractive industries, and commodity exchange. In the Shadow of El Tajin tells the story of how a landscape of ancient mounds and ruins became an archaeological site, brings to light the network of actors who made it happen, and reveals the Indigenous histories silenced in the process. By drawing on the insights of Indigenous Totonac peoples who have lived and worked in El Tajín for more than a century, Sam Holley-Kline explores historical processes that made both the archaeological site and regional historical memory. In the Shadow of El Tajín decenters discussions of the state and tourism industry by focusing on the industries and workers who are integral to the functioning of the site but who have historically been overlooked by studies of the ancient past. Holley-Kline recovers local Indigenous histories in dialogue with broader trends in scholarship to demonstrate the rich recent past of El Tajín, a place better known for its ancient history. SAVE 40% with code 6AF25 at nebraskapress.unl.edu
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Looking forward to discussing my book tomorrow morning on @askhistorians.bsky.social! 🗃️🏺🇲🇽

I'm a long-time reader and excited to contribute—highly recommend checking out the forum if you haven't already: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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nisrinelamin.bsky.social
I have been many getting requests 4 support from Sudanese refugee students for financial support to pursue their degrees. I would love to connect them to uni programs that provide scholarships for scholars at risk. If your institution does please reply below.
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
sholleykline.bsky.social
lol turns out the real problem wasn't the cringe, it was that they typeset the pre-peer review file
sholleykline.bsky.social Sam Holley-Kline @sholleykline.bsky.social · 2d
reviewing some long-delayed proofs for something i wrote back in 2022, and in a second language... if you don't see me post again, trust that i died of cringe. rip
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
sholleykline.bsky.social
reviewing some long-delayed proofs for something i wrote back in 2022, and in a second language... if you don't see me post again, trust that i died of cringe. rip
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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miriamposner.com
Let’s say you had the opportunity to assign college students *1* thing (article, video, podcast) to help them understand what edtech is, how it’s funded, who benefits from it, and how it preys on their data. What hits these bases in a comprehensive, up-to-date, and powerful way?
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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barpublishing.bsky.social
💫Now Available💫

The reviews are in on Las Tierras del Mayathan. Exploring Maya culture in the Northern Lowlands across time - from pre-Hispanic to present - this volume brings together research on archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, calendars, astronomy, mural art, and codices. 🏺
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
sholleykline.bsky.social
this is the way
noamchompers.bsky.social noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · 3d
my earnest advice is, as much as humanly possible, immediately forget every place you've applied as soon as you submit the application
oldjerryfodor.bsky.social Brett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 3d
Those asking me for advice about the philosophy job market should know I once set up a custom RSS feed so I would get notified every time someone posted a comment on the Cocoon job market thread (so I could be sad about not getting job X as quickly as possible). So uh you don't want my advice
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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sholleykline.bsky.social
@univnebpress.bsky.social is having a whole-catalog holiday sale! Use discount code 6HLW25 for 50% off through the end of the year! That's $15 for paperback/ebook editions of my book. ICYMI: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

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In the Shadow of El Tajín - Nebraska Press
Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and n...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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tedmccormick.bsky.social
discussed this in seminar yesterday, albeit with reference to “race science” generally. If you understand science as a historical phenomenon then the question is what was science then, not whether it would count as science now, and the implication is that what science is now is not forever, either
jackiantonovich.bsky.social Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 3d
1. Historically, eugenics was not a pseudoscience. It was *science* Almost every scientist, social scientist, academic, etc. believed in the validity of eugenics. You would have to search far & wide to find a scientist that didn't believe in some form of it. They taught it in college!
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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bhajournal.bsky.social
New publication from the BHA! If you're looking for a primer on the history of archaeological research in #Ethiopia, check out Alebachew Birru's "Archaeology in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: Research Trends and Prospects." #OpenAccess: archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....

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Archaeology in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: Research Trends and Prospects | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
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December 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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contingent-mag.bsky.social
Our longest yearly book list ever! Thirty six books by contingent historians for you to read, gift, and request for purchase at your library!
2025 Contingent Book List
When you’re shopping for books this season, consider a contingent scholar.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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lheathstout.bsky.social
Super excited to be preparing for my Archaeology 🏺 and Disability ♿ course for winter quarter! Registration starts this week, and I hope lots of awesome @stanford.edu students sign up! I'll be posting about the class here on BlueSky too, and would love to have some good pedagogy conversations!
Flyer text: ANTHRO/ARCHLGY/FEMGEN 139/239 Archaeology and Disability Winter 2026 Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30–2:50pm Building 200, Room 2:10 WAYS: EDP Course Description: In this course, we will explore the ways archaeology and disability relate to each other, including both the ways archaeologists interpret disability in the past and how ableism shapes the practice of archaeology in the present. We will examine a variety of theoretical frames drawn from Disability Studies and other disciplines and consider how they can be usefully applied to archaeology. Case studies from a variety of geographic and temporal contexts will provide the basis for imagining an anti-ableist archaeology. Dr. Laura Heath-Stout lheathst@stanford.edu Flyer images: photo of objects of personal adornment from Western Washington Hospital for the Insane, USA (from Linnea Kuglitsch's dissertation), artistic reconstruction of a temple with a ramp, Epidauros, Greece (from an article by Deborah Sneed), artistic reconstruction of a disabled H. heidelbergensis, Atapuerca, Spain (from a 2010 article in El Mundo); my headshot showing a smiling white woman in my 30s, wearing a brightly colored shawl
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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dcmigrantmutualaid.org
Donations will be split between:
- DC IWOC who do commissary and jail support for folks caged in jails and prisons
- The Liberation Fund that does commissary and phone support for people caged in VA detention centers (where most ppl detained by ICE in the DMV area end up)
The liberation fund Supports people inside Virginia detention centers with commissary and phone support, as well as occasional post release support too. Most people detained by ICE in the DMV area get sent to detention centers in Virginia. DC iwoc Provides people inside jails and prisons with commissary support. They also do weekly jail support at the DC jail. Our struggles are intertwined, the call to free them all includes people in jail, prison, and detention centers. Venmo @dcmigrantaid with “Giving Tuesday” in the memo.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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remorahousedc.bsky.social
WASHINGTON DC

A cold alert has been activated for today through tomorrow morning.

With consent, call the shelter hotline to have folks transported to an open shelter bed or warming center — 202-399-7093 or 311.

Give folks cash, hand warmers, blankets, sleeping bags, hats/scarves/gloves.
A blue flier with faint snowflakes falling in the background, icicles hang from, the top and a pile of snow lines the bottom. Washington DC COLD ALERT Check in with neighbors. Give folks outside: CASH HAND WARMERS BLANKETS SLEEPING BAGS HATS/SCARVES/GLOVES With consent, call 202-399-7093 or 311 to have an unhoused neighbor transported to a shelter
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
sholleykline.bsky.social
that's right!!! for everything you ever wanted to know about vanilla... well, you should probably check out Emilio Kourí's A Pueblo Divided. but if you want to know what vanilla has to do with violence in the countryside, heritage management, or Trakgátlokg, check out my book!!!
larissakelly.bsky.social Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 16d
Sam's book doesn't just have Mexican pyramids and histories of archaeological labor, it has a chapter titled "Vanilla: Violence and Temporality."
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
sholleykline.bsky.social
@univnebpress.bsky.social is having a whole-catalog holiday sale! Use discount code 6HLW25 for 50% off through the end of the year! That's $15 for paperback/ebook editions of my book. ICYMI: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

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In the Shadow of El Tajín - Nebraska Press
Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and n...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
Don’t buy Starbucks coffee. Don’t buy Windmill Mushrooms. Solidarity forever! #NoContractNoCoffee

No compres café de Starbucks. No compres hongos de Windmill Mushrooms. ¡Solidaridad para siempre!
Windmill Farms mushroom workers standing in front of a Starbucks in Washington State holding signs that say: windmill mushroom workers support striking Starbucks workers #NoContractNoCoffee and Boycott Windmill indmill mushrooms #NoContractNoMushrooms
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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tgpeterson.bsky.social
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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ubiquity75.xyz
UC prez Millikan has BACKED OFF murdering the PPFP program, due, I am sure, in no small part to the UCLAFA/UCFA/AAUP win in court on Friday!!

When we fight, we win!
After learning more about the history and success of the program and weighing the thoughtful perspectives that have been shared, I have concluded that barring extraordinary financial setbacks, the PPFP faculty hiring incentive program will continue while the University continues to assess the program's structure as well as its long-term financial sustainability. As a result of our continuing consultation and review, there may be consideration of some changes to elements of the program including the total number of incentives supported, a number that has fluctuated significantly over the years, and how the awards are distributed among campuses. In the meantime, the University will continue to fund the PPFP faculty hiring incentive program and campuses may continue to take advantage of these incentives. We will have an opportunity to discuss any potential changes prior to adoption.
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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kwissoker.bsky.social
This is the importance of buying the books we write and teach from university presses. The same administrations that don’t care about the humanities would be just as happy to have academic publishing handled by these companies. We can save our own publishing ecosystem- but we have to do it.
heimbergecon.bsky.social Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 19d
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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lheathstout.bsky.social
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?

"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific

#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
sholleykline.bsky.social
thanks to Rachel for the best endorsement of my book's cost-to-endnote ratio yet!!! you heard it here first, folks!!! a bargain at twice the price!!!
rachelgracenewman.bsky.social Rachel Grace Newman @rachelgracenewman.bsky.social · 23d
That is a great deal on endnotes 😂
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
sholleykline.bsky.social
bookfomerical time!!! order In the Shadow of El Tajín from @univnebpress.bsky.social NOW w/ discount code 𝟔𝐀𝐅𝟐𝟓 and get S I X BODY CHAPTERS, 20+ figures, and 700+ endnotes for JUST $18 (+ shipping and taxes)!!! now THAT’s what i call 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺!!!

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM