Ben Marwick
benmarwick.bsky.social
Ben Marwick
@benmarwick.bsky.social
Archaeologist and #rstats enthusiast
Patterns we noticed:

- environmental & public archaeology dominate;
- Indigenous & historical archaeology spike ~2019–21;
- digital methods rise;
- hyper-specialized artifact methods barely appear.

More details: doi.org/10.1017/aaq....
Hire Ed: Job Market Dynamics for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Archaeology | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Hire Ed: Job Market Dynamics for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Archaeology
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December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Setareh Shafizadeh 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2025) Between Nomads and Settlers: A Quantitative Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Tula’i (Tuleii), Zagros, Iran. 𝐿𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦. doi.org/10.1080/0197...
Between Nomads and Settlers: A Quantitative Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Tula’i (Tuleii), Zagros, Iran
This study examines the lithic assemblages from Tula’i to investigate the occupation styles and mobility strategies of the inhabitants during the Neolithic. We analyzed the lithic production patter...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Here's said mascot along with an excellent checklist by @shreyadimri.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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All data and code available on zenodo (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) and on my GitHub account. #opendata
Thanks @benmarwick.bsky.social ‬for the possibility to learn from reproducing your work and for providing the basis for this replication, which are unfortunately excessively rare in #Archaeology!
Marwick (2025) "Is archaeology a science?": reproducibility for training and replication with OpenAlex for testing.
The zip file contains the necessary files and folders to reproduce the preprint deposited on SocArXiv and which can also be read in a more interactive way with code chunks and interactive table of con...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yes, you can see some of the most recent debate on this question in the comments where I shared the paper here: www.reddit.com/r/Archaeolog...
July 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Thank you for your important work! It is crystal clear that code and data publication alongside each manuscript is the only way forward for science. Manuscripts with data analyses that do not publish code and data should not be accepted for publication anymore.
May 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM