"By providing a basis for in-context exploration of Jordanian cultural heritage to Arabic-speaking Jordanians and students of archaeology, we aim to expand the accessibility of archaeological data and interpretation beyond its usual bounds." New blog post, up now! www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

I was really excited to co-author this blog post with three Jordanian colleagues and two Wichita State students! Arabic translations for the responses here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#ELRAP’s new article (out now #openaccess in the #SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social#ELRAP#openaccess#SAAhowcases bilingual, interactive 3D models from Faynan, Southern Jordan, and explores how #digitalarchaeology comes alive on Sketchfab. Read more on the blog! 🔗 https://cup.org/4q7qrDc

Explore the 3D model network in English here: skfb.ly/pqFKP and in Arabic here: skfb.ly/pqFKQ

🌟Out now in Advances in Archaeological Practice!🌟 Howland et al. describe how publishing interlinked 3D models Sketchfab enabled participatory, user-driven development of nonlinear narrative interpreatations of archaeology in Jordan 📸🧑‍💻🇯🇴 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A great write-up of a recent paper led by lab Co- Director Jake Holland-Lulewicz (@archaeojake.bsky.social) published in @commsearth.nature.com on the legacies of past Indigenous land use on modern coastal ecosystems of the American southeast! #archaeology #ecology www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

It’s behind Greenland in the Mercator Projection

not enough parking

Congratulations to Max Gosch, student in my Geospatial Archaeology Lab, for his 2nd place finish in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum poster competition at WSU!

Very proud of my MA student MJ Jacobs for successfully presenting her poster on using UAV photogrammetry to monitor erosion at archaeological sites at #SAA25!

Just got to Denver for #SAA2025 #SAA25!

Our most recent work has been covered by National Geographic!! Have we made it?! #archaeology #ecology #conservation #climatechange www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

I found this really interesting!

Compare: Before - www.asor.org/about-asor/c... After - www.asor.org/about-asor/c...

Lots of people are hurting today, but I think it’s important to say that the closure of NEH and IMLS is an existential event for #DigitalHumanities #DH

Is this a fucking joke @asor-research.bsky.social? You couldn’t send a clearer signal about how much you value diversity in this field

🚨 Our new paper is out today in Communications Earth & Environment (@commsearth.bsky.social)!! “Modern coastal ecosystems of the American Southeast are shaped by deep-time human-environment interactions” Check it out! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

go birds

No one should be arrested for exercising their right to free speech, and the exercise of free speech certainly should not impact one’s immigration status

I would have thought citing yourself in the same paper was cutting-edge self citation methodology but apparently it is well-established

raises the question of who has “The Hockey Hair of Archaeologists”

This year I’ll be co-directing the Wichita State University archaeological field school in Arkansas City, Kansas, for which EVERY student will receive a scholarship covering the ENTIRE costs of the field school! Students encouraged to apply: www.wichita.edu/academics/fa...

My MA student Katy Reis designed this StoryMap about the devastating 2023 earthquake in Antakya, Turkey, based on an article by my colleague Jens Kreinath. Check it out: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4adf...

You can find more incredible Yup'ik #archaeology in the new Nunalleq Digital Museum (www.nunalleq.org), where the results of 9 excavation seasons are accessible whilst the original objects remain with the descendent community. 🆓 Antiquity research explores the project: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Bricks from ancient Mesopotamia may seem boring, but there is more to them than mud and straw. A short thread on some fun facts about bricks in ancient Mesopotamia from my book, Between Two Rivers.

Trump and Musk are testing what will happen if enshittification happens to the federal government

The Society for American Archaeology wants to benchmark losses in the federal archaeological workforce and invites members and other archaeologists to please take this anonymous survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HPDWBBK.

The background of DJ sets on YouTube truly contains multitudes

How do you learn to ask the right questions? Well, simply learn how to ask an AI model the right questions about what the right questions are

Looking over the program for the West Bank archaeology conference again, this is a real kicker - a "festive concluding session" purporting to address "ethical issues" discusses ISIS rather than, you know, conducting archaeology in the West Bank without Palestinians

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO GO BIRDS

go birds

The lack of Palestinian scholars really puts the lie to any idea that this conference could be non-political

I don’t think the archaeological community has really internalized this threat. Otherwise we would be seeing a whole lot more surveys and salvage excavations of coastal sites in order to understand them before they are compromised

In Science (p. 462) this week, my colleagues--Scott Fitzpatrick, Kristina Gill, Patrick Kirch, John Ruiz, Victor Thompson, Jason Younker--and I warn of the dire threat rising seas (0.81 cm in 2024!) and marine erosion pose for coastal archaeological sites worldwide. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thoughts are with the friends and family of the people on the Wichita-DCA plane that crashed tonight. I hope they are okay

If I’m James Franklin, I’m giving this guy a call this week. He put up 95 points against the Catholics

Do I need to take my hoodie off this time? Will I get yelled at for taking my laptop out of my bag? TSA roulette!!

why do you need to scan your boarding pass only sometimes at TSA? feels like it should be consistent

Fieldwork at Wormsloe State Historic Site in Savannah, GA

If I’m James Franklin, I’m giving this guy a call this week. He put up 95 points against the Catholics

Happy to see some news coverage of our latest work in digital public archaeology in the Jordan Times! www.jordantimes.com/news/local/e...

The term “shoobie” is a 20th century invention but shoobies have existed for thousands of years

#12days2solstice Happy Solstice from The Discovery Programme! Explore Newgrange Passage Tomb like never before - this 3D model was created from scans taken by Discovery Programme in 2014 & reprocessed in 2024 as part of the #5Dculture project skfb.ly/psBEK @timemachine.eu @opwireland.bsky.social

I thought that these questions posed by Mustfaa Al-Hussainy on the lack of publication/presentation of Iraqi were really an incisive critique of Anglosphere archaeology in the Levant. www.asor.org/news/2024/12...

Once I submit my grades today I will certainly be “submitting my manuscript to Beverages”

Helpful study guide for anyone trying to get a Part 107 UAV license

I really liked this interactive web exhibit on Judean Pillar Figurines by Lauren McCormick laurmcco.github.io/judeanpillar...