One of my projects involves supporting wetland restoration efforts by the US Fish & Wildlife in the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. This image visualizes the same area with different data: Upper Left: 1960s Topo Upper Right: LiDAR Lower Left: 1950s Aerial Lower Right: 2025 Landsat

Visualizing the impacts of rainfall in the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge via Landsat data. Heavy rains earlier this year filled ancient channels of the Rio Grande. This work is helping researchers support ongoing efforts to restore the area's wetlands. #archaeology #landsat #remotesensing

In the field for a few weeks. It's not a bad view from the ol' field house.

Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.

The proverbial (bob)cat is out of the bag. I am joining the Texas State Department of Anthropology as an Asst Prof of Historical Archaeology this fall! I look forward to continuing my work in Texas as well as returning to research interests in Florida and the Caribbean. Eat ‘em up cats!

My favorite animal has always been the Lynx rufus, or bobcat. I was fascinated by them as a child and they remain my favorite animal. That is all.

ICYMI: We're back cataloging Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.

Someone actually pre-drafted a #FOIA request for you to send directly to #DOGE so that you can find out what personal information of yours that ketamine-addled doofus has. Here's a link to it. Happy hunting. drive.google.com/file/d/119jz... #resist

A huge win for open source software! Also, this movie is incredible. Be warned, only the coldest hearts will fail to feel the warmth of this movie. In other words, someone was cutting onions while I watched it.

Nice view from the office window today. Clouds are doing some cool things. #officeview

People ask this question a LOT, so I talked to some amazing folks and wrote a short explainer. tl;dr - Leave it, take a pic, tell the SHPO. 🏺🧪

The world is on fire, minds rapidly oscillating between outrage and fatigue is our "new" normal (again). So, I'm sharing some lighthearted stuff from time to time. Stuff that helps me recharge. Today, that's an album of #chiptune covers of hits from the '80s. open.spotify.com/album/3YjgeU...

Last year we started a project to download and preserve public data. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01... Since saving public data is in the news today — but is always needed — let’s talk about what you can do to help.

Everyone should follow @uofa-ipia.bsky.social. It doesn't matter what kind of archaeology appeals to you, or what kind of archaeology you do. The work they do transcends our discipline and is vitally important.

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. My image is of a trail bridge near Orlando, Florida from a few years ago.

Jefferson Public Radio just re-aired one of my favorite Underground History conversations- follow the link to hear food historian Heather Arndt Anderson discuss all of the wonderful things invented in Oregon...tater tots, maraschino cherries, corn dogs, and more! 🥔🍒🌭 www.ijpr.org/show/the-jef...

Another cool #3D #archaeology model made with #photogrammetry. A Refugio dart point measuring 7x2cm. These occur across southern Texas and date to the late Middle (2500 - 400 BC) or Late Archaic (400 BC - AD 800). This lithic was recovered as part of my 2024 field school. Read more at skfb.ly/ptyAM

I completed processing and uploading some #3D models in preparation for my talk at the Society for Historical #Archaeology conference last week. All models created via #photogrammetry. Have a look!

Back from the The Society for Historical Archaeology annual meetings. I attended the Society of Black Archaeologists meeting, one of the most active organizations, particularly in regards to engaging and supporting students. Support them by becoming a member at www.societyofblackarchaeologists.com

got too furious seeing 'archeological institutions' posting articles with AI, so here's some of my infinitely better neanderthal art that can only be made with the endless love of an autistic guy with a special interest

Finished grading earlier this week, getting some time to work on various research and writing projects. Also, added a new coffee mug to the campus office collection. IYKYK

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Working on tomorrow's talk about the archaeology of The Yearling. This is part of a toy gun we found, all clean from electrolysis and 3D modeled from photogrammetry.

The exceptional Jennie Sturm and I are delighted to announce the publication of our special issue of Archaeological Prospection: “Considering Present-day Communities in Archaeological Remote Sensing of Burial Spaces.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990763... Out now!

Next week is my online lecture for the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society. Title is "In the Footsteps of Flag and Jody: Historical Archaeology of The Yearling," part of the US Forest Service partnership I managed before moving to Texas. Learn more at cgcas.org/december2024...

Growth of followers on this platform has dwarfed engagement for me versus any other social media platform. That's very cool! It does mean I'm still catching up on following others. Sorry! Also, taking some time to think about what to share, how frequently, etc. Here's to the future of Bluesky!

In addition to eating good food this week, I successfully mounted four sticks of DDR5 RAM (6000mhz) on my computer with an AMD Ryzen 7 processor and converted another computer to Linux Mint.

I spent years conducting research on the 1923 Rosewood Race Massacre. In 2019 I began a documentary project about the work, and many of my plans went unfinished because of COVID and other life events. So, I edited what I had and uploaded a final version this year - youtu.be/LBTm3RTz3qQ?...

I also like creating 3D models, sometimes with photogrammetry, or Blender, or a game engine, or all three! You can view many at my SketchFab page - sketchfab.com/archaeosquat... #archaeology #photogrammetry #3d

Are you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...

Here's an image of yours truly at The PumpHouse Riverside Restaurant and Bar in Victoria, Texas for the recent Texas Archeological Society (TAS) meetings.

Howdy!