Also: this video illustrates the incompetence, lack of training, and dangerous approach that these mercenaries employ.

The silly Egyptian vase thing that Matt Beal and Uncharted-something-or-other keep promoting in the world of pseudoarchaeology has been a moderate curiosity of mine. I've yet to really dive into it, but I think I'm going to start with this online paper.

If you need more evidence of both systemic and overt racism in this administration, read this.

This is depressing. "Only 16% of participants read for pleasure. Of those participants, the average person spent 1 hour and 37 minutes reading." N=236k I think it shows. In my dealings with proponents of pseudoarchaeology on X, they just seem to refuse to read.

New blog article from David Connelly on the craziness in the pseudoarchaeology world these days.

"Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video."

My chat with Cooper and Mike at Elevated Thoughts is up on their YT channel. It was a fun discussion about pseudoarchaeology but about some real archaeology as well! Be sure to check out their other videos, the other folks they interview are way more interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjTf...

Gutfield: "What does it tell you though?" Me: it say's you're a little too comfortable being referred to as a Nazi.

A couple of weeks ago, Graham Hancock praised an article on Hub Pages for calling out archaeologists. Turns out it was written by generative AI and not very well. ahotcupofjoe.net/2025/07/an-a...

Mike Lee wants to sell our public lands. There are those that call themselves "conservative" that have been trying to do this for decades. It's why Teddy Roosevelt established so much in the first place. (Meme stolen from @blue_prop over on shitter in the same context).

I just watched the "New Monuments Men" on heritagetac.org and have to say it's perhaps one of the most moving documentaries on cultural heritage and archaeology I've watched in a long time. heritagetac.org/programs/new... 1/7

The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers. This thread will dive into its activity. 🧵 1/x.

The Shroud of Turin is probably a 14th century forgery. But it's also a legitimate artifact of cultural heritage.

For the #ArchaeoSkeptics out there, just a reminder that the Comic Summit 2025 is about 10 days away. If you create skeptical content about archaeology, you might consider a topic from the list in the comments. Might be nice for people to have fact-based sources of info to balance the pseudo.

What's most disappointing is that it would've been easy for Luke Caverns to say something as simple as, "Joe, you're being unfair to Flint." Or even, "Flint's a really good guy, you got him all wrong."

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

A fascinating video by the YouTube channel Framing Logic. It's a useful for the ArchaeoSkeptic... Learn how to spot the "deception sandwich" and how grifters use logical fallacies and cognitive biases to deceive followers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6g_...

Pseudoscience in Nature Scientific Reports gets retracted. The next day the authors submit to their own journal where it gets accepted after a "rigorous peer review" by themselves.

Car Jacker: Asking politely for the keys is hurting my business.

#FindsFriday! We shovel tested then did a pedestrian survey of a former community for enslaved, then emancipated, people near a 19th century iron furnace. Lots of solarized glass, ceramic shreds and even Archaic & Woodland points. And one golf ball.

I recently gave a talk locally on the archaeology of moonshine on the Land Between the Lakes, once known as the "Land Between the Rivers." They recorded it, so I figured I'd share it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGM...

Until the fences come down, DEI is necessary.

I thought I should let you all know what is going on over at Twitter ASAP Spread the word: Elon Musk is indeed deportation-eligible

Tesla's investor relations site is ir.tesla.com, their email is [email protected], and their phone number is 800-662-7232, for anyone who might need that information

A 6-Week Timeline of Corruption presented to the Senate floor by Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

The ‘Taung child’ published on this day in 1925

I have a list of what to do and do. See below #3 Do not resign. DO NOT. File in state (if CA) or federal court. Force them to argue for arbitration It will require them to agree CBA is operative (he claims no). 🚫 money appropriated 🚫 required 21 days provided for ADEA if 40+ yrs old. 1

NEW VIDEO. "What Graham Hancock Wants You to Ignore: Real Archaeology in the Ice Age"premieres in 90 minutes on my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YWi...

Don't turn a blind eye. Speak out where you can. Federal employees should be loyal. To the American People. "Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now controls the past" Don't give in.

This is interesting

A recent chapter in an obscure edited volume is being promoted as peer-reviewed proof that the Old Stone Mill tower in Touro Park of Newport, Rhode Island is a 12th century baptistery.

Keeping it real. #RealArchaeology

My truck is keeping it real. #RealArchaeology

If you've never heard of the Tucson Artifacts, you should read this article. They're certainly not proof of PreColumbian Roman contact as some claimed, but they're fascinating pieces of history nonetheless.

My review of Unpacking the Universe: The Making of an Exhibition. A free documentary available right now from the Heritage Broadcasting Service.

I stand by this.

Revealed on Twitter last week was the discovery of a “lost city” just 40 km off the coast of Sicily! This article is why that idea is sunk. So to speak. I initially expected a short blog article, but undersea mapping is really cool. Like geophys in archaeology, there can be caveats.

Hopefully I didn't say *all* the same stuff @jasoncolavito.bsky.social did in his review. I'm a little behind in writing projects. TL;DR - this probably ain't the book for a Christmas gift of someone interested in Real Archaeology. A lot of KT is described, but mostly to speculate.

One of the coolest things I've read in a while. But then I'm also a historic archaeologist.

A hop-ortunity for orbit?

This is a clear example of Dunning - Kruger. Not only is literature review a staple 1st step of any archaeological investigation, but Cinq-Mars continued a quite successful career after arguing dates that challenged Clovis first. Not Folsom. This dude doesn't know enough to know he's wrong.

Caption this photo!

#FindsFriday #RealArchaeology My coworker and I recovered a moonshine still last week. It was in a flash flood zone and exposed to visitors, and not in original location. We screened the in-fill before moving and used a leafblower in the area which revealed the lead arm!

Googling archaeology conspiracy theories often gives r/AskArchaeology as the first result. We'd be grateful if you could please spread the word to your networks and archaeos that are involved in combating misinformation as we need help there! www.reddit.com/r/AskArchaeo... @flintdibble.bsky.social

The smear campaign against @flintdibble.bsky.social by Joe Rogan, Graham Hancock and Dan Richards is *absolutely fkking disgusting*. As an Ex Hancock fan who finally engaged with the ACTUAL evidence, I'm ASTOUNDED by their hypocrisy, cognitive dissonance, and behaviour. #grahamhancock

I have a new video up on YouTube discussing archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, and prebunking a coming "criticism" that misunderstands how archaeologists study food remains. Give it a watch and a share! 🧪🏺🐡 youtu.be/OhHIajRbqiI

I know antivax isn't a particularly coherent form of insanity but even these dingbats should be better at analogies than this. Antivaxers are why waffle irons have to come with a label warning people not to make breakfast in the shower. And the label has to be little pictures.