I was invited to provide some comments on the fascinating story below, which discusses the earliest known examples of the use of blue pigment during the European Palaeolithic. Interesting results with some intriguing implications. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Please have a look at this new open access paper by Benjamin Alberti that was just published in the EAZ. This is part of a special issue on ontological approaches in archaeology with more great papers to follow! #archaeology www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...

Great to have been able to conduct this survey at the WA Maritime Museum for the Deep Time Images project together with @lauramayer.bsky.social! Lots to analyze and lots of food for thought! #TheGreatKimberleyWilderness

It is a great pleasure to announce that our new book on Palaeolithic art and what we can learn from it has just been published by Heidelberg University Publishing! The volume is OA and can be downloaded via the link below! @deeptimeheritage.bsky.social 🤩😎 heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...

Here is the original letter/announcement from the White House, another step in the Trump's attack strategy on the museum, cultural, and research sectors www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

Come work with us!! Job opportunity!! We just advertised a 5-year full-time T/R Archaeology Lecturer position at Level B. This will suit an early career researcher with a teaching and research profile that is relevant to Australia. Full details below! external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Interesting read here on #language #ontologies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bad news coming out of the US. What a loss but not at all unexpected given recent events and developments... wennergren.org/article/sapi...

Was all the scapegoating in Australian politics maybe just that??!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Why many Americans still think #Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t #evolution #evoSky #scienceSky theconversation.com/why-many-ame...

Populist governments are mobilizing emotions like nostalgia and resentment to justify eroding academic freedom and reshaping higher education. Scholars who study nationalism, emotion and higher education explore this troubling strategy: theconversation.com/leaders-in-i...

Not without controversy, but Western Australia has a new world heritage site! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

ICYMI: 🎮 In this blog post, I give a quick intro to archaeogaming: studying archaeology in, of, and through video games—from Tomb Raider to No Man’s Sky. Have a look: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/30/a... #Archaeogaming #GameStudies #DigitalArchaeology

Coming back from an inspiring WAC-10 in Darwin, it was a very lovely surprise to find my author copies of this amazing volume at home. The book should be in the shops from tomorrow. It is very much worth your time and attention!

I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good. #NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage New at @science.org 🏺🧪

A further perspective on World Heritage, Aboriginal heritage, and tourism theconversation.com/cape-york-de...

This story is moving really fast today! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

CFP! At the upcoming AAA/AIMA conference in Fremantle (2 -5 December), I am co-hosting a session together with Gretchen Stolte and Sven Ouzman with the title "Understanding, Critiquing, and Communicating Time in Archaeology and Beyond". www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...

CFP! Together with @lauramayer.bsky.social and Rebecca Corps, I am co-hosting a session at this year's AAA/AIMA conference in Fremantle on intersections between heritage, history, and tourism. If you are at the conference this year, consider contributing! www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...

Coming soon your way in online open access! 😁

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

Maybe it isn't totally unexpected that Sussan Ley doesn't know the difference between a Welcome to Country and an Acknowledgement of Country in her first press conference after being elected the new leader of the Australian Liberal Party... 🙄 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Postdoc opportunity at the University of Cologne, Germany, to support the ECOLITHIC project: A Radical Ecosystems View of Lithic Macro-Evolution! ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunities

Just received final proofs.

While higher education is not high on the agenda of both big parties in Australia, at least the Liberals under Peter Dutton are not hiding their complete contempt for the country's most prestigious universities and their plans to devastate the sector... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’

Essential reading

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And so it continues... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Woman the hunter article just keeps making the rounds in far right circles (more than a year later). Hate mail is, & will continue to be, ever present in my life. Sadly, it’s going to get a lot worse. I stand firm by this work. SciAm article for reference: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

One for you @berndporr.bsky.social

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

„Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis, as I did for my book Serving the Reich, cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders“ 🧪

Generative #AI is already having an impact on how we perceive #archaeology🏺. In her @us.theconversation.com essay @clmorgan.bsky.social urges for critical yet constructive engagement with digital technologies in our investigation of the past. theconversation.com/how-ai-image...