dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w... Academics with publications on academia edu need to look at the new terms and the permissions it provide to AI farm your work and identity

Great interview with CAARI Fulbright researcher Caroline Barnes!

We're pleased to see @flintdibble.bsky.social mentioned in this article by @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social in @currentaffairs.bsky.social . "What we need is more public scientists to explain the work of science to lay audiences," Robinson writes. We agree! Our aim is to make anthropology accessible.

We are excited to announce that our next VIEWS conference, WAVE 2: Writing As Visual Engagement, will take place on 26th-29th March 2026. CFP deadline 5th September. The linked post also contains a round-up of our other news and opportunities. viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...

India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of sacred relics buried in third-century BC www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Excited to take part in the roundtable "The Two Cultures. Natural Sciences and Humanities, Convergent Paths?" organized by the Center for Medieval Visual Cultures and Research Communication at Masaryk University. @re-cent.bsky.social @epinicion.bsky.social @apaladine.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... Happy to share my new article on animal representations in Bronze Age art and archaeology in Cyprus

Call for papers exploring Biomolecular Insights into Food, Medicine, and Scent in Environmental Archaeology using proteomics, metabolomics, stable isotopes, lipids, and archaeogenetics. Manuscript Summary Deadline: 15 July 2025. See the link below for more info. www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

OUT NOW from Sidetone Press Empire and excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960 Edited by Thomas Kiely, Anna Reeve & Lindy Crewe. Read online for free or purchase a copy. www.sidestone.com/books/empire... #Cyprus #historiography #heritage #colonialism

La domestication des avocats (Lauracées) a commencé il y a 7565 à 7265 ans au Honduras. Ces nouveaux résultats montrent que les avocats étaient domestiqués des milliers d'années avant d'autres cultures, telles que le maïs phys.org/news/2025-03...

www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2025/03/art-... Informative list of events and research on combatting art crime, antiquities trafficking, and provenance studies

hellenicnews.com/four-institu... A nice article summarizing the event held at the Penn Museum and co-organized with various Cypriot institutions.

New publication on legacy data, community archaeology, and Nabataean fauna from the Temple of the Winged Lions at Petra (sorry, no winged lions actually identified in this assemblage). www.researchgate.net/publication/...

If you're in the Boulder, Colorado, area, I'll be giving a book talk this coming Wednesday (Feb 26, 5pm) at the University of Colorado Boulder. It's free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

For probationary federal employees who have been terminated:

Highlighting some of our wonderful female authors for International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬🏺 #archaeology #ancientsky

Cultural heritage is on the list 🏺

A new article from Ohrazení is out! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

go.bsky.app/9uS3a2b Newcomers! This starter pack is terrific!

Looking forward to the 2025 series of talks hosted by @caari-cyprus.bsky.social starting next week with the launch of Bernard Knapp’s new book ‘Cyprus and Ugarit’

@moudhy.bsky.social’s beautiful new book, gleaming in the light of the low wattage English sun.

It being #TileTuesday and as I have posted stuff about the project before, I thought I would share the proof of the cover of the book I wrote with Lisa Golombek on a group of 17th C tiles from Iran. #IslamicArt #Iran

Explore the origins of #viticulture in Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia! The paper by Michaela Látková tests methods of identifying archaeobotanical finds of cultivated grapevine and its wild counterparts. The analysed assemblage comprises 1087 finds dated from prehistory to Early Modern period 🔗below

www.caorc.org/neh-fellowsh... Deadline approaching! The CAORC - National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship is accepting applications through January 29. Approximately three to four awards will be granted and fellowship stipends are $5,000 per month. www.caorc.org/neh-fellowsh...

COMING SOON! “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World - Preorder for the volume (edited by our very own Chelsea A.M. Gardner and Sabrina C. Higgins). www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...

We’re delighted to say that our recent book ‘Heritage at War’ has gone #openaccess, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched. You can find the book on JSTOR now, and it’s coming soon to OAPEN and ORL. Link: www.jstor.org/stable/jj.19... #heritage #war #conservation @oapenbooks.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social

NEH's newest grant program, State and Impact of the Humanities, funds data-grounded research that can help us tell the story of how and why the humanities matter. It was a privilege to develop this program with Jess Unger, Ben Skinner, Lutie Rodriguez, & Scott Weingart. www.neh.gov/news/neh-ann...

About to start the GameTable @costprogramme.bsky.social Working Group 1 meeting at QMUL in London! It’s gonna be a long day of AI talks for this archaeologist 😅 but we will be working together to find ways to more effectively harness AI to study traditional games!

If you can't quit all the Meta apps (which, sadly, includes the internationally essential WhatsApp) you can minimize the monetization of your data, using the info from @eff.org www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

😆 the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (JICA) has some great stuff! 🏺🧪 www.tandfonline.com/journals/uic...

uk.usembassy.gov/worldwide-tr... US citizens now need visas to travel to or through the UK - plan ahead

We’ve published two new articles online first in ‘Plant Perspectives’. @plantperspectives.bsky.social www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/forthcomi... #plantstudies #envhum #openaccess

On Monday I visited NC State University (where I used to work) to give a book talk & to speak wit students in the University Honors Program. I had great convos with hosts & enjoyed wide-ranging audience questions. Here's a write-up in the student newspaper: www.technicianonline.com/culture/ryan...

In news that is not news to most Tulsans, but a reaffirmation of historical facts over a century later. See the full report here: www.justice.gov/crt/media/13... and the archival collection from Oklahoma State library.okstate.edu/search-and-f...

The upcoming conference on public #archaeology will focus on networking and workshops. Feb 10th is deadline to submit your discussion session, workshop, or poster presentation ideas 💡 www.fpan.us/projects/202...

🌿 Over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world collaborated on this groundbreaking book (including me!), now available for preorder. 📚 Use code S25 for 20% off and free shipping through June 30, 2025. #NativesInSTEM #IndigenizeSTEM #NativesInAcademia osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigen...

Check us out at the #SHA2025 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 (𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭) 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹: 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢, 𝘊𝘙𝘔, 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘚𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 1:30 pm – “Choose Your Own Adventure: Navigating Archaeological Career Trajectories in Different Employment Sectors”

Check us out at the #SHA2025 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 (𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭) 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹: 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢, 𝘊𝘙𝘔, 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘚𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 1:30 pm – “Choose Your Own Adventure: Navigating Archaeological Career Trajectories in Different Employment Sectors”

Seventh edition of Go_Belowground course on practical assessment of moprhological and anatomical traits on belowground organs and their importancy: Go belowground! 2025 klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/go-belowgrou...

I've transformed the SHA2024 feed into the #SHA2025 feed! Anyone who is thinking of/planning things for the Soc. Hist. Archaeology 2025 conference is welcome to include their posts in the feed with the hashtag #SHA2025. Feed is linked here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

My library made an AI generated image to promote my talk about why we probably shouldn't do that. Come inhabit a space of dissonance and disgruntlement with me!

Btw. I'm looking for a PhD student in zooarchaeology with an interest in stable isotopes. www.arup.cas.cz/vyberove-riz...

Pretty excellent views while skiing in Vail Colorado

Just finished this very full history of the US by Ned Blackhawk in which Native American people are central to much of the policy decisions made. A must read

Finished reading The Process of Animal Domestication by Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra and was impressed with the connections made between archaeological, genetic, and behavioral studies.

www.politico.eu/article/robe... Not sure if I’d characterize this as a ‘spat’ - it’s no question where Fico’s loyalties lie.

This funerary wreath is made of everlasting flowers (Helichrysum stoechas) and is more than 1,700 years old! It was found in a tomb of the #Roman period in Hawara, #Egypt, and has survived due to Egypt's dry climate. Dating 2nd/3rd c. AD. On display at British Museum 📷 me 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

Essential reading: diverse indigenous authors 🇧🇷 publishing in the world's most prestigious scientific journal 🪶

Merry Christmas/Vesele Vianoce! Let the festivities begin!