Exciting news - our first Speaker Series Event of 2025 is coming soon! Join @ldagg.bsky.social, @rdwambold.bsky.social, and @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on Feb 27, 3:30 pm MT, to hear about the different ways they examine landscapes in their research 🏺 Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇

Hello everyone! We are the Insitute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA) 🏺 at the University of Alberta! We're new to BlueSky and over the next little while we'll start sharing some info. In the meantime, you can learn more about us at our website: www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...

Something they don’t tell you when you start learning #GIS is just how much time you might spend tracing visible features to make shapefiles. #archaeology

The IPIA partnered with Chipewyan Prairie First Nation to offer archaeological training to community members in what we hope will be the first of many courses of this type. Thanks to @mapsworth.bsky.social for being the amazing instructor! www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...

After being trapped in Early View purgatory for over a year, the article @mapsworth.bsky.social, @archaeomapper.bsky.social, and I wrote together has *officially* been published in a special issue of Archaeological Prospection! Available open access below: 🏺

#OtD 6 Dec 1989 14 women, most of whom were training in engineering fields, were murdered in a mass shooting at the École Polytechnique, Montréal. The killer targeted women, claimed he was "fighting feminism," and killed himself after shooting 28 people stories.workingclasshistory.c...

Variations of the "archaeologists are concerned about reputation" comment are common in the pseudoarch realm. Such as the one below, which is simply false. Critical analysis of previous research is a key part of archaeology. Remember, critical ≠ immediately negative. 🏺

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...