🧪 Braided Science in action! 🤝🌿 Our new paper on Indigenous-centered archaeology field schools is out in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology. Deep graditude to the Kalispel Tribe for the partnership that made this work possible! See #openaccess article link: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Big news! 📣 The Anthropology Dept @calacademy.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in California Indigenous Science. 🌊 Join us in SF to lead ecocultural research & ethical community partnerships. Please share! Questions? Reach out. Apply: job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaac...

Eelgrass!!

🧪 The final days of an excavation: Where exhaustion meets discovery This captures the essence of archaeological fieldwork—fatigue after long days, intense discussion about a complex stratigraphic profile. Anxious to button things up, but balancing urge to finish w/ getting it documented properly

🧪 The final days of an excavation: Where exhaustion meets discovery This captures the essence of archaeological fieldwork—fatigue after long days, intense discussion about a complex stratigraphic profile. Anxious to button things up, but balancing urge to finish w/ getting it documented properly

One of the best parts of my job is working with incredibly talented people like Shantel Watson! 🌟🧪 Her work as a Biological Illustrator at @calacademy is exceptional - the thoughtfulness she brings to every piece, especially collaborating with Indigenous tribes of California, just blows me away ✨

Yesterday's day at the office was unique and pretty special- kicked off with a journey to Ohlone homelands on Alcatraz with friends and colleagues Gregg Castro, Beverly Ortiz, and Laurie Morales, and @calacademy colleagues, plus incredible staff on 'the rock'. 🧪

🧪 Honored to welcome esteemed archaeologist Manju Singh Bhandari-retired Executive Director of the @patanmuseum, Nepal-& Rabin Thapa to the Anthropology @calacademy this week! Enlightening to hear about her incredible research & work preserving Nepal's cultural treasures after the 2015 earthquake.

🧪 The shirt says it all, because in archaeology, #SiftHappens— and it's a dirty job we love. ✨ Photo: Shannon Tushingham with Bill Hildebrandt at the WSU–Kalispel Tribe-Far Western Archaeological Field School. #DirtDontHurt #Fieldwork #ArchaeologyLife #ExcavationStation #FieldSchool

✨A successful field project thrives on its crew leads & the 2023 WSU Archaeological Field School in Indigenous Collaboration, First Foods & Cultural Resource Management had an outstanding team! 🙌🏽 This phenomenal group went above & beyond to teach & inspire a large, passionate group of students🧪

Happy #worldchocolateday! From ancient civilizations to the present day, cacao has always held a profound significance. 🌿 For the Maya and Aztec peoples, cacao was deeply sacred, woven into religious rituals and offered as a tribute to the gods. #CacaoCulture #IndigenousTraditions #AncientHistory

A celebration of chocolate from 1662 #WorldChocolateDay

Happy #WorldChocolateDay ! The chocolate we love has ancient roots! 🌳 Indigenous cultures have cultivated & revered cacao (Theobroma cacao) for millennia. Scientists find residues like theobromine & caffeine in artifacts, showing its long history as a stimulating treat and sacred food 🍫✨

Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF! Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding! Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts. We must make noise! Pls RT!!!! #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF

Welcoming good friend, Dr. Piyawit Moonkham, of Chiang Mai University, Thailand! We will be working together for the next 2 1/2 months on research sponsored by the @calacademy.bsky.social Lakeside scholar program. Stay tuned for updates!

It was an honor to speak at the Traditional Foods Forum at #SfAA2025 #NWAC2025 with Mark Ramos and Tiffany Fulkerson! We were nervous about filling our 2 hour slot, but lucked out with incredibly engaged and insightful audience-we left inspired and energized about future research & collabs!

how the mainstream media covered the racist trump attack on the smithsonian vs how we covered it @dailykos.com read more here www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The NIH plans to resume posting notices of new solicitations for grant proposals. But there’s a catch: The HHS and DOGE will review each draft notice to ensure the research that will be funded aligns with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, Science has learned. scim.ag/3DJsafL

The Traditional Foods Forum at #SfAA2025 #NWAC2025 was a truly amazing and inspiring event! Thanks to the organizers and to Dr. Molly Carney for the invitation. I just wish I had more time to attend all the concurrent sessions. Hope this happens again!

Practiced mostly by women, this fishing tradition is thousands of years old. Can it survive? 🧪

This is a Tolowa medicine person named Old Doctor, who is described in the book Two-Spirit People due to having worn mixed men & women’s clothing. I’m sharing the picture bc Old Doctor also is described as wearing a rare fur skirt over “heavy denim jeans”! 2s invented the skirt/jeans look in 1873??

Did you know that hooligan (a smelt) 🐟 lights up like a candle. In Lingít the fish is called “saak.” Also called candlefish because of the oil content. Every year, as a tradition, we light-up. 💨 🕯️ 🐟 #AlaskaSky #foodoir #Alaskan #AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska #Wrangell #StikineRiver