Breaking News: CNN just discovered what Canada has known for decades. Americans have been avoiding discrimination abroad by posing as Canadians for as long as I can remember. Also, "flag jacking"? JFC. 🤦

It was a hard two weeks, but I'm finally on my way back home after my fieldwork shift. Made some new friends, got to catch up with some old ones, and got some good archaeology done.🏺

Today we celebrate FIVE years of Peopling the Past! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has contributed to and supported our project – we appreciate ALL of you! And stay tuned over the next few weeks as we count down our top 5 blogs, videos, and podcast episodes from the past 5 years 👀

Some days, the view from the office is just grand.

I've said it before, and I'll say it a thousand times. We need fewer commodities churned out by soulless machines, and more dog paw prints on bricks, tiles, and other ceramics.

I have reached a particular milestone in packing for fieldwork! Apparently I packed some things so densely that the scanner flagged them as suspicious. Turns out it was my hi-vis vest, neck gator, and laundry bag. 😆 Achievement unlocked?

Wetlands! Protects watersheds. Protects biodiversity. Protects against erosion. Protects against foreign heavy armour incursion. Protects against wild fires.

#Archaeology (🏺) peeps (skeeps?): My Redbubble shop is now open! Get your archaeology/CRM tshirts, stickers, and more. This is the first drop with more to follow. When these designs are gone, they’re gone! www.redbubble.com/people/Archa...

The only people who think libraries are no longer relevant are the same who haven't been to a library in a very long time, haven't spoken to anyone who has been to a library in a very long time, and who can't understand the enormous need for third places and reliable, inclusive community support.

Looking for journal suggestions (not limited to just archaeology journals): I was reminded yesterday of a paper idea I have, based on my 2024 SHA presentation about a BC nativist organization called the Native Sons of BC, their obsession with collecting First Nations belongings to A) promote 1/

This point 💯 If you want to know more about the Ahnenerbe (the Nazi "heritage" research institute conducting archaeological work, incl. Atlantis stuff), read Pringle's book. If you want to know more about pseudoarch in among the more contemporary far-right, I wrote a little something about it. 🏺

I just published my article Archaeology as Worldbuilding, an effort that grows out of 20+ years of digital (and analog) archaeological making. Adjacent to recent arguments about storytelling, I broaden our scope to make past worlds & tell stories in community with others. doi.org/10.1017/S095...

Terrible news. Dr. McGovern's research into ancient wine, beer, and grogs of all stripes was an inspiration. Uncorking the Past is an absolute must-read. The study of alcohols of the past has lost a giant.

The strongest argument yet made for abolishing the Humanities. Is it for AI or econobros? No. Better to be a hopeful idiot blithely waltzing from atrocity to disaster while hoping for the best, than an educated depressive screaming into the void like Walter White handcuffed in the back of the car.

The audiobook version of my book––In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia––is now available! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

"Community-based archaeology is a methodological and theoretical tool for knowledge coproduction that necessitates an openness to transformation, institutional reorganization, and flexibility of traditional models of archaeological practice." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Good News: I got the notification that my order for @moudhy.bsky.social's book, Between Two Rivers, has finally arrived at my local bookstore! Bad News: I'm in the field and won't be home to pick it up until Monday. 😭

The "stop politicizing history" and "you can't just rewrite the past" crowd have been awfully quiet these days...

I don't understand. Wouldn't these presumably pro-life people want the apotropaic power of an image of Pazuzu (or a Labubus, I guess) to protect their unborn children from Lamaštu?

CALL FOR PRESENTERS 🏺♿🧵 Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology A Lightning Round session at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology #saa2026 April 29–May 3, 2026 San Francisco, CA

Our lab of archaeologists, historians, and ecologists studies social, economic, and environmental dynamics over the last 5,000yrs. From the earliest Indigenous villages on the US Atlantic coast, to nomadic Mongolian empires, to Black towns of the post-emancipation South. Follow for rad archaeology!

Check it out: the newest episode of the True Canadians podcast, "Harrison Ford Need Not Apply," host David Wylynko talks to IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant about the EMITA project and the need to upend a history of non-Indigenous academics dominating the tale of Indigenous history 🏺

I've got a big sale going on right now! I need to get out of the red, so it's 20% off select titles, or $19.99 for all four! - Fight City TURBO - NOVA SUNO - The Foundation - Wave Chasers From today to August 1st! #TTRPG itch.io/s/157029/the...

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There is a lot going on here but these results are wonderful (even if I find some of the archaeologists’ comments problematic). Here are a few notes to be followed up with a blog post at “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives” 1/

Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼

After many years this is out now, many congratulations to everybody!

📕 #BookReview Was a desire for beer the true driver of cereal domestication, not food? ‪@tatepaulette.bsky.social‬'s 'In the land of Ninkasi: a history of beer in ancient Mesopotamia' explores the origins and power of beer in the ancient Near East 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Step 1. Platform yourself as the "anti-war" option. Step 2. Create an economy where secure Federal employment, even if it's the military, is considered a blessing. Step 3. Unilaterally decide without congressional approval or knowledge to start a war in the Middle East. Step 4. See what happens.

One thing you can do if you are close to an Iranian restaurant in the US is order food from them and express your grief to the management in solidarity.

Oh, Canada, Specifically, @mark-carney.bsky.social Please show in unambiguous and tangible terms that Canada interprets the US and Israel attacks on Iran to be the illegal actions of rogue states, further exposing these players as unreliable, dangerous, and destabilizing entities. Kthx, everyone.

A solid opinion piece from The Vancouver Sun. BC's lack of biodiversity laws and over reliance on industry to make ethical and environmentally sound decisions is a problem we need to address to have a secure future. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

I’ll be here tomorrow! River Market New West Quay New Westminster 11 - 5 Hope to see you there!! Feel free to REPOST!

Duolingo right now: youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...

If you’re around Oxford tomorrow, come by the Games, Gaming, and the Ancient World event that we are putting on with colleagues from @gametablenetwork.bsky.social! www.ox.ac.uk/event/games-...

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Indigenous led archaeological work in Comox reveals a perfectly preserved splitting wedge submerged in ground water for almost 4000 years komoks.ca/press-releas...

Archaeology & pseudoarch had important roles in Rhodesia's mythologized history of white superiority in which the Rhodesian gov't elaborated antiquarian archy ideas into pseudoarch claims that archaeological sites were built by white people, & censored archaeologists who challenged those claims. 🏺

Not sure I was ever *this* committed to my archaeology research. More power to him! 🧪🏺

Building a bed (imda) using our own hazel in our early medieval roundhouse for UCD Festival on 7th June 2025, as part of our “Early Medieval People and Things (EMPAT)” project

Re-advertising this post as no suitable applicants were found in the first round. If you are interested in an exciting PhD opportunity at the University of Sydney, do get in touch! Deadline 9 July. Updated information and link here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

#archaeogaming 🏺

Incomplete list of necessities: WATER water & ways to purify & filter water (or fine enough filtration). (crank) RADIO FLASHLIGHTS FOOD BATTERIES & PHONE CHARGER LANTERN MEDs (as possible) A WAY TO PREPARE FOOD FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND TRAINING CASH (as available) PET SUPPLIES 1 week minimum

I reiterate: With Trump et al we may face compounding poly-disasters including gutted state emergency response capability. You may have to contend with one or more disasters/events in a context of supply chain shortages & extended time for help (if any is coming). Prepare. www.ready.gov

If you’re doing an exciting dig, please get in touch - and we’re interested in post-ex stories too. This is a chance to showcase your work, your discoveries and your passion on BBC Two, sharing UK archaeology with wide audiences here and abroad. Contact us: [email protected]

If you are 'uninvited,' how can you ever really be a guest?

Babe, wake up. New relief of Ashurbanipal just dropped! 🧪🏺

This bodes poorly for heritage consultation and conversation. The Arch Branch has been instructed to fast-track permits for low-cost house development permits and other "provincially significant" projects. But how can the chronically understaffed and backlogged Branch do this and abide by DRIPA?🏺

I, and several others, have written an open letter to the UK's largest archaeological organisations requesting they take a stand and publicly affirm their support for the trans community. This open letter was signed by over 700 archaeologists before it was sent today. Read it in full below 👇