Our new Element with @universitypress.cambridge.org is out today! Please check out "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary" by Natalie Munro and I. You can download a PDF for free here until Feb. 10th: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Thank you to the Scientific Exploration Society for helping to fund this season of fieldwork in Guatemala!

Off to Guatemala! Thanks to the Scientific Exploration Society for their support!

I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary." It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

For any graduate students in anthropology/archaeology, the Smithsonian is accepting applications for a 10-week in-residence fellowship to use the Museum of Natural History collections to study a topic related to Indigenous cultures. $15k award. Apps due Aug 1! fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...

What can centuries-old deer bones teach us about conservation? 🦌 @elicweitzel.bsky.social analyzes these bones to study unsustainable practices of the past. His work could help us avoid making the same mistakes in the future. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...

My new paper on early evidence for colonial-era white-tailed deer declines was just featured in UConn Today! “Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen.” today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...

Check out my new article in @us.theconversation.com about white-tailed deer historical ecology! It's a broad overview of the entirety of human-deer interactions in the eastern U.S., but also features some of my latest work on the topic. theconversation.com/the-rise-and...

Giving a talk on deer historical ecology in Sterling, VA next month at Crooked Run Fermentation Brewery! Come grab a drink and hang out! Tickets available below: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...

Pleased to share my new paper on the Commodification of White-Tailed Deer in 17th century Southern New England! In it, I find evidence for increased hunting pressure on deer from the late 17th c., suggesting their population declined soon after Europeans arrived authors.elsevier.com/a/1l60c-JVc4...

Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!

Had a great time at #SAA2025 talking about the evidence (or lack thereof) for overhunting white-tailed deer

Read the @51st.news instead of @washingtonpost.com. Independent worker-controlled news beats the hell out of undemocratic pro-billionaire propaganda...

Just about one week left until the deadline! Undergrads - get those applications in!

If you're in DC on Thursday, February 20th, stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - I'll be on the floor of the museum talking about the historical ecology of white-tailed deer! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/histo...

A reporter from Newsweek interviewed me about what I personally consider to be some of the most interesting archaeological sites to visit in the US. Check it out! Which sites did I miss? www.newsweek.com/best-archaeo...

If anyone is looking for fieldwork funding, the Scientific Exploration Society could help. I received their Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award last year, and it's going to help fund my fieldwork this summer. The first round of applications are due in a week! ses-explore.org/about-our-ex...

This Saturday (Feb. 8), there's a sensory-friendly event for neurodivergent folks and their families to check out the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History before it opens for the day. I'll be in the Hall of Human Origins to answer questions! Register in advance here: access.si.edu/program/morn...

If you're in DC on Thursday, February 20th, stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - I'll be on the floor of the museum talking about the historical ecology of white-tailed deer! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/histo...

Awesome opportunity for advanced undergrads or recent grads below! 👇👇👇

I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells! Please share! Apply here by March 1: internships.si.edu/opportunity/...

Shit, did I miss the call for grant applications to advance Marxist equity and GND social engineering?

I know the Jevons paradox is real bc every time I get a new computer, I open more windows and tabs on my web browser until it gets equally slow.

We've got a fantastic session shaping up! *One more week until the abstract submission deadline!* DM me if you'd like more details! 🏺🧪

An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...

Major JOB ALERT! I and close colleagues have 4 (!) positions open. So if you're looking for a postdoc or PhD, do read on:

🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!

Citing a paper from the 1950s that’s only available as a poorly photocopied PDF is the scientific equivalent of only listening to albums on vinyl

“Join a labor union, a social movement, a political party, a tenant union, a community organization, a book club. Literally anything is better than sitting at home and scrolling on your phone and getting mad at the news.”

After 8 years of work, time to get this published!

Thank you to the Scientific Exploration Society for honoring me with the 2024 Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award! I had a great time in London meeting everyone and am very grateful for the Society's support. #explore #archaeology #fieldwork