The EAA votes are out The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.

Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive? Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA Read our call for voting and boycotting below! If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...

🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy

As 2025 comes to an end, we are reflecting on almost a year of organising as archaeologists of conscience, holding our representative organisations to account in the face of their negligence, silence and complicity. drive.google.com/file/d/1QPy8...

Unfortunately, the Black Trowel Collective Microgrants is paused again due to the program losing its non-profit status in the US. Find full details on our blog post.

BOYCOTT EAA-ATHENS 2026 🏺 This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals. Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.

BTC Microgrants Are Open Again! We’re happy to announce that the BTC Microgrants program is now accepting applications again. After a brief pause while we resolved account access issues, we’re ready to continue supporting archaeology students. While applications are usually open from the 1st to…

Response from the BDS-movement (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) on the EAA. If you are a member, go to the AMBM today and voice your opinion!

📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza. Archaeologists: Cancel membership | Speak up | Share Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b... #EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza

BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

This is amazing! Print, post & distribute!

Love zines? Love the Black Trowel Collective? We've added many of our zines to our webpage for you to download and distribute. 🏺 blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/zine-library/

고고학과 박물관학은 분명 다르다. 그럼에도, 한국의 수많은 고고학 전공자들이 박물관 진로를 택하는 데에는 다 이유가 있을 것이다. 🥲

Véase también: México 🇲🇽 pasolibre.grecu.mx/quien-proteg...

Solidarity with archaeologists fighting for better working conditions all over the world! 🏺

CALL OUT 🏺 We'd be grateful to hear of any opportunities in New Mexico for Trans folks with paleobotanical expertise so they can relocate. Please email: [email protected]

Hello and welcome new Bluesky followers ! Bonjour et bienvenue à tou.te.s ! We are a francophone and feminist collective fighting discriminations in archaeology. 👉 Our research and actions are listed on our website : payetatruelle.wixsite.com/projet Do not hesitate to share !

Apparently we made a bit of a kerfluffle on reddit when someone posted this to www.reddit.com/r/Archaeology/ Apparently some folks are surprised that archaeology 🏺 is political. And to the person who commented that @iwriteok.bsky.social wrote the post--no, he would have made it funnier, sorry.

Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist. Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that! blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...

Day 20: HEARTH✍🏻✏️ #inktober #archink #archink2024

DAY 19: SHATTER #archink #inktober #inktober2024

DAY 16: FREE "On a hammock, free as a bird" with embroidery! #archink2024 #inktober #archink

Day 12: BOG ✍🏻✏️ #inktober #archink #archink2024

Day 11: CHILDREN ✍🏻✏️ #inktober #archink #archink2024

Day 10: MATTER ✍🏻✏️ #inktober #archink #archink2024

Day 9: GAME ✍🏻✏️ 🎲 #inktober #archink #archink2024

Day 8: ORGANISE ✍🏻✏️ #inktober #archink #archink2024

Day 7: RAGE✍🏻✏️ #inktober #archink #archink2024

#Inktober #ArchInk COLLECTIVE

#ArchInk 6: midden #inktober #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

#ArchInk 8: organise #inktober #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

#ArchInk 7: rage #inktober #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

One year on, we reaffirm our statement on the Palestinian Genocide. We call for our fellow archaeologists to use their skills, knowledge, and networks to act against state violence. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/b...

Day 6: MIDDEN #archink The poppy is the flower of the partisan in Italy.

Day 3 of #ArchInk is "Survey". I spent a lot of time surveying in central California when I worked CRM. Foxtails are the things that I remember most. Hundreds, thousandsof them, stuck to my shoes and socks. 1/2 #SciArt #archaeology

#ArchInk 4: celebrate #inktober #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

Here's a Tiwanaku IV/V kero for "celebration", #ArchInk Day 4. Keros are a vessel type used in several archaeological Andean cultures to drink chicha (maize beer). Chicha played an important role in Tiwanaku celebrations, feasts, and rituals.

Day 5 of #ArchInk #Inktober "Bag"

day 4 of #ArchInk #Inktober "celebrate" - two more images! 🏺

In lieu of an #ArchInk entry for today I put together one of the paintings that will be in the raffle at either CNEHA or ESAF. A Stark point in three perspectives. #Archaeology #ArchaeoArt 🏺🧪🐡

#ArchInk 3: survey #inktober #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

Two today for "Survey" #ArchInk #Inktober

Two today for "Survey" #ArchInk #Inktober

One of my contributions for #archink, featuring the amazing reconstructed Hili grand tomb. Umm an Nar tombs are interpreted as collective tombs, wherein there's no discernible social differentiation amongst the burials inside. My sketches of the carvings suffered a bit in the inking process.

For the 1st day of #ArchInk & the prompt "gather", I thought back to an infographic I made in 2021 on earth ovens in the Pend Oreille Valley. This sketch shows some of the plants gathered for cooking in those ovens, including camas, nodding onions, huckleberries, vetch, and pine nuts. 1/3 #SciArt 🏺

#ArchInk 2: collective #inktober #skystorians #medievalsky 🏺

day 2 off #ArchInk #Inktober "Collective" 🏺