Join me at McMaster! We are hiring an archaeologist scientist with preference (but not limited to) PEB and/or zooarchaeology. Geography open, although preference for North America, especially Eastern North America/Great Lakes region. Applications due November 26th! (Pls share widely.)

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...

Meet Emily Jones, author of new classic, a coming-of-age in prehistory Emily Jones will be at Macdonald Book Shop (152 E. Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park) Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. She will be signing copies of her debut novel, “Nahia.” Emily Jones has combined her considerable academic…

“There is danger in fictionalizing the past. The present ‘post-truth’ moment shows how easy it is for misinformation, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to thrive. Yet ... Without imagining the past, we can’t connect to it.” Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Archaeological fiction is a great way to reach the public—but there are dangers in it too. I wrote an essay about my experiences with this for @sapiens.org: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/... (Am hoping to teach a class on this topic in AY26-27, thoughts very welcome!) #archaeology #fiction

Have you ever read "The Clan of the Cave Bear"? If so, you're one step closer to thinking like a scientist. Anthropologist @emilylenajones.bsky.social explains why for @sapiens.org in this beautiful personal essay on the overlap between #fiction & #science. www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Virtual Book Talk TOMORROW Author Sarah Kendzior on The Last American Road Trip. "Their determination to see as many [national parks] as possible is a minor act of resistance." —Chicago Review of Books Tuesday, July 8 2:00 pm MT FREE sarweb.org/date/kendzio...

I went to a cute indie bookshop in Moab yesterday and saw two books written by people I know! So proud of them! Both of these books are excellent and you should read them! L: Nahia, R: The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog

One of my all time favorite flicks. Terribly, terribly underrated and not nearly enough people have seen it.

Warning: If you'd like to read a nice cheerful escapist book to take your mind off fascism, do not NOT buy my alternate history mystery Farthing, even though it's on sale today as an ebook for $1.99 www.amazon.com/Farthing-Sto...

Spent some time at Pecos National Historic Park this morning #newmexicotrue #nationalparks #newmexico #history #archaeology #naturephotography #pecos

If you are in Albuquerque NM and looking for a (signed!) copy of NAHIA, stop by Organic Books in Nob Hill! (I mean, stop by there anyway, it’s a terrific store, but if you are looking for NAHIA now you have an excuse to go!) #albuquerque #books #independentbookstores #nahia #yalit #newmexico #abq

It's the cutest time of year as the next generation of Shetland ponies start to arrive 😍 #Shetland

Please join us for our Journal Club discussion tomorrow, May 9th at 11:00am PST with Dr. Teresa Steele, who will recap the various zooarch and zooarch-adjacent topics presented at the SAAs last month. We look forward to seeing you all there! ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91586842988 Meeting ID: 915 8684 2988

Released today: The special issue stamp on #IceAge art from the caves in the Swabian Jura. The caves became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. Many of the approximately 40,000-year-old objects are on display at urmu Blaubeuren – one of our seven branch museums. 🏺 #archaeology

Meet our 2025–2026 Native Artist fellowships: Keith Edaakie (Zuni), Akilah Martinez (Diné), and Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin). This year’s artists are merging traditions with urgent contemporary issues, cultural preservation, & cross-cultural expression. sarweb.org/news-2025-na...

ALERT: We only have a few hours to save hotspot lending programs funded by #ERate. We NEED your voice. Senator Ted Cruz is attempting a last-minute strategy to permanently defund E-Rate hotspot programs at libraries across the country. Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on S.J.Res 7!

New candle on a rainy writing day in Santa Fe #newmexico #amwriting #rain

She’s officially out in the world 😊 Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen! #nahia #bookbirthday #yabooks #ya

#Yalit #bookreview NAHIA is at YABC! yabookscentral.com/ya-review-na... #prehistoricEurope #yaromance #debutauthor #newrelease

come, and witness the real flowers of this troubled world Basho

💫 Not sure what to read next? This list of 55 exciting new YA books being published in April 2025 might be a great place to start! 💫 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit

MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants. Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04... Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

New paper from the UNM Zooarchaeology lab out this week, led by PhD student Larkin Chapman! Interested in hares as paleoecological signals? You may be interested 😊 authors.elsevier.com/c/1krqu8MrPs...

I have a new comment out in Nature Human Behaviour this week: rdcu.be/edRvK. I wrote this back in October 2024, when the world was a different place. But though I didn’t write it with this in mind, being connected to the place in which I live has been keeping me sane, these past months.

It’s one month (plus a day) until NAHIA is out in the world, and starting today there’s a Goodreads giveaway available! 🎉 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

While at @sarsf.bsky.social, I’m working on a project about changing human-animal relationships in NM. Historic photos are a gold mine of information! The number of photos featuring tame/captive deer blows my mind. #newmexico #wildlife #history #archaeology #historicphotos

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Something exciting arrived in the mail… NAHIA releases on April 15. This weekend I held a beautiful final copy in my hands. There are no words that can describe what an amazing feeling this was. Lots more fun stuff in the works—stay tuned!

🦴 How did #Paleolithic humans interact with Western Iberia’s environment? ICArEHB seeks a PhD candidate for #FCTPhDFellowships to study #zooarchaeology & isotopes with Milena Moreira de Carvalho. 🔗 More info www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #PhDOpportunity #Archaeology

A big thank you to Jason De León, Lupe Alberto Flores, and everyone who came out to SITE SANTA FE to see Jason De León on Friday night! 💐 Co-presented with SITE SANTA FE. Support provided by the Mellon Foundation. #SchoolforAdvancedResearch #Events #SantaFe #SocialSciences

Join us again on the 4th of March for another #ICArEHB #ExperimentalArchaeology online seminar. Anna Rufà will be talking about bird exploitation. Register for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa #Archaeology #LEXA

NAHIA releases two months (plus a day!) from today! Recent highlights include NAHIA’s being named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection and the @publisherswkly.bsky.social review describing the book as “enthralling“ (!!!) I‘m still struggling to believe this is real! What‘s coming next?

ICArEHB is looking for PhD candidates! We are accepting applicants for the 2025 FCT PhD Fellowships Programme! Swipe through the images to explore potential project themes and supervisors. For more details, visit: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #FCTPhDFellowships #ICArEHB #ResearchOpportunity

Planning to attend EAA2025? Consider submitting to Session #14: Prehistoric Exploitation of Waterscapes and Aquatic Resources hosted by Mariana Nabais, Anna Rufà, García-Escárzaga, and myself. Abstract deadline Feb 6th. 🏺 www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025

📢🚨 SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: Abstract submission deadline for the Society of Ethnobiology's 2025 meeting has been extended to January 24! DM me if you're interested in the below session and check out more info here: ethnobiology.org/conference/s... #archaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany🏺🧪

🚨📢 I am excited to announce the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center will support another paid Zooarchaeology Internship this summer from May 11 to July 18. Application deadline is March 3. More info here: crowcanyon.org/internships/. Feel free to DM with questions! 🏺🧪

I woke up this morning with a very odd feeling in the pit of my stomach. My first novel comes out three months from today. Gulp.

🚨Internship alert🚨 The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado, is offering a paid #Zooarchaeology Internship for advanced undergraduate/graduate students from May 11 - July 18. Application deadline is March 3. More information here: crowcanyon.org/internships/

Hello everyone! I haven’t been much on bluesky since joining…I more or less moved off social media when I left Twitter a while back. Not sure how much I’ll be here going forward, but it’s nice to see so many old friends!