Kirsten is updating us to today on her exciting dissertation project! She’s undertaking lots of modern work to understand oxygen isotope signals in bald cypress. She’ll then apply these interpretive frameworks (and isotopic methods) to a c. 5,000yr bald cypress record! #archaeology #ecology

Is he your archaeology professor? Or is he about to chase the bad guys down the slopes who stole some experimental tech?

Sebastian is prepared.

JFC Oklahoma you fuckin cowards. Now every Jesus-freak right-wing student who can't get a passing grade for a bunch of bible quotes masquerading as an essay is going to file a 1st amendment complaint. You gonna suspend the whole Biology department for teaching about evolution? (Don't answer that)

In this new research article, 5 institutions come together to share their experiences with developing collaborative policies for repatriation and care of Ancestors & their belongings. #nagpra #curation #culturalheritage Read the article by Garland et al. here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Headed back from an EXCELLENT trip to @leizarchaeology.bsky.social. Matt will stay to finish his samples. But why zap shells with a laser? Sure, we’re figuring out what seasons these oysters were collected 200yrs ago, and from where in the estuary, but so what? #archaeology #ecology

Honestly, when will unis and other research orgs collectively say enough is enough, and invoice them for all our unpaid labour that drives publishers MASSIVE profits? The Money in Scientific Publishing danielroelfs.com/posts/the-mo... @danielroelfs.com #KnowledgeSlavery

Archaeomalacological Dream Team! 🐚 @isazooarch.bsky.social @niklashausmann.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @leizafriends.bsky.social @psuanthro.bsky.social

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Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!! This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology

Lab PIs are in Mainz with PhD Candidate Matt for a week of lab work at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social #archaeology #ecology

Listen. You are what you eat. But also, what you eat is what it eats. So, what you eat is what you eat eats (and obviously, what you eat eats is what it eats). Simple. #archaeology #ecology #isotopes #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany

Getting back to creating #tutorials. This time, a #photogrammetry tutorial on using Metashape Professional to process images of small objects like #artifacts (in 4K!). The video includes a section on what to do when automatic alignment fails! youtu.be/e9l0F3KfBJI

🚨 New paper out by lab PI @isazooarch.bsky.social in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems!! #ecology #marineecology #archaeology #conservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Lab PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference last week!

Thanks to @archaeojake.bsky.social and the Penn State Anthropology department for letting me explore some ideas about the evolution and development of our quirky cousin Homo naledi

My students are down in Baton Rouge presenting their research on enslaved and Free Gullah/Geechee histories and ecologies of the Georgia coast! #archaeology #history #ecology

My students are down in Baton Rouge presenting their research on enslaved and Free Gullah/Geechee histories and ecologies of the Georgia coast! #archaeology #history #ecology

Shark attack!! Everyone out of the water!! It took Olive’s whole arm off!! 🦈 🏊 🩸

We ran our first ultramarathon today! 50k! #endurance #ultramarathon #ultra #50k

Sharing for conference organizers: I’ve been part of many Indigenous science sessions at the major science organizations— Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, and now Living Data. I’m so appreciative to be part of these communities.

🚨 New paper published in @peerj.bsky.social by Profs Tim Ryan, Joan Richtsmeier, and colleagues! Give it a look! 🔗 peerj.com/articles/201...

🚨 New paper published by prof Nick Holowka and colleagues in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage! Give it a look! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One more week to apply!! Reviews begin the first week of November!

🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” New preprint! Give it a look! #archaeology #history #networks papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” Lab PI @archaeojake.bsky.social is a coauthor on this preprint! Give it a look! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Our PIs, @isazooarch.bsky.social and @archaeojake.bsky.social, have both been appointed to the editorial board of American Antiquity beginning in 2026!

I sat in the back of my classroom today during a guest lecture. Man, we have got to get these kids away from constant screens.

Today’s experiment: can crispy chicken sliders with cheese and pickles be used to fuel a 15mi run? Results: absolutely.

Evil Dead II + Petyr the Cat. Wild Friday night rager.

Don’t be puzzled by the lack of deadline in the ad. This is an imposed HR quirk. Reviews will begin c. November 1st! Happy to field any questions! #archaeology

Don’t be puzzled by the lack of deadline in the ad. This is an imposed HR quirk. Reviews will begin c. November 1st! Happy to field any questions! #archaeology

“it’s reasonable…to ask the economists to sit still long enough to encounter the basic questions lobbed at every first-year grad student. Mastery of these questions is not just a status signifier; it shows that you understand what has been said, so you can contribute something new and meaningful.”

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We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! Links in the replies below.

🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

🚨 We are ALSO hiring a Human Reproductive Ecologist! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Bit confused by the media framing on the new Yunxian paper. No where is it stated that H. sapiens (as a species) is older than we thought, but rather “The origin of the sapiens clade is estimated to be about 1.02 Ma.” A clade with an origin 1 Ma is much different than a species with an origin 1 Ma

I learned that my title, Assistant Professor, in Mongolian is: Дэд профессор, which is pronounced: Dead Professor. This is now the only title I answer to 🧟‍♂️ 👨🏼‍🏫

Our Co-PI @isazooarch.bsky.social will be down in Tallahassee in a few weeks!

This is the Cane Patch site on the GA coast. A shell heap once 65m across, 10m tall. Accumulated 4k yrs ago by Indigenous people living in the earliest permanent villages in North America. Cane Patch likely served as an important place for new villages to maintain wider social networks #archaeology

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New publication out by one of our PIs, @archaeojake.bsky.social!! #archaeology @psuanthro.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social

We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! Links in the replies below.

New Coursera course with Emily Gurley has reached 2,000 students since launching this summer! Please share with anyone interested in outbreaks and One Health. My module, with the wonderful Nazmun Nahar, highlights the role of social science and anthropology. www.coursera.org/learn/one-he...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, academia is in a death spiral unless it develops class consciousness

New review out in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social from our rodent-borne zoonoses workshop @ciddpsu.bsky.social 🐭🌍 Humans & rodents share a long history and many pathogens -from plague to mpox. Outbreak prevention needs socially + ecologically grounded solutions 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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IMPORTANT NEWS re. 14th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies... ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon. Please share!!