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An Archaeological Surprise at Nivin, Peru
(For a Spanish language version of this post, click here.) This past week, my colleague Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza and I visited Nivín Arqueologia about 25 km from Casma, on the north central coast...
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Survey on Archaeology Blogs
Fleur Shinning from Leiden University in the Netherlands is conducting graduate research focused on the use of blogs and social media and how they contribute to the accessibility of archaeology. Her...
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Co-Creation and Public Archaeology
In August of this year my colleague Elizabeth Bollwerk and I published a special thematic issue of the Society for American Archaeology’s Advances in Archaeological Practice titled Co-Creation and...
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Prehistoric Earthworks of the Mississippi Valley
A new website recently launched that promotes the Prehistoric Earthworks of the Mississippi Valley from Iowa to Louisiana. I have been thinking about the need for such a website or piece of...
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Reality Television & Archaeology
The latest issue of the Society for American Archaeology‘s (SAA) Archaeological Record Volume 15, No. 2, March 2015 contains a special section – Archaeological Practice on Reality Television – edited...
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The Importance of Amateur Archaeologists
Last week I participated in a forum about professional archaeologists working with “amateur” or “avocational” archaeologists. The session, “Cons or Pros: Should Archaeologists Collaborate with...
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Archaeological Outreach in the Mississippi Delta
This week’s post features an interview with Jayur Mehta who is completing his doctoral studies at Tulane University in New Orleans. His dissertation work focuses on the Carson Mound group near...
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Poverty Point: Revealing the Forgotten City
Poverty Point: Revealing the Forgotten City by Jenny Ellerbe and Diana Greenlee (2015, Louisiana State University Press) contains a set of photographs and essays on the 3500 year old prehistoric...
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Publication of a Co-created Oral History For Hualcayán, Peru
We are almost there! On July 28, Independence Day in Peru, we will deliver the first copies of the La Historia de Hualcayán: Contada Por Sus Pobladores (The History of Hualcayán: In the Words of Its...
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Why Co-Creation in Archaeology Works
At the modern cemetery in Hualcayán, Peru, food and drink offerings are made to the deceased as in the prehistoric period at the site. As a blue-collar kid, I grew up a trade union activist, believing...
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An Archaeological Surprise at Nivin, Peru
(For a Spanish language version of this post, click here.) This past week, my colleague Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza and I visited Nivín Arqueologia about 25 km from Casma, on the north central coast...
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Survey on Archaeology Blogs
Fleur Shinning from Leiden University in the Netherlands is conducting graduate research focused on the use of blogs and social media and how they contribute to the accessibility of archaeology. Her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Co-Creation and Public Archaeology
In August of this year my colleague Elizabeth Bollwerk and I published a special thematic issue of the Society for American Archaeology’s Advances in Archaeological Practice titled Co-Creation and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prehistoric Earthworks of the Mississippi Valley
A new website recently launched that promotes the Prehistoric Earthworks of the Mississippi Valley from Iowa to Louisiana. I have been thinking about the need for such a website or piece of...
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Avocational Archaeologists and the Designation of a World Heritage Site
Here is a link to the article below where I talk about the important role of avocational archaeologists in the recent designation of the Poverty Point site in northeast Louisiana as a UNESCO World...
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Distance Learning in Texas Archaeology
I first learned of Candice Cravins’ excellent work in Distance Learning at the Institute of Texan Cultures from a post on the Public Archaeology Interest Group’s Facebook Page. A quick tour of their...
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How You Can Help Curate Collections in Nivin, Peru
I have posted before about the archaeological surprise that my colleague Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza and I experienced last summer in Nivín, Peru. Elizabeth and I presented a paper at the 2015 Meeting...
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A Truly Low-Tech and Innovative Archaeological Exhibit
Excavation Trench representation in the Brister Archaeology Discovery Lab On April 16, for our Spring Family Fun Day at the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, we unveiled our new Brister Archaeology...
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Leaning Into Another Transition
I really dislike when blogs I read regularly just go away without explanation. And, as I have become more absorbed by other processes, I have posted here a lot less regularly – so let me explain. I...
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The Florida Public Archaeology Network: A Decade of Success in Community...
The past several years have witnessed broad cuts in cultural heritage programming in the United States, particularly on the local and state levels. At the same time, several cultural heritage programs...
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