Archaeology Hack #6: Shepherd your reports through your company
Tweet (This is part of a new and ongoing series called Thor’s Day Cultural Resource Management Archaeology Hacks. Quick as lightning, these tips are designed to help you make the impact of Mjölnir on...
View ArticleDo yoga pants belong in archaeological fieldwork
Tweet Last year, I started doing capoeira with my wife and son. In case you didn’t know, capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that was created by African slaves. It features fast, deadly kicks hidden...
View ArticleAt the dawn of historic preservation in the United States
Tweet I wasn’t truly a morning person until my son was born. I was still doing cultural resource management archaeology fieldwork at the time—running crews during the day and coming home to be...
View ArticleArchaeology Hack #7: Be like Mr. T
Tweet I’m trying to get in shape so I’ve started working out. The only problem is: I don’t like working out. I know it’s important for a cultural resource management archaeologist to be in good...
View ArticleShould Archaeologists break bread with looters?
Tweet Cultural resource management archaeologists: Want to hear something that will make your blood boil? Remember that grave-robbing, site-looting show “Nazi War Diggers”? It’s baaaaaack. The most...
View ArticleArchaeology Hack #8: Higher education tips for cultural resource management...
Tweet (This is part of a new and ongoing series called Thor’s Day Cultural Resource Management Archaeology Hacks. Quick as lightning, these tips are designed to help you make the impact of Mjölnir on...
View ArticleArchaeology Hack #9: Write clearly and logically
Tweet (This is part of a new and ongoing series called Thor’s Day Cultural Resource Management Archaeology Hacks. Quick as lightning, these tips are designed to help you make the impact of Mjölnir on...
View ArticleSee you at the 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference
Tweet Aside from its nickname—The Biggest Little City in the World—I only know two things about Reno, Nevada: It’s the stage for the comical show “Reno 911” and it is the site of the final bowling...
View ArticleCultural resource management companies do not need employees
Tweet I recently recorded an episode of Chris Sims’ excellent Go Dig a Hole Podcast and a live episode of the CRM Archaeology Podcast at the 35th Great Basin Anthropology Conference (GBAC) in Reno,...
View ArticleArchaeologists: Please remember why we exist
Tweet In downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia there’s a coffee shop—Hyperion Coffee—at the corner of William and Princess Anne Streets. I used to go there often on the weekends when I worked at George...
View ArticleHow to select yourself out of an archaeology job
Tweet A co-worker recently told me a story about a job applicant who called inquiring about a position but inadvertently submarined any chance of her getting the job. My amiga helps hire people for a...
View ArticleWhat do I tell aspiring young archaeologists?
Tweet Growing up in Idaho, the closest I ever came to meeting a real-life archaeologist is when I touched a cardboard cutout of Indiana Jones at my local video store when the Last Crusade came out. I...
View ArticleThe fight for cultural resource management in the Age of Trump
Tweet Okay. I just watched the video of the “CRM in the Age of Trump” webinar hosted by the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA) and hearing what I already know was shocking (HINT:...
View ArticleCultural resource management without consultation is a mistake
Tweet I’m not a fortune teller but I’m pretty sure the recent unpleasantness associated with the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) will spawn a number of books and articles about...
View ArticleWhat’s under the archaeologist’s Christmas tree in 2016?
Tweet Tis the season for presents. Cultural resource management archaeologists are no different than others when it comes to the joy of opening new stuff brought to you courtesy the big guy with a...
View ArticleThe drinking culture of archaeologists, Part I
Tweet This year’s Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) Conference in Fort Worth, Texas was just as amazing as ever. Texas is a fine place but, wherever there’s archaeology, there’s wholesome,...
View ArticleThe drinking culture of archaeologists, Part II
Tweet Continuing last week’s blog post about archaeology fieldwork, conferences, and binge drinking, I just want to make a confession: This last weekend, I was a binge drinker. It’s NFL playoffs...
View ArticleThe drinking culture of archaeologists, Part III
Tweet I had no idea that my discussion of drinking culture among archaeologists would lead me to write over 5,000 words of blog posts. This is the third post in a series on how binge drinking among...
View ArticleCommunity based participatory research and heritage conservation
Tweet When I was a child, my mother always told my brother, sister, and I that we would never take care of anything we didn’t have to pay for ourselves. It was true. The G.I. Joes I got for Christmas?...
View ArticleAll Archaeologists need a Side Hustle
Tweet Change is the only constant. Archaeologists also know history has a tendency to repeat itself. It’s happening right now as we speak. In case you did not know, some scholars, economists, and...
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