Archaeologists Can Fight Back
Tweet As cultural resource management archaeologists, we live in a bubble. We are college educated. Our work is rooted in science and we believe in objective proof. This contrasts with a large segment...
View ArticleDoes historic Preservation contribute to gentrification?
Tweet As I complete my PhD studies at the University of Arizona, I’ve been offered a position in a much larger Western city (not Phoenix, thank god). My wife, kids, and I are contemplating taking the...
View ArticleArchaeologists are intimately familiar with financial fragility
Tweet If you’ve been reading this blog for any time, you probably know I started Succinct Research as a reaction to my being laid off from a cultural resource management archaeology position in 2012....
View ArticleYear Four—The last year of my archaeology PhD
Tweet I am currently in the final stage of the final lap of my final year of my anthropology PhD, which will be the final degree I will get (hopefully). As I enter this stage of my education, I’ve been...
View ArticleHow we can Buy into Historic Preservation, Part I
Tweet (This is the first in a two-part series on how cultural resource management professionals can further historic preservation by purchasing properties with historical buildings or archaeological...
View ArticleHow we can Buy into Historic Preservation, Part II
Tweet (This is the second in a two-part series on how cultural resource management professionals can further historic preservation by purchasing properties with historical buildings or archaeological...
View ArticleBridging the Disconnect between Dreams and Reality in Cultural Resource...
Tweet If you’re reading this blog, there’s a strong chance you are, or want to become, an archaeologist. If this is the case, think back to the day you decided this was what you were going to do. There...
View ArticleSummer Archaeology Job Search Strategies
Tweet If you were going to land a job in cultural resource management archaeology, you’re hitting the job search kinda late. December through February is the best time to start your job search but...
View ArticleStudent loans and cultural resource management archaeology
Tweet “Control thy expenses” The Richest Man in Babylon (George Cayson, 1926) Right after saving a portion of your income, this is the second rule to generating wealth in the landmark personal finance...
View ArticleThe summer without archaeological fieldwork
Tweet This summer (2017) is the first time I haven’t had to do archaeological fieldwork since 2004. It’s not that I didn’t have the chance to do archaeology. I’ve been invited to volunteer on several...
View ArticleAn education that prepares archaeologists for archaeology
Tweet Recently, I took a job as an assistant professor at a major university that shall (at this time) remain unnamed. This means I have an opportunity to create change in the cultural resource...
View ArticleA Trimble is great but field archaeologists still use a compass
Tweet One of the most controversial blog posts I’ve ever written discusses a situation where a former co-worker and field tech had to teach their PhD supervisor how to draw a plan map. Many commenters...
View ArticleOn boilerplate and cultural resource management archaeology
Tweet Boilerplate helps make the cultural resource management archaeology world go around. It is the most efficient way of producing the technical reports we use to keep our clients in compliance with...
View ArticleCRM companies: Why not post your starting salaries?
Tweet We’re all familiar with archaeology job posting and their biggest shortcoming. A company is looking for some field techs, so they write up a job posting for archaeologyfieldwork.com or...
View ArticleHow should we conserve Confederate heritage?
Tweet The pain was so great, it took me a few days to digest what happened last week before I could write. The events that went down in Charlottesville have been on many minds. That tends to happen...
View Article8 reasons why you should not to get an Anthropology PhD
Tweet A Bachelor’s is what you need to get a job as an archaeologist. A Masters is what you need to keep working in CRM. A PhD is overkill at the present moment, but probably will not be in the near...
View ArticleIs cultural resource management a BS job?
Tweet Anybody else hate meetings that don’t result in any action steps? Typically, these meetings are a waste of time because nothing results from them. I’m not the only one: They’re even more...
View ArticleWould you still do archaeology if you were rich?
Tweet What would you do with your life if money was no issue? If you were ridiculously rich? Would you still come to work? If so, would you keep doing the job you are currently doing? This is a...
View ArticlePlanning for winter: Employment suggestions for archaeology students
Tweet Yesterday, I participated in recording the latest episode of the CRM Archaeology Podcast—#120: Winter is Coming. Even though it’s a play off the Game of Thrones’ famous line, preparing for winter...
View ArticleCan you ever get out of cultural resource management archaeology?
Tweet Yes. You can get out of cultural resource management. No. You can’t get out of archaeology. Aside from the latest episode of The Great War on YouTube, the highlight of my week has been following...
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