Writing a bit about rituals in field archaeology (the rituals field archaeologists themselves known to do). AI is no good for this. Real examples welcome.

watching Indiana Jones for the first time, do archaeologists typically kill this many people?

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Endurance pursuit hunting among recent foragers and its relevance for ... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Bob's got one more public talk scheduled, this Saturday at @WestVanLibrary. Seriously interesting fella. Capilano University prof's book sets the archeological record straight nsnews.com/local-news/capila… via @NorthShoreNews

I just ran a marathon in Sweden. I knew I was lost when I crossed the Finnish line

Being a college instructor makes you woke, but not for the reasons people think. It's because students come in all kinds. Some are trans, some are gay, some are Black, some are Jewish, some are foreign, some are rural. Some have disabilities, housing insecurity, mental health challenges. And yes, some are Christian and some are Republican. Over the weeks and months of class time, things happen. Parents die. Grandparents die. Students fall pregnant mid-semester. You aren't their parent, and they aren't your kids. But you're sort of their parent, and they're sort of your kids. They're young people figuring things out. Your job is to nurture their intellectual development. But they're young and human, which means they can't cleanly separate the intellectual from the emotional. So neither can you. An encouraging word, a moment of sympathy for loss or struggle. That's part of the job too. The assessments must and should be objective, but to be a truly effective educator, everything before that can't be. Each person needs something different to be fully their best. So you end up a little woke. You realize that frameworks and procedures can't be one-size-fits-all. They need to accommodate the full spectrum of humanity, because humanity isn't all one thing.

Capilano University prof's book sets the archeological record straight nsnews.com/local-news/capila… via @NorthShoreNews

For every polar bear who strikes it rich in soft drink advertising, there are dozens back home in the Arctic living in dilapidated housing.

#OTD 25 years ago, astronauts first moved into the International Space Station. Space archeologists have been studying their behavior, and find that astronauts personalize their workspaces much like people on Earth do. buff.ly/iJ77C0A

Did Lost Civilizations Really Exist? An Archaeologist Explains skeptic.com/michael-shermer-…

Book Launch: Once Upon This Land eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-…

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#FossilFriday The last version of this chart. I can probably merge Denisovans into Homo longi now and will make some other adjustments soon..

Strange things happen to creativity at dusk and dawn, hence so many writers work in the early morning or late at night. The edges of the day are thin places, the conscious mind is not fully awake and the subconscious can bleed through, Arthur Koestler called it "the marshy shore"

Sept 09 is official release date of my new book “Once Upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories it Tells”, published by UBC Press. List price is $29.95 (CDN).

Ancient human relatives transported stones 2.6 million years ago, rewriting human history Archaeologists excavating in Kenya have uncovered evidence that early hominins were transporting stones over long distances about 2.6 million years ago More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/h…

Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS sapiens.org/archaeology/arch…