Archaeo-CNC
@cncipolla.bsky.social
Anthro prof. & director of Tufts Archaeology. Former curator. Author of some things, most recently Archaeology for Today & Tomorrow. Interested in hist. #archaeology, #collaboration, #theory, #writing. Also: #dogs & #skateboards. Views my own. He/him/his.
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
Got to visit #Cahokia, center of the Mississippian world. It was a city aligned to the movements of the sun and moon. Here’s the view from the top of Monk’s Mound (about 100 feet tall). #archaeology #northamericanarchaeology
Fish sauce was big business in the Roman Empire, and large-scale salting and preservation plants were set up on the coast for its fermentation. DNA evidence sheds light on which fish were being used to make the sauces. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Roman Atlantic garum: DNA confirms sardine use and population continuity in north-western Iberia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Roman Atlantic garum: DNA confirms sardine use and population continuity in north-western Iberia - Volume 99 Issue 406
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2mo agoA Roman #glass flask in the shape of a #fish. We don't know what flasks in the shape fishes were used for, maybe the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce), maybe they were used to hold oil. On display at Pierides Museum, Larnaka, Cyprus. Photo: Jeff Amadon via Flickr
What a time to be writing a book on “unruly” signs. Lucky me… kinda. The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover
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Like microwear analysis? Like Deleuze-inflected theory? Like the Neolithic & Bronze Age? Like hundreds of object studies? Given that is a Venn diagram that doesn’t even include all the authors, probably not. But indulge me & download this anyway link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
‘A Life Proper to Matter’: Re-Animating Museum Collections Through New Materialism and Microwear
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Coming up! Register for my Zoom presentation Exposing Frauds, Busting Myths, and Solving Mysteries in American Southwest Archaeology for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Thursday, May 21, 7:00 PM Arizona time. (10:00 PM here in the East.)
Job news!! We're looking for an archaeological chemist to join us on the ReNEW project: on waste management during the transition to the Neolithic. This role will be to carry out organic residue analysis. The PDRA position is for 2 years: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post... Please share!
Jobs - The University of York
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Breaking: Red Sox have more runs than the other team.
Spots still available: Mohegan lab school at Tufts. Perfect for Boston area #archaeology students looking for lab experience
Archaeo-CNC@cncipolla.bsky.social · 9mo agoPlease join us this summer for our first Mohegan archaeological lab school. We’ll be working with an 18th-century collection from the Mohegan Reservation. Come and learn more about #archaeological lab techniques and research. Please share. #archaeology #archaeologicallabmethods
Musk talks about ancient aliens pseudoarchaeological junk, but it's not his only connection to the world of pseudoarchaeology - his racist and antisemitic grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, spent a lot of time in the 1950s searching for an allegedly grand lost city in the Kahalari desert.
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 7mo ago‘We’ll Find the Remnants of Ancient Alien Civilizations’: Read Musk’s Gibberish Rant from His xAI All-Hands Meeting gizmodo.com/well-find-th...
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
Now open access: Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon... #archaeology #openaccess
JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
Senior Research Technician post in our department at Exeter! Closing date 4 Jan - be quick! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV452/s...
Senior Research Technician at University of Exeter
Explore professional services job openings, including the Senior Research Technician position, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and discover more about this role.
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Please join us this summer for our first Mohegan archaeological lab school. We’ll be working with an 18th-century collection from the Mohegan Reservation. Come and learn more about #archaeological lab techniques and research. Please share. #archaeology #archaeologicallabmethods
Attention #zooarchaeology peoples: Any leads on disarticulated domesticated animal skeletons? A pig or goat would do. Need one for my #archaeology lab.
Interested in archaeological theory? PhD or postdoc? Have a think if you fancy coming to our inaugural summer school next year! Lots of theory and lots of fun over three days le.ac.uk/research/cen...
Archaeological Theory Summer School 2026 | Centre for Material Worlds Past and Present | University of Leicester
Find out more about the summer school at the Centre for Material Worlds Past and Present.
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earlier this year a Swedish archaeologist launched an ad hominem attack on me in the International Journal of Cultural Property I'm grateful to the editors for inviting my right to reply—and the opportunity to correct the record www.academia.edu/144803887/On... or www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We're offering our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies as a two-year degree with placement from next autumn. I'm very happy to talk to anyone interested in taking it: www.essex.ac.uk/courses/PG01...
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement - Heritage and Museum Studies Degree | University of Essex
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement offers a unique opportunity for you to gain relevant work experience within an external business.
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The changing nature of beachcombing. Construction related debris, picked up from the beach.
We're hiring! Santa Clara University is searching for a TT assistant professor in biological anthropology. We're a friendly department with strong interdisciplinary ties across the SCU campus. Feel free to reach out with any questions. Deadline is 11/1. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879320...
Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology - Santa Clara, California (US) job with Santa Clara University | 37879320
Seeking for a teacher-scholar with an active field/lab based research program at the intersection of infectious disease/immunology/human growth & dev.
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Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵 Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
