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When people were building right on top of rock so your unit pegs won't stay securely in the ground, you improvise by using branches for setting up your unit strings 🏺

Our first full day on site and we've ceramics right on the surface! Sadly the maker's mark is missing from the plate, but the brand on the bowl tells us it was made by Zell Baden 🏺

The car is packed and we're off to a couple of weeks in the field to uncover some of Brother XII's visions for the world he wanted to build! 🏺

But in all seriousness, how many people will render maps of their pseudoarchaeological fantasies that other uncritical/unknowing people will take seriously? How far will those faked images spread? How will they inspire people to take action (e.g. Illegal digging? Damage to sites?) 🏺

Steph Halmhofer@cultarchaeo.bsky.social · last wk.

As an archaeologist:

As an archaeologist:

Dwight Schrute Says No

Alt: Dwight Schrute Says, "Let's put it this way: no."

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Doremus Schafer@doremus-schafer.bsky.social · last wk.

Google put out a five-point bullet list of supposed use cases, it is, uh, not wildly convincing. My 'favorite' is 'have the stochastic parrot show your students what historical sites looked like in olden days'. blog.google/products-and...

FALSE FLAG - Romantic Thriller An archaeologist risks everything to stop a pseudoarchaeology podcaster from using his influence to incite violence. Amazon geni.us/FalseFlag-amz Nook geni.us/FalseFlag-bn Apple geni.us/FalseFlag-ap... Kobo geni.us/FalseFlag-kobo #booksky #romancelandia #archaeology

I start my trek to the field tomorrow which was already exciting enough, but now I've also just finished going through the copyedits for a fun chapter @somag.bsky.social and I wrote up on some archaeology and horror 🤩

Girl Happy Clapping Enthusiastically

Alt: White woman with long reddish-brown hair sitting at a restaurant table and clapping enthusiastically and excitedly.

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'Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.'

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 2w ago

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

Petroglyphs on Gabriola Island, B.C., vandalized by incised text reading "I 🖤 JESUS" www.timescolonist.com/local-news/i... 🏺 Article strangely gives benefit of the doubt to the vandal.

'Irreplaceable' petroglyphs in Gabriola Island park vandalized

What appears to convey the message “I love Jesus” is scratched on a rock that features two small, face-like petroglyphs.

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Trump has ordered that warning signs labeling the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as 'inaccurate' be placed in front of the museum

Trump Orders New Signs Outside Smithsonian Claiming Saying Some Exhibits Are Inaccurate

The move follows a report released by his Domestic Policy Council saying leaders of the Smithsonian don’t tell history “in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic.”

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It's #AskAnArchaeologistDay 🏺! I'm running errands today as I continue to prep for my upcoming fieldwork, but when I can I'm happy to talk about the archaeology I do (see bio for details) on the south coast of BC, & I can help point you in the direction of fellow archaeologists in other subjects 😊

The Canadian Gov't has finally put out a survey to Canadians regarding AI, though it's about AI transparency and the vision they've set out in "Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All." The link to the survey is below:

Happy #AskAnArchaeologist Day! What do you want to know?! I'm Dr. Lacy, & I'm a mortuary archaeologist, #gravestone conservator, & heritage researcher! 🏺

Gift link: www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

In this week's column, I agree that Canada needs to weild more economic weight with one objective in mind: Beating Trump. (Featuring a @jamellebouie.net shout-out) Gift link in next skeet. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Justin Ling: To hit back at Trump, Canada needs to supercharge its boycott of American goods

The federal government should encourage all Canadians to wield their purchasing power against the U.S. president.

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Article about this week's effort to quietly gut the regulations for the National Historic Preservation Act.

Trump admin seeks to quietly rewrite historic preservation rules to smooth way for pet projects | CNN Politics

The Trump administration is quietly moving to revise a decades-old rule governing historic preservation of buildings and landscapes that, if passed, would ease the path for constructing the president’...

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Fieldwork is right around the corner and I've been busy filling our site box with all sorts of goodies. A few more to add and then we'll be set! And hopefully still able to lift the box...🏺

The regulations that give teeth to the National Historic Preservation Act are about to get wiped out. "Section 106" is what requires pipelines and roads to get checked for impact on archaeology. It's also the basis for federal consultation with Tribes on projects. And it's getting DOGEd this week.

Lisa Reyna Loe@lisaloe.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨ACHP is rushing a Section 106 vote THIS FRIDAY that will eliminate regulations, further devastating historical protections. Section 106 is what allows US to document our history in areas endangered by actions funded/permitted by our federal govt. Contact ACHP👇🏽 ASAP — vote NO! (cont.)

There's very little information so far, and these are confusing regulations. I'm an archaeologist and a lawyer, and I'm struggling to understand exactly what's being proposed. But it's clear they're trying to minimize archaeological review. Here are some details and calls to action.

War Room for Threats to Section 106 - Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC

Cultural Heritage Partners is a private law firm committed to the principle that cultural heritage is a human right.

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🧵It's been a tough few days for #Archaeology and #HistoricPreservation in the US. ACHP released proposed regs changes to S106 on FRIDAY EVENING. They have betrayed all committments to an established timeline or collaboration with preservation partners. The proposed changes subordinate NHPA to NEPA;

My dad brought over a piece of computer/gaming history for him and my husband to try to get up & running again. He thought it was my parents old Commodore 64, but opening the box revealed their Vic20 instead (still very cool!). Now the search is on for the Vic20 box that presumably has the 64 inside

Really fitting that the media organization that was going to publish a residential school denial film by a *literal Nazi* has handed a staff member over to the new BC Conservatives. The party focused on residential school graves to a creepy extent in the recent leadership election.

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 3w ago

In response to a request for an interview, the BC Conservatives new caucus communications director Cosmin Dzsurdzsa — a hire criticized by opponents as bringing “Trump-style politics” to B.C. — called The Tyee a “far-left smear outlet” and “literal trash, not journalism.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

The Anishnabek Nation is collecting donations for the Namaygoosisagagun First Nation members displaced in these fires: an7gc.ca/donate/

I'd love to speak to a Pueblo archeologist or a Pueblo person who can comment on the proposed mineral leases in Chaco Canyon and the tremendous damage that will result.

Just finished had a great first team meeting for my Brother XII fieldwork 🎉 Definitely getting excited now!

Teamfogo Dancinha: Happy Child Dancing

ALT: Teamfogo Dancinha: Happy Child Dancing

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I just watched an IG video where someone said that AI is not "artificial" intelligence, it is actually "ancient" intelligence that we've had before and the proof is in the formation of the pyramids, which were built to resemble a computer motherboard.

www.sltrib.com/news/environ... Here is the Bears Ears story. 🏺🦣

Here’s why tribes say Trump’s Bears Ears order changed more than the map

President Donald Trump gutted the Bears Ears National Monument, which was originally proposed by five tribes. He also disbanded the Bears Ears Commission, a model for tribal co-management of federal l...

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Chaco Canyon is an incredible archaeological treasure. The idea of sacrificing it for development is reprehensible. Please consider commenting. Toolkit/templates here: apcg.org/chaco/ Link to public comment below. 🏺 #archaeology #iteachsocialstudies

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 4w ago

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

I do find it concerning that part of the justification for shrinking Bears Ears protected areas is that archaeological materials there have no "historic or scientific interest" because you can find that stuff (e.g. lithic scatters, petroglyphs, projectile points, etc.) anywhere. 🏺 1/