Our new Element with @universitypress.cambridge.org is out today! Please check out "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary" by Natalie Munro and I. You can download a PDF for free here until Feb. 10th: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The Behavioral Ecology of Food

Cambridge Core - Prehistory - The Behavioral Ecology of Food

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Thank you to the Scientific Exploration Society for helping to fund this season of fieldwork in Guatemala!

Off to Guatemala! Thanks to the Scientific Exploration Society for their support!

I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary." It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

For any graduate students in anthropology/archaeology, the Smithsonian is accepting applications for a 10-week in-residence fellowship to use the Museum of Natural History collections to study a topic related to Indigenous cultures. $15k award. Apps due Aug 1! fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...

What can centuries-old deer bones teach us about conservation? 🦌 @elicweitzel.bsky.social analyzes these bones to study unsustainable practices of the past. His work could help us avoid making the same mistakes in the future. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...

How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction - UConn Today

“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”

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My new paper on early evidence for colonial-era white-tailed deer declines was just featured in UConn Today! “Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen.” today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...

How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction - UConn Today

“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”

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Check out my new article in @us.theconversation.com about white-tailed deer historical ecology! It's a broad overview of the entirety of human-deer interactions in the eastern U.S., but also features some of my latest work on the topic. theconversation.com/the-rise-and...

The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer

A new archaeological study finds early evidence of white-tailed deer declines in the 17th century, likely driven by the commodification of deerskins under colonial capitalism.

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Giving a talk on deer historical ecology in Sterling, VA next month at Crooked Run Fermentation Brewery! Come grab a drink and hang out! Tickets available below: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...

Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: Deer to Us

Profs and Pints Northern Virginia presents: “Deer to Us,” on more than 12,000 years of interactions between eastern North America’s white-tailed deer and human residents, with Elic Weitzel, postdocto...

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Pleased to share my new paper on the Commodification of White-Tailed Deer in 17th century Southern New England! In it, I find evidence for increased hunting pressure on deer from the late 17th c., suggesting their population declined soon after Europeans arrived authors.elsevier.com/a/1l60c-JVc4...

Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!

Had a great time at #SAA2025 talking about the evidence (or lack thereof) for overhunting white-tailed deer

Read the @51st.news instead of @washingtonpost.com. Independent worker-controlled news beats the hell out of undemocratic pro-billionaire propaganda...

Ben Mullin@benmullin.bsky.social · 2y ago

SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

Just about one week left until the deadline! Undergrads - get those applications in!

Elic Weitzel@elicweitzel.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells! Please share! Apply here by March 1: internships.si.edu/opportunity/...

If you're in DC on Thursday, February 20th, stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - I'll be on the floor of the museum talking about the historical ecology of white-tailed deer! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/histo...

The History of White-Tailed Deer Hunting

With the large numbers of deer that wander through our backyards and in front of our cars, you would never know that the species nearly went extinct a century ago. Come learn from historical ecologist...

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A reporter from Newsweek interviewed me about what I personally consider to be some of the most interesting archaeological sites to visit in the US. Check it out! Which sites did I miss? www.newsweek.com/best-archaeo...

Most fascinating ancient sites in the U.S.—according to an archaeologist

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

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If anyone is looking for fieldwork funding, the Scientific Exploration Society could help. I received their Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award last year, and it's going to help fund my fieldwork this summer. The first round of applications are due in a week! ses-explore.org/about-our-ex...

This Saturday (Feb. 8), there's a sensory-friendly event for neurodivergent folks and their families to check out the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History before it opens for the day. I'll be in the Hall of Human Origins to answer questions! Register in advance here: access.si.edu/program/morn...

Morning at the Museum

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If you're in DC on Thursday, February 20th, stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - I'll be on the floor of the museum talking about the historical ecology of white-tailed deer! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/histo...

The History of White-Tailed Deer Hunting

With the large numbers of deer that wander through our backyards and in front of our cars, you would never know that the species nearly went extinct a century ago. Come learn from historical ecologist...

naturalhistory.si.edu

Awesome opportunity for advanced undergrads or recent grads below! 👇👇👇

Elic Weitzel@elicweitzel.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells! Please share! Apply here by March 1: internships.si.edu/opportunity/...

I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells! Please share! Apply here by March 1: internships.si.edu/opportunity/...

Shit, did I miss the call for grant applications to advance Marxist equity and GND social engineering?

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

I know the Jevons paradox is real bc every time I get a new computer, I open more windows and tabs on my web browser until it gets equally slow.

We've got a fantastic session shaping up! *One more week until the abstract submission deadline!* DM me if you'd like more details! 🏺🧪

Jonathan Dombrosky@thanatocoenose.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢🚨 SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: Abstract submission deadline for the Society of Ethnobiology's 2025 meeting has been extended to January 24! DM me if you're interested in the below session and check out more info here: ethnobiology.org/conference/s... #archaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany🏺🧪

An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...

Major JOB ALERT! I and close colleagues have 4 (!) positions open. So if you're looking for a postdoc or PhD, do read on:

🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!

UZH: PhD position in evolutionary anthropology and medicine

The Human Ecology Group of the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM) Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, led by Prof. Adrian Jaeggi, is inviting applications from prospe...

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Citing a paper from the 1950s that’s only available as a poorly photocopied PDF is the scientific equivalent of only listening to albums on vinyl

“Join a labor union, a social movement, a political party, a tenant union, a community organization, a book club. Literally anything is better than sitting at home and scrolling on your phone and getting mad at the news.”

Many protest movements of the past decade have backfired. What would it take for one to succeed under Trump?

Some features of mass protests in the 2010s also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect change

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After 8 years of work, time to get this published!