Anthropological research on subsistence is offered in the dangerous and authoritarian “report” on the humanities as a key example of supposed ideological weakening of scholarship. This critique begins to show how the key example cited actually proves the opposite. Let’s go into it in some depth 1/

Academic Authoritarianism in New Attack on Humanities Scholars

There is virtually no evidence offered in the report for its sweeping conclusions about the entirety of the humanities.

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Hot off the presses, folks! Are moose native or invasive in the southern Rockies? We argue they belong, in a new article published this morning: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... 🫎 🧪 🏺 Photo: Deena Sveinsson

After some minimal demand by folks who I shared this with privately, I've put up the first part on a primer on the "log scale index (LSI)" method in zooarchaeology uncertainarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/l...

Log Scale Indexing (LSI) is Centering Plus Aggregation

Starting off strong with the hits! Something with wide appeal, easy applicability, and common knowledge! So, some background as we work through the title: Log Scale Indexing (LSI) Zooarchaeologists…

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TURKEYS. Not an encore, bc they deserve attention all 52 weeks a year. Wattles. Snoods. Struts. Vibes. The audacity, mirrors, rainstorms, creepy ones, alt universes + the deep connections between Indigenous cultures. Dr. Cyler Conrad, in praise of the turkey: www.alieward.com/ologies/mele...

Meleagrology (TURKEYS) with Dr. Cyler Conrad — alie ward

Wattles. Snoods. Struts. Vibes. It’s not November, which is exactly why we’re putting this episode out. All day every day, turkeys are out there like beanbags with stick legs. Let’s take a moment, or ...

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🧪🏺🦕This Friday at #SAA2026 (9:30am, Session 158), Weronika Tomczyk and I are presenting on the reach of applied zooarchaeology. Using bibliometric analysis, we compare citation practices in applied zooarchaeology and conservation paleobiology. Would love to chat if you’re there! (check the figs 👇)

Look at these fantastic sessions for #SAA2026 👇 🧪🏺

Zooarchaeology Interest Group (SAA)@zig-saa.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hi all, the 2026 SAA meeting is fast approaching! Please check out the eight (!) ZIG-sponsored sessions that will take place throughout the week, as well as the ZIG business meeting on Friday at 6:30pm - all are welcome to join! Stefanie, Erin, and I hope to see many of you there :)

Please join us for this month's ZIG journal club on Wednesday, April 22nd at 9am PST (12pm EST). Magen Hodapp will discuss A Whale of a Well: Sorting Methods and Preliminary Findings of 600,000 Faunal Remains. Zoom link: ucdavis.zoom.us/j/9196971042... Meeting ID: 919 6971 0421 Passcode: 549923

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Exciting News! Grant-witness.us now has dynamic funding curves like mine for NIH available. grant-witness.us/funding_curv... 1/2

NIH Funding Curves (FY 2021 - 2026) – Grant Witness

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But, as they say, there is no time like the present [OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick] But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves! 2/3

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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When Food Cuts Loomed, This Tribe Turned to Bison www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11...

When Food Cuts Loomed, This Tribe Turned to Bison

In one of its largest harvests ever, the Blackfeet tribe turned to its herd to help feed its members, who rely heavily on federal food assistance.

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Please join us for our first ZIG journal club of the season! Mariana Zechini will discuss the discovery of a half complete cat skeleton from the mansion basement of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The talk will take place Thursday, November 13th @11/8am EST/PST. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Check out this upcoming (Dec 9) panel if you are in the Front Range area! 🌱🧪🏺

This 👇is this afternoon. Should be a great webinar on ethical data practices in archaeology! 🧪🏺

Jonathan Dombrosky@thanatocoenose.bsky.social · last yr.

👀 Next week's Crow Canyon webinar (Aug 14 @ 4:00 PM MST) should be fantastic. The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network has been doing amazing work on establishing ethical data governance protocols in archaeology. 🧪🏺Link in comments below 👇

Reminder to submit an abstract for one of the nine (!) ZIG-sponsored sessions at the 2026 SAAs!

Did moose really invade the Rocky Mountains? Our team scoured the historical, archaeological, and anthropological records to show that moose are no newcomer. 🧪🏺🌱 theconversation.com/moose-have-l...

Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions

During much of the last century, moose were apparently rare in Colorado. But lately, encounters with humans are becoming more common as the population increases.

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👀 Next week's Crow Canyon webinar (Aug 14 @ 4:00 PM MST) should be fantastic. The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network has been doing amazing work on establishing ethical data governance protocols in archaeology. 🧪🏺Link in comments below 👇

📢🚨 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: We are looking for a few more contributions to a session at the upcoming #SAA2026 in San Francisco 🧪🏺! The session is all about combining plant and animal data in archaeology. DM me if you'd like some more info or are interested! Session abstract in the comments 👇.

@faetooth.bsky.social have you all read The Lamb by Lucy Rose? It matches the vibe perfectly… 🥩🍽️🤰https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-lamb-lucy-rose

Introducing the new Editor of @saa-aap.bsky.social, Allison Mickel. Huge thanks to Sarah Herr, Christina Rieth and Sjoerd van der Linde for their brilliant work on the journal since 2016 - and welcome Allison! cup.org/43nWdCs

The Next Phase of Advances in Archaeological Practice: From the Incoming Editor « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog

I remember when Volume 1, Issue 1 of Advances in Archaeological Practice (AAP) was published in 2013. I was a graduate student at the time, undertaking dissertation research on the processes of inclus...

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An interesting read for folks who are interested: wapo.st/3S2X2LP 🧪🏺

A tiny tribe wanted to shape the future of a famed canyon. Ancient DNA helped.

The Picuris Pueblo tribal nation initiated a genetic study that confirms their connection to Chaco Canyon -- a potential model for Indigenous people to partner with scientists.

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🦅🦆🦃 Crow Canyon’s Birding in Pueblo Worlds trip has officially begun! We’ll start in Albuquerque and bird along the Bosque and in Santa Fe, then move to Chaco Canyon, and finally end our trip in the central Mesa Verde region! crowcanyon.org/programs/sol...

SOLD OUT! Birding in Pueblo Worlds - Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

This program is SOLD OUT. Life happens and cancellations do occur, so please add your name to the waitlist by sending an email to travel@crowcanyon.org.Birds are perhaps one of the most inspiring and ...

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Come see us at the #SAA2025 Interest Group fair today from 4-6pm!!!

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/...

👇👇👇 this is tomorrow folks! Come join the SAA's ZIG journal club (@ 12pm mountain time) for a chat about this article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🏺🧪

Evidence for an earlier Magdalenian presence in the Lone Valley of southwest Germany

After the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) people associated with the Magdalenian resettled Central Europe, which had been uninhabited, or very sparsely inh…

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

📢🚨 REMINDER: The SAA's Zooarchaeology Interest Group journal club is next week (Jan 24 @ 12pm mountain time)! Gillian Wong will host and discuss a recent article she co-authored: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja.... Contact Gillian (gillian.wong368@gmail.com) if you need access to the article!

📢🚨 REMINDER: The SAA's Zooarchaeology Interest Group journal club is next week (Jan 24 @ 12pm mountain time)! Gillian Wong will host and discuss a recent article she co-authored: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja.... Contact Gillian (gillian.wong368@gmail.com) if you need access to the article!

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🏺🧪

🚨📢 I am excited to announce the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center will support another paid Zooarchaeology Internship this summer from May 11 to July 18. Application deadline is March 3. More info here: crowcanyon.org/internships/. Feel free to DM with questions! 🏺🧪

📢🚨 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🏺🧪

📢🚨 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Steve Wolverton and I organized a session for the next Society of Ethnobiology meeting on landscape archaeology! DM me if you're interested and check out the session info here: ethnobiology.org/conference/s... #archaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany 🏺🧪