Archeology in North America

A Can of Worms Worth Opening

Sexual Harassment and Abuse in the Field There is an important study that all anthropologists, anthropology students, and anybody else…More










































































































Posted in April, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Archaeology in 140 Characters or Less

North American archaeologists have been slow to board the Twitter train, and I’m not sure why.  It might be because…More










































































































Posted in March, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Bending the Taboo on Discussing Poop, of the Human Kind

Although it may not be broken, the taboo against discussing human feces, in anything but pure scholarly or humorous situations,…More










































































































Posted in February, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Acknowledging Bias in Archaeology

Bias is pervasive, but rarely made explicit, in North American archaeology. I think it would serve archaeology well if archaeologists…More










































































































Posted in January, Opinion | Tagged | 3 Responses
Sometimes I tell people Bigfoot is real and I have a mandible I excavated to prove it.

Bigfoot has been in the news quite a bit recently, with considerable hoopla being generated in both mainstream and social…More










































































































Posted in December, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
The Most Wasteful People Anywhere Anytime, and Archaeology

North Americans in the early 21st century, it may be argued, are the most wasteful people anywhere and anytime. Despite…More










































































































Posted in November, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
Reflecting on Complicity

Archaeologists are complicit in disassociating Indigenous Peoples in North America (i.e. Native Americans, First Nations) from places that are sacred…More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
The Subversive Archaeologist, Interviewed

Are popular and widely accepted beliefs about the human past sometimes based on faulty archaeological reasoning? Rob Gargett thinks so,…More










































































































Posted in Opinion, September | Tagged | Leave a comment
Thinking About Marine Debris

Thinking About Marine Debris

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Robert Muckle


  Perhaps it is because I live in an area subject to an ever-increasing amount of trash arriving in coastal…More










































































































Posted in August, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment
A Bit of a Crisis in Archaeology in the Lands of Ice and Snow

There is more than a bit of a crisis in high altitude and high latitude archaeology in North America these…More










































































































Posted in July, Opinion | Tagged | Leave a comment

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