Lyndsay Dagg

2025 Speaker Series: Stories of Landscapes

Exciting news - our first Speaker Series Event of 2025 is coming soon! Join @ldagg.bsky.social, @rdwambold.bsky.social, and @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on Feb 27, 3:30 pm MT, to hear about the different ways they examine landscapes in their research 🏺
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇

11.02.2025 21:39 — 👍 17    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 6

Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology

Hello everyone! We are the Insitute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA) 🏺 at the University of Alberta! We're new to BlueSky and over the next little while we'll start sharing some info. In the meantime, you can learn more about us at our website:
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...

31.01.2025 19:46 — 👍 61    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 1

Something they don’t tell you when you start learning #GIS is just how much time you might spend tracing visible features to make shapefiles. #archaeology

29.01.2025 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Video Spotlight: Indigenous learners delve into archaeology A new U of A micro-course in archaeology teaches young Indigenous adults how to investigate and identify cultural artifacts, with a view to keeping them on First Nations land.

The IPIA partnered with Chipewyan Prairie First Nation to offer archaeological training to community members in what we hope will be the first of many courses of this type. Thanks to @mapsworth.bsky.social for being the amazing instructor! www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...

29.01.2025 15:59 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection In North America, archaeological prospection has recently undergone a surge in popularity, resulting in higher visibility for both scientific and fringe narratives. This has been partially due to inc...

After being trapped in Early View purgatory for over a year, the article @mapsworth.bsky.social, @archaeomapper.bsky.social, and I wrote together has *officially* been published in a special issue of Archaeological Prospection! Available open access below:
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09.12.2024 15:37 — 👍 36    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 0

#OtD 6 Dec 1989 14 women, most of whom were training in engineering fields, were murdered in a mass shooting at the École Polytechnique, Montréal. The killer targeted women, claimed he was "fighting feminism," and killed himself after shooting 28 people stories.workingclasshistory.c...

06.12.2024 23:09 — 👍 94    🔁 40    💬 2    📌 5

Screenshot of a social media comment where the poster starts by saying that "archaeology does not engage in critical anlysis of previous research, as a rule, it will ruin your career." That statement is the focus of my thread.

Variations of the "archaeologists are concerned about reputation" comment are common in the pseudoarch realm. Such as the one below, which is simply false. Critical analysis of previous research is a key part of archaeology. Remember, critical ≠ immediately negative. 🏺

29.11.2024 16:24 — 👍 98    🔁 14    💬 12    📌 5

Are you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...

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