Dr. Michelle I. Turner

CfP "Doing #MigrationHistory with Digital Methods", #DigHum #MigHist, am @dhi-paris.fr: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve....

Remember the Ladies: Revolutionary Women Writers In a March 31st, 1776 letter to her husband John, who was in Philadelphia engaged in the debates of the Second Continental Congress that would lead to the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams…

Abigail's most famous quote is significantly more radical than we generally remember (ironically enough), & also helps us remember her even more radical peers:

werehistory.org/revolutionar...

Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.

Mind blown!

Two woolly sheep napping in the grass under a tree on a beautiful October day

More sheep lying around in the grass

When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.

“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Two woolly sheep napping in the grass under a tree on a beautiful October day

More sheep lying around in the grass

When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.

Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.

The cover of the journal Kiva. I threw in a couple of decorative gourds that were sitting on the table and perfectly matched the yellow cover.

Journal pages including the start of our article, Local or Distant? Items of Personal Adornment and Great House Identity in the Central Mesa Verde Region, by Kari Schleher and Michelle Turner

A line drawing from our article of a human effigy figure wearing jewelery

Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.

B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species | CBC News Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers  captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage the...

This is *very* cool

Hits differently seeing it in print!

The cover of the journal Kiva. I threw in a couple of decorative gourds that were sitting on the table and perfectly matched the yellow cover.

Journal pages including the start of our article, Local or Distant? Items of Personal Adornment and Great House Identity in the Central Mesa Verde Region, by Kari Schleher and Michelle Turner

A line drawing from our article of a human effigy figure wearing jewelery

Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.

A little wet muskrat munching something

A beaver pond with the lodge sticking out in the middle

Great blue heron standing in the water with his feathers fluffing out in the wind

A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.

A little wet muskrat munching something

A beaver pond with the lodge sticking out in the middle

Great blue heron standing in the water with his feathers fluffing out in the wind

A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.

Sumacs, Franklin Carmichael 1915

Sumacs, Franklin Carmichael 1915

Christine de Pizan and the Sibyl surrounded by sun, moon, and stars

BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works including Le chemin de long estude; c.1410-c.1414; France, Central (Paris); f.189v

Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.

“The Vatican said Saturday the items were given back during the Holy Year, exactly 100 years after the 1925 exhibition where they were first exhibited in Rome as a highlight of that Jubilee.”

Covered bridge, near my parents’ house in Ohio

Seeing these stunning autumn leaves reflected in a puddle yesterday brought me so much joy! So pleased the photo came out as I hoped it would. It almost looks like you could step through into another world through it 🫶 100% real.

I can’t answer about the difference with Europe, but I did learn today that the reason for covering them was to protect the floor so they would last longer. Maybe European bridges were more likely to have stone supports? (Also, wouldn’t say there are many wood covered bridges- I’ve only seen 2.)

Covered bridge, near my parents’ house in Ohio

How climate change is threatening Indigenous Yup’ik heritage « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog On 12 October, 2025, Typhoon Halong reached the shores of Southwestern Alaska, with devastating consequences for many of the Indigenous communities living here. Whole villages were destroyed and…

Climate change has disastrous effects on Indigenous communities in Southwestern Alaska, and it is also damaging precontact Yup'ik #archaeology.

Charlotta Hillerdal writes on the threat and steps being taken in the latest #AntiquityBlog 🏺

📷 Rick Knecht

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Tiny mushrooms and moss on a dead log

It’s tiny mushroom season.

I should have said this is a gift article so not paywalled. 🎁 I thought it was interesting on many levels but also… just adorable sheep. 🐑

My partner Derek just published a great short philosophical commentary on the cloned dire wolves and deextinction.

these are not even the files lol

Tiny mushrooms and moss on a dead log

It’s tiny mushroom season.

I should have said this is a gift article so not paywalled. 🎁 I thought it was interesting on many levels but also… just adorable sheep. 🐑