ArchaeologistsEngage

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Learn how Annelise uses TikTok to combat pseudoscience, engage young audiences, and make archaeology credible, accessible, and fun.

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‘Possession’, ‘Ownership’, and Tr'ochëk National Historic Site - Art and Architectural History The Tr’ondek Hwech’in fishing camp of Tr'ochëk once stood on the flat land in the left middle-ground, where the Yukon and Klondike Rivers converge. By

That’s a really interesting question, and it will be interesting to see the range of answers you get. If you asked an indigenous person in Canada, the list would even extend to things like land.
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"You've bought my daughter a sword for Valentine's day?"
"Yes sir."
"Oh my god, so you really love her!"
"See dad, I told you he was the right one!"

This is a super cool opportunity. Look into it!

The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social

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Archaeologists Engage in conversation with Annelise Baer Learn how expert Annelise uses TikTok to combat pseudoscience, engage young audiences, and make archaeology credible, accessible, and fun.

This free talk shares insights from TikTok superstar Annelise Baer (part of the multi-million view club), a Los Angeles-based archaeologist and Emmy-nominated researcher and producer.

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Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.

Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.

This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

Maybe we can crowdsource imaginative engagement methods collaboratively in this thread!

What are the hardest topics to engage the public on?

Some subjects are naturally more appealing or entertaining, and easier for the public to understand without extra contextual explanations.

But what are the trickiest to tackle?
#archaeology #archeology #publicengagement #anthropology

The White Pedestal How white nationalist thought leaders use ancient Greece and Rome to claim historical precedent for their violent and oppressive politics   It is difficult ...

My book, "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is out! Promo Code WIN26 will get you 30% off at @yalepress.bsky.social. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

A round grey plushie with little bumps and adorable grey eyes. It looks slightly defiantly angry next to a handwritten note saying "I cause almost all cervical cancer

This week is #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek. This cancer is highly preventable in the present day, because we know a lot about its cause: this horrid little dude, human papillomavirus (HPV). With what we know about HPV and its link to cervical cancer, eliminating the disease is possible...

So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:

Peopling Podcast logo with additional text reading "Season 5: Call for Contributors"

Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
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This Friday we have an important appointment to debate the imminent future of the EAA. If you are a 2025 or 2026, attend and vote afterwards to remind leadership this is a membership-based association, and certain actions cannot be tolerated.

La lune, France. 1.1.26

La lune en Bretagne.
1.1.26. 💫
Que cette année soit paisible et joyeuse

Paintings of hammerhead sharks depicted in the "Oki National Products Illustration Notes". From Japan, Edo Period, ca 1735

A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)

Happy birthday!

#OtD 27 Dec 1831 the Christmas rebellion in Jamaica escalated as 60,000 enslaved people rose up and went on strike. Causing £50 million damage, the uprising helped lead to slavery being largely abolished across the British Empire within two years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9888...

This would be about as useful as simply reading the summary on the back of the book.

AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.

One of my favourite holiday traditions. For those in my timezone that's sun night about 7.40pm

A Dialogue on Expanding Access to Archaeology Through Bilingual Digital Public Archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog The Edom Lowland Regional Archaeology Project’s (ELRAP) new article, “As if the Pieces of the Past were in our Hands”: Non-Linear Digital Public Archaeology with 3D Models on Sketchfab, presents a bil...

"By providing a basis for in-context exploration of Jordanian cultural heritage to Arabic-speaking Jordanians and students of archaeology, we aim to expand the accessibility of archaeological data and interpretation beyond its usual bounds."

New blog post, up now!

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Robin Skeates asks a question. My answer is that we need the international lingua franca but the native language publications as well. But more initiatives to empower non-English speakers, please. @antiquity.ac.uk #Archaeology

Voice: A third space in archaeology to advance Indigenous emancipation We discuss the standpoint theory of Indigenism and introduce its principles as relevant to the philosophy of research with, by, and for, Indigenous people. This philosophy is a pillar of Indigenist...

✨New research out now!✨“Voice: A Third Space in Archaeology to Advance Indigenous Emancipation” — first-authored by Dr Kellie Pollard, an NI Indigenous archaeologist & researcher — is now published in the latest Australian Archaeology Journal (Volume 91, 2025 - Issue 3).
📖 doi.org/10.1080/0312...

For me, Ancient Music Ireland playing the Loughnashade horns were the highlight of my night.

Theyre so loud!!! Keep Romans off your lawn with these baddies!

What a fun idea!

🚨The @college-de-france.fr just canceled a conference on Palestinien history organized by one of its faculty.
Absolute shame on them for caving in to Zionist bullies and, thereby, betraying the values of academic freedom they claim to uphold 1/