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Rachel Horowitz

@rahorowitz.bsky.social

anthropological archaeologist at WSU | Maya archaeology | lithic technology | views are my own | she/her

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At this year's Society for American Anthropology conference in Denver, several of our archaeology faculty presented on their research. Pictured are Drs. Samantha Fladd, John Blong, and Rachel Horowitz. #archaeology #conference #SAA2025

02.05.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At this year's Society for American Archaeology conference, graduate students Jordan Thompson and Madeline Jennings were presented the geoarchaeology fellowship and the Indigenous graduate student scholarship. Congratulations! Award links: tinyurl.com/nhck2d2t & tinyurl.com/4as2276b #SAA2025

30.04.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This week several of our awesome students presented at SURCA, the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. Pictured are students Hayden Bewley, Katherine Tower, and Emiltze Cervantes with their independent research posters!
#undergraduateresearch #GoCougs

26.03.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The WSU Department of Anthropology is hiring a Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor. This is a 3-year appointment with possibility of renewal. We seek applicants who can offer high-quality cultural and four-field anthro courses on Pullman and Global campuses. More info here: buff.ly/Nkktnw8

06.03.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor - Career Track Online applications must be received before 12:00am on: March 31, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 158-NN_FACULTY - Tea...

@wsuanthropology.bsky.social is hiring for a career track teaching position! Applications are due March 31 wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

06.03.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Archaeology Division Membership Survey Are you archaeologically inclined? Have you ever considered joining the Archaeology Division, or are you already a member and wished the division had a clearer mission? If you fall into any or all of ...

Are you an archaeologist who is or has been or has thought about being a AAA Archaeology Division member? The AD is seeking member and non-member input about the mission and future directions of the AD. The survey is short!
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07.02.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
โ€˜Banana-shapedโ€™, polished chert biface showing polished (left) and unpolished (right) sides.

โ€˜Banana-shapedโ€™, polished chert biface showing polished (left) and unpolished (right) sides.

Polished chert biface from the ancestral Maya site of El Perรบ-Wakaโ€™, Guatemala #FlintFriday
Chert tools were likely used in stoneworking activities, such as carving stelae and perforating greenstone ornaments.

(ยฃ) https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.183

07.02.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This thread ๐Ÿงต collects all the #archaeology ๐Ÿบ starter packs

Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives

@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...

12.11.2024 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1269    ๐Ÿ” 492    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 128    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

A great list to follow for anthropologists working in Latin America!

23.11.2024 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW EVIDENCE OF ANCESTOR VENERATION AT THE SITE OF LAS RUINAS DE ARENAL Recent investigations of a Preclassic E Group at Las Ruinas de Arenal have shed light on transformations in ritual practices from the Middle Preclassic to the Late Preclassic period. Our excavations a...

Our last Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology highlight is by Drs. Kat Brown and Rachel Horowitz, focusing on early political power and ritual practice at Arenal, Belize. #Maya #archaeology

www.academia.edu/109472481/NE...

20.11.2023 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See job ad below! Happy to answer any questions about living on the Palouse.

14.11.2023 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WATERY UNDERWORLD SYMBOLISM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN THE MOPAN VALLEY, BELIZE Shifts between the Preclassic and Classic periods involved transitions in many aspects of Maya society, including the role of ritual activities as sources of power for and markers of political authori...

Next up in our series of Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology is a paper on political authority and symbolism based on data from western Belize by Drs. @rahorowitz.bsky.social, Kat Brown, Jason Yaeger, and Bernadette Cap

www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...

13.11.2023 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have been making the slow transition to this space and realized I never introduced myself! I am an archaeologists specializing in lithic technology and past economies.

07.11.2023 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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