Tom Pluckhahn

I don’t post about my reading list much, but archaeology colleagues might enjoy this one. It’s a detective story set in an alternative history where Cahokia survives into the jazz age as a Native American metropolis.

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Not sure of that; I’ve got a bunch of homemade ones for separating artifacts from different proveniences on drying screens.

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Historical ecology reveals the “surprising” direction and extent of shifting baselines for the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostis) Historical data are often overlooked in risk assessments and recovery plans for marine animals, resulting in the “shifting baselines.” Historical ecological studies demonstrate the “surprising” extent...

Waited until I had something to post to introduce myself here. I’m an archaeologist with particular interest in the US Southeast. Here’s a new publication in PLOS ONE on the historical ecology of the Florida manatee:

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