CAA / ACA

ARCHAEOLOGIST I - NG Recruitment CLOSING: June 25, 2025

Exciting job opportunity with Nunatsiavut, as an archaeologist based in Nain, Lab! The position closes on Wed, so hurry over to the careers page below if interested. Please Share!
🏺 #archaeology #archaeologist
careers.nunatsiavut.com/job-listings...

One full week completed at Fort St-Louis with steady progress on a variety of units, plus visits from archaeological and museum colleagues. #canarch #archaeology #fieldwork @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social @somag.bsky.social @can-arch.bsky.social

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And other tips to share with archaeologists entering the field this year? We'd love to hear them! 🎉 #archaeology #canada

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4. Overlooked, but bringing extra socks can really save your feet on long hiking or field walking days! And adding a light pair of sandles for the drive home is always a treat. #CanArch 🏺

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3. Sunscreen & a Hat! Working outside in the sun in exhausting, & keeping your skin safe from burns & potential skin cancers is vital to your health! #CanArch 🏺

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2. Electrolytes are vital if you are working in hot climates. Grab some Mio sport, Gu or Nuun tablets, & keep them in your bag for when temperatures rise. They will help you stay hydrated! #CanArch 🏺

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1. Always bring plenty of water! You don't want to risk running out, but if you are getting low, let your field supervisors know. #CanArch

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🌞Happy Friday everyone!🌞
We thought we'd collect a few tips for the field season, to get everyone outside safely!
Have any other tips to share with young archaeologists? Pop them in the comments and lets start a discussion! 🧵
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#CAA #ACA #CanArch #fieldwork #archaeology #heritage #Canada

A vertical collage of six panels to create a rainbow. From left to right: A red building with a waterwheel, Balmoral Grist Mill. An orange glass ornament with white and blue patterns. A yellow abstract image with radiating lines, the Sambro Lighthouse Lens. A close-up of green, rough-textured leaves reptile's skin. A blue sky over Shelburne Harbour with a small, distant dory. A dark wall with woven purple Mi’kmaq basket.

June is Pride Month - a time for all of us to stand together and support and celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

Pride Month is the start of the Pride Season in Canada which runs from June to September. Find an event near you and join in the celebrations!

Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting This article explores how ADS users prefer to be presented with bioarchaeological data and investigates how these preferences can inform the ADS's protocol for the dissemination of digital bioarchaeol...

New in IA69: Bohling, S. Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting doi.org/10.11141/ia....
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...and most generous in sharing all that she knew.
She represented what archaeology could bring to the table through fieldwork, exhibitry, scholarship and celebration.

We are remembering Birgitta today and we send with her spirit, a tremendous thank you. 🏺

A Smith-Wintemberg Award winner in 2015, Birgitta's contributions, particularly regarding the archaeology of the Norse, were extraordinary and groundbreaking.
For us in the Atlantic Region, who knew her as students and from the beginning of our careers, Birgitta was a mentor, a guide...

A woman with blonde cropped hair stands in a grassy field near a stone cairn monument, wearing a black overcoat. There are pine trees in the background and a blue sky.

Birgitta Linderoth Wallace Ferguson. 1 May, 1934 - 20 May 2025
This past week, the Canadian archaeology community lost a remarkable colleague, supporter and friend. 🧵

#CAA #CanArch

A landscape-format poster about an online seminar run by Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation. The poster reads "ARCHAEOLOGISTS RESISTING FAR-RIGHT APPROPRIATION: INAUGURAL SEMINAR 2025, ‘In Our Blood’: Archaeology and “Indigeneity” in the British National Party’s Magazine Identity, Lorna-Jane Richardson, University of East Anglia, 12-06-2025, 17:30BST, Online, FREE. Two images are embedded: a scan of a 2007 edition of the magazing 'Identity' by the far-right British National Party, and, below it, the logo of Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation: a line-art Iron Age Gundlingen sword embedded in a stone.

We're excited to announce our inaugural seminar. @lornarichardson.bsky.social presents a thematic analysis of the BNP’s 'Identity' magazine, interpreting the far-right misuse of archaeological science and narratives of indigeneity. Details and registration at archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.

As part of May is Museum Month, OMA Executive Director Alison Drummond visited Norwich and District Museum and Archives, one of many vital #OntarioMuseums that enrich our communities. #ONMuseumMonth #MuseesOntario

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Congratulations to Dr. Ernest G. Walker, the 2025 recipient of the Smith-Wintemberg Award! Here is his grad student Katie Willie accepting on his behalf, with CAA/ACA president Katie Cottreau-Robins. #CAA2025 #CanArch 🏺

Was giving a presentation on some of my recent and ongoing archaeological work at a conference today and unexpectedly came across this promotional poster for my forthcoming book ‘Once Upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories it Tells’.

A long line of people facing away from the camera, waiting for coffee on our morning coffee break. Everyone is standing in the great hall, a room with extremely high ceilings!

That's a wrap on the paper sessions! Thank you to all of our amazing presenters & attendees! We'll see you tonight at the Banquet for awards! 🎉
(Bonus pic of #archaeologists lining up for coffee) #caa2025

Extremely satisfied with the environmental archaeology session I hosted at the #CAA2025 ! Beautiful range of papers about charcoal, seeds, soils, animal bones & DNA. Especially happy with the fact that many presenters were graduate students or ECRs @can-arch.bsky.social

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A group of people standing around in a large room, filled with rolling display boards. The boards have research posters on them, and the room is lit with warm lighting. This one is vertical, similar scene.

The student poster session is running all afternoon in the Great Hall! Grab a coffee & immerse yourself in new research 😍 #caa2025

If you're at the BC Studies conference today, you can catch IPIA PhD student Steph Halmhofer talking about some of her research at 10:30!

A picture of a power point cover slide. The background is dark green with a light green band on the right. The title, in light yellow reads Harbour Buffett and the US Navy Hudson Bomber, The Impact of an Aicraft Crash on a Community (I really tried to avoid a pun, but couldn't figure out a better word). By Lisa M. Daly and Neil Burgess. Next to the names, to the left, is a picture of a piece of metal underwater mostly covered by silt.

Had a good session at @can-arch.bsky.social this morning, but had to rush home to help with a broken bathroom pipe.
The other presentations on Beothuk archaeology, fires and evidence for prostitution in St. John's, and an accidentally cemetery disturbance were all amazing. Great work being done.

The 2025 conference is off to a great start! We started the day with speakers & a performance by Inuit performance group Kilautiup Songuninga, who performed throat singing and Inuit drumming to open the event! Truely amazing! 🏺 #CAA2025

Wait how do we get these delightful treats?

Thank you! We're very excited!

View of St John's harbor

Enjoying the unexpected nice weather! Post-lunch, pre-conference walk around town ☀️ @can-arch.bsky.social

The book room is open at the CAA / ACA 2025 Conference @can-arch.bsky.social! Drop by and visit us in Queen’s College!

Thursday: 10:00-4:00
Friday: 9:00-4:00
Saturday: 9:00-12:00

#CAA2025 #conference #archaeology

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We made it!! Welcome everyone, to St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador! The sun is shining, our day trip was off this morning to Ferryland & Cupids, & the board met this morning before the conference kicks off! 🏺
#CAA2025 #CanArch #archaeology #heritage #conference #yyt #nfld