Matt Howland, Ph.D.

updated GIS methods can save money too though. For example, Field Maps STP forms -> interactive dashboard/map can be fully automated in advance and not require manual mapmaking for every project

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Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands | Penn State University Penn State Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jacob Holland-Lulewicz and colleagues recently published research on how oyster shells discarded over thousands of years by Indigenous people have helped...

A great write-up of a recent paper led by lab Co- Director Jake Holland-Lulewicz (@archaeojake.bsky.social) published in @commsearth.nature.com on the legacies of past Indigenous land use on modern coastal ecosystems of the American southeast! #archaeology #ecology www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

It’s behind Greenland in the Mercator Projection

not enough parking

Max will be going to Purdue for (funded) further studies in the Fall!

Man standing in front of an academic poster titled, “the impact of fluvial erosion on archaeological sites in Kansas”

Congratulations to Max Gosch, student in my Geospatial Archaeology Lab, for his 2nd place finish in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum poster competition at WSU!

Woman stands in front of an academic poster titled “preliminary study of erosion risks to heritage sites in Kansas”

Very proud of my MA student MJ Jacobs for successfully presenting her poster on using UAV photogrammetry to monitor erosion at archaeological sites at #SAA25!

Just got to Denver for #SAA2025 #SAA25!

How trash from ancient humans is protecting these coastal islands today The barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are littered with millions of oysters left behind by Indigenous peoples. New research shows they’re still protecting the land.

Our most recent work has been covered by National Geographic!! Have we made it?! #archaeology #ecology #conservation #climatechange www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

I found this really interesting!

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Lots of people are hurting today, but I think it’s important to say that the closure of NEH and IMLS is an existential event for #DigitalHumanities #DH

ASOR President Sharon Herbert and Executive Director Andrew Vaughn invite you to a virtual conversation about ASOR’s continuing efforts to address recent global actions impacting access, inclusion, and cultural heritage funding. This town hall meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, April 10th at 12:00pm EDT. You may have heard that ASOR’s Committee, previously known as DEI, has proposed a new name: “The Carolyn Midkiff Strange Committee on Growth, Innovation, and Visibility (GIV),” and we encourage you to check out its mission. This new, interim name will be used on the ASOR website until the May 2025 ASOR Board meeting when discussion and a change to the bylaws can take place. We also invite you to review the Cultural Heritage Inititiatives section of ASOR’s website.

Is this a fucking joke @asor-research.bsky.social? You couldn’t send a clearer signal about how much you value diversity in this field

🚨 Our new paper is out today in Communications Earth & Environment (@commsearth.bsky.social)!! “Modern coastal ecosystems of the American Southeast are shaped by deep-time human-environment interactions” Check it out! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

go birds

or a Bret-à-Bret

No one should be arrested for exercising their right to free speech, and the exercise of free speech certainly should not impact one’s immigration status

I would have thought citing yourself in the same paper was cutting-edge self citation methodology but apparently it is well-established

raises the question of who has “The Hockey Hair of Archaeologists”

This year I’ll be co-directing the Wichita State University archaeological field school in Arkansas City, Kansas, for which EVERY student will receive a scholarship covering the ENTIRE costs of the field school!

Students encouraged to apply: www.wichita.edu/academics/fa...

In Search for Human Dignity How aftershocks from the catastrophic 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes impacted the lives of locals and all that the city means to them.

My MA student Katy Reis designed this StoryMap about the devastating 2023 earthquake in Antakya, Turkey, based on an article by my colleague Jens Kreinath. Check it out: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4adf...

You can find more incredible Yup'ik #archaeology in the new Nunalleq Digital Museum (www.nunalleq.org), where the results of 9 excavation seasons are accessible whilst the original objects remain with the descendent community.

🆓 Antiquity research explores the project: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Photo of a square shaped mud brick in excellent condition with a stamped cuneiform inscription near the centre

Photo of a stamp or mold used to press into a wet mud brick with cuneiform signs in relief poking out

Bricks from ancient Mesopotamia may seem boring, but there is more to them than mud and straw.

A short thread on some fun facts about bricks in ancient Mesopotamia from my book, Between Two Rivers.

Trump and Musk are testing what will happen if enshittification happens to the federal government

and the Danube was a medium size river - not Macropotamia, not Micropotamia, but Mesopotamia

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The Society for American Archaeology wants to benchmark losses in the federal archaeological workforce and invites members and other archaeologists to please take this anonymous survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HPDWBBK.

the women know The Secret and are manifesting relationships

The background of DJ sets on YouTube truly contains multitudes