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Digital Engagement in Archaeology Conference- Introduction Video

November 8, 2012

I am at the Digital Engagement in Archaeology Conference recording the great talks. I will be putting up all of the videos of most of the talks over the next few days. To start out here is introduction:

How close are archaeologists with their predictions?

January 7, 2012

There is a great book called Motel of Mysteries in which, in “the future”, archaeologists discover a “motel” and then make all sorts of interpretations. It gets pretty funny with some of the interpretations of what stuff was used for. If I remember correctly at one point they say a toilet seat is a hat. […]

“When you are caught up in the throes of academia, in historical debate and analysis, you sometimes lose touch with that essential part of history; it’s the part that makes it beautiful and interesting.”

November 26, 2011

Funny & Sad Open Access Video

October 28, 2011

Sometimes writing fails you….

The History of Beethoven in a 4 Min. Song

May 24, 2011

I am a sucker for history music videos. Here is a pretty great one about Beethoven.

Good Practice in Archaeology

May 3, 2011

Saw this article on Past Horizons about how Scotland’s Rural Past program was ending (project was only funded for a few year). The best part about the project is that even though the funding is ending they are making a concerted effort to leave a lasting educational presence. The project has produced a series of […]

Will We Ever Excavate the Internet?

April 28, 2011

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384352,00.asp So Friendster, one of the original social network website, is deleting all of its content, like someday Facebook will. Usually, I would not care but it reminded me of this video from the Onion- “Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins of Friendster Civilization” I laugh pretty hard every time I see this video but it makes […]

How do you compress 100,000 verses into a 4 minute song?

April 10, 2011

How do you compress 100,000 verses into a 4 minute song? You can’t. But we tried to hit some of the main points of the epic Indian work. That is the tagline to HistoryTeachers newest video, The Mahabharata (“Abracadabra” by the Steve Miller Band). I saw that they just put out a new one yesterday. […]

Labor of Love or Exploitation

March 19, 2011

So for my first true blog I will talk about some of my most recent research. Long story short, I went through the job postings on archaeology job site, Shovebums, and calculated out the wages for Field Techs (entry level position in archaeology) for the last couple of years. I even turned the data into […]