Chris Darwent
@cmdarwent.bsky.social
Professor, zooarchaeology, Arctic, dog lover, mom, here for the other science nerds
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Chris Darwent
@cmdarwent.bsky.social
· Feb 22
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Adopted a little rescue Chihuahua today. Meet Rollo!
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Adopted a little rescue Chihuahua today. Meet Rollo!
More pictures from the Arctic cruise. Photos of polar bears by Naturalist Nick Fellowes. Captain Besser at the helm, and a glacier in the North Baffin fjords.
August 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
More pictures from the Arctic cruise. Photos of polar bears by Naturalist Nick Fellowes. Captain Besser at the helm, and a glacier in the North Baffin fjords.
Made it back to the US after a protracted extraction from Greenland. Met some lovely people and the scenery was amazing, but I don't think I am able to be a crew member with an Expedition Leader barking orders at this stage in my career.
August 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Made it back to the US after a protracted extraction from Greenland. Met some lovely people and the scenery was amazing, but I don't think I am able to be a crew member with an Expedition Leader barking orders at this stage in my career.
Arctic flowers on our hike in Dexterity Fjord, Baffin Island.
August 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Arctic flowers on our hike in Dexterity Fjord, Baffin Island.
Found a new site while passengers were hiking up a moraine to see a glacier. Cool tent rings, likely within the last 200 years. Report to send to the Nunavut archaeologists after the cruise.
August 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Found a new site while passengers were hiking up a moraine to see a glacier. Cool tent rings, likely within the last 200 years. Report to send to the Nunavut archaeologists after the cruise.
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“Mr. Jarrett’s conclusions highlight the impact of isostatic rebound, which occurs when land rises after glaciers retreat from the coast. ‘Some of the havens that exist today, and which we have long believed were active in the Viking Age, were actually underwater at the time,’” (Gift article) 🏺
To Study Viking Seafarers, He Took 26 Voyages in Traditional Boats
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Mr. Jarrett’s conclusions highlight the impact of isostatic rebound, which occurs when land rises after glaciers retreat from the coast. ‘Some of the havens that exist today, and which we have long believed were active in the Viking Age, were actually underwater at the time,’” (Gift article) 🏺
I was a very excited zooarchaeologist, as my favorite pinniped was on display at a house in Siorapaluk, Greenland. There was also a 2-tusked narwhal!! Extremely rare.
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I was a very excited zooarchaeologist, as my favorite pinniped was on display at a house in Siorapaluk, Greenland. There was also a 2-tusked narwhal!! Extremely rare.
Made it to #LeBoreal! This is the view from my deck. I just had the most delicious French apple turnover I have ever eaten . . . delicate, flaky, not too sweet.
August 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Made it to #LeBoreal! This is the view from my deck. I just had the most delicious French apple turnover I have ever eaten . . . delicate, flaky, not too sweet.
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📣 Work with us! 📣
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory)
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology, to start on 1 January 2026 or as soon thereafter as possible. Subject to
www.cam.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Work with us! 📣
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
On my way to Greenland . . . I hope. Day 2 of waiting at the Copenhagen Airport. At least I was able to escape briefly to the National Museum before the called me back for a reschedule or a previously canceled flight.
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On my way to Greenland . . . I hope. Day 2 of waiting at the Copenhagen Airport. At least I was able to escape briefly to the National Museum before the called me back for a reschedule or a previously canceled flight.
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This is apros po of nothing, except I was closing a tab. Instructive graphic
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is apros po of nothing, except I was closing a tab. Instructive graphic
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A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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From the archive. Hiking through swamps, cutting across thick bush, and canoeing across open waters, archaeologists have identified a corridor through Vancouver Island where Indigenous peoples may have sojourned 18,500 years ago. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Revealing an Ice Age Route for Indigenous Peoples
Archaeologists have identified a corridor through Vancouver Island where Indigenous peoples may have sojourned 18,500 years ago.
www.sapiens.org
July 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From the archive. Hiking through swamps, cutting across thick bush, and canoeing across open waters, archaeologists have identified a corridor through Vancouver Island where Indigenous peoples may have sojourned 18,500 years ago. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
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⭐New Open Access publication alert! ⭐
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
⭐New Open Access publication alert! ⭐
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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NEW unpaywalled: My months-long investigation into the use of hate crime charges against Palestine supporters since October 7th. I found 17 individuals who have faced hate crime charges for pro-Palestine activity or speech, and focused on a few cases here: jewishcurrents.org/how-support-...
How Support for Palestine Became a Hate Crime
A celebrated civil rights law is being used to target those opposing crimes against humanity—and ruining lives in the process.
jewishcurrents.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NEW unpaywalled: My months-long investigation into the use of hate crime charges against Palestine supporters since October 7th. I found 17 individuals who have faced hate crime charges for pro-Palestine activity or speech, and focused on a few cases here: jewishcurrents.org/how-support-...
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PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Most people are unaware of this basic fact, known to everyone who does instructional design work. I love designing and delivering distance education, but it is absolutely NOT more efficient than F2F instruction.
Rarely mentioned is the fact that it takes about 50% more work hours to teach an online class than it does to teach the same class in person.
The framework for teaching a class now increasingly involves a set of tasks the resemble nothing so much as preparing one's taxes and lend almost no educational value whatsoever to the classroom space.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Most people are unaware of this basic fact, known to everyone who does instructional design work. I love designing and delivering distance education, but it is absolutely NOT more efficient than F2F instruction.
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Good article laying out how the administration is stripping cultural resource protections 🧪🏺
Trump administration attacks the preservation of archaeological resources
Funding and staff cuts will gut the protection of archaeological sites under the National Historic Preservation Act.
www.wsws.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Good article laying out how the administration is stripping cultural resource protections 🧪🏺
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I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
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"American archaeologists face a diminished, uncertain future. Government support for research, preservation and museums has been largely scaled back. Archaeology and cultural heritage staff have been fired, federal agencies have been gutted..." #archaeology #anthropology 🏺
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"American archaeologists face a diminished, uncertain future. Government support for research, preservation and museums has been largely scaled back. Archaeology and cultural heritage staff have been fired, federal agencies have been gutted..." #archaeology #anthropology 🏺
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NARCH grants are being discontinued. For decades these grants have supported research into health outcomes for Natives in the US and supporting Native research. I am pissed
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-113: Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Grant Applications
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Review Framework for NIH Resea...
grants.nih.gov
May 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
NARCH grants are being discontinued. For decades these grants have supported research into health outcomes for Natives in the US and supporting Native research. I am pissed
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Maine is small but this is some real serious Trvmp vendetta bulls*** that you should all know about. People are going to die. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/25/s...
Coast Guard proposes removing navigation buoys from Maine waters
The measure aims to cut costs based on the assumption that boaters already have electronic navigation systems, or could.
www.bangordailynews.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Maine is small but this is some real serious Trvmp vendetta bulls*** that you should all know about. People are going to die. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/25/s...
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In the news: An anthropologist, biodiversity scientist, conservation biologist and zooarchaeologist teamed up to examine how Atlantic sturgeon populations have changed and how to support their recovery
buff.ly/2ogs5jG
#ZooArchaeology
#AtlanticSturgeon
#extinction
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#ZooArchaeology
#AtlanticSturgeon
#extinction
Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help conservationists better plan for the future.
buff.ly
March 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In the news: An anthropologist, biodiversity scientist, conservation biologist and zooarchaeologist teamed up to examine how Atlantic sturgeon populations have changed and how to support their recovery
buff.ly/2ogs5jG
#ZooArchaeology
#AtlanticSturgeon
#extinction
buff.ly/2ogs5jG
#ZooArchaeology
#AtlanticSturgeon
#extinction
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Local Alaska radio stations in danger due to proposed federal funding cuts.
No State funding for public radio since 2019 (Dunleavy keeps vetoing it).
No State funding for public radio since 2019 (Dunleavy keeps vetoing it).
April 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Local Alaska radio stations in danger due to proposed federal funding cuts.
No State funding for public radio since 2019 (Dunleavy keeps vetoing it).
No State funding for public radio since 2019 (Dunleavy keeps vetoing it).