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Emily Lena Jones
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Zooarchaeology, writing, beekeeping, other stuff
My novel NAHIA (Holiday House) is now out in the world!
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Join me at McMaster! We are hiring an archaeologist scientist with preference (but not limited to) PEB and/or zooarchaeology. Geography open, although preference for North America, especially Eastern North America/Great Lakes region. Applications due November 26th! (Pls share widely.)
September 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I just published my article Archaeology as Worldbuilding, an effort that grows out of 20+ years of digital (and analog) archaeological making. Adjacent to recent arguments about storytelling, I broaden our scope to make past worlds & tell stories in community with others.

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Archaeology as Worldbuilding | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Archaeology as Worldbuilding
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August 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Meet Emily Jones, author of new classic, a coming-of-age in prehistory

Emily Jones will be at Macdonald Book Shop (152 E. Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park) Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. She will be signing copies of her debut novel, “Nahia.” Emily Jones has combined her considerable academic…
Meet Emily Jones, author of new classic, a coming-of-age in prehistory
Emily Jones will be at Macdonald Book Shop (152 E. Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park) Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. She will be signing copies of her debut novel, “Nahia.” Emily Jones has combined her considerable academic expertise (she is a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico), her love of reading and writing, her love of animals and the outdoors, and her love of history and prehistory to create a novel that will delight a wide range of readers.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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“There is danger in fictionalizing the past. The present ‘post-truth’ moment shows how easy it is for misinformation, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to thrive. Yet ... Without imagining the past, we can’t connect to it.”

Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Archaeological fiction is a great way to reach the public—but there are dangers in it too. I wrote an essay about my experiences with this for @sapiens.org: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
(Am hoping to teach a class on this topic in AY26-27, thoughts very welcome!)

#archaeology #fiction
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist's Dilemma
An archaeologist reflects on the role of fiction to imagine the deep past—and inspire future generations of archaeologists.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Have you ever read "The Clan of the Cave Bear"? If so, you're one step closer to thinking like a scientist. Anthropologist @emilylenajones.bsky.social explains why for @sapiens.org in this beautiful personal essay on the overlap between #fiction & #science. www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist's Dilemma
An archaeologist reflects on the role of fiction to imagine the deep past—and inspire future generations of archaeologists.
www.sapiens.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Virtual Book Talk TOMORROW

Author Sarah Kendzior on The Last American Road Trip.

"Their determination to see as many [national parks] as possible is a minor act of resistance." —Chicago Review of Books

Tuesday, July 8
2:00 pm MT
FREE

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Book Talk: “The Last American Road Trip” | School for Advanced Research
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July 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I went to a cute indie bookshop in Moab yesterday and saw two books written by people I know! So proud of them! Both of these books are excellent and you should read them!
L: Nahia, R: The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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One of my all time favorite flicks. Terribly, terribly underrated and not nearly enough people have seen it.
June 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Warning: If you'd like to read a nice cheerful escapist book to take your mind off fascism, do not NOT buy my alternate history mystery Farthing, even though it's on sale today as an ebook for $1.99

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Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1)
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1) - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1).
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May 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Spent some time at Pecos National Historic Park this morning

#newmexicotrue #nationalparks #newmexico #history #archaeology #naturephotography #pecos
May 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you are in Albuquerque NM and looking for a (signed!) copy of NAHIA, stop by Organic Books in Nob Hill! (I mean, stop by there anyway, it’s a terrific store, but if you are looking for NAHIA now you have an excuse to go!)

#albuquerque #books #independentbookstores #nahia #yalit #newmexico #abq
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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It's the cutest time of year as the next generation of Shetland ponies start to arrive 😍 #Shetland
May 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Please join us for our Journal Club discussion tomorrow, May 9th at 11:00am PST with Dr. Teresa Steele, who will recap the various zooarch and zooarch-adjacent topics presented at the SAAs last month. We look forward to seeing you all there!

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May 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Released today: The special issue stamp on #IceAge art from the caves in the Swabian Jura. The caves became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. Many of the approximately 40,000-year-old objects are on display at urmu Blaubeuren – one of our seven branch museums.

🏺

#archaeology
May 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Meet our 2025–2026 Native Artist fellowships: Keith Edaakie (Zuni), Akilah Martinez (Diné), and Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin). This year’s artists are merging traditions with urgent contemporary issues, cultural preservation, & cross-cultural expression.

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Artists Selected for 2025–2026 Native Artist Fellowships | School for Advanced ResearchHybrid
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May 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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ALERT: We only have a few hours to save hotspot lending programs funded by #ERate. We NEED your voice.

Senator Ted Cruz is attempting a last-minute strategy to permanently defund E-Rate hotspot programs at libraries across the country. Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on S.J.Res 7!
May 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New candle on a rainy writing day in Santa Fe

#newmexico #amwriting #rain
May 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
She’s officially out in the world 😊 Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen! #nahia #bookbirthday #yabooks #ya
April 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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come, and witness
the real flowers
of this troubled world

Basho
April 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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💫 Not sure what to read next? This list of 55 exciting new YA books being published in April 2025 might be a great place to start! 💫
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April 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants.

Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...

Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New paper from the UNM Zooarchaeology lab out this week, led by PhD student Larkin Chapman! Interested in hares as paleoecological signals? You may be interested 😊 authors.elsevier.com/c/1krqu8MrPs...
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April 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I have a new comment out in Nature Human Behaviour this week: rdcu.be/edRvK. I wrote this back in October 2024, when the world was a different place. But though I didn’t write it with this in mind, being connected to the place in which I live has been keeping me sane, these past months.
Climate resilience in the past was local
Nature Human Behaviour - In this Comment, Emily Jones discusses what we can learn from archaeology about climate change resilience. The effects of climate change are complex, and successful...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM