Rachel Horowitz
@rahorowitz.bsky.social
anthropological archaeologist at WSU | Maya archaeology | lithic technology | views are my own | she/her
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At this year's Society for American Anthropology conference in Denver, several of our archaeology faculty presented on their research. Pictured are Drs. Samantha Fladd, John Blong, and Rachel Horowitz. #archaeology #conference #SAA2025
May 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
At this year's Society for American Anthropology conference in Denver, several of our archaeology faculty presented on their research. Pictured are Drs. Samantha Fladd, John Blong, and Rachel Horowitz. #archaeology #conference #SAA2025
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At this year's Society for American Archaeology conference, graduate students Jordan Thompson and Madeline Jennings were presented the geoarchaeology fellowship and the Indigenous graduate student scholarship. Congratulations! Award links: tinyurl.com/nhck2d2t & tinyurl.com/4as2276b #SAA2025
April 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At this year's Society for American Archaeology conference, graduate students Jordan Thompson and Madeline Jennings were presented the geoarchaeology fellowship and the Indigenous graduate student scholarship. Congratulations! Award links: tinyurl.com/nhck2d2t & tinyurl.com/4as2276b #SAA2025
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This week several of our awesome students presented at SURCA, the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. Pictured are students Hayden Bewley, Katherine Tower, and Emiltze Cervantes with their independent research posters!
#undergraduateresearch #GoCougs
#undergraduateresearch #GoCougs
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This week several of our awesome students presented at SURCA, the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. Pictured are students Hayden Bewley, Katherine Tower, and Emiltze Cervantes with their independent research posters!
#undergraduateresearch #GoCougs
#undergraduateresearch #GoCougs
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The WSU Department of Anthropology is hiring a Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor. This is a 3-year appointment with possibility of renewal. We seek applicants who can offer high-quality cultural and four-field anthro courses on Pullman and Global campuses. More info here: buff.ly/Nkktnw8
March 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The WSU Department of Anthropology is hiring a Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor. This is a 3-year appointment with possibility of renewal. We seek applicants who can offer high-quality cultural and four-field anthro courses on Pullman and Global campuses. More info here: buff.ly/Nkktnw8
@wsuanthropology.bsky.social is hiring for a career track teaching position! Applications are due March 31 wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor - Career Track
Online applications must be received before 12:00am on: March 31, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 158-NN_FACULTY - Tea...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@wsuanthropology.bsky.social is hiring for a career track teaching position! Applications are due March 31 wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
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Are you an archaeologist who is or has been or has thought about being a AAA Archaeology Division member? The AD is seeking member and non-member input about the mission and future directions of the AD. The survey is short!
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Archaeology Division Membership Survey
Are you archaeologically inclined? Have you ever considered joining the Archaeology Division, or are you already a member and wished the division had a clearer mission? If you fall into any or all of ...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Are you an archaeologist who is or has been or has thought about being a AAA Archaeology Division member? The AD is seeking member and non-member input about the mission and future directions of the AD. The survey is short!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Polished chert biface from the ancestral Maya site of El Perú-Waka’, Guatemala #FlintFriday
Chert tools were likely used in stoneworking activities, such as carving stelae and perforating greenstone ornaments.
(£) https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.183
Chert tools were likely used in stoneworking activities, such as carving stelae and perforating greenstone ornaments.
(£) https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.183
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Polished chert biface from the ancestral Maya site of El Perú-Waka’, Guatemala #FlintFriday
Chert tools were likely used in stoneworking activities, such as carving stelae and perforating greenstone ornaments.
(£) https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.183
Chert tools were likely used in stoneworking activities, such as carving stelae and perforating greenstone ornaments.
(£) https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.183
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This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
A great list to follow for anthropologists working in Latin America!
Hear what Anthros of Latin America are saying at #AAA2024Tampa and beyond! go.bsky.app/LGV4jHn
November 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
A great list to follow for anthropologists working in Latin America!
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Our last Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology highlight is by Drs. Kat Brown and Rachel Horowitz, focusing on early political power and ritual practice at Arenal, Belize. #Maya #archaeology
www.academia.edu/109472481/NE...
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NEW EVIDENCE OF ANCESTOR VENERATION AT THE SITE OF LAS RUINAS DE ARENAL
Recent investigations of a Preclassic E Group at Las Ruinas de Arenal have shed light on transformations in ritual practices from the Middle Preclassic to the Late Preclassic period. Our excavations a...
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November 20, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Our last Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology highlight is by Drs. Kat Brown and Rachel Horowitz, focusing on early political power and ritual practice at Arenal, Belize. #Maya #archaeology
www.academia.edu/109472481/NE...
www.academia.edu/109472481/NE...
See job ad below! Happy to answer any questions about living on the Palouse.
We (WSU Anthropology) are hiring! 🥳 We're looking for a medical anthropologist who uses biocultural approaches in their work -- tenure track, to live here in Pullman WA. See ad for more information and feel free to DM me with questions: wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
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Please share! 📨
November 14, 2023 at 6:07 PM
See job ad below! Happy to answer any questions about living on the Palouse.
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Next up in our series of Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology is a paper on political authority and symbolism based on data from western Belize by Drs. @rahorowitz.bsky.social, Kat Brown, Jason Yaeger, and Bernadette Cap
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
WATERY UNDERWORLD SYMBOLISM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN THE MOPAN VALLEY, BELIZE
Shifts between the Preclassic and Classic periods involved transitions in many aspects of Maya society, including the role of ritual activities as sources of power for and markers of political authori...
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November 13, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Next up in our series of Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology is a paper on political authority and symbolism based on data from western Belize by Drs. @rahorowitz.bsky.social, Kat Brown, Jason Yaeger, and Bernadette Cap
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
I have been making the slow transition to this space and realized I never introduced myself! I am an archaeologists specializing in lithic technology and past economies.
November 7, 2023 at 5:43 PM
I have been making the slow transition to this space and realized I never introduced myself! I am an archaeologists specializing in lithic technology and past economies.