R Dawn Wambold
@rdwambold.bsky.social
White Eagle Feather Woman. Indigenous Archaeologist, she/her, Métis, PhD student at the University of Alberta, emergency backup human for Sniper the Adventure Cat.
Passed my candidacy exam!!
April 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Passed my candidacy exam!!
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Congratulations to our IPIA scholars @mapsworth.bsky.social, @cultarchaeo.bsky.social, and @archaeomapper.bsky.social, whose article "Saying what we mean, meaning what we say" is within the top 10% most-read 2023 articles in Archaeological Prospection! You can read it (open access) below! 🏺
Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection
In North America, archaeological prospection has recently undergone a surge in popularity, resulting in higher visibility for both scientific and fringe narratives. This has been partially due to inc...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Congratulations to our IPIA scholars @mapsworth.bsky.social, @cultarchaeo.bsky.social, and @archaeomapper.bsky.social, whose article "Saying what we mean, meaning what we say" is within the top 10% most-read 2023 articles in Archaeological Prospection! You can read it (open access) below! 🏺
Yesterday I completed preparing my presentation for my candidacy exam. Now it’s time to practice!
April 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Yesterday I completed preparing my presentation for my candidacy exam. Now it’s time to practice!
Candidacy exam has officially been booked!
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Candidacy exam has officially been booked!
I recently cleaned out all of my course notes and readings for a class I took 8 years ago thinking I would never need them. Now I’m teaching the class and I regret my choices. Lesson learned: never throw anything away.
March 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I recently cleaned out all of my course notes and readings for a class I took 8 years ago thinking I would never need them. Now I’m teaching the class and I regret my choices. Lesson learned: never throw anything away.
This is happening tomorrow! Last chance for you to register and last chance for me to slash 10 minutes from my presentation!
Exciting news - our first Speaker Series Event of 2025 is coming soon! Join @ldagg.bsky.social, @rdwambold.bsky.social, and @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on Feb 27, 3:30 pm MT, to hear about the different ways they examine landscapes in their research 🏺
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇
2025 Speaker Series: Stories of Landscapes
www.ualberta.ca
February 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is happening tomorrow! Last chance for you to register and last chance for me to slash 10 minutes from my presentation!
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IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant: "We are extremely disheartened and disappointed by the decision not to renew funding for this work, which is so important to reconciliation and to healing for our people."
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Statement on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAC urges continued federal funding to further assist Indigenous communities in their efforts to identify, locate and commemorate missing children TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG…
nctr.ca
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant: "We are extremely disheartened and disappointed by the decision not to renew funding for this work, which is so important to reconciliation and to healing for our people."
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
Communties need reliable sources of information and guidance to help support the sacred work of searching for missing children. The defunding of the NAC is a huge setback for the work.
IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant: "We are extremely disheartened and disappointed by the decision not to renew funding for this work, which is so important to reconciliation and to healing for our people."
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Statement on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAC urges continued federal funding to further assist Indigenous communities in their efforts to identify, locate and commemorate missing children TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG…
nctr.ca
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Communties need reliable sources of information and guidance to help support the sacred work of searching for missing children. The defunding of the NAC is a huge setback for the work.
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
Exciting news - our first Speaker Series Event of 2025 is coming soon! Join @ldagg.bsky.social, @rdwambold.bsky.social, and @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on Feb 27, 3:30 pm MT, to hear about the different ways they examine landscapes in their research 🏺
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇
2025 Speaker Series: Stories of Landscapes
www.ualberta.ca
February 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Exciting news - our first Speaker Series Event of 2025 is coming soon! Join @ldagg.bsky.social, @rdwambold.bsky.social, and @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on Feb 27, 3:30 pm MT, to hear about the different ways they examine landscapes in their research 🏺
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇
Hybrid event, reg. required for online attendees 👇
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
On the International Day of Women in Science a reminder that the US National Science Foundation’s list of words which could put your research grant in trouble includes “Women” and “Female.”
You can help resist the rising tide of anti-Science and misogyny by supporting the work of the Trowelblazers.
You can help resist the rising tide of anti-Science and misogyny by supporting the work of the Trowelblazers.
Trowelblazers - Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology — past & present.
Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology — past & present.
trowelblazers.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
On the International Day of Women in Science a reminder that the US National Science Foundation’s list of words which could put your research grant in trouble includes “Women” and “Female.”
You can help resist the rising tide of anti-Science and misogyny by supporting the work of the Trowelblazers.
You can help resist the rising tide of anti-Science and misogyny by supporting the work of the Trowelblazers.
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
In the news: Sturgeon Lake First Nation announces archaeological discovery
https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/02/sturgeon-lake-first-nation-announces-archaeological-discovery
#archaeology
#Canada
https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/02/sturgeon-lake-first-nation-announces-archaeological-discovery
#archaeology
#Canada
Sturgeon Lake First Nation announces archaeological discovery - MBC Radio
(Photo: from left to right Butch Amundson, Jayda Boux, Dr. Stuart, Dr. Freeman, and Dave Rondeau. Provided by Tina Pelletier) Archeologists from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of…
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February 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In the news: Sturgeon Lake First Nation announces archaeological discovery
https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/02/sturgeon-lake-first-nation-announces-archaeological-discovery
#archaeology
#Canada
https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/02/sturgeon-lake-first-nation-announces-archaeological-discovery
#archaeology
#Canada
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Hello everyone! It's time for a proper introduction! We are the IPIA, an Indigenous-led institute at the University of Alberta. We are committed to continuing to support Indigenous-engaged archaeological research 🏺
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Director's Statement
www.ualberta.ca
February 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hello everyone! It's time for a proper introduction! We are the IPIA, an Indigenous-led institute at the University of Alberta. We are committed to continuing to support Indigenous-engaged archaeological research 🏺
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Celebrating and promoting each other. It’s how we do things in the @uofa-ipia.bsky.social! Go follow Steph by the way, her work regarding the cult of Brother XII and cospirituality is fascinating!
Dawn is another person you should follow if you're into landscape archaeology! She's setting up a really cool Métis landscape project, and is also very good at IDing historic ceramics and glasses (and I benefit because I get to see many pretty pics of said items 🤩) 🏺
I learned so much this week from @somag.bsky.social and Dr. Lyons. They set up a fun workshop yesterday and I learned why I couldn’t decide if the charred seeds were canola or mustard (Because they’re both brassica rapa!)
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Celebrating and promoting each other. It’s how we do things in the @uofa-ipia.bsky.social! Go follow Steph by the way, her work regarding the cult of Brother XII and cospirituality is fascinating!
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
If you're interested in archaeoentemology, archaebotany, and historic archaeology then Solène is a great person to follow! She does cool stuff with bugs, plants, and foodways!🏺
(And she is usually down for my cursed shenanigans, be it books, videos, or fieldwork 🙌)
(And she is usually down for my cursed shenanigans, be it books, videos, or fieldwork 🙌)
Last day in the lab with Dr. Natasha Lyons, my archaeobot mentor! Been learning so much about charcoal ID the past few days 🌲🌳 New skill unlocked!
February 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you're interested in archaeoentemology, archaebotany, and historic archaeology then Solène is a great person to follow! She does cool stuff with bugs, plants, and foodways!🏺
(And she is usually down for my cursed shenanigans, be it books, videos, or fieldwork 🙌)
(And she is usually down for my cursed shenanigans, be it books, videos, or fieldwork 🙌)
I learned so much this week from @somag.bsky.social and Dr. Lyons. They set up a fun workshop yesterday and I learned why I couldn’t decide if the charred seeds were canola or mustard (Because they’re both brassica rapa!)
Last day in the lab with Dr. Natasha Lyons, my archaeobot mentor! Been learning so much about charcoal ID the past few days 🌲🌳 New skill unlocked!
February 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I learned so much this week from @somag.bsky.social and Dr. Lyons. They set up a fun workshop yesterday and I learned why I couldn’t decide if the charred seeds were canola or mustard (Because they’re both brassica rapa!)
I had a good week in the lab doing final checks on the artifact catalogue. The undergrad volunteers did a great job and I was able to confirm a few cool identifications. Including a horseshoe nail!
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I had a good week in the lab doing final checks on the artifact catalogue. The undergrad volunteers did a great job and I was able to confirm a few cool identifications. Including a horseshoe nail!
I have another book launch coming up! This time it’s for the Routledge Handbook of Gender Archaeology. I coauthored a chapter with @archaeomapper.bsky.social. The launch is online and hosted by the University of Oslo. (Good thing I’m an early riser!)
www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskni...
www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskni...
Boklansering: Routledge Handbook of Gender Archaeology
- Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie
Velkommen til lansering av den nylig publiserte The Routledge Handbook of Gender Archaeology, redigert av Marianne Moen, Kulturhistorisk museum og Unn Pedersen, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering o...
www.hf.uio.no
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I have another book launch coming up! This time it’s for the Routledge Handbook of Gender Archaeology. I coauthored a chapter with @archaeomapper.bsky.social. The launch is online and hosted by the University of Oslo. (Good thing I’m an early riser!)
www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskni...
www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskni...
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
Sturgeon Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan has discovered a pre-contact settlement dating back 11,000 years.
After an archaeologist identified the site, Sturgeon Lake is now focusing on preserving the findings.
After an archaeologist identified the site, Sturgeon Lake is now focusing on preserving the findings.
First Nation discovers pre-contact settlement dating back 11,000 years | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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February 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Sturgeon Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan has discovered a pre-contact settlement dating back 11,000 years.
After an archaeologist identified the site, Sturgeon Lake is now focusing on preserving the findings.
After an archaeologist identified the site, Sturgeon Lake is now focusing on preserving the findings.
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
Everyone should follow @uofa-ipia.bsky.social. It doesn't matter what kind of archaeology appeals to you, or what kind of archaeology you do. The work they do transcends our discipline and is vitally important.
Hello everyone! We are the Insitute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA) 🏺 at the University of Alberta! We're new to BlueSky and over the next little while we'll start sharing some info. In the meantime, you can learn more about us at our website:
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology
www.ualberta.ca
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Everyone should follow @uofa-ipia.bsky.social. It doesn't matter what kind of archaeology appeals to you, or what kind of archaeology you do. The work they do transcends our discipline and is vitally important.
Ending my week with this comment from a reviewer:
“The chapter is beautifully written and well organized.” 🥰
“The chapter is beautifully written and well organized.” 🥰
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ending my week with this comment from a reviewer:
“The chapter is beautifully written and well organized.” 🥰
“The chapter is beautifully written and well organized.” 🥰
Reposted by R Dawn Wambold
Hello everyone! We are the Insitute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA) 🏺 at the University of Alberta! We're new to BlueSky and over the next little while we'll start sharing some info. In the meantime, you can learn more about us at our website:
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology
www.ualberta.ca
January 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hello everyone! We are the Insitute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA) 🏺 at the University of Alberta! We're new to BlueSky and over the next little while we'll start sharing some info. In the meantime, you can learn more about us at our website:
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
I have to go to the lab within the next few weeks but I don’t want to do the three hour drive in -30 weather because I am too attached to my space heater.
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I have to go to the lab within the next few weeks but I don’t want to do the three hour drive in -30 weather because I am too attached to my space heater.