Dr. Laura Murphy
@rockdocgeoarch.bsky.social
Geoarchaeologist & Associate Professor, researching soils & paleoenvironments in the Great Plains & Hopewell. Teaching the dangers of pseudoarchaeology. Learning Gaeilge & riding gravel roads.
📍Kaw | Osage | Delaware | Potawatomi | Wyandotte | Shawnee
📍Kaw | Osage | Delaware | Potawatomi | Wyandotte | Shawnee
I am looking forward to San Antonio in October. Rolfe and Sam
Krause will be leading a very affordable geoarchaeology field trip that includes a boat ride! Register today! #gsaconnects2025
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Krause will be leading a very affordable geoarchaeology field trip that includes a boat ride! Register today! #gsaconnects2025
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@groovygeologist and @geogirlgram take San Antonio!
If you need a reason to visit San Antonio, come to GSA Connects 2025 this October! @groovygeologist and @geogirlgram loved their visit and can’t wait to come…
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August 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I am looking forward to San Antonio in October. Rolfe and Sam
Krause will be leading a very affordable geoarchaeology field trip that includes a boat ride! Register today! #gsaconnects2025
vimeo.com/1107215918?f...
Krause will be leading a very affordable geoarchaeology field trip that includes a boat ride! Register today! #gsaconnects2025
vimeo.com/1107215918?f...
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Heading to #GSAConnects 2025? Don’t miss Night at the Museum—an evening of art, connection & culture at the Briscoe Western Art Museum.
📅 Sun, 19 Oct | 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Reserve your spot under “Ticketed Events”: geosociety.co/3UAdkwJ
#Geology
📅 Sun, 19 Oct | 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Reserve your spot under “Ticketed Events”: geosociety.co/3UAdkwJ
#Geology
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Heading to #GSAConnects 2025? Don’t miss Night at the Museum—an evening of art, connection & culture at the Briscoe Western Art Museum.
📅 Sun, 19 Oct | 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Reserve your spot under “Ticketed Events”: geosociety.co/3UAdkwJ
#Geology
📅 Sun, 19 Oct | 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Reserve your spot under “Ticketed Events”: geosociety.co/3UAdkwJ
#Geology
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Education requires relationships. Not just information delivered to people's eyeballs.
August 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Education requires relationships. Not just information delivered to people's eyeballs.
Reposted by Dr. Laura Murphy
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Join us for our Tenth Anniversary Talk with @profdanhicks.bsky.social as we discuss his book "Every Monument Will Fall" and explore contemporary conflicts over art, colonialism, and memory.
When:May 27, 2025
Time:2 pm BST / 6:30 pm IST
Register now: forms.gle/t9jNgXdCjHny...
Platform: MS Teams
When:May 27, 2025
Time:2 pm BST / 6:30 pm IST
Register now: forms.gle/t9jNgXdCjHny...
Platform: MS Teams
May 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Join us for our Tenth Anniversary Talk with @profdanhicks.bsky.social as we discuss his book "Every Monument Will Fall" and explore contemporary conflicts over art, colonialism, and memory.
When:May 27, 2025
Time:2 pm BST / 6:30 pm IST
Register now: forms.gle/t9jNgXdCjHny...
Platform: MS Teams
When:May 27, 2025
Time:2 pm BST / 6:30 pm IST
Register now: forms.gle/t9jNgXdCjHny...
Platform: MS Teams
Yes it’s time to start thinking about the @geosociety.bsky.social meeting in San Antonio Texas: 19–22 OCTOBER 2025.
The abstract submission portal is now open! Submit early (by 15 May) to get an early decision in June. Submit by 5 August for regular decision.
The abstract submission portal is now open! Submit early (by 15 May) to get an early decision in June. Submit by 5 August for regular decision.
May 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yes it’s time to start thinking about the @geosociety.bsky.social meeting in San Antonio Texas: 19–22 OCTOBER 2025.
The abstract submission portal is now open! Submit early (by 15 May) to get an early decision in June. Submit by 5 August for regular decision.
The abstract submission portal is now open! Submit early (by 15 May) to get an early decision in June. Submit by 5 August for regular decision.
This story is absolutely mind-blowing. I hope it leads to tangible reform and justice for tenants in Ireland. Great job @naomiohreally.bsky.social - journalism award well-deserved for you and your colleagues.
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Investigating a ruthless rental empire
Podcast Episode · The Irish Passport · 05/04/2025 · 1h 22m
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May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This story is absolutely mind-blowing. I hope it leads to tangible reform and justice for tenants in Ireland. Great job @naomiohreally.bsky.social - journalism award well-deserved for you and your colleagues.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposting in solidarity and support. So grateful for sabbatical this semester.
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reposting in solidarity and support. So grateful for sabbatical this semester.
Thank you for listening to us and responding! Many of us have been working to shed light on the pseudoscience of cosmic catastrophism.
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thank you for listening to us and responding! Many of us have been working to shed light on the pseudoscience of cosmic catastrophism.
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Sickening. The government must legislate to tackle the ongoing holding, display and collection of human remains acquired through enslavement and colonisation.
Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull, book reveals
Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Sickening. The government must legislate to tackle the ongoing holding, display and collection of human remains acquired through enslavement and colonisation.
OK, Gail, gonna need some therapy after tonight’s Last of Us episode.
a picture of a woman with the words mummy 's going to be fine on it
ALT: a picture of a woman with the words mummy 's going to be fine on it
media.tenor.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
OK, Gail, gonna need some therapy after tonight’s Last of Us episode.
Happier times of the Last of Us. I need Catherine O’Hara and I need her now, with whiskey. Gail, help!
April 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Happier times of the Last of Us. I need Catherine O’Hara and I need her now, with whiskey. Gail, help!
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Oh good god no.
British Museum is right to keep Parthenon marbles, says new trustee | British Museum | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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British Museum is right to keep Parthenon marbles, says new trustee
Historian Dr Tiffany Jenkins is one of the lineup of new appointees that has raised cultural and historical hackles
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Oh good god no.
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In 'Who Owns Museum Collections?' our speakers will discuss what museums can offer today & in the future, how they are developing new leadership practices & how different institutions are approaching essential work in repatriation & cultural redress. Sat 29 March, 10.00 - 16.00. bit.ly/3QfisUJ
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In 'Who Owns Museum Collections?' our speakers will discuss what museums can offer today & in the future, how they are developing new leadership practices & how different institutions are approaching essential work in repatriation & cultural redress. Sat 29 March, 10.00 - 16.00. bit.ly/3QfisUJ
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh… Part of my journey to the Murphy side of the family tree in County Kilkenny just outside of Waterford.
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
🇮🇪☘️
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
🇮🇪☘️
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh… Part of my journey to the Murphy side of the family tree in County Kilkenny just outside of Waterford.
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
🇮🇪☘️
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
🇮🇪☘️
My latest Substack chronicling my sabbatical journey and Ohio Hopewell research. open.substack.com/pub/rockdocg...
My Journey Back from "The Ohio Country"
What I learned from Old Chillicothe Ohio to Chillicothe Missouri
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My latest Substack chronicling my sabbatical journey and Ohio Hopewell research. open.substack.com/pub/rockdocg...
“Fhalla na cathrach mean aoisigh”- the Irish for medieval city wall. And the walls do talk if you are an archaeologist. Waterford, also the “birthplace”of the Irish flag?? Or is this mythology? 🤔 🇮🇪
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Fhalla na cathrach mean aoisigh”- the Irish for medieval city wall. And the walls do talk if you are an archaeologist. Waterford, also the “birthplace”of the Irish flag?? Or is this mythology? 🤔 🇮🇪
Continuing exploring Ireland this week… It’s no @ravenbooks.bsky.social of Blackrock 😉, but when in Midleton, check out the local book shop! 🇮🇪
March 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Continuing exploring Ireland this week… It’s no @ravenbooks.bsky.social of Blackrock 😉, but when in Midleton, check out the local book shop! 🇮🇪
Dia duit ó Éirinn!
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
March 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dia duit ó Éirinn!
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
As an archaeologist and soil scientist myself in Kansas, who relies on the work of NRCS folks, this is a well-written piece! Thank you.
kansasreflector.com/2025/03/04/h...
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Here's the latest from Hays, Kansas: Elon Musk fired my wife • Kansas Reflector
If the suddenness of the firing and its financial impact weren’t enough, the baseless claim of poor performance added insult to injury.
kansasreflector.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As an archaeologist and soil scientist myself in Kansas, who relies on the work of NRCS folks, this is a well-written piece! Thank you.
kansasreflector.com/2025/03/04/h...
kansasreflector.com/2025/03/04/h...
A goal of mine for years, I will make the journey to see the Kindred Spirits sculpture near Cork next week! Id like to think the Choctaw money dirtely helped my ancestors who werent far from the area www.atlasobscura.com/places/kindr...
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A goal of mine for years, I will make the journey to see the Kindred Spirits sculpture near Cork next week! Id like to think the Choctaw money dirtely helped my ancestors who werent far from the area www.atlasobscura.com/places/kindr...
Some of what I have been up to on sabbatical - read here: open.substack.com/pub/rockdocg...
Reflections on the Indigenous Education Summit & Indigenous Data Sovereignty Conference
Both events hosted at the University of Kansas, Lawrence; Spring 2025 Semester
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Some of what I have been up to on sabbatical - read here: open.substack.com/pub/rockdocg...
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BREAKING: Valentine’s Day massacre: Uncounted throng of Wyomingites fired by Trump administration - @WyoFile wyofile.com/valentines-d...
Valentine’s Day massacre: Uncounted throng of Wyomingites fired by Trump administration - WyoFile
The government has yet to disclose how many lost their jobs, despite repeated inquiries. Many of those affected, however, shared their stories, and their fears for the agencies they once served.
wyofile.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
BREAKING: Valentine’s Day massacre: Uncounted throng of Wyomingites fired by Trump administration - @WyoFile wyofile.com/valentines-d...