In the archaeology lab at Strawbery Banke Museum this week, currently sorting and cross-mending pearlware.

First week of the Col. Paul Wentworth House dig is complete for @alixgmartin.bsky.social and me and our field school. No structural evidence yet to confirm the precise location of the house and slave quarter but we are getting close! Opening day photo of our students by the amazing David Murray.

My friend Anne Jennison & I have a new publication out today in The Public Historian! Years ago I saw a tweet from a student who couldn't find articles about museum working w/ Indigenous collaborators on exhibits & I said... we should write one: online-ucpress-edu.unh.idm.oclc.org/tph/article/...

at the top of my TBR -- recommendations from #SAA2025:
Beyond Settler Time by Mark Rifkin, Spiral to the Stars by Laura Harjo, and Effective Data Storytelling by Brent Dykes.

Anyone want to book club with me?

My friend, colleague, and the most generous scholar I know, Meghan Howey, published a new book this spring: The Shock of Colonialism in New England. Check it out! use code BAMA for 30% off!

Heard about some cool applications of 3D mapping and ArcGIS Survey123 at #SHA2025 -- here's another example of work an investigation team is conducting in Tulsa OK to identify burials:

I was encouraged to join Bluesky so here I am! Check out my TEDx talk if you'd like!