Alix Martin
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Alix Martin
@alixgmartin.bsky.social
Archaeologist, public educator, reader, sewist, hiker, enthusiast.
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In the archaeology lab at Strawbery Banke Museum this week, currently sorting and cross-mending pearlware.
June 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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.
June 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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/...
May 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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?
April 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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!
The Shock of Colonialism in New England
Explores the untold impacts of colonialism in New England through diverse colonist lives, Indigenous encounters, and environmental legacies In The Shock of C...
www.uapress.ua.edu
April 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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:
Remote Sensing, 3D Mapping Help Find Answers in Tulsa
To try to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, investigators are using GIS to make a 3D model of Oaklawn Cemetery’s Section 20.
www.esri.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I was encouraged to join Bluesky so here I am! Check out my TEDx talk if you'd like!
Digging deeper to tell untold stories | Alexandra Martin | TEDxAmoskeagMillyard
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM