Excellent to see the aurora here in Iowa

Summer this year looks like syllabus prepping, writing fellowship applications, and harvesting about 10 lbs of tomatoes a day

PhD data collection is continuing for the next few days, including analyzing this beautiful piece from a historic collection 🏺

Spending most of my time in the lab these weeks finishing up some data collection, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time to visit the most beautiful mineral museums I’ve ever seen (Museo Geominero de Madrid).

So inspired by India Rose Crawford’s lovely stop motion videos, another PhD student and I made a little archaeology frog as a fun finals week diversion!

I also work with a collection of Indonesian megaliths that were imported as art objects into the US in the early 2000s. This project deals a lot with issues of authenticity, object biographies, and provenance.

A lot of my time is spent researching ground stone/polished tools from Madrid, Spain- mostly from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic! This involves microscopic use wear analysis, raw material source identification, and experimental archaeology projects!

Figured it was time for an introduction! I’m Corinne, a PhD candidate at the University of Iowa. My research broadly focuses on how humans collect and use rocks/minerals in the past and the present, particularly how environmental and cultural changes influence these practices.

Just found out I won a small award at my university for this photo I took during the 2023 fieldwork season. Photo was taken at Embalse del Atazar while my team was collecting mineral samples!

Had a lovely time speaking at Augustana University this week about my dissertation research!

There was a great turn out for our (early morning) Sunday #SAA2024 session! So appreciative of everyone who came out to talk about reuse in archaeological contexts.

Looking forward to this symposium I’m co-chairing for the SAAs this year! If you’re around on Sunday morning still be sure to stop by!

It’s a great day when you can finally take a crack at collecting chemical data on your samples 🤩

Hello everyone! I figured I should do a quick introduction post for Bluesky. I’m a PhD Candidate in Archaeology focusing on the provenance and use wear on stone artifacts from ground stone axes to megaliths. Generally excited about all things geochem, art/antiquities trade, teaching, & publishing!