Dr. Evil Anthropologist
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My real name is Claudia Chang. I am a working retired archaeologist: landscape archaeology, pastoralism, Central Asia and Kazakhstan, world-systems analysis, gender, posthumanism, climate change, etc. #archaeology#climatechange#pastoralism
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There's definitely echoes of this in archaeology (and pretty much all professions) - really interesting project
Our sociologists’ wives research is helping to set the record straight about whose shoulders British sociologists are standing on. Wives collected and analysed data, edited and co-authored. Visit our website to find out more, and …1/6
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February 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
There's definitely echoes of this in archaeology (and pretty much all professions) - really interesting project
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Give 'em a follow!
The U.S. Department of the Interior manages and conserves 75% of federal lands in America.
We swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage.
If this administration thinks they can undermine our mission in any way, they are sorely mistaken.
We swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage.
If this administration thinks they can undermine our mission in any way, they are sorely mistaken.
February 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Give 'em a follow!
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Figured we could all use some "expeller of evil" in our timelines. I'm sure they were all very good dogs
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
January 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Figured we could all use some "expeller of evil" in our timelines. I'm sure they were all very good dogs
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Another article in which men aren't mentioned once. Who is killing women? it's men. Men.
And next they encourage those who wish to kill us. theconversation.com/argentinas-p...
Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America
If Argentina repeals its femicide law, it could have a ripple effect across Latin America.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Another article in which men aren't mentioned once. Who is killing women? it's men. Men.
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A pudgy 11th century Byzantine peacock relief. One of two carved facing each other on a lintel from the collection at the Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Distomo, Greece. In early christianity peacocks could be symbolic of renewal or heavenly paradise.
#reliefwednesday #archaeobirds #ancientbluesky🏺
January 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A pudgy 11th century Byzantine peacock relief. One of two carved facing each other on a lintel from the collection at the Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Distomo, Greece. In early christianity peacocks could be symbolic of renewal or heavenly paradise.
#reliefwednesday #archaeobirds #ancientbluesky🏺
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A new book about Indigenous precolonial Coclé ceramics of Panama by Alan Grinnell from the University of New Mexico Press.
a.co/d/5Jhkh73
a.co/d/5Jhkh73
Painting the Cosmos: Art and Iconography of the Ceramics of Ancient Panama
Amazon.com: Painting the Cosmos: Art and Iconography of the Ceramics of Ancient Panama: 9780826367143: Grinnell, Alan: Books
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January 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A new book about Indigenous precolonial Coclé ceramics of Panama by Alan Grinnell from the University of New Mexico Press.
a.co/d/5Jhkh73
a.co/d/5Jhkh73
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What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives - Local News Pasadena
Edgar McGregor’s timely Eaton Fire alert: ‘Get out!’
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January 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
A pear tart
January 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A pear tart
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Wow, not many guesses…
These are chalcedony (L) & chert (R) reproduction drills. Someone asked how natives shaped & carved shell gorgets. I replied sandstone, sharp flake & drilling cut-outs. This is a thread about that process. 1/ #archaeology #lithics #shell
These are chalcedony (L) & chert (R) reproduction drills. Someone asked how natives shaped & carved shell gorgets. I replied sandstone, sharp flake & drilling cut-outs. This is a thread about that process. 1/ #archaeology #lithics #shell
January 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Wow, not many guesses…
These are chalcedony (L) & chert (R) reproduction drills. Someone asked how natives shaped & carved shell gorgets. I replied sandstone, sharp flake & drilling cut-outs. This is a thread about that process. 1/ #archaeology #lithics #shell
These are chalcedony (L) & chert (R) reproduction drills. Someone asked how natives shaped & carved shell gorgets. I replied sandstone, sharp flake & drilling cut-outs. This is a thread about that process. 1/ #archaeology #lithics #shell
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Ironic indeed. 98% of Saudi Aramco exports, as well as Rotterdam, Houston, Galveston, Singapore, Shanghai in danger zones.
“This analysis shows that relying on fossil fuels in a warming world is a path to disaster, not energy security."
🌏 @iccinet.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis #sealevelrise
‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows
Ports including in Saudi Arabia and the US projected to be seriously damaged by a metre of sea level rise
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ironic indeed. 98% of Saudi Aramco exports, as well as Rotterdam, Houston, Galveston, Singapore, Shanghai in danger zones.
“This analysis shows that relying on fossil fuels in a warming world is a path to disaster, not energy security."
🌏 @iccinet.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis #sealevelrise
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Needles are what I call gravity invariant technology - it works in its original Earth form in any gravity environment. Here is astronaut Karen Nyberg in 2013, showing the needles she used to make a quilt block on the International Space Station. 🏺🧪
youtu.be/N0c1CijmH7o?...
youtu.be/N0c1CijmH7o?...
December 19, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Needles are what I call gravity invariant technology - it works in its original Earth form in any gravity environment. Here is astronaut Karen Nyberg in 2013, showing the needles she used to make a quilt block on the International Space Station. 🏺🧪
youtu.be/N0c1CijmH7o?...
youtu.be/N0c1CijmH7o?...
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NY homeowner makes jaw-dropping mastodon discovery in backyard. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New York homeowner makes jaw-dropping mastodon discovery in backyard
The complete mastodon jaw is the first of its kind to be unearthed in New York in over 11 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 3:37 AM
NY homeowner makes jaw-dropping mastodon discovery in backyard. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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H/t to @billcaraher.bsky.social for sharing this article about Turin’s Egyptian Museum in his Friday Varia. I visited in 2022 when I joined @libarnaulp.bsky.social & was amazed. Great to get this overview. www.apollo-magazine.com/turin-egypti...
Turin’s Egyptian Museum turns 200 | Apollo Magazine
One of the few institutions devoted solely to Egyptian antiquities, the Museo Egizio also tells the story of Italy’s long and complex relationship with the land of the pharaohs, writes Christina Riggs
www.apollo-magazine.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:45 PM
H/t to @billcaraher.bsky.social for sharing this article about Turin’s Egyptian Museum in his Friday Varia. I visited in 2022 when I joined @libarnaulp.bsky.social & was amazed. Great to get this overview. www.apollo-magazine.com/turin-egypti...
A book worth the time to read. And well- written also!
December 7, 2024 at 11:41 PM
A book worth the time to read. And well- written also!
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I was not prepared for the impact of this as installed at the Pergamon.
Reconstruction of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate, 1992, via Pergamon Museum
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 7, 2024 at 7:29 PM
I was not prepared for the impact of this as installed at the Pergamon.
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We promote open access science communication! #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #BiologicalArchaeology #Anthropology #SciComm #OpenAccess
We promote open access science communication! #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #BiologicalArchaeology #Anthropology #SciComm #OpenAccess
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Welcome to the World of Paleoanthropology, your one-stop shop for unraveling the mysteries of human evolution! Join as we embark on a captivating journey through our deep past.
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December 7, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Interested in human origins? Subscribe to the World of Paleoanthropology for podcasts, interviews, symposiums, and more! www.youtube.com/channel/UCbX...
We promote open access science communication! #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #BiologicalArchaeology #Anthropology #SciComm #OpenAccess
We promote open access science communication! #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #BiologicalArchaeology #Anthropology #SciComm #OpenAccess
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Feminism and digital archaeology, by Katherine Cook
In The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology, 2024 🏺
In The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology, 2024 🏺
Feminism and digital archaeology | 11 | The Routledge Handbook of Femi
Set between the traditionally white male dominated spheres of archaeology and the technology industry, digital archaeology has in many ways been shaped and
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December 7, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Feminism and digital archaeology, by Katherine Cook
In The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology, 2024 🏺
In The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology, 2024 🏺
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The Society for American Archaeology’s open letter to Netflix was published on November 30, 2022.
The first draft was written by myself and Flint Dibble at the request of SAA president Dan Sandweiss. It’s worth reading again carefully. You’re welcome.
documents.saa.org/container/do...
The first draft was written by myself and Flint Dibble at the request of SAA president Dan Sandweiss. It’s worth reading again carefully. You’re welcome.
documents.saa.org/container/do...
documents.saa.org
December 1, 2024 at 1:37 PM
The Society for American Archaeology’s open letter to Netflix was published on November 30, 2022.
The first draft was written by myself and Flint Dibble at the request of SAA president Dan Sandweiss. It’s worth reading again carefully. You’re welcome.
documents.saa.org/container/do...
The first draft was written by myself and Flint Dibble at the request of SAA president Dan Sandweiss. It’s worth reading again carefully. You’re welcome.
documents.saa.org/container/do...
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Mad #Archaeology:
Either a brilliant example of power and technical ability or the result of a king gone mad? The bridge at Ravning Enge, west of Vejle, Denmark, is dated to around 980 AD and is a massive wooden bridge build over almost 800 meters of boggy terrain. The bridge only stood for 5 years.
Either a brilliant example of power and technical ability or the result of a king gone mad? The bridge at Ravning Enge, west of Vejle, Denmark, is dated to around 980 AD and is a massive wooden bridge build over almost 800 meters of boggy terrain. The bridge only stood for 5 years.
December 1, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Mad #Archaeology:
Either a brilliant example of power and technical ability or the result of a king gone mad? The bridge at Ravning Enge, west of Vejle, Denmark, is dated to around 980 AD and is a massive wooden bridge build over almost 800 meters of boggy terrain. The bridge only stood for 5 years.
Either a brilliant example of power and technical ability or the result of a king gone mad? The bridge at Ravning Enge, west of Vejle, Denmark, is dated to around 980 AD and is a massive wooden bridge build over almost 800 meters of boggy terrain. The bridge only stood for 5 years.
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Scientists as political advocates – Agustín Fuentes
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
www.science.org
December 1, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Scientists as political advocates – Agustín Fuentes
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Human and “bird-man” shaped effigy mounds in southwest Wisconsin, a rare form of earthwork. Of these, Man Mound near Baraboo is the only one still extant. Effigy mounds were built by ancestors of the Ho-Chunk Nation. The largest concentration of human effigies dates to about 900-1000 CE.
December 1, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Human and “bird-man” shaped effigy mounds in southwest Wisconsin, a rare form of earthwork. Of these, Man Mound near Baraboo is the only one still extant. Effigy mounds were built by ancestors of the Ho-Chunk Nation. The largest concentration of human effigies dates to about 900-1000 CE.