Mark Walker
@markkhw.bsky.social
CRM Archaeologist living in Northern California. Historical archaeology of class and labor. Socialist. Currently researching working-class households in 19th-c. San Francisco, when not thrashing through underbrush in extreme weather.
"Widespread child sacrifice". And why brothels? These people are so goddam strange.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Widespread child sacrifice". And why brothels? These people are so goddam strange.
A union banner in the local labor temple. "Bartenders' League of America"
October 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A union banner in the local labor temple. "Bartenders' League of America"
There are probably so many archaeological ones.
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
There are probably so many archaeological ones.
A Vitruvian Bigfoot at the Humboldt Math Festival.
April 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A Vitruvian Bigfoot at the Humboldt Math Festival.
Yep. Definitely eating my roses. While I was watching Hannibal.
March 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Yep. Definitely eating my roses. While I was watching Hannibal.
According to the manual, this steam cleaner has an attachment you can use to clean a baby.
I hope people look twice at the picture
I hope people look twice at the picture
February 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
According to the manual, this steam cleaner has an attachment you can use to clean a baby.
I hope people look twice at the picture
I hope people look twice at the picture
I've been looking for this book for months, cruising up and down my bookshelves looking for that particular shade of brown. I guess that bookshelf catches the sun.
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I've been looking for this book for months, cruising up and down my bookshelves looking for that particular shade of brown. I guess that bookshelf catches the sun.
Four years ago today. Archaeological survey in the Owens Valley while it snows in the mountains.
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Four years ago today. Archaeological survey in the Owens Valley while it snows in the mountains.
As a historical archaeologist who argues for the value of can dumps, I think I am out ahead of this.
February 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As a historical archaeologist who argues for the value of can dumps, I think I am out ahead of this.
Thrift store find. Could have coasted thru grad school with this puppy.
February 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Thrift store find. Could have coasted thru grad school with this puppy.
I'm pretty sure it's running for DNC chair.
February 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm pretty sure it's running for DNC chair.
The interim president of Sonoma State held a "town hall" to discuss massive cuts to the university. She made it remote for herself and her cronies.
January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The interim president of Sonoma State held a "town hall" to discuss massive cuts to the university. She made it remote for herself and her cronies.
Survey last summer. Lunch break in the redwoods, .
January 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Survey last summer. Lunch break in the redwoods, .
The local 19th-century lumber baron's mansion dressed up for Xmas.
December 19, 2024 at 5:17 AM
The local 19th-century lumber baron's mansion dressed up for Xmas.
A Gaza genocide vigil in the rain this morning. A large turnout for a rural town, mostly pretty staid-looking older people. I'm still not sure the Dem elites realised how widespread the horror at US policy is.
December 8, 2024 at 4:25 AM
A Gaza genocide vigil in the rain this morning. A large turnout for a rural town, mostly pretty staid-looking older people. I'm still not sure the Dem elites realised how widespread the horror at US policy is.
A trestle garden, including a little redwood growing on the dead redwood.
November 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM
A trestle garden, including a little redwood growing on the dead redwood.
A late 19th/early 20th-century logging railroad trestle. Left recording this until last.
November 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM
A late 19th/early 20th-century logging railroad trestle. Left recording this until last.
I may not have scheduled this fieldwork rotation at the best time.
November 23, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I may not have scheduled this fieldwork rotation at the best time.