Dr. Laura Murphy
@rockdocgeoarch.bsky.social
Geoarchaeologist & Associate Professor, researching soils & paleoenvironments in the Great Plains & Hopewell. Teaching the dangers of pseudoarchaeology. Learning Gaeilge & riding gravel roads.
📍Kaw | Osage | Delaware | Potawatomi | Wyandotte | Shawnee
📍Kaw | Osage | Delaware | Potawatomi | Wyandotte | Shawnee
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh… Part of my journey to the Murphy side of the family tree in County Kilkenny just outside of Waterford.
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
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My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
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March 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh… Part of my journey to the Murphy side of the family tree in County Kilkenny just outside of Waterford.
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
🇮🇪☘️
My 4th great-grand-father Patrick Murphy married Catherine Ivery in 1791, and they would go on to have 4 children baptized in the same parish in Slieverue.
🇮🇪☘️
Ah-ha!! Go raibh maith agat!
March 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Ah-ha!! Go raibh maith agat!
Sláinte ó Phort Láirge!
March 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sláinte ó Phort Láirge!
“Fhalla na cathrach mean aoisigh”- the Irish for medieval city wall. And the walls do talk if you are an archaeologist. Waterford, also the “birthplace”of the Irish flag?? Or is this mythology? 🤔 🇮🇪
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Fhalla na cathrach mean aoisigh”- the Irish for medieval city wall. And the walls do talk if you are an archaeologist. Waterford, also the “birthplace”of the Irish flag?? Or is this mythology? 🤔 🇮🇪
Sunset last evening.
March 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sunset last evening.
Continuing exploring Ireland this week… It’s no @ravenbooks.bsky.social of Blackrock 😉, but when in Midleton, check out the local book shop! 🇮🇪
March 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Continuing exploring Ireland this week… It’s no @ravenbooks.bsky.social of Blackrock 😉, but when in Midleton, check out the local book shop! 🇮🇪
Dia duit ó Éirinn!
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
March 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dia duit ó Éirinn!
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social & @archhelmer.bsky.social as promised - “Kindred Spirits” sculpture visit in Midleton, Ireland. Go raibh maith agat, Choctaw Nation, for caring for my ancestors.
Today - the news that Haskell Indian Nations University here in Kansas has been impacted by Trump’s cuts. Isn’t this a treaty violation? Tonight - I am struck by Joy Harjo’s poem in a new way … “by the authority of a piece of paper”
theindianleader.com/2025/02/14/h...
theindianleader.com/2025/02/14/h...
February 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Today - the news that Haskell Indian Nations University here in Kansas has been impacted by Trump’s cuts. Isn’t this a treaty violation? Tonight - I am struck by Joy Harjo’s poem in a new way … “by the authority of a piece of paper”
theindianleader.com/2025/02/14/h...
theindianleader.com/2025/02/14/h...
HB 2348, which should be named: "Bill to Take Property and Due Process Rights from Educators and Hurt the People of Kansas." We see this bill as being fundamentally flawed:
February 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
HB 2348, which should be named: "Bill to Take Property and Due Process Rights from Educators and Hurt the People of Kansas." We see this bill as being fundamentally flawed:
It’s that time of year again, where normalized synchronized racism on our Sunday’s takes to the global stage for another Super Bowl. I encourage you to read this statement and reflect: notinourhonor.com/2025/02/08/s...
#StopTheChop
#StopTheChop
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s that time of year again, where normalized synchronized racism on our Sunday’s takes to the global stage for another Super Bowl. I encourage you to read this statement and reflect: notinourhonor.com/2025/02/08/s...
#StopTheChop
#StopTheChop
Zoom’d with 75 4th graders with Olmstead Falls City Schools about archaeology & the Hopewell Culture! Students were attentive and asked really great insightful questions. It's opportunities like this during my sabbatical that I'm so very much enjoying!
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Zoom’d with 75 4th graders with Olmstead Falls City Schools about archaeology & the Hopewell Culture! Students were attentive and asked really great insightful questions. It's opportunities like this during my sabbatical that I'm so very much enjoying!
As a woman who came up in male-dominated field-based disciplines, I teach & model inclusivity & GET STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS interacting with the natural environment & culture history. Your donation MATTERS. Check out photos from our previous work at Brown v. Board NHP. washburngivingday.org/soan
February 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
As a woman who came up in male-dominated field-based disciplines, I teach & model inclusivity & GET STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS interacting with the natural environment & culture history. Your donation MATTERS. Check out photos from our previous work at Brown v. Board NHP. washburngivingday.org/soan
Archaeology fam! We are SO CLOSE to raising 3k for my dept scholarships that go directly to our students! With all that’s going on in the country, it's hard to have hope for the future. YOUR donation WILL make a difference for archaeological field school this summer. washburngivingday.org/soan
February 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Archaeology fam! We are SO CLOSE to raising 3k for my dept scholarships that go directly to our students! With all that’s going on in the country, it's hard to have hope for the future. YOUR donation WILL make a difference for archaeological field school this summer. washburngivingday.org/soan
I started a Substack today for #Hopewell #Archaeology. Join me these next 16 weeks!
rockdocgeoarch.substack.com/p/join-me-on...
rockdocgeoarch.substack.com/p/join-me-on...
January 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I started a Substack today for #Hopewell #Archaeology. Join me these next 16 weeks!
rockdocgeoarch.substack.com/p/join-me-on...
rockdocgeoarch.substack.com/p/join-me-on...
We have a special collection of art curated for the 164th Kansas Day of Statehood on Wednesday January 29, 2025. The Washburn Center for Kansas Studies is hosting a reception with the art of:
Barbara Waterman Peters
Lois Van Liew
Mark Hahn
Laura Mead
Diane Lawrence
Staci Ogle
Lisa LaRue-Baker
Barbara Waterman Peters
Lois Van Liew
Mark Hahn
Laura Mead
Diane Lawrence
Staci Ogle
Lisa LaRue-Baker
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We have a special collection of art curated for the 164th Kansas Day of Statehood on Wednesday January 29, 2025. The Washburn Center for Kansas Studies is hosting a reception with the art of:
Barbara Waterman Peters
Lois Van Liew
Mark Hahn
Laura Mead
Diane Lawrence
Staci Ogle
Lisa LaRue-Baker
Barbara Waterman Peters
Lois Van Liew
Mark Hahn
Laura Mead
Diane Lawrence
Staci Ogle
Lisa LaRue-Baker
Next Week!! Jan 29 is “Kansas Day” marking statehood in 1861. Thus, it’s a good day to spend in education with Native scholars.
This is a statewide effort to learn how to improve teaching and learning about, for, and with Native Nations. Check out the program!
#indigenouseducation #kansasday
This is a statewide effort to learn how to improve teaching and learning about, for, and with Native Nations. Check out the program!
#indigenouseducation #kansasday
January 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Next Week!! Jan 29 is “Kansas Day” marking statehood in 1861. Thus, it’s a good day to spend in education with Native scholars.
This is a statewide effort to learn how to improve teaching and learning about, for, and with Native Nations. Check out the program!
#indigenouseducation #kansasday
This is a statewide effort to learn how to improve teaching and learning about, for, and with Native Nations. Check out the program!
#indigenouseducation #kansasday
Archaeologists - we know what to do…
January 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Archaeologists - we know what to do…
My friend Celeste, who has been deployed to so many climate disasters, and has now deployed within her own adjacent communities in LA, has these words to share:
January 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My friend Celeste, who has been deployed to so many climate disasters, and has now deployed within her own adjacent communities in LA, has these words to share:
I watched the film Conclave last night and was left continuing to contemplate Power. So today I’m picking up where I left off in “The Best Catholics in the World” by Derek Scally. Wondering what folks in Ireland make of this book 🤔 @ravenbooks.bsky.social. #booksky
#readingisresistance
#readingisresistance
January 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I watched the film Conclave last night and was left continuing to contemplate Power. So today I’m picking up where I left off in “The Best Catholics in the World” by Derek Scally. Wondering what folks in Ireland make of this book 🤔 @ravenbooks.bsky.social. #booksky
#readingisresistance
#readingisresistance
Hello from Topeka, Kansas, where the Blizzard of Oz has brought us 14 in / 35.5 cm of snow in a day. Thundersnow shook the house this morning. All highways are shutdown; everything is closed through Monday. Largest snowstorm in 32 years.
Pictured: dog in snow / madra sa sneachta
Pictured: dog in snow / madra sa sneachta
January 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hello from Topeka, Kansas, where the Blizzard of Oz has brought us 14 in / 35.5 cm of snow in a day. Thundersnow shook the house this morning. All highways are shutdown; everything is closed through Monday. Largest snowstorm in 32 years.
Pictured: dog in snow / madra sa sneachta
Pictured: dog in snow / madra sa sneachta
Treacherous Goo energy. 2025. @tarpits.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Treacherous Goo energy. 2025. @tarpits.bsky.social
Winter Solstice
The sun breaks through the clouds
The longest night
It welcomes light and life
The sun breaks through the clouds
The longest night
It welcomes light and life
December 22, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Winter Solstice
The sun breaks through the clouds
The longest night
It welcomes light and life
The sun breaks through the clouds
The longest night
It welcomes light and life
Finished “Wandering Stars” today by Tommy Orange. It’s really striking to me the depth of knowledge of his writing - historic to modern trauma, illness, addiction, family dynamics, impacts of colonialism…
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Finished “Wandering Stars” today by Tommy Orange. It’s really striking to me the depth of knowledge of his writing - historic to modern trauma, illness, addiction, family dynamics, impacts of colonialism…