Sarah Herr
@sherr-spadefoot.bsky.social
Archaeologist, rabbitmama, Mawrtyr, addicted to mountains, fan of street art. Past editor and fan club for SAA journal Advances in Archaeological Practice. Tucson.
Dr. Tony Masinton of tDAR provides an update on data reuse in the Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology and the Mimbres Pottery Images Digital Database at the Arizona Archaeological Council conference
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Dr. Tony Masinton of tDAR provides an update on data reuse in the Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology and the Mimbres Pottery Images Digital Database at the Arizona Archaeological Council conference
An important effort by tDAR to create a comprehensive regional digital archive, in this case of Huhugam archaeology, is critically considered in a new article in @saa-aap.bsky.social . news.asu.edu/20251007-art...
ASU launches groundbreaking database of Sonoran Desert archaeology | ASU News
Archaeology is most famously known for methodically digging into the earth to uncover secrets of the past. But once the physical items have been unearthed, how can the information that has been gleane...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
An important effort by tDAR to create a comprehensive regional digital archive, in this case of Huhugam archaeology, is critically considered in a new article in @saa-aap.bsky.social . news.asu.edu/20251007-art...
Woohoo! The new issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social is up! This is the May issue, so catching up-ish! www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... I love this cover, from Meghan Howey's article, of an avocationalist who is a project historian and article author.
Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Advances in Archaeological Practice - Allison Mickel
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September 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Woohoo! The new issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social is up! This is the May issue, so catching up-ish! www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... I love this cover, from Meghan Howey's article, of an avocationalist who is a project historian and article author.
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“When people’s lives are at risk, and access, security, and resources are so limited, how can heritage protection be meaningfully carried out?”
This question is central to Eva Licci and Isber Sabrine’s recent #AAP piece. In a blog post, Licci explores how to protect #culturalheritage during a war.
This question is central to Eva Licci and Isber Sabrine’s recent #AAP piece. In a blog post, Licci explores how to protect #culturalheritage during a war.
Protecting Heritage in War: the Power of Local Action « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Is it possible to protect cultural heritage during a war? And if so, how can it be done meaningfully and effectively? I often return to these questions. They sit at the core of my PhD research, yet th...
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August 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“When people’s lives are at risk, and access, security, and resources are so limited, how can heritage protection be meaningfully carried out?”
This question is central to Eva Licci and Isber Sabrine’s recent #AAP piece. In a blog post, Licci explores how to protect #culturalheritage during a war.
This question is central to Eva Licci and Isber Sabrine’s recent #AAP piece. In a blog post, Licci explores how to protect #culturalheritage during a war.
In Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, and in other deeply damaged parts of the globe (as after earthquakes) archaeologists working inside local networks are helping to preserve the cultural heritage that others are trying to destroy. Here's a blog and an open access article. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Protecting Heritage in War: the Power of Local Action « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Is it possible to protect cultural heritage during a war? And if so, how can it be done meaningfully and effectively? I often return to these questions. They sit at the core of my PhD research, yet th...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, and in other deeply damaged parts of the globe (as after earthquakes) archaeologists working inside local networks are helping to preserve the cultural heritage that others are trying to destroy. Here's a blog and an open access article. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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What can commingled human #skeletons potentially tell us about ancient #funerarytraditions?
Unearthed at the Shimal Necropolis, Early #BronzeAge communal tombs reveal information about secondary #mortuarypractices and even share commonalities with Neolithic interments.
Learn more here:
Unearthed at the Shimal Necropolis, Early #BronzeAge communal tombs reveal information about secondary #mortuarypractices and even share commonalities with Neolithic interments.
Learn more here:
The Impact of Secondary Mortuary Practices on Representation and Distribution of Commingled Elements from Umm an-Nar Human Skeletons in Communal Tombs | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge...
The Impact of Secondary Mortuary Practices on Representation and Distribution of Commingled Elements from Umm an-Nar Human Skeletons in Communal Tombs
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August 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What can commingled human #skeletons potentially tell us about ancient #funerarytraditions?
Unearthed at the Shimal Necropolis, Early #BronzeAge communal tombs reveal information about secondary #mortuarypractices and even share commonalities with Neolithic interments.
Learn more here:
Unearthed at the Shimal Necropolis, Early #BronzeAge communal tombs reveal information about secondary #mortuarypractices and even share commonalities with Neolithic interments.
Learn more here:
Morag Kersel, guest editor of the latest issue of Advances, Caring for Culture in the 21st century, has posted a beautiful blog about why this work matters and how it is a matter of survival. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Why Care About Culture When the World Is on Fire? « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
With the world facing war, climate change, pandemics, and civil unrest, it’s natural to question the importance of preserving culture. Why should we care about archaeology, monuments, traditions, art,...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Morag Kersel, guest editor of the latest issue of Advances, Caring for Culture in the 21st century, has posted a beautiful blog about why this work matters and how it is a matter of survival. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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🚨 📝 New paper hot off the press in @saa-aap.bsky.social! “Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged #Archaeology in the American Southeast” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast
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August 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 📝 New paper hot off the press in @saa-aap.bsky.social! “Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged #Archaeology in the American Southeast” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The latest issue of Advances is about Caring for Culture in the 21st Century guest edited by Morag Kersel. It addresses issues of heritage at risk, the sale and movement of cultural items, cultural properties agreements and archaeologists assistance or complicity. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Latest issue | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Advances in Archaeological Practice
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August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The latest issue of Advances is about Caring for Culture in the 21st Century guest edited by Morag Kersel. It addresses issues of heritage at risk, the sale and movement of cultural items, cultural properties agreements and archaeologists assistance or complicity. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I always thought it was fun to create the covers of Advances in Archaeological Practice issues, only to realize people don't look at the covers of digital journals. So @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org helped us create a gallery and share the stories behind the images.
On its covers, the outgoing editors of #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social ask: "Have you ever noticed them? Do you have any favorites? In this #blog we highlight the images on the front of our born-digital journal."
▶️ Blog: 🔗 cup.org/3UKRF53
▶️ Gallery: 🔗 cup.org/45ywIR0
#archaeology
#archaeologists
▶️ Blog: 🔗 cup.org/3UKRF53
▶️ Gallery: 🔗 cup.org/45ywIR0
#archaeology
#archaeologists
Representing Practice in Advances Covers « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Advances in Archaeological Practice covers are most often experienced as a tiny thumbnail shot either on the Cambridge Core website, or perhaps on social media. Have you ever noticed them? Do you have...
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August 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I always thought it was fun to create the covers of Advances in Archaeological Practice issues, only to realize people don't look at the covers of digital journals. So @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org helped us create a gallery and share the stories behind the images.
We share some highlights of getting to work as editors on the SAA journal Advances in Archaeological Practice, a chance to work with so many people wanting to make archaeology and scholarship better.
The outgoing editors of the SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social offer some final words in a look-back at their time care-taking the journal: 👋 cup.org/4ocU1qL
THANK YOU, Sarah Herr, Christina Rieth and Sjoerd van der Linde! 🙏 #archaeology #aap
THANK YOU, Sarah Herr, Christina Rieth and Sjoerd van der Linde! 🙏 #archaeology #aap
Saying Yes – to both Practice and Community in Archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Chris Dore, our current Society for American Archaeology (SAA) president, was Advances in Archaeological Practice’s first editor, and in 2022, on the journal’s tenth anniversary he reflected on the jo...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We share some highlights of getting to work as editors on the SAA journal Advances in Archaeological Practice, a chance to work with so many people wanting to make archaeology and scholarship better.
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📢 Call for Papers: "Advances in Archaeological Labor Management"📢
We invite submissions for a themed issue on “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management,” to be published in Aug 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2025. Find out more: cup.org/3Ibus9e
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#archaeology
We invite submissions for a themed issue on “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management,” to be published in Aug 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2025. Find out more: cup.org/3Ibus9e
@saa-aap.bsky.social
#archaeology
July 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
📢 Call for Papers: "Advances in Archaeological Labor Management"📢
We invite submissions for a themed issue on “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management,” to be published in Aug 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2025. Find out more: cup.org/3Ibus9e
@saa-aap.bsky.social
#archaeology
We invite submissions for a themed issue on “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management,” to be published in Aug 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2025. Find out more: cup.org/3Ibus9e
@saa-aap.bsky.social
#archaeology
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Meet Dr. Claudine Gravel-Miguel. She is a quantitative archaeologist using cutting-edge computational modeling, geospatial tools, and machine learning to protect the past.
Based at the Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science (New Mexico Consortium).
Based at the Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science (New Mexico Consortium).
July 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Meet Dr. Claudine Gravel-Miguel. She is a quantitative archaeologist using cutting-edge computational modeling, geospatial tools, and machine learning to protect the past.
Based at the Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science (New Mexico Consortium).
Based at the Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science (New Mexico Consortium).
A case for better understanding the significance of the cultural landscape as a preservation, management, and decision making tool. Congrats to @archsw.bsky.social authors on this paper of the month recognition from the publisher!
The #PaperOfTheMonth from @saa-aap.bsky.social is 'Cultural Landscape Studies Help Match Cultural Resource Identification and Assessment Efforts to Undertaking Size and Complexity in the Section 106 Process' by John R. Welch et al., available #openaccess!
📚 https://cup.org/4kUttst
📚 https://cup.org/4kUttst
June 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A case for better understanding the significance of the cultural landscape as a preservation, management, and decision making tool. Congrats to @archsw.bsky.social authors on this paper of the month recognition from the publisher!
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At the Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology (CCSA), we know that some of the most meaningful insights in archaeology emerge when researchers work together across boundaries.
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
At the Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology (CCSA), we know that some of the most meaningful insights in archaeology emerge when researchers work together across boundaries.
Nice to see the Center for Collaborative Synthesis here on Bluesky! I look forward to hearing about their workshops, policy work, and publications
Synthesis brings together existing data, diverse perspectives, and collaborative research to answer questions that no single project could tackle alone. At CCSA, we lead and support synthesis initiatives that push the field forward and make it more relevant to society.
June 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Nice to see the Center for Collaborative Synthesis here on Bluesky! I look forward to hearing about their workshops, policy work, and publications
Cambridge University Press has assembled a collection of articles about ethics in archaeology, including many from Advances that consider how we work respectfully and how we engage with new technologies. www.cambridge.org/core/browse-...
June 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Cambridge University Press has assembled a collection of articles about ethics in archaeology, including many from Advances that consider how we work respectfully and how we engage with new technologies. www.cambridge.org/core/browse-...
I watched this in June 2020 and I needed a refresh in 2025. Still beyond inspiring, still on point, are we still doing this work? archaeology.columbia.edu/2020/06/27/v...
Video of panel on ‘Archaeology in the time of Black Lives Matter’
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June 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I watched this in June 2020 and I needed a refresh in 2025. Still beyond inspiring, still on point, are we still doing this work? archaeology.columbia.edu/2020/06/27/v...
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Neil Brodie thinks “out loud” about archaeological views on the #illicittrade and unprovenanced artifacts. Citing examples of illegally excavated ancient arms and armor, he raises questions about archaeological practices surrounding the study and #publication of such objects.
Examination of Archaeological Attitudes toward the Publication of Unprovenanced Antiquities: The Example of Ancient Arms and Armor | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Examination of Archaeological Attitudes toward the Publication of Unprovenanced Antiquities: The Example of Ancient Arms and Armor
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May 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Neil Brodie thinks “out loud” about archaeological views on the #illicittrade and unprovenanced artifacts. Citing examples of illegally excavated ancient arms and armor, he raises questions about archaeological practices surrounding the study and #publication of such objects.
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Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Scholarly Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Providing a Veneer of Legitimacy | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Scholarly Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Providing a Veneer of Legitimacy
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May 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future
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May 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...
For nine years I was privileged to be part of the team that edited Advances in Archaeological Practice. Allison Mickel now leads it forward and shares her vision: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
The Next Phase of Advances in Archaeological Practice: From the Incoming Editor « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
I remember when Volume 1, Issue 1 of Advances in Archaeological Practice (AAP) was published in 2013. I was a graduate student at the time, undertaking dissertation research on the processes of inclus...
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May 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For nine years I was privileged to be part of the team that edited Advances in Archaeological Practice. Allison Mickel now leads it forward and shares her vision: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Shawnee Tribes flag
May 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Shawnee Tribes flag
Chief Ben Barnes asks- what if we knew how much the US government spent to destroy Native cultures through boarding schools and used that amount- it today's dollars- to fund Native language retention program?
May 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Chief Ben Barnes asks- what if we knew how much the US government spent to destroy Native cultures through boarding schools and used that amount- it today's dollars- to fund Native language retention program?
Chief Ben Barnes Amazon book list for learning about the Shawnee: www.amazon.com/gp/profile/a...
- Shawnee book list
Benjamin J. Barnes
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May 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Chief Ben Barnes Amazon book list for learning about the Shawnee: www.amazon.com/gp/profile/a...