Cambridge Core BlogMake networking ‘work’: Archaeologists talk meetings, mileage and movement in 2020
Editors of Cambridge archaeology journals tell us how they balance international travel with maintaining close relationships in a changing global landscape.
Tag archive: Archaeology
Human-Environment dynamics on the shore of Lake Cahuilla
My recent research along the relic shorelines of Lake Cahuilla has been somewhat of a tangent for me. I’ve spent most, if not all, of my professional career investigating archaeological shell middens along Pacific coastlines and offshore islands.…
The challenge of spatial data availability in 21st century archaeology
In our article, we argue that the future of ‘dates as data’ approaches for paleo demographic research requires precise spatial data, which depends on the development of new heritage management policies concerning the accessibility of archaeological data.
Intestinal parasites at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Must Farm, in the Fens of East Anglia, UK (920-790 BC)
The paper ‘Intestinal parasites at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Must Farm, in the Fens of East Anglia, UK (920-790 BC)‘ published in Parasitology this summer has garnered much attention by the media, so we have made it freely available to read and download.…
Born-digital photography: not all prints are created equal
A few years ago, I opted to take on the overwhelming task of organizing and digitizing the records associated with the legacy collections at the Natural History Museum of Utah.…
Prehistoric puma poo reveals oldest parasite DNA ever recorded
The paper: “Ancient parasitic DNA reveals Toxascaris leonina presence in Final Pleistocene of South America“ is freely available for a month.…
How to make the data and code for your manuscript available to peer reviewers ‘before’ making it public
It’s no surprise to any internet user that the way we communicate is rapidly changing. For example, in the distant past, we learned the news of the world by reading a few paragraphs of tiny text in hard copies of newspapers.…
Pursuing the prayerstone hypothesis
Incised stones have long attracted my attention because of the large assemblage (more than 400) that we excavated at Gatecliff Shelter. My interest was recently re-awakened after learning of Southern Paiute oral histories about the use of incised stones as prayerstones, and I reached out to indigenous colleagues in the Great Basin...
A new approach to digital heritage and archaeology
We’ve entered a golden age in which digital methods and computational approaches have opened exciting new avenues for research, management, documentation, preservation, access, and public engagement in archaeology and heritage.…
The archaeology of home: Chinese migrants in transnational perspective
In the 19th century, more than 2.5 million Chinese left the Pearl River Delta to venture abroad, travelling in search of work and economic opportunity.…
Curating large skeletal collections: An example from the ancient Maya site of Copan, Honduras
Fifteen years ago it seemed my dreams were coming true. Jane Buikstra had just agreed to take me on as her PhD student and I was invited to begin an inventory of the skeletal remains at Copan, Honduras.…
Early American dogs from the Midwest
There are some things that we take for granted, but for those of us who own dogs, our pets aren’t one of them.…