Hi All,
It's been a while since any of us have posted. Two days ago, I got an email from Dean Magleby (or at least an automated email from his office) asking for donations to FHSS.
This was my reply:
Dear Dean Magleby,
I will consider donating to the FHSS College when you decide to end your aggressive campaign against the Department of Anthropology, the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, and the Office of Public Archaeology.
These three institutions played a vital role in my professional development and their chronic under-funding and often outright neglect by the "powers that be" instills no desire in my heart to give back to my Alma Mater.
Sincerely,
Aaron Woods
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Experimental Archaeology Conference
Hey all,
I know it's been a loooong time since anything has been posted on the blog. No doubt we've all been busy. I would love to hear some updates and will provide some on myself as soon as Spring Break starts next week.
In the interim, I wanted to share some details about an upcoming experimental archaeology conference taking place in North Carolina (near Charlotte) October 14 – 16.
The call for papers was issued a few weeks ago and I probably will be going. Depends on travel costs, etc.
Here are a few more details:
Call For Papers and Posters for the 2nd Annual RE-ARC Conference:
Designing Experiments: Effective, Practical Applications for Meaningful Experimental Projects
Where: The Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, NC USA
When: October 14 – 16, 2011
RE-ARC is designed for anyone interested in the scientific application of reconstructive and experimental archaeology.
Deadline for submissions: August 30, 2011
Send paper titles, abstracts and full contact information to:
Attention: Mark Butler, 1110 McCrae Dr., Moncks Corner, SC 29461, USA.
Entries can also be emailed to: rearc@gmx.com
More information will soon be available at: http://www.rearc.us/
This may be out of many of your areas of interest, but it's a cause I still believe in and wanted to pass it along.
Another reason to push this conference is that I have been appointed to the editorial board of the journal Ethnoarchaeology and the journal is trying to establish a presence at the conference to attract submissions. For those of you unfamiliar with Ethnoarchaeology, I'd suggest you check it out and/or submit some stuff. There have been some great articles published recently and I'm excited to see it grow.
So, please feel free to pass these details on to friends and colleagues as you see fit. Good luck with the balance of the semester!
I know it's been a loooong time since anything has been posted on the blog. No doubt we've all been busy. I would love to hear some updates and will provide some on myself as soon as Spring Break starts next week.
In the interim, I wanted to share some details about an upcoming experimental archaeology conference taking place in North Carolina (near Charlotte) October 14 – 16.
The call for papers was issued a few weeks ago and I probably will be going. Depends on travel costs, etc.
Here are a few more details:
Call For Papers and Posters for the 2nd Annual RE-ARC Conference:
Designing Experiments: Effective, Practical Applications for Meaningful Experimental Projects
Where: The Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, NC USA
When: October 14 – 16, 2011
RE-ARC is designed for anyone interested in the scientific application of reconstructive and experimental archaeology.
Deadline for submissions: August 30, 2011
Send paper titles, abstracts and full contact information to:
Attention: Mark Butler, 1110 McCrae Dr., Moncks Corner, SC 29461, USA.
Entries can also be emailed to: rearc@gmx.com
More information will soon be available at: http://www.rearc.us/
This may be out of many of your areas of interest, but it's a cause I still believe in and wanted to pass it along.
Another reason to push this conference is that I have been appointed to the editorial board of the journal Ethnoarchaeology and the journal is trying to establish a presence at the conference to attract submissions. For those of you unfamiliar with Ethnoarchaeology, I'd suggest you check it out and/or submit some stuff. There have been some great articles published recently and I'm excited to see it grow.
So, please feel free to pass these details on to friends and colleagues as you see fit. Good luck with the balance of the semester!
Monday, September 27, 2010
A Call to Action
Hi everyone,
This morning, I received an email from Joel asking for me to write a few words regarding the role OPA played in my academic and professional development.
Apparently Dean Magelby and his cronies at the FHSS college are twirling their bowties in scrutiny of Uncle OPA.
Joel asked for a paragraph, but I ended up writing a letter. I'm sure many of you were also asked to write something about OPA, but I thought I'd post this in case Joel missed you. I'm sure he'd take unsolicited letters (paragraphs) regarding your esteem of OPA and a description of its value to you.
Here's a copy of my letter. Apologies for the length.
September 26th, 2010
Aaron R. Woods
Ph.D. Student
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy Mailstop 455003
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas NV 89154-5003
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
990 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84604
To Whom It May Concern,
It has been brought to my attention that once again, the Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) is being scrutinized by your college in regards to its contributions to student training and experience. I am writing this letter on behalf of OPA to provide some insight into the vital role this organization played in providing me with valuable, real-world skills. These skills have allowed me to find gainful employment and experience success in my current Ph.D. studies.
By way of introduction, my name is Aaron R. Woods. I received my BA (2005) and MA (2009) in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology from Brigham Young University. I am currently in my second year of Ph.D studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While attending BYU, I was an employee of OPA for six years.
In 2003, I became acquainted with Richard Talbot and Lane Richens at a BYU archaeological field school held in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument under the direction of Dr. Joel C. Janetski. During this field school, I was able to work closely with both Richard and Lane. This close working relationship helped me learn many things that contributed to my fledgling capabilities as an archaeologist. At field school, I received a mere introduction to the requisite knowledge and abilities necessary to function in an archaeological career. Therefore, I was very excited to be hired to work for OPA at the end of the 2003 field school.
During my time with OPA, I acquired key abilities that have enabled me to serve as a professional consultant, student supervisor, and contributing member of the anthropological community in recent years. For those unfamiliar with the world of archaeology, there are several skills needed in order to function in a professional capacity. Two of the most important are field research methods and report writing. OPA excels in both of these areas. Richard Talbot and Lane Richens are experts in current archaeological excavation and survey methods. The time I spent with them doing field research provided a vital foundation for subsequent archaeological investigations with other professors, institutions, and contract companies.
OPA is also to be commended for their excellent, well-researched, and visually stimulating field reports. The standards of research, prose, presentation, and delivery present in the reports and literature produced by OPA continue to surpass industry standards. As a student employee, I had numerous occasions to contribute to these reports. A significant portion of my curriculum vitae consists of reports and research performed while working for OPA. I am especially grateful for the time that OPA invested in teaching me valuable and marketable report writing skills. These abilities have facilitated and cemented many relationships with peers, professors, and potential employers outside of BYU.
Finally, it is necessary to mention the key role that OPA played in facilitating the research and writing of my Master’s thesis. Were it not for the financial support (student salary), generous access to archaeological collections, access to reports, and the use of OPA resources, my thesis would have never gotten off the ground. In addition, the numerous discussions I had with Richard Talbot and Lane Richens, both in and out of the office had significant impact on the theoretical perspectives present in my thesis and that I continue to utilize.
The Office of Public Archaeology is a vital institution that has contributed significantly to my career and the careers of numerous professional archaeologists. Dissolution and continued or amplified neglect of OPA by the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences would be/is a great a disservice to anthropology/archaeology students studying at BYU, professional archaeologists working the Great Basin, and the general scope of archaeological research concerning prehistoric and historic cultures present in the Great Basin and American Southwest. In addition, it is my opinion, that without an OPA-type organization present at BYU, the Department of Anthropology (and by default, the college of FHSS) will produce less skilled archaeology students that will experience a greater struggle to find employment in State, Federal, Private, or Academic positions. It is my hope that this letter and additional words and examples by my peers and colleagues will reiterate the important role that OPA has played in our education and preparation for life beyond the university setting.
Sincerely,
Aaron R. Woods
Ph.D. Student
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
This morning, I received an email from Joel asking for me to write a few words regarding the role OPA played in my academic and professional development.
Apparently Dean Magelby and his cronies at the FHSS college are twirling their bowties in scrutiny of Uncle OPA.
Joel asked for a paragraph, but I ended up writing a letter. I'm sure many of you were also asked to write something about OPA, but I thought I'd post this in case Joel missed you. I'm sure he'd take unsolicited letters (paragraphs) regarding your esteem of OPA and a description of its value to you.
Here's a copy of my letter. Apologies for the length.
September 26th, 2010
Aaron R. Woods
Ph.D. Student
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy Mailstop 455003
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas NV 89154-5003
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
990 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84604
To Whom It May Concern,
It has been brought to my attention that once again, the Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) is being scrutinized by your college in regards to its contributions to student training and experience. I am writing this letter on behalf of OPA to provide some insight into the vital role this organization played in providing me with valuable, real-world skills. These skills have allowed me to find gainful employment and experience success in my current Ph.D. studies.
By way of introduction, my name is Aaron R. Woods. I received my BA (2005) and MA (2009) in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology from Brigham Young University. I am currently in my second year of Ph.D studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While attending BYU, I was an employee of OPA for six years.
In 2003, I became acquainted with Richard Talbot and Lane Richens at a BYU archaeological field school held in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument under the direction of Dr. Joel C. Janetski. During this field school, I was able to work closely with both Richard and Lane. This close working relationship helped me learn many things that contributed to my fledgling capabilities as an archaeologist. At field school, I received a mere introduction to the requisite knowledge and abilities necessary to function in an archaeological career. Therefore, I was very excited to be hired to work for OPA at the end of the 2003 field school.
During my time with OPA, I acquired key abilities that have enabled me to serve as a professional consultant, student supervisor, and contributing member of the anthropological community in recent years. For those unfamiliar with the world of archaeology, there are several skills needed in order to function in a professional capacity. Two of the most important are field research methods and report writing. OPA excels in both of these areas. Richard Talbot and Lane Richens are experts in current archaeological excavation and survey methods. The time I spent with them doing field research provided a vital foundation for subsequent archaeological investigations with other professors, institutions, and contract companies.
OPA is also to be commended for their excellent, well-researched, and visually stimulating field reports. The standards of research, prose, presentation, and delivery present in the reports and literature produced by OPA continue to surpass industry standards. As a student employee, I had numerous occasions to contribute to these reports. A significant portion of my curriculum vitae consists of reports and research performed while working for OPA. I am especially grateful for the time that OPA invested in teaching me valuable and marketable report writing skills. These abilities have facilitated and cemented many relationships with peers, professors, and potential employers outside of BYU.
Finally, it is necessary to mention the key role that OPA played in facilitating the research and writing of my Master’s thesis. Were it not for the financial support (student salary), generous access to archaeological collections, access to reports, and the use of OPA resources, my thesis would have never gotten off the ground. In addition, the numerous discussions I had with Richard Talbot and Lane Richens, both in and out of the office had significant impact on the theoretical perspectives present in my thesis and that I continue to utilize.
The Office of Public Archaeology is a vital institution that has contributed significantly to my career and the careers of numerous professional archaeologists. Dissolution and continued or amplified neglect of OPA by the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences would be/is a great a disservice to anthropology/archaeology students studying at BYU, professional archaeologists working the Great Basin, and the general scope of archaeological research concerning prehistoric and historic cultures present in the Great Basin and American Southwest. In addition, it is my opinion, that without an OPA-type organization present at BYU, the Department of Anthropology (and by default, the college of FHSS) will produce less skilled archaeology students that will experience a greater struggle to find employment in State, Federal, Private, or Academic positions. It is my hope that this letter and additional words and examples by my peers and colleagues will reiterate the important role that OPA has played in our education and preparation for life beyond the university setting.
Sincerely,
Aaron R. Woods
Ph.D. Student
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A template change and call for content
Hi all, I've been pretty busy with excavations down in Mimbres, NM and I'm sure all of you have been pretty busy too.
I hope all of you are doing well.
I changed the format of the blog a little. Blogger has recently provided all sorts of new format/layout options that are pretty cool. I hope you like the new design. If not, please let me know.
Here's an update from me:
For the entire month of June, I worked in the little town of Mimbres, NM excavating a the Harris Site, a Late Pithouse Period (AD 500-1000) site. The Harris Site is located on a large, flat terrace overlooking the Mimbres River and a large flood plain. In the 1920s, Emil Haury excavated several pithouses, but was mainly worried about the architecture and distinguishing Mimbres/Mogollon from the Anasazi. To his credit, Haury left several unexcavated pithouses on the site and Henry Stewart, the current land owner, has allowed Barb Roth to perform excavations there for the past few years.
This season, we excavated four pithouses and a few extra-mural areas. I was also lucky enough to go down slope and test a Classic Period (AD 1000-1250) pueblo! The pithouses all yielded some great stuff including numerous shell bracelets, a chunk of smelted and worked copper, a figurine, some turquoise and shell beads, and many, many ceramics. Also, we uncovered about 10 burials.
One of the cool phenomena that Barb has discovered in the past three years is the presence of pots that have been plastered into the floor near the hearth. This practice of plastered pots in floors has been found in three different pithouses. All of the pithouses are from different time periods. Barb suspects that this may be a familial tradition that is being passed on.
The pueblo was fun to dig, but since I only dug two 1x2 m trenches, we did not collect much data. We did however, get a good map and a better idea of where I will be digging next year.
This is only a brief blurb, if you have any questions, let me know.
Harris Site Overview
Final Photo of a pithouse
Another pithouse
Final photo of a pithouse, is that a possible deflector stone by the photo board/hearth?
Pithouse with pot in floor (its that little black circle just right of center)
Removal of pot
Barb holding removed pot
Shell pendant
Bone Awl
Animal Figurine
Turquoise bead/ polished frag.
Axe head found on pithouse floor
Remember when you all took your BYU MA comps and wrote about fish on Mimbres pots? Here's one just for fun. Found at a museum. Not our site, unfortunately.
I hope all of you are doing well.
I changed the format of the blog a little. Blogger has recently provided all sorts of new format/layout options that are pretty cool. I hope you like the new design. If not, please let me know.
Here's an update from me:
For the entire month of June, I worked in the little town of Mimbres, NM excavating a the Harris Site, a Late Pithouse Period (AD 500-1000) site. The Harris Site is located on a large, flat terrace overlooking the Mimbres River and a large flood plain. In the 1920s, Emil Haury excavated several pithouses, but was mainly worried about the architecture and distinguishing Mimbres/Mogollon from the Anasazi. To his credit, Haury left several unexcavated pithouses on the site and Henry Stewart, the current land owner, has allowed Barb Roth to perform excavations there for the past few years.
This season, we excavated four pithouses and a few extra-mural areas. I was also lucky enough to go down slope and test a Classic Period (AD 1000-1250) pueblo! The pithouses all yielded some great stuff including numerous shell bracelets, a chunk of smelted and worked copper, a figurine, some turquoise and shell beads, and many, many ceramics. Also, we uncovered about 10 burials.
One of the cool phenomena that Barb has discovered in the past three years is the presence of pots that have been plastered into the floor near the hearth. This practice of plastered pots in floors has been found in three different pithouses. All of the pithouses are from different time periods. Barb suspects that this may be a familial tradition that is being passed on.
The pueblo was fun to dig, but since I only dug two 1x2 m trenches, we did not collect much data. We did however, get a good map and a better idea of where I will be digging next year.
This is only a brief blurb, if you have any questions, let me know.
Harris Site Overview
Final Photo of a pithouse
Another pithouse
Final photo of a pithouse, is that a possible deflector stone by the photo board/hearth?
Pithouse with pot in floor (its that little black circle just right of center)
Removal of pot
Barb holding removed pot
Shell pendant
Bone Awl
Animal Figurine
Turquoise bead/ polished frag.
Axe head found on pithouse floor
Remember when you all took your BYU MA comps and wrote about fish on Mimbres pots? Here's one just for fun. Found at a museum. Not our site, unfortunately.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Back with Uncle OPA
So after a long and difficult job search, I was hired for a year by OPA. I guess it is time for me to put in my time and pay my dues. We are in Kanab in southern Utah working on the Jackson Flats Reservoir project, which should last until at least the end of August. The archaeology so far is predominantly Basketmaker and is really fascinating. It's great to be working with good people and to be back in the dirt for a change.
As for the dissertation, I finished just two days before our family moved out to Utah. I'll try to get a link to the pdf up soon for those interested. Nothing like getting that monkey off your back. Well, I hope everyone is doing well.
Mike
As for the dissertation, I finished just two days before our family moved out to Utah. I'll try to get a link to the pdf up soon for those interested. Nothing like getting that monkey off your back. Well, I hope everyone is doing well.
Mike
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Fremont Book, SAAs, and what are you doing for your summer vacation?
Hi everyone,
I was sorry to have missed you all at the SAAs, so I'm looking forward to next year in Sacramento. Also, GBAC in Layton? Anyone? Anyone?
Today, I was perusing the shelves of the Lied Library here at UNLV and noticed a shiny new book called The Fremont Culture. At least, I thought it was new (October 2009). Turns out its a reprint of Gunnerson's 1967 book on the Fremont. This may be old news to some, but I thought it was pretty cool and it can be yours for the price of $19.95. One word of caution, it does contain a new forward by our favorite archaeological elf, Steve Simms but it's pretty harmless.
So, how were the SAAs? Any great papers? I keep hearing about a pre-clovis paper involving mammoth bones and bulbs of percussion. What else was of interest?
Finally, what are all of your spring/summer plans? I will be heading to Mimbres, New Mexico to work on some pithouse excavations with Barb Roth. After that, I may do some work for Geo-Marine Inc. as a sub-contractor (if they decide to hire me again) and hang out in the labs at UNLV analyzing groundstone for Barb.
Hope all of you are well.
I was sorry to have missed you all at the SAAs, so I'm looking forward to next year in Sacramento. Also, GBAC in Layton? Anyone? Anyone?
Today, I was perusing the shelves of the Lied Library here at UNLV and noticed a shiny new book called The Fremont Culture. At least, I thought it was new (October 2009). Turns out its a reprint of Gunnerson's 1967 book on the Fremont. This may be old news to some, but I thought it was pretty cool and it can be yours for the price of $19.95. One word of caution, it does contain a new forward by our favorite archaeological elf, Steve Simms but it's pretty harmless.
So, how were the SAAs? Any great papers? I keep hearing about a pre-clovis paper involving mammoth bones and bulbs of percussion. What else was of interest?
Finally, what are all of your spring/summer plans? I will be heading to Mimbres, New Mexico to work on some pithouse excavations with Barb Roth. After that, I may do some work for Geo-Marine Inc. as a sub-contractor (if they decide to hire me again) and hang out in the labs at UNLV analyzing groundstone for Barb.
Hope all of you are well.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Oh so off topic...
Couldn't resist showing off my little critter even though it's too cold and he's still a little small for a FoF-themed shot. Someday, there will be a photo shoot in sagebrush...
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Merry Christmas
I thought a scene of Mr. and Mrs. Fremont chopping down a Christmas tree would be fun this year. All apologies to Photoshop and Mr. Ure.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Be Cool, Stay in School
Just a friendly reminder to the academics to keep on pushing through those comps and dissertations... and a congratulations to the MA's who have found substantial employment. ; )
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351169/Man-lives-in-Moab-cave.html
(I especially got a laugh out of the caption to the main photo.)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351169/Man-lives-in-Moab-cave.html
(I especially got a laugh out of the caption to the main photo.)
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
The Search
To all those searching for jobs, here is a report from the trenches:
I attended the AAA meetings this past week and ventured into the infamous "Placement Center." This is the room where you meet behind a curtain to sell yourself shamelessly for a position that 30 others are likely interviewing for. First, there were only 4 archaeology faculty positions for which interviews were being held. I interviewed with the one that I fit, and it is only a visiting position at a small school in Ohio. I did receive word from 2 other universities that I did not make their short lists. They indicated that each position garnered over 120 applications each. From this report, it seems safe to say that the market is saturated with PhDs. On top of that, departments are cutting funding, slashing positions (as they are being vacated, which has happened with 3 positions here at OU), and thickening the ice on job freezes (BYU included). It sounds all gloom and doom, and I admit that it is. Still have yet to hear from 11+ universities/colleges, so we'll see. I'd love to hear others' experiences, especially what Dave and Chris are seeing out there. Lay-tar.
Mike
I attended the AAA meetings this past week and ventured into the infamous "Placement Center." This is the room where you meet behind a curtain to sell yourself shamelessly for a position that 30 others are likely interviewing for. First, there were only 4 archaeology faculty positions for which interviews were being held. I interviewed with the one that I fit, and it is only a visiting position at a small school in Ohio. I did receive word from 2 other universities that I did not make their short lists. They indicated that each position garnered over 120 applications each. From this report, it seems safe to say that the market is saturated with PhDs. On top of that, departments are cutting funding, slashing positions (as they are being vacated, which has happened with 3 positions here at OU), and thickening the ice on job freezes (BYU included). It sounds all gloom and doom, and I admit that it is. Still have yet to hear from 11+ universities/colleges, so we'll see. I'd love to hear others' experiences, especially what Dave and Chris are seeing out there. Lay-tar.
Mike
Friday, November 20, 2009
Completing the Circuit
By way of announcement, the first North Creek Shelter manuscript--of many to come--has been accepted for publication by Kiva. (Well, there was a general article on NCS "published" in the proceedings of the 2006 GSENM Science Symposium, but that only counts on CV's.) Dr. Yoder took the lead on this one (along with Dr. J, Mark Bodily, and myself) in describing the onset of early small seed processing on the Colorado Plateau. (One of the few thing's we'll need to fix is getting our figures into Kiva's tiny hobbit format.)
The groundstone assemblage at the site was just one series of the crap-ton of artifacts we pulled out of that place over 5 seasons of work. So keep an ear out for more to come within the next year. The next one on the list is a fatty descriptive paper that we'll be submitting to American Antiquity before the end of the year, and each of us has at least 3-5 separate other articles in mind to take the lead on. Oh, and the upper levels (Archaic, Fremont, Late Prehistoric) haven't really been touched yet, so if anyone's looking for a future project let us know.
The groundstone assemblage at the site was just one series of the crap-ton of artifacts we pulled out of that place over 5 seasons of work. So keep an ear out for more to come within the next year. The next one on the list is a fatty descriptive paper that we'll be submitting to American Antiquity before the end of the year, and each of us has at least 3-5 separate other articles in mind to take the lead on. Oh, and the upper levels (Archaic, Fremont, Late Prehistoric) haven't really been touched yet, so if anyone's looking for a future project let us know.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Cal Porter during Glen Canyon, 1960
Joel sent this out to various people and I was forwarded a copy (thanks, Brad). Since no one has posted it yet, I thought I would. Cal is on the far left with the glasses, beard, and dark button-down shirt. To Cal's left, I recognize Don Fowler, but the rest of them don't look familiar.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Origins of Agriculture
I've been taking a class from Alan Simmons here at UNLV about the origins of agriculture. We're finally moving into the New World origins. After several thought provoking weeks of push-pull model discussions, HBE, and several other theories, it seems like we haven't resolved anything. We have only determined that reasons for adopting agriculture are too diverse to be attributed to just one catalyst.
I agree with that on many levels, however, I'd love to hear what the rest of you think. Since this blog IS called Friends of the Fremont, and the url is fremontfarmers.blogspot.com, what elelments do you fellow FoFs think were essential to the adoption of agriculture?
I agree with that on many levels, however, I'd love to hear what the rest of you think. Since this blog IS called Friends of the Fremont, and the url is fremontfarmers.blogspot.com, what elelments do you fellow FoFs think were essential to the adoption of agriculture?
Friday, August 28, 2009
The saga continues.
It's hard to care much about all of this Range Creek stuff anymore, but I lament the fact that we will not see much (or any) of the data. Visions of PVAP...
Utah to turn over fabled Range Creek canyon to U. of U. archaeologists - Salt Lake Tribune
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Props to Holly
Since Holly may not post this herself, I thought I'd let everyone know that our very own Holly Raymond-Hughes has been hired on by Geo-Marine as a full-time project archaeologist for their St. George, Utah office.
I have no other details, but just want to say congratulations, Holly!
I have no other details, but just want to say congratulations, Holly!
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Creationist Museum Gets Hard Dose of Reality
A few years ago we ran a story on museums catered to evangelical groups who believe that dinosaurs and humans lived together on Earth.
Well...they are back in the news again. This time, for tax fraud. Not paying your taxes sics the Feds on you and I'm pretty sure it makes Baby Jesus cry.
Apparently, there is still a museum like this in Kentucky. Here's a crazy photo set from flickr of that museum. I'm betting the museum that was shut down in Florida had similar fare.
On a related note, I found this hilarious t-shirt. Enjoy.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Do you realize.....that everyone you know someday will die?
Gentlemen (and das ladies)
It has taken 11 long years, but on Monday I had my dissertation defense. I passed with no revisions! Freakin SWEET! The only thing left to do is some minor paperwork and submit the manuscript (oh, and hide an easter egg somewhere in that 277 page beast). Once I have the final copy in PDF form maybe one of you tech savy types can post it on here for me.
It feels good my friends, it feels good.
It has taken 11 long years, but on Monday I had my dissertation defense. I passed with no revisions! Freakin SWEET! The only thing left to do is some minor paperwork and submit the manuscript (oh, and hide an easter egg somewhere in that 277 page beast). Once I have the final copy in PDF form maybe one of you tech savy types can post it on here for me.
It feels good my friends, it feels good.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Where's AJ?
Now that my field work for Geo-Marine is finished and I'm stuck doing lab work, I've got more time to post. While staying in Mtn. Home, Idaho I noticed this establishment next to our motel.
The food was horrible, but the name served as a catalyst to wonder where everyone's favorite mentor/idol/crack archaeologist has gone.
Dang it, AJ what are you up to?
The food was horrible, but the name served as a catalyst to wonder where everyone's favorite mentor/idol/crack archaeologist has gone.
Dang it, AJ what are you up to?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Attn: Looters
Check out who the BLM and FBI just arrested...24 of Utah's finest looters!
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12561194
Is that a microphone in your shirt, or some strange growth?
Props to the undercover agents involved!
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12561194
Is that a microphone in your shirt, or some strange growth?
Props to the undercover agents involved!
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
SIRs, General Updates?
Since some of you are finished with school for the rest of your lives, and others are merely done with another semester, what's going on in your lives?
Where are you working? How is your research going? How are things in general?
I'll start:
Winter 2009 semester went well. I finished up my thesis after a rough defense and some edits that should have been suggested during the editing process. My thesis is not yet available (online) since I don't technically graduate until August.
I got a sweet job offer from Geo-Marine Inc. I'm working up in Mt. Home, Idaho on the Saylor Creek Range portion of the Air Force Range. We are testing certain sites on the range for buried deposits. We're working with late Paleo and early Archaic sites. Lots of Haskett, Cascade, and Northern Side-notched points.
Holly Raymond-Hughes is also working with GMI on this same project.
After the testing on the AFB is finished, GMI has subcontracted me to do the analysis of the chipped stone assemblage and write up the results for the final report.
In August, I'll be moving to Las Vegas to pursue a PhD at UNLV. I'll be working with Barb Roth and, to a lesser degree, Karen Harry. Most likely, I'll end up doing something in the Mimbres/Mogollon area regarding foraging to farming transitions.
That's about it for me. I'd love to hear what the rest of the FoF are doing.
Where are you working? How is your research going? How are things in general?
I'll start:
Winter 2009 semester went well. I finished up my thesis after a rough defense and some edits that should have been suggested during the editing process. My thesis is not yet available (online) since I don't technically graduate until August.
I got a sweet job offer from Geo-Marine Inc. I'm working up in Mt. Home, Idaho on the Saylor Creek Range portion of the Air Force Range. We are testing certain sites on the range for buried deposits. We're working with late Paleo and early Archaic sites. Lots of Haskett, Cascade, and Northern Side-notched points.
Holly Raymond-Hughes is also working with GMI on this same project.
After the testing on the AFB is finished, GMI has subcontracted me to do the analysis of the chipped stone assemblage and write up the results for the final report.
In August, I'll be moving to Las Vegas to pursue a PhD at UNLV. I'll be working with Barb Roth and, to a lesser degree, Karen Harry. Most likely, I'll end up doing something in the Mimbres/Mogollon area regarding foraging to farming transitions.
That's about it for me. I'd love to hear what the rest of the FoF are doing.
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