Here Comes #SHA2016
For over a decade I have been traveling around the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for the yearly Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) conference. I always have a good time,...
View ArticleWhat happened at #SHA2016 besides the Seahawks winning again
Archaeologists like to think of themselves as progressive. We believe we are above the meanderings of the rest of society. Enmeshed in our academic achievements and intellectualism, it’s easy to see...
View ArticleWhat happens when a cultural resource management company becomes a community...
Tweet Fifty years ago, United States legislators signed a law that intended to use historic preservation to make the world better for future generations. This decision did not come out of thin air. It...
View ArticleAt the dawn of historic preservation in the United States
Tweet I wasn’t truly a morning person until my son was born. I was still doing cultural resource management archaeology fieldwork at the time—running crews during the day and coming home to be...
View ArticleSee you at the 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference
Tweet Aside from its nickname—The Biggest Little City in the World—I only know two things about Reno, Nevada: It’s the stage for the comical show “Reno 911” and it is the site of the final bowling...
View ArticleDoes historic Preservation contribute to gentrification?
Tweet As I complete my PhD studies at the University of Arizona, I’ve been offered a position in a much larger Western city (not Phoenix, thank god). My wife, kids, and I are contemplating taking the...
View ArticleHow we can Buy into Historic Preservation, Part I
Tweet (This is the first in a two-part series on how cultural resource management professionals can further historic preservation by purchasing properties with historical buildings or archaeological...
View ArticleHow we can Buy into Historic Preservation, Part II
Tweet (This is the second in a two-part series on how cultural resource management professionals can further historic preservation by purchasing properties with historical buildings or archaeological...
View ArticleHow should we conserve Confederate heritage?
Tweet The pain was so great, it took me a few days to digest what happened last week before I could write. The events that went down in Charlottesville have been on many minds. That tends to happen...
View ArticleAfrican American Burial Grounds Need Protection
Tweet Archaeologists Cheryl LaRoche and Michael Blakey (1997) described how construction at a the Ted Weiss Federal Building in New York City ground to a halt under withering protests from New York...
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