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English Countryside Interludes: Bat’s Castle & Whortleberry Jam 27 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
The gorse was dense and packed with brambles that caught and cut. There was patchwork-pretty countryside all around us, neatly divided by hedges and dotted with sheep and thatch roofs, but this ...
“Found any gold?” Piggott in the Pub 19 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
The Sutton Hoo Belt Buckle, courtesy of the British Museum. Stuart Piggott is my academic grandfather–the advisor of my advisor–and I’m sad that I never got to meet him, because all the stories I’ve ...
Gone Home: Materiality & the Enchantment of the Mundane 18 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
I didn’t expect to spend several hours this weekend playing a video game, but the buzz around Gone Home was too much to ignore. The premise is incredibly simple yet breathtakingly elegant: during a da...
English Countryside Interlude 4 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
“It is going to be bitter.” There were two that looked acceptable, one still slightly auburn, but that could be overlooked. I leaned over the low stone wall and tugged the berries off the bramble. I ...
Mount Everest and Romney’s Kendal Mint Cake 22 Jul 2013 | 08:01 pm
It was probably the old-timey packaging that attracted my attention. Nestled in-between the CLIF and LUNA energy bars was a slim, indigo blue wrapper that would not have been out of place on old money...
Flaked Glass Tools & Leprosy in Paradise 12 Jul 2013 | 01:59 pm
Back in 2008 I worked with my good friends James Flexner and Jesse Stephens on Moloka’i, the 5th largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago. We recorded surface middens and opened up very small excava...
Avatars, Aging, Coins, and the Queen 8 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
Never touch your avatar photo. I received this sage advice from a fairly prominent social media person to never change your avatar photos, particularly your Twitter photo. It is your brand and people...
Where in the World is Single Context Archaeology (part 2) 5 Jul 2013 | 07:11 pm
Back in 2010 I posted about my previous initiation into Single Context methodology and used Google Wave to create a collectively edited map. Here is an excerpt of the original post: Single context re...
ASOR Blog Post: Turning Dirt into Pixels 26 Jun 2013 | 05:55 pm
I was honored to be asked to contribute to the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)Archaeology in the Digital Age theme this month on their blog. Check out an excerpt here and follow through t...
In 2013, I Circumnavigated the Earth 11 Jun 2013 | 09:38 pm
I was walking through the courtyard of King’s Manor, the exquisite old brick building that houses the York Archaeology department and I had one of those strangely self-aware moments. The courtyard is ...
