Hotels on the Weekend and Fire Season - CRMArch 143
Sonia and Chris start the episode by discussing something we saw on Facebook - which is something no one should do! Anyway, should archaeologists get per diem on the weekends on long term projects? We have our opinions. We spend the rest of the episode talking about the rough fire season in the western U.S. and how to deal with smoke and fire's effects on archaeology.
Links
- Selecting a Smoke Mask - California Version
- Selecting a Smoke Mask - Washington State Version
- Fire Archaeology Episode of the CRM Arch Podcast
- Neil Wientraub and Fire Archaeology Episode of The Archaeology Show
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Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Chris W @Archeowebby,@DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet;
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- Bill White: Succinct Research
- Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology
- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Lithophones, The Original Rock Music - TAS 47
Similar in technology and acoustic style to the xylophone, lithopones are rocks that have been used to make music and sounds for thousands of years and all over the planet. Long and usually skinny, lithophones are rocks that are either natural or have been shaped to produce certain sounds or notes. On today's episode we talk to Marilyn Martorano about her research into lithophones in the American Southwest.
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Contact
Chris Webster
Using Tech in Challenging Areas with Bill White - ArchaeoTech 85
Bill White is a CRM Archaeologist and professor at UC Berkeley. He's ran projects in a variety of conditions and locations and today he joins us to talk about the challenges of using tech on projects in challenging areas.
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App of the Day
Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
Updates - HeVo 19.1
On today’s podcast Lyle and I talk about what we’ve been up to for the past two years since we started working on the podcast. We talk about a few of our favorite past episodes and give a teaser for the upcoming episodes. We also talk a lot about the new non-profit that a group of us ethnographers have founded called Living Heritage Research Council and what we would like to do with it in the future. Also, we talk about the sweet logo that Lyle designed and how you can get your own swag with it on there (see the links below)!
LHRC collaborates with indigenous and local communities to preserve, interpret, and celebrate places that tell us who we are and where we come from. We focus on community-driven heritage research, outreach, and empowerment. We connect communities and policy makers to preserve culturally important landscapes and collective histories for future generations.
Links
Episode 10 (Hopi Museum)- https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/heritagevoices/10
Episode 15 (Bears Ears National Monument) https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/heritagevoices/15
Episode 19- Publishing- Dr. Lisa Hardy, Sarah Herr, Dr. Kathleen Van Vlack, and Dr. David Martinez
Episode 13- Ethnography, Videography, and Public Anthropology- Dr. Sean Gantt
Sally Crum’s book “People of the Red Earth: American Indians of Colorado”- https://www.amazon.com/People-Red-Earth-American-Colorado/dp/1932738762
Photography by Neal Savage- https://www.facebook.com/PhotographybyNealSavage?fref=ts
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Competition Amongst Archaeologists - CRMArch 142
From academic positions to field positions to contracts archaeologists find themselves in a race to the bottom competing with each other in an already strapped industry. Why does this happen and how can we fix it? We toss out some of our ideas on this episode.
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Blogs:
- Bill White: Succinct Research
- Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology
- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Amache Japanese Incarceration Center Field School Report - Archaeology 46
April is back from field school! This was the 10th year anniversary of the Amache Field School, run by Dr. Bonnie Clark of the University of Denver. April is a Co-Director of the field school and she has a report on what the did, what they found, and what's next. Amache is a fascinating place with a complicated history. If you have questions, please reach out and we'll get them to the right people.
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Preventing Data Loss - ArchaeoTech 84
Data loss is one of the most terrifying things an archaeologist, or any scientist, fears. To have all that hard work, and sometimes un-replicable work, lost because of something that you could ultimately control is something we don't like to think about. But, we have to. Especially as archaeology goes more into the digital realm all field archaeologists have to think about how they are preserving and backing up their data not only in the field but at every step of the process. Paul and Chris talk about this problem and some possible solutions on today's episode.
Links
- Wildnote
- Tap Forms
- SanDisk WiFi Connect
- Time Machine
- BackBlaze
- CrashPlan
- Barracuda
- Dropbox
- SpiderOak
- Google Drive Filestream
App of the Day
- Chris: All Trails
- Paul: GuitarTuna
Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
Creating a Universal Site Form - CRMArch 141
Is it possible? Can a universal site form really cover all sites? Stephen, Doug, and Chris discuss the possibilities, problems, and practicality of this idea. Tell us what you think!
Links
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Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Chris W @Archeowebby,@DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet;
Blogs:
- Bill White: Succinct Research
- Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology
- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Publishing - Heritage Voices 19
On Today’s episode, Jessica hosts a panel focused on publishing. The panel includes Dr. Lisa Hardy (Editor of one of the Society for Applied Anthropology’s (SFAA) journals, Practicing Anthropology), Sarah Herr (Editor of one of the Society for American Archaeology’s (SAA) journals, Advances in Archaeological Practice), Dr. Kathleen Van Vlack (Editor of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology’s (HPSFAA) journal The Applied Anthropologist), and Dr. David Martinez (Akimel O’odham, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University). Unfortunately, due to some last minute technical difficulties, Lyle was unable to join the call as co-host and panelist. Also, we actually recorded this episode back in March, so you may notice that things we mentioned happened awhile ago, so sorry about all that. We talked about everyone’s experience with publishing, tips for those who are interesting in publishing, challenges with diversity in publishing, and where they would like to see publishing going in the future. These amazing editors look forward to working with you towards publishing in their journals!
Links
- Advances in Archaeological Practice- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice
- Arizona State University American Indian Studies- https://americanindian.clas.asu.edu/
- The Applied Anthropologist- http://www.hpsfaa.org/The_Applied_Anthropologist
- Practicing Anthropology Blog- https://practicinganthropologyblog.wordpress.com/
- The Politics of Citation: Is the Peer Review Process Biased Against Indigenous Academics? - http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/decolonizing-the-classroom-is-there-space-for-indigenous-knowledge-in-academia-1.4544984/the-politics-of-citation-is-the-peer-review-process-biased-against-indigenous-academics-1.4547468
- Archaeology Southwest Magazine- Bears Ears: Sacred and Threatened- https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw32-1/
- The book Kathleen did her first book review on (Ordeal of Change: The Southern Utes and their Neighbors by Francis Leon Quintana)- https://books.google.com/books/about/Ordeal_of_Change.html?id=YXrD6xNG_gQC
- Desert Archaeology Blog- https://desert.com/blog/
- 'Life of the Indigenous Mind: Vine Deloria Jr and the Birth of the Red Power Movement'-Title of Dr. Martinez’s book he mentioned on Vine Deloria and including the Standing Rock Sioux Activists. University of Nebraska Press, expected Spring 2019.
- First Advances in Archaeological Practice Podcast Digital Review- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice/article/middens-and-microphones-podcasting-as-digital-public-outreach-in-archaeology/7F2101241830D80F91E8170606A9F5B9
- Advances in Archaeological Practice Free Digital Reviews- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice/free-digital-reviews
- High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology- http://www.hpsfaa.org/
Contact
Data Beyond the Archive in (Digital) Archaeology - ArchaeoTech 83
Today Chris and Paul discuss an article from the May 2018 issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice, a journal from the Society for American Archaeology. It's an article that summarizes the rest of this special journal issue that is all about the reuse of archived data. It's a real issue in archaeology and we dive in on this episode.
Links
App of the Day
- Chris: Piano Tiles 2
- Paul: Oh, Ranger!
Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
Introducing ArchaeoAnimals - Animals 0
Welcome to a brand new podcast from the Archaeology Podcast Network - ArchaeoAnimals! Our hosts, Alex Fitzpatrick and Simona Falanga, will guide you through the world of animals, humans, and archaeology. This first episode will tell you what the show's about and a little about Alex and Simona.
Links
- Follow #archaeoanimals on Twitter.
Contact
- Alex Fitzpatrick
- Twitter: @archaeologyfitz
- Simona Falanga
- Twitter: @CrazyBoneLady
- Music
- "Coconut - (dyalla remix)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY
Is There Preservation in CRM? CRMArch 140
Everyone see preservation differently. Is excavation preservation? Is saving the data preservation? Is not doing anything at all preservation? What does it mean to you? On today's episode we explore this topic and giver our own opinions on what preservation means to us.
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- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Archworld I : Virtualisation for the Masses - Anarchaeologist - Episode 49
Bring yourself online.....
The HBO drama Westworld has entered its second season, dealing with a robot revolt and what it means to be Artificial Intelligence and by extension, human. All against a backdrop of America's favourite cultural setting, the Wild West. Tristan uses Westworld to introduce his multi episode series on virtual archaeology and the importance of thinking about representation of archaeology; do we want a fun and engaging history that allows people to explore or should we let people "peek behind the curtain" in order to be more honest.
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Music - Danny Boyle
Holographic Overture
Alone at a Bar at 3am
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Current News and New Shows for 2018 - TAS 45
It's just Chris today! April is out on her field school. Chris talks about some current archaeology in the news and gives his take on the stories. He also talks about three great new shows coming to the Archaeology Podcast Network this summer.
Links
- https://www.9news.com/article/news/du-students-preserving-local-history-through-archaeology/73-566445539
- https://www.archaeology.org/news/6746-180625-egypt-skeletons-cancer
- https://www.archaeology.org/news/6753-180627-maya-chocolate-money
- https://nypost.com/2018/06/21/what-archaeologists-digging-at-woodstock-hope-to-find/
- https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/soccer-world-cup-origins-mesoamerica-ball-games-archaeology-science/
Contact
- Chris Webster
Is Digital Preservation Really "Preservation"? - ArchaeoTech 82
Today we talk about digital preservation in archaeology and history. Is digital preservation really preservation? Is it possible to preserve something 100% digitally? Send us your answers and thoughts to these questions.
Links
App of the Day
- Chris: Vectornator
- Paul: Google Arts and Culture
Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
Crafting Company Policy for the Employee - CRMArch 139
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We started today's show talking about drive time again but with a couple different hosts - Sonia and Doug. But, it's really a discussion about employee welfare and how to craft company policy so that it doesn't damage that. Is it possible? Should companies do it? There are some differing opinions and we're interested in yours.
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- Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology
- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Tribal Collaboration on the Lower Colorado River - HeVo 18
What happens to a people when the river no longer flows to them? Or it flows, but no longer supports the associated plant and animal communities so important to their culture? What do they do about it? Today’s podcast features Nora McDowell, former Fort Mohave Indian Tribe Tribal Councilwoman and Jill McCormick, Historic Preservation Officer for the Quechan Tribe and the former Cultural Resources Manager and Archaeologist for the Cocopah Indian Tribe for 12 years. They talk about their collaborative efforts with other tribes in both the US and Mexico towards environmental, cultural, and spiritual restoration of the Lower Colorado River. We also talk about natural resources as cultural resources, improving tribal consultation and representation, and how to manage competing interests from various groups, as well as within a tribe.
“This episode is dedicated to Mr. Dale Phillips (1946 – 2016), Former Vice-Chairman, Cocopah Indian Tribe.  It was his concept, that is the basis for the creation of the Tribal River Vision project.  Mr. Phillips was a respected Tribal Leader, Bird Song singer, Spiritual and Cultural mentor who touched many lives both inside and outside of Indian Country.  His vision of a “Mighty Colorado River” that once again reached the delta was the inspiration of this work.  His love of both the cultural and natural world and the responsibilities of the Tribes to protect these entities are the guiding force for the vision of the future of the Colorado River.  We are honored to continue this work in his name and dedicated to seeing the Vision shared and realized.”
Links
- National Congress of American Indians
- Native American Rights Fund
- American Indian Resource Center
- Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona- Tribal Leaders Water Policy Council
- Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest
- ACRA Ethnography Basics Webinar (Jessica Yaquinto and Dr. Sean Gantt)
Contact
- Jessica
- Jill McCormick
- Nora McDowell
The Funny Thing About Science - TAS 44
On June 1st Chris Webster and Comedian Brian Woods did a live science and comedy show at the Reno Collective in Reno, Nevada. I'm posting it here because it's very relevent to this group.
WARNING: There is quite a bit of profanity and some off-color jokes in this episode. It might not be suitable for some audiences.
Tech Grab Bag - ArchaeoTech 81
We had a few topics to discuss that we've been putting off so we gathered them all here. A few of the things we talk about on this episode include AR in archaeology, APIs and data shuttles, and a few other things.
App of the Day
- Webby: MotivateMe
- Paul: Bands in Town
Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
The Drive Time Dilemma - CRMArch 138
Drive time is always a hot-button issue in contract archaeology. Should you be paid going from the office to the town the work is in? Should you be paid if you take your own car? What about driving from your home to a local field project 30 min away? Should you be paid for that? We talk about these scenarios and more on today's episode. Please send us your feedback and opinions.
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- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science