As I race toward the semester finding its footing, I’m still churning away at a few winter break projects including a paper on the archaeology of oil production. I posted the first part of the paper last week and a second part yesterday. Today it’s time for the third part. At this point, the paper… Read More →

After a disrupted year due to Covid, I am happy to announce that the fifth William of Orange History Walk was successfully held last week on Friday 9th July by members of the History with English FdA team from University Centre South Devon. I have posted previously about the walks completed over the past few […]

This month, I’m starting the final chapter of my short book on the Archaeology of the Contemporary American Experience. I’ve blogged a ton about this book and you can read what I’ve written so far here. The final chapter is a pendant to my first chapter. Just as the first chapter introduced the Alamogordo Atari… Read More →

Next week, I’m participating in a roundtable at the ASOR annual meeting. This roundtable is titled “Archaeology and Climate Change: New Challenges to Fieldwork in the Middle East” and it is convened by Ömür Harmanşah. I’ve been thinking about ourr paper pretty non-stop this weekend. It’s titled “North Dakota and the Middle East: The Bakken Oil Patch… Read More →

So, another Easter is upon us and it provides a chance of two weeks to switch gears, re-orient the brain, and to pick up on other pursuits (such as writing that screenplay about Father Christmas, delving into family history, and even blogging). But the Easter break can also rear the head of that other event: […]

I have slowly become aware this holiday season that my sabbatical is half over. I’ve done some of things that I pledged not to do, but avoided other pitfalls, and now I have to try to focus of the next 9 months to ensure that I survive sabbatical with my motivation intact. I was particularly… Read More →