This week, I’m working on the fifth chapter on my little book on the Archaeology of the Contemporary American Experience. This chapter, as I set out last week, reviews the archaeology of forced migration and refugees as well as the archaeology of homelessness. This is as close as I’ve managed to get to my #1000WordsofSummer goals.… Read More →

I’ve always been a bit jealous of my friends and colleagues who do participate in intensive writing sessions, regular writing groups, and other collective efforts to make writing easier, more fun, and more productive. Usually by this time in the summer, I’m in Cyprus studying material from Polis and writing in little chunks between work in the… Read More →