Friday Quick Hits and Varia

Another amazing early fall morning here in North Dakotaland with the mercury not yet showing above 50 degrees. I’m hoping that we begin to see a little bit of color in the trees along the rivers and lakes as my wife and I head north this weekend.

In the meantime here are some quick hits and varia for you to enjoy as you watch the somewhat meaningless fourth test of the Ashes. 

• How to trowel.

• I don’t need to include as many archaeology links on Fridays when the good folks at ASOR are doing such a nice job.

• Tough days to be a tax inspector on Crete.

• Excavating backyard trash. This gives me ideas.

• Aaron Barth (PKAP and North Dakota Man Camp Project Alumnus) is spreading knowledge.

• Acoustic archaeology.

• This is pretty offensive and bizarre.

• Historians talk about what they do.

• What to expect from our students in the near future.

• Feedlots.

• The professionalization of graduate programs in anthropology.

• Bucharest is not Budapest. Who knew? This entire thing seems like splitting hairs.

• Do nothing for 2 minutes.

• What’s left of Damascus.

• Messy desk is a sign of a creative mind.

• Mapping MOOCs.

• How copyright is hurting the availability of books.

• What I’m reading: D. H. Meadows, D. L. Meadows, J. Randers, Beyond the Limits: confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future. Post Mills, VT 1992.

• What I’m listening to: The Mekons, Fear and Whiskey; Mumford and Sons, Babel; Sea Lanes, Sea Lanes.