Friday Varia and Quick Hits

It was a cold week here in North Dakotaland, but that’s why people pay the price of admission. This weekend, we’ll get a little break for the cold with temperatures soaring into the 20s F, but to remind us that this is North Dakota and the weather makes the rules, we’re going to have a blizzard. 

There are, of course, worse things that could happen on a weekend and it gives us a good excuse to stay inside, read a good book, watch some NFLing, and, at least this morning, keep an eye on the second Australia-Indian ODI (in Rajkot where it is a lovely 72 degrees F). 

To make things just a bit easier, you could head over to The Digital Press page and download the latest Epoiesen Annual (volume 3!) or go and read this interview with Shawn Graham where he discusses failure, teaching, digital archaeology and humanities, and his growing media empire!

If none of that floats your boat, I humbly submit this little gaggle of quick hits and varia:

• Fast archaeology.

• The Island of Syros from Late Roman to Ottoman Times.

• ASCSA 2020 Catalogue features J. Rife and E. Korka, On the Edge of a Roman Port: Excavations at Koutsongila and Kenchreai 2007-2014 (Hesperia Supplement 52).

• Wastewater and Rain in Ancient Egypt.

• Paris Musées release 100,000 images.

• Archaeology and Climate Change: New Challenges to Fieldwork in the Middle East

• Unruly Heritage.

• The loss of meaningful work.

• Why we still need literary journals.

• (A bit late) Public Domain Day 2020.

• Early Christianity, modern politics, and Jeopardy.

• A nice review of the new Seiko 5.

• What I’m reading: G. Lucas, Writing the Past: knowledge and literary production in archaeology. (London 2018).

• What I’m listening to: Eddie Gale, Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music and Black Rhythm Happening.