Yes. You can get out of cultural resource management. No. You can’t get out of archaeology. Aside from the latest episode of The Great War on YouTube, the highlight of my week has been following two Facebook threads asking, “Why did you get out of CRM archaeology?” Both threads amassed […]
A Bachelor’s is what you need to get a job as an archaeologist. A Masters is what you need to keep working in CRM. A PhD is overkill at the present moment, but probably will not be in the near future. The following post is not intended to dissuade anyone […]
The pain was so great, it took me a few days to digest what happened last week before I could write. The events that went down in Charlottesville have been on many minds. That tends to happen when a massive neo-Nazi and Klu Klux Klan rally disguised as a conservative […]
We’re all familiar with archaeology job posting and their biggest shortcoming. A company is looking for some field techs, so they write up a job posting for archaeologyfieldwork.com or shovelbums.org. They’re looking for a good candidate so they start with what they want from us: A Bachelor’s degree, an “accredited” […]
Boilerplate helps make the cultural resource management archaeology world go around. It is the most efficient way of producing the technical reports we use to keep our clients in compliance with environmental regulations. It’s also a way we can reuse material we’ve already produced in order to keep costs low. […]
One of the most controversial blog posts I’ve ever written discusses a situation where a former co-worker and field tech had to teach their PhD supervisor how to draw a plan map. Many commenters told me it wasn’t a PhD’s job to know how to do the work of a […]
Recently, I took a job as an assistant professor at a major university that shall (at this time) remain unnamed. This means I have an opportunity to create change in the cultural resource management archaeology field by building the kind of courses that actually prepare graduates to work in the […]
This summer (2017) is the first time I haven’t had to do archaeological fieldwork since 2004. It’s not that I didn’t have the chance to do archaeology. I’ve been invited to volunteer on several projects but am between jobs so I have to watch my pennies (Y’all know how that […]
“Control thy expenses” The Richest Man in Babylon (George Cayson, 1926) Right after saving a portion of your income, this is the second rule to generating wealth in the landmark personal finance book “The Richest Man in Babylon.” It’s also essential for anyone who wants to stay out of debt […]
If you were going to land a job in cultural resource management archaeology, you’re hitting the job search kinda late. December through February is the best time to start your job search but there are still dozens of jobs advertised. Companies need archaeological field technicians, crew chiefs, and project managers. […]
