How to ask an archaeology professor for a recommendation
The art of asking for help getting into graduate school to work in cultural resource management archaeology is as simple as planning and politeness.
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Returning to archaeology
We don’t say it but many cultural resource management archaeologists are experiencing burnout. Read about one archaeologist’s experience.
Cultural resource management archaeology is awesome!
Cultural resource management archaeology is not always fun but it can be an amazing career. Learn more here.
Revealing the True Spirit of CRM Archaeology
Learn about what happened in a university activity that asked anthropology students to act like cultural resource management archaeologists
37 Axioms for Cultural Resource Management Archaeologists
Here are 37 things I’ve learned in nearly 20 years of working as a professional archeologist in the United States.
Why do I blog about archaeology? 1
I feel like archaeology has the potential to make archaeologists better citizens. This is why I blog about archaeology.
My Top 5 Archeology Projects
Learn about the top 5 archaeology projects I’ve worked on in my 20-year-long career
Eating well as an archaeological field technician 1
Field techs are the foundation of CRM archaeology. They are eager, excited, and essential but grossly underpaid. A dollar saved is worth more than a dollar earned which is why it’s critical field techs save their perdiem and food allowance. While there are some financially frivolous archaeologists who spend all […]
My One Wish for Cultural Resource Management Archaeology in 2019 2
Cultural resource management archaeology was never even mentioned during my undergraduate career. I finished my Bachelor’s degree in 2001 but didn’t learn about CRM until about a year after I’d already graduated. Things had changed a little bit by the time I finished my Master’s in 2005. A course on […]
The summer without archaeological fieldwork
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 […]