A Day in the Life of a Zooarchaeologist
Hi everyone! I’m a zooarchaeologist, PhD student, and American transplant here in England and today I’ll be taking you through the average day of a zooarchaeologist in the lab. Quick rundown on what a...
View ArticleBones, teeth, isotopes and the Festival of Archaeology
Another year another Day of Archaeology! Big up the team that keeps this initiative going and sorry to hear that this may be the last! My 2017 Day of Archaeology is typically varied. I’m a Lecturer in...
View ArticleA Day in the Life with TRCA Archaeology
The Archaeology Team at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is excited to participate in our first Day of Archaeology and share our unique experiences in the daily life of an archaeologist at...
View ArticleHarold Augustus Hyde’s Contribution to Welsh Archaeology
This post has been published on behalf of Heather Pardoe, palynologist in the Botany Section, Department of Natural Sciences at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales. Harold Augustus Hyde had a long...
View ArticleBones and bytes from Lincolnshire to Jersey
Les Monts Grantez Neolithic passage grave (c.4000 to 3250 BC), Jersey My previous Day of Archaeology posts (Returning to archaeology and On the trail of the elusive fallow deer) were written while I...
View ArticleCows’ Ankles and Urchin Spines: A Day of Zooarchaeology at Tel Akko
The zooarch corner of the lab at Tel Akko this morning – so many bones! My alarm went off at 4:15 am today. Work starts early at Tel Akko, and I like to run in the morning to wake myself up and collect...
View ArticleMy Day of Archaeobotany
My last Day of Archaeology post was back in 2014, as I was finishing my Phd and doing a spot of field school teaching in the final season of the Silchester Town Life Project – a long term...
View ArticleCoastal (Geo)Archaeology on my Mind
Human occupation and coastlines have a long, but not very well-understood history. Global sea level has fallen and subsequently risen by over 120m during the last glacial cycle (~132,000 years), driven...
View ArticleThree things I wish I’d known when I first started life as an archaeologist...
Hello there, and welcome to my post! Let me begin by quickly introducing myself. My name is Adam Schneider, and I’m an environmental archaeologist currently employed at the University of...
View ArticleOrganising an Archaeology Conference
This is the first year where I have been late submitting my Day of Archaeology post, but better late than never? This is my 6th year taking part – looking over what I was doing over the past six years...
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