This is a cool feature for a museum. It never occurred to me that a museum could make an app to give people guided tours outside the museum! Have a look at this one focused on Black history in Colorado. buff.ly/3QCtYZL
If you ever have the chance to see rope being made by any traditional method, I highly recommend it. It is one of those things which take for granted today, but which is an astonishing technology. buff.ly/4brPJFC
Whether or not you had a chance to see our October Lecture, Sweet Hell of the Mill, take a look at this gorgeous video that Dr. Cruz sent about the site! buff.ly/47ZcIoB
There have always been high end specialists. Do you visit any highly skilled craftspeople? What would the same level of skill look like in different eras? buff.ly/485voDt
It's a bit far from Denver, but as a sometime resident of Boston I can't resist the opportunity to promote the excellent work being done at the city archaeology lab in Boston. They are a model for public archaeology!
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Come join us for our January lecture! We hope to see you in person at the Eugene Field Branch Library, or virtually on Zoom. January 27, 1 PM! buff.ly/3RUQDBC
It's not the most exciting article we'll ever post, but let's talk numbers. There are careers in archaeology and now is a good time for it. With all the federal money in infrastructure, demand has never been higher for CRM, and the pay has never as good.
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An important and ongoing conversation in archaeology is the responsibility that countries and institutions have to return the cultural patrimony which they have. I always have an eye out for stories like this, where repatriation has been successful!
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One of the things I love as a human who lives in a community is when archaeologists can learn more about the humans and communities of other places and times, and not just focus on the elite or magnificent. How are communities organized?
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Come join us this weekend for our first in person lecture on the archaeology of the red light district in Central City, CO. If you can't join us in person at the Eugene Field Branch library, come join us on zoom!
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