It is one hour until Hannibal. I actually watched it yesterday, but
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( I had a crazy dream! )

I had a complicated dream last night that I only remember bits and pieces of. There was archaeology stuff, including finding some really good historic glass and pottery in the lower levels of a dig in the "cornfield" of an old farmhouse. I put cornfield in quotes because it felt huge when walking through it, but there was a map later on and it ( Read more... )

So, I need to get a Bunch Of Shit Done, still. Let me try and make a list of that shit, all prioritized like ( Read more... )

I am on the mailing list for the Society for Historical Archaeology (of which I am a member and have been since about 2004). Lots of times there is randoms stuff of vague interest and little bits of debate, people looking for artifact identifications, etc. Today there was a link to a website documenting the maritime cultural landscape survey of ( Read more... )

So, here is the short list of things I need to do this weekend:
-re-write my proposal
-arrange a job interview
-laundry
-start working on my SHA abstract?

( Whine whine whine )

For those of you who don't know, I'm off to the field for the summer starting tomorrow. I'll be home on weekends, but I will probably have a lot of shit ti take care of @_@ I do have some social things planned, at least! But also a lot of work. I really need to get on finding a place to stay - i have a few placed lined up that I'm interested ( Read more... )

Things I need to get done before I leave on Sunday, but starting with stuff I need to do today!

Today
-Confirm SB tonight with Heather
-Prep letter of interest/CV to send to the gallery people
-Work on/write SHA abstract
-Work on artifacts @_@
-make sure I have the stuff work abstract/letter/cv stuff with me for SB tonight if I don't do it this ( Read more... )

I'm here! I left with Brad around 5:30 this morning. We made it here just after 8, despite some nasty traffic. he managed to get registered, and i got into the room I'm sharing with Catherine and Dana. I need to arrange for a cot for tonight though ( Read more... )

Some lulz, from In Search of the Social: Steamboats, Square Wheels, Reindeer and Other Things, in Journal of Maritime Archaeology vol 3, p. 21:

For the purposes of this paper, I argue: it is not that objects and boat structures were nonsocial- i.e. it is not that we are fetishising boats and other objects in maritime archaeology. Rather, it is the ( Read more... )