Hello: I'm a new member (I think, I couldn't find an old password and login), and I run the Archaeology at About.com website. I asked Dar Habel if it would be okay if I posted updates to my website on a weekly basis. I hope nobody minds. You can get an official newsletter from my website (comes out on Mondays), and I post a facsimile in various places. Please let me know (by replying to this message) if you hate this intrusion.
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Sureyya's Journey
http://archaeology.about.com/od/careerstories/a/sureyya1.htm?nl=122-year-old I.T. sysop Sureyya Kose has decided to change careers from Information Technology to Archaeology. In this first report, Sureyya describes how she discovered what she wanted to do. Part of an extensive collection of materials in Careers in Archaeology.
Ode to Thee, Sweet Bucket Auger
http://archaeology.about.com/od/poetry/a/bucket_auger.htmArchaeology sometimes requires digging deep holes in river valley sediments, performed by archaeologists with a bucket auger, a screen and a pit partner. After a while, the bucket auger is all you can think of, and so, one late November day, with all the fondness and revulsion of the best kind, I wrote this poem to my rickety bucket auger.
The Question of the Week is:
What kind of real-life career choices do I have with a degree in archaeology?
http://archaeology.about.com/od/questionoftheweek/qt/career_query.htm?nl=1Archeology v Archaeology
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/222914.htmI cracked open a can of worms (yum!) when I off-handedly wrote a piece on whether people like to spell the name of our field. In response to a reader comment, I put up a little poll. So far, archaeology has a substantial lead. Vote early and often, and see how the majority rules in this deeply scientific poll, with results certified by no one at all.
Top Books in Rock Art (North America)
http://archaeology.about.com/od/booksonrockart/tp/rockart.htmSome news stories making the rounds:
German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff kidnapped in Baghdad
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/223323.htmGeochronological dates on the Puebla footprints reported by Silvia Gonzalez last summer are in and shockingly ancient:
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/223318.htmJobs Listed in About Indeed Since 11/21 (I'm going to do this on a weekly basis in the future):
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/222450.htmArchaeologist, Salt Lake City
Field Tech, Austin Texas
Field Tech, San Francisco
Archaeologist, Metairie, Louisiana
Project manager, Kenai, Alaska
Mid- to Sr-Level Archaeologist, Sacramento CA
Research Associate, Denver
Archaeologist, Minneapolis
Archaeologist, Phoenix
Archaeologist, Metairie, Louisiana
Archaeologist, New Orleans, Louisiana
Archaeologist, Vernal, Utah
Associate Publisher, Archaeology magazine
Archaeologist, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Kris
K. Kris Hirst
About Archaeology
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