Curt
@neoriffic.bsky.social
Archaeologist
Work: CRM in BC, 🍁
Research: Ancient Southwest Asia
Player/writer of TTRPGs, veteran, nerd.
(he/him)
Living and learning in the unceded territory of the K'ómoks First Nation.
Trans Rights, BLM, MMIWG2S, Stop Asian Hate, Free Palestine
Work: CRM in BC, 🍁
Research: Ancient Southwest Asia
Player/writer of TTRPGs, veteran, nerd.
(he/him)
Living and learning in the unceded territory of the K'ómoks First Nation.
Trans Rights, BLM, MMIWG2S, Stop Asian Hate, Free Palestine
How Long to Shower?🚿🏺
Pacific Northwest Coast Archaeologist
Fall Edition
Fixing a Hot Buttered Rum (4 mins)
Getting the water hot as hell (1 min)
Cleaning...
- the black greasy silt from under your fingernails (13 mins)
- the rest of your body (4 mins)
Finishing your drink(5 mins)
Tot.: 27 mins
Pacific Northwest Coast Archaeologist
Fall Edition
Fixing a Hot Buttered Rum (4 mins)
Getting the water hot as hell (1 min)
Cleaning...
- the black greasy silt from under your fingernails (13 mins)
- the rest of your body (4 mins)
Finishing your drink(5 mins)
Tot.: 27 mins
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
How Long to Shower?🚿🏺
Pacific Northwest Coast Archaeologist
Fall Edition
Fixing a Hot Buttered Rum (4 mins)
Getting the water hot as hell (1 min)
Cleaning...
- the black greasy silt from under your fingernails (13 mins)
- the rest of your body (4 mins)
Finishing your drink(5 mins)
Tot.: 27 mins
Pacific Northwest Coast Archaeologist
Fall Edition
Fixing a Hot Buttered Rum (4 mins)
Getting the water hot as hell (1 min)
Cleaning...
- the black greasy silt from under your fingernails (13 mins)
- the rest of your body (4 mins)
Finishing your drink(5 mins)
Tot.: 27 mins
Whenever people claim archaeology isn't inherently political, some questions to ask them:
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whenever people claim archaeology isn't inherently political, some questions to ask them:
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
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🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid 'neglect' of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: 'Government's lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable'
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
It will be one helluva mess. But I'm confident that my body will be recovered.
It will be one helluva mess. But I'm confident that my body will be recovered.
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
It will be one helluva mess. But I'm confident that my body will be recovered.
It will be one helluva mess. But I'm confident that my body will be recovered.
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How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
imgs.xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Once in a while my brain reminds me that a Star Trek movie was based on the premise of "alien probe rolls up to Earth like, 'I swear to God, if you dumbasses have managed to kill all the whales since I was here last, I'm gonna ruin your whole gottdang day.'" And we were like, yup, that's good stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Once in a while my brain reminds me that a Star Trek movie was based on the premise of "alien probe rolls up to Earth like, 'I swear to God, if you dumbasses have managed to kill all the whales since I was here last, I'm gonna ruin your whole gottdang day.'" And we were like, yup, that's good stuff.
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❄️ Enter code BRRR25 at checkout
❄️ Free shipping on online orders over $40 (Canadian addresses).
☃️ Happy Reading!☃️
❄️ Visit ubcpress.ca
❄️ Enter code BRRR25 at checkout
❄️ Free shipping on online orders over $40 (Canadian addresses).
☃️ Happy Reading!☃️
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Our winter sale is live! Through December 31, enjoy 20% off all books on our website.
❄️ Visit ubcpress.ca
❄️ Enter code BRRR25 at checkout
❄️ Free shipping on online orders over $40 (Canadian addresses).
☃️ Happy Reading!☃️
❄️ Visit ubcpress.ca
❄️ Enter code BRRR25 at checkout
❄️ Free shipping on online orders over $40 (Canadian addresses).
☃️ Happy Reading!☃️
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Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs | PNAS
Dogs evolved through interactions between people and gray wolves during the Late Pleistocene
and have been ubiquitous in human societies ever since...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
I frikkin' KNEW it!
Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks https://theonion.com/historians-admit-to-inventing-ancient-greeks-1819571808/
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I frikkin' KNEW it!
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November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Anthropology and archaeology colleagues will know her racist schtick well - best for us all to collectively block her and let other folks know.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Anthropology and archaeology colleagues will know her racist schtick well - best for us all to collectively block her and let other folks know.
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This thorough discussion of the way that these archaeologists use concepts such as carcerality as career boosters to make the Roman past seem 'relevant' while contributing to the erasure of Israeli state violence against Palestinians, shows that heritage is powerful, in service of power
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This thorough discussion of the way that these archaeologists use concepts such as carcerality as career boosters to make the Roman past seem 'relevant' while contributing to the erasure of Israeli state violence against Palestinians, shows that heritage is powerful, in service of power
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Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: [email protected]
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: [email protected]
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
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ok folks! big announcement! AusTAG 2026 call for papers is open! so is registration! are you an archaeologist doing neat theory things and in Australia 22-23 May 2026? come to Adelaide for AusTAG!
Call for Papers: AusTAG 2026
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austag.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ok folks! big announcement! AusTAG 2026 call for papers is open! so is registration! are you an archaeologist doing neat theory things and in Australia 22-23 May 2026? come to Adelaide for AusTAG!
First you get the traps,
Then you get the crabs,
Then you get the power.
Then you get the crabs,
Then you get the power.
This story is the best thing: sea wolves raiding crab traps in northern B.C.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiuQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiuQ...
Cameras capture BC sea wolf raiding crab traps in first possible ‘tool use’
YouTube video by Global News
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
First you get the traps,
Then you get the crabs,
Then you get the power.
Then you get the crabs,
Then you get the power.
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Rest in power, ancestor.
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rest in power, ancestor.
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Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell and her team, whose work at Koonalda Cave in southern Australia made the cover of Current World Archaeology magazine.
www.world-archaeology.com/features/koo...
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology
www.world-archaeology.com/features/koo...
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology
Koonalda Cave - World Archaeology
Far below the Nullarbor Plain in Australia lies an extraordinary gallery of rock art. Exploration and research in Koonalda Cave has revealed much about these ancient markings, as well as mining and th...
www.world-archaeology.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell and her team, whose work at Koonalda Cave in southern Australia made the cover of Current World Archaeology magazine.
www.world-archaeology.com/features/koo...
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology
www.world-archaeology.com/features/koo...
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology
B-b-b-but... but.. but... I. They. THEY! Ooooh, they.
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
B-b-b-but... but.. but... I. They. THEY! Ooooh, they.
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Seriously, though: "It also includes a route-finding tool to explore travel itineries and times in the ancient world." has some cool research questions about traveling in antiquity popping up here!
All roads lead to Rome, they say. - And finally you too can find out if that's true! 😉
With "The Digital Atlas of Ancient Roads", #Itiner-e, a high-resolution dataset and detailed map created in a collaborative ongoing project:
www.newscientist.com/article/2503... via @newscientist.com
With "The Digital Atlas of Ancient Roads", #Itiner-e, a high-resolution dataset and detailed map created in a collaborative ongoing project:
www.newscientist.com/article/2503... via @newscientist.com
Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network
Archaeologists have compiled the most detailed map yet of roads throughout the Roman Empire in AD 150, totalling almost 300,000 kilometres in length
www.newscientist.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Seriously, though: "It also includes a route-finding tool to explore travel itineries and times in the ancient world." has some cool research questions about traveling in antiquity popping up here!
Live your life in such a way that when the emails of a deceased paedophile human trafficker are released you don't have heart palpitations as you frantically scan the database to see how bad the emails make you look.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Live your life in such a way that when the emails of a deceased paedophile human trafficker are released you don't have heart palpitations as you frantically scan the database to see how bad the emails make you look.
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From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East.
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East.
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Love, War, and Diplomacy by @digkabri.bsky.social is out now (6 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Call for (post-PhD) historians and cultural scholars for the pod! We have a specific wishlist of scholarship we’re looking to add to the lineup:
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Call for (post-PhD) historians and cultural scholars for the pod! We have a specific wishlist of scholarship we’re looking to add to the lineup:
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
- ancient & medieval history
and/or
- histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe
Pitches to: [email protected]
🤗🤗🤗
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It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
BAJR SURVEY PIR III: ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this anonymous survey will help to understand the level of Financial Crisis we are in as archaeologists - as individu...
survey.app.do
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...