Dr. Michelle I. Turner
@chaco-arch.bsky.social
Archaeologist researching the US Southwest, and museum professional.
When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.
Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.
A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.
Covered bridge, near my parents’ house in Ohio
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Covered bridge, near my parents’ house in Ohio
It’s tiny mushroom season.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s tiny mushroom season.
This is such a wonderful read. It’s a novel by one of our great authors, Allegra Goodman, and based on the incredible true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, who was marooned on an island off Canada in 1542. Early modern times in New France, with a feminist twist. Amazing book ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is such a wonderful read. It’s a novel by one of our great authors, Allegra Goodman, and based on the incredible true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, who was marooned on an island off Canada in 1542. Early modern times in New France, with a feminist twist. Amazing book ❤️
A flash of blue in the rain
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A flash of blue in the rain
Isola by Allegra Goodman. Based on a true story of a French woman who was marooned on an island in Canada in the 1540s.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Isola by Allegra Goodman. Based on a true story of a French woman who was marooned on an island in Canada in the 1540s.
Getting ahead of ourselves here
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Getting ahead of ourselves here
Today’s unemployment hike, through salt marsh and forest at Barn Island in Connecticut. Not quite as peaceful as it looks though. It’s hunting season and the state stocks this park with pheasants of all things, so there were lots of hunters and gunshots. We wore our neon vests.
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today’s unemployment hike, through salt marsh and forest at Barn Island in Connecticut. Not quite as peaceful as it looks though. It’s hunting season and the state stocks this park with pheasants of all things, so there were lots of hunters and gunshots. We wore our neon vests.
My poor piano has been in a storage unit for years, but today it finally came home. I played this as a child, and while it’s felt like a bit of an albatross, I’m so happy we were able to figure out how to fit it in our tiny house.
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My poor piano has been in a storage unit for years, but today it finally came home. I played this as a child, and while it’s felt like a bit of an albatross, I’m so happy we were able to figure out how to fit it in our tiny house.
Ten seconds of zen on a bridge over the beautiful little Shunock River in North Stonington
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ten seconds of zen on a bridge over the beautiful little Shunock River in North Stonington
Sunday scones. Turns out half and half works fine when you don’t have heavy cream.
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sunday scones. Turns out half and half works fine when you don’t have heavy cream.
Fall color. It’s been a hard week but the world is beautiful.
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fall color. It’s been a hard week but the world is beautiful.
We had a spooky windy Halloween night
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We had a spooky windy Halloween night
Schattenfreude
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Schattenfreude
I had a truly terrible day today, the rug completely pulled out from under me. But the beach always makes things better.
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I had a truly terrible day today, the rug completely pulled out from under me. But the beach always makes things better.
Today we stumbled on an a beautiful old cemetery in the woods. Gravestones from the 1700s and early 1800s. This is in North Stonington Connecticut.
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today we stumbled on an a beautiful old cemetery in the woods. Gravestones from the 1700s and early 1800s. This is in North Stonington Connecticut.
Some rogue dark clouds on an otherwise gorgeous day on the Mystic River today
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Some rogue dark clouds on an otherwise gorgeous day on the Mystic River today
Lots more details in our paper about the history of amaranth, ethnographic uses, and how the Spanish suppressed it... and about our discovery of it in a small excavation at Aztec Ruins. If you don't have library access, you can read a preprint on my website: www.michelle-turner.net/uploads/6/2/...
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Lots more details in our paper about the history of amaranth, ethnographic uses, and how the Spanish suppressed it... and about our discovery of it in a small excavation at Aztec Ruins. If you don't have library access, you can read a preprint on my website: www.michelle-turner.net/uploads/6/2/...
Amaranth is a native wild plant but it was also domesticated to encourage more seeds. Both the wild and domestic form are incredibly nutritious, drought resistant, and offer food (leaves, seeds, roots) at different times of year. Some forms of it with red flowers were also used for dye.
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Amaranth is a native wild plant but it was also domesticated to encourage more seeds. Both the wild and domestic form are incredibly nutritious, drought resistant, and offer food (leaves, seeds, roots) at different times of year. Some forms of it with red flowers were also used for dye.
Beautiful approach to Chicago on our flight today
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Beautiful approach to Chicago on our flight today