Hi, my name is Oleg. I'm looking for a rare publication, specifically Раннеземледельческие поселения-гиганты трипольской культуры на Украине: тезисы докладов I полевого семинара. Тальянки — Веселый Кут — Майданецкое, август 1990 г. Київ, 1990.

I'm hoping there are some Ukrainian archaeologists here—I'd appreciate any response!

TL;DR does anyone know anything about Tanzanian archaeology, more specifically any sites worth visiting or any archaeologists open to showing their sites to a school group

Attending my first field school in Summer 2027 in Florida. In general, what are some good clothes, style, type, or brand to wear out in the field? Thanks.

How can someone become an archeologist starting from Cegep in the Canadian province of Québec? I'm also interested in ancient American civilizations like the Aztecs, Olmecs, Mayans, Incas, etc.

I fell down a rabbit hole about historical smells and came across descriptions of perfumed ointments from Tutankhamun’s tomb that still had a noticeable odor when they were examined after excavation—one was described as having a coconut-like smell.

That left me wondering what, exactly, we can say has survived.

If a substance contains fats, resins, oils, plant material, etc., presumably its chemistry continues changing over centuries or millennia. So when an ancient scented substance still smells of something, how do archaeologists or conservation scientists determine whether they’re detecting compounds that contributed to the original fragrance, later degradation products, or some mixture of both?

Can techniques like residue analysis identify the original aromatic ingredients well enough to reconstruct how something probably smelled when it was made? Are there examples where researchers can say with reasonable confidence, “an ancient person would have smelled approximately this”?

And there’s a slightly stranger version of the question that interests me: could the later smell itself be archaeologically meaningful? If an object smelled one way when it was made, another way after 500 years, and another way when archaeologists opened it after 3,000 years, those are all states in the object’s history. Is there any framework in archaeology/conservation for thinking about that, rather than treating the altered smell simply as contamination or information loss?

I’d especially love pointers to work on ancient perfumes, organic-residue analysis, or sensory archaeology.

I'm making maps for a game set around Caesar's conquest of Gaul. From what I've found online, there would likely be much local variation with enclosed crop fields of various shapes and more open pastures, forests and wetlands around. Does anything seem very out of place? Apart from the unusually wide path (needed for gameplay purposes)

can someone explain how the geoglyph was made cause i dont get how wind and other natural factors just didnt blow away the top layer

Hello!

TLDR, what and how should I record if I wanna help out future archeologists? (I know it’s a weird thing to think about lol)

I am not an archeologists and I have no knowledge on the subject, but I think it seems very interesting!

Nowadays, it feels like we register every aspect of our lives. Is there something we aren’t recording that could be useful for future archeologists?

Or, perhaps, is there something we are registering in a medium (is that the correct word?) that won’t survive for long? If so, what are the best mediums to ensure the preservation of information? Probably not floppy disks, right? 😅

Thank you

Hi!

I see ranges online from 23/hour to 35/hour for leads. For leads out there- how much do you get paid, do you have an M.A, and what region are you in?

I'm a forensic anthropology graduate, and working on my application for masters/doctoral program. I need to get some dig experience added to my belt since I've taken a couple years off since graduating. Do you know of a website that has available digs using temps or interns for projects? I remember a mentor showing me a website years ago and I cannot remember the name of it for the life of me. I am in the eastern Tennessee area.

I have a bachelors in anthropology and history and I have done one field school with an internship in an arch lab and doing research about Polynesian house hold archaeology. So that’s my experience at the moment. But obviously they want at least 5 years to be considered for an entry level position. What did yall do before yall got a job as an archaeologist/lab technician? Any advice would be nice!!!

also please be nice im sensitive.

Of course, how are you? And next, where are we going to place these people in their next CRM job? If you can help, pipe up.

I’ve recently j started shovelbumming as a field tech and was trying to improve on my artifact identification, specifically with native american lithics but would love to improve across the board. Anyone have any good self taught methods, like websites ot literature. So far i’ve just been annoying my field lead with nonstop questions.

Thanks yall!

First time posting here.

I don't have any formal education or background in archaeology, just a life-long interest in ancient history and an inclination to draw conclusions between seemingly disparate things.

I was reading about Teotihuacán and wondered

about it's builders.

I found out that we don't know much about them, and that the Aztecs discovered it after it had already been abandoned.

I wondered what influence a total solar eclipse might have had on the culture that built it, and found that according to NASA's five millennium catalogue of solar eclipses, a total solar eclipse did happen there on April 12th 114 CE.

I wanted to put forward a hypothesis that I haven't found explicitly discussed in any academic literature or posted anywhere online.

At around the time (the Tzacualli phase, roughly 1–100 CE), Teotihuacán experienced an explosive boom in population and centralized labor.

Could the total solar eclipse of 114 CE have influenced the culture around that region at that time to build a massive monument in that particular place?

As I understand it, the spot was already a sacred place being built directly over a natural, four-lobed subterranean cave system (traditionally viewed as the womb of creation). If a total eclipse happened directly over a site already revered for its sacred cave, it would codify the valley as the ultimate sacred center.

Has anyone encountered any academic papers exploring this specific eclipse as the ideological catalyst for the city's monumental construction then?

I'm sure people would be happy to fill me in if I have missed any blind spots in the placement of the early Tzacualli phase timeline or made any errors in my astronomical conclusions.

If however, everthing lines up, then could the eclipse have been the inspiration for the people living there to build the monument, perhaps (and I might be making a really big leap here) in the hope that it would make it happen again?

And just a note since this is Reddit:

I'm happy to be made aware if my thoughts are not well placed or even if they are completely silly, but please remember that polite redirection will correct an errant mind much more effectively than ridicule and rudeness.

Heyo,

I’m a recent grad and have been working for an environmental/engineering consultant firm (in the US) for a couple months now. I’ve gotten a lot of cool survey experiences and have been thrown on a lot of desktop projects, so I feel mostly comfortable with crm terminology, compliance standards, Field Maps, Survey123 etc.

I just have some silly questions about monitoring—it’s one of those things that you can’t really ask because I don’t want to come off as lazy 😂 but anyways, I just got assigned my first monitoring project ever, and it’ll be solo. The crew will be doing boring and trenching in this small yard/courtyard area by a building, but the resource I’m monitoring is just outside of their APE, and appears to be outside of the warehouse yard in general. I was told there’s even a barbed wire fence around it. During the meeting I was on, the PM essentially said that they just need someone monitoring that resource outside, and I’m not watching anything inside the building area. I plan on setting up flags/markings just so the crew can see the feature, but it looks like even their laydown yard and entrance point is on the opposite side of the building from the resource. My hunch is that I’m just there to ensure they don’t set up an impromptu laydown yard adjacent to the feature.

Anyways, back to my dumb questions. With monitoring in general, and specifically with a project like this, what should my monitoring flow look like? What are your opinions of hanging out in my work truck / in the AC as long as I’m parked by the resource so I can keep an eye on it? I want to do my job and represent myself well, but how realistic is it to stand around outside in this case? It’s gonna be 100 degrees, and it would be ideal if I could hang out in my truck and work on papers and just keep an eye on the feature from there. If that is appropriate, how often do you recommend getting out, interacting with the crew, etc.?

& for regular monitoring projects, I’m curious in general about how far you’re supposed to stand from the construction, how often you check out the trench/soils etc, and what points in time ppl typically sit in their trucks. I’ve heard coworkers talk about it but obviously it’s just one of those things you learn irl (or from Reddit…thanks guys😂).

I should also note that I am of course going to do my tailboard read each morning and talk with the foreman throughout the day (mainly AM and when we leave). I’m happy to work, but if my scope of work isn’t to actively watch trenching I’m curious what the standard should be.

For those who are unaware, Chronicle Heritage recently (last week) and suddenly closed their doors entirely, laying off effectively their entire staff, worldwide. LinkedIn has been positively flooded with posts from other firms looking to scoop up talent, which is great, but smacks of something of a feeding frenzy.

Just posting here because I'm wondering how many of our readers-- casual, regular, etc.-- are (or were) employees of CH and are now looking for positions elsewhere.

(note: We're all aware of the mixed reputation of CH. Save it. Let's focus on the people-- most of them dedicated cultural resources managers-- whose lives have been turned upside down during one of the most tenuous periods for CRM in recent memory. They didn't deserve to be suddenly jobless.)

Hi everyone. I studied history and signed up as a volunteer for an excavation in a hot, arid area. I’ve been at it for two days now, and the work consists of digging for nine hours. The schedule runs from 8 AM to 2 PM, with a short break to grab a piece of fruit or a sandwich. Then we have lunch, head straight back to the dig site at 4 PM, and finish up at 8 PM. The volunteers are only given instructions on where to dig and clear away brush; we don't do anything else.

I’m exhausted from nothing but digging and clearing brush for all those hours. We hardly talk during lunch or after dinner because we just want to go to sleep; sometimes there isn't even time for everyone to shower, since there are eight of us sharing two bathrooms.

Random thought while reading about the 1981 exploration: could the two natural caves they reached actually be the first two caves described by Benjamin of Tudela in the 12th century, with a third cave beyond them that they never reached?
Benjamin described three caves, with the six patriarchal burials supposedly in the third. The 1981 explorers only reached two connected caves and found bones/pottery in the second, but apparently didn’t establish that it was the end of the cave system.
Could there be another chamber beyond it — potentially the “third cave” from the medieval account? Has anyone investigated this possibility or found evidence ruling it out?

Hello everyone! I'm really new to the world of archaeology, but I have a question/theory.

So a few days ago, I learned about Paestum (Poseidonia) and the Tomb of The Diver which was found within it. My professor mentioned that there is a lot of theories about what the Diver could signify, such as the transition from life to death, a drinking game, or just being a depiction of diving.

However, one theory that I didn't see was that it could signify devotion to Poseidon. My thinking is that the Diver could be immersing himself in Poseidon's "domain", and in a sense be offering himself to the god. I do know, at least from Wikipedia, that there is at least a bit of Poseidon worship on the island. I'm not sure if this theory is historically/archaelogically based, but I wanted to get the opinions of some archaeologists to see if I might be onto anything.

If you have any questions about my line of thinking, please feel free to ask. I look forward to hearing from you all!

What are some archeological things found that are really unnerving ??

Hi everyone! I'm an industrial design student working on a project where I have to design a stool specifically around the needs of a particular occupation. I'm currently exploring field archaeology and would really appreciate hearing from people who have actually done archaeological fieldwork.
I'm not looking for general information about archaeology. I'm trying to understand the physical workflow of fieldwork and the small problems that people outside the field might not notice.
For those who have worked on excavations or archaeological field surveys:
What physical position do you spend the most time working in : standing, kneeling, crouching, sitting, bending, etc.?
What part of fieldwork causes the most physical discomfort or fatigue?
Are there situations where you wish you could sit or perch, but can't?
Do you currently use anything to sit on while excavating? If so, what?
How much does uneven/rocky/soft ground affect your ability to use a seat or stool?
What tools or supplies do you need within arm's reach while you're working?
Do you frequently have to get up and move to different parts of a site?
What is something about fieldwork equipment that is surprisingly inconvenient?
If you could change one thing about the physical setup of an excavation workstation, what would it be?
I'm especially interested in real workarounds you've developed yourself ,even things that seem small or silly. Those are exactly the kinds of details I'm trying to understand.
Thanks! Any firsthand experience would be incredibly helpful for my design research.

Pictured: Ardipithecus ramidus, Paranthropus aethiopicus, and Paranthropus boisei.

For context, I'm a second year A Level art student, and, as part of my personal study, I'm focusing on the reconstructions of partial hominid skulls. Part of this includes 3d printing the skulls of extant hominids (sourced through MorphoSource), smashing them, partially rebuilding them, and sculpting the missing areas back with Milliput.

For my artist research, I'd love to focus on the people who reconstructed these skulls, but so far my research has led me nowhere. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!