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Hi, I’m training as an archaeologist (BC, Canada) and a lot of my coworkers are guardians from the local FNs. One guardian was from Port Hardy in Vancouver Island and I asked him about coastal cultures there and he mentioned (briefly) that there was a long oral history of contact between his community in Port Hardy and Hawaiians. I unfortunately never got his contact information to inquire further and didn’t really press at the time, though I regret it. I’ve been trying to look it up since and I couldn’t find much information on it. I’m super interested to learn more but can’t contact him or find anything about it online so I was wondering if anyone here had heard of this, and know any further information. Thanks :)

Hi!
I recently discovered Boydsmaps.com and omg, I am in love. Obsessed with looking around and comparing maps. The fact that there’s lidar for all of North America just.. there?! Insane. However, my struggle is that I’m based in Canada (bc specifically) and obviously Boydsmaps is US based. I’m wondering if there’s any similar sites for Canada, or for Colorado (an area where I am doing some research). To be specific, I am looking for websites with LiDAR accessible online on the map. I know about all the Canadian and Colorodian open source data you can download but I am wondering if there’s any similar are websites like Boydsmaps where it is just… there. I can scroll in and out and don’t have to download anything or pay for a subscription or anything. Thanks :-)

I recently heard about wrestling doctors, doctors who work next to wrestling rings, a place that makes sense but a position you’d never really think about for a doctor. Now in archaeology the most common things I hear are that the career options are CRM or (if you’re lucky) academia. I’m wondering if there’s any “wrestling doctor” positions in archaeology, places that one may not expect where archaeologists work.

I’m just now entering my second month of a CRM job (Canada) and let’s just say I’m sort of disappointed. It’s been genuine nonstop survey, every single day. Not to get me wrong, I get paid to hike around beautiful areas, but it’s just so … boring. I’m working right next to my literal company CEO and there just seems to be no actual career advancement. I’m informed most of the time it’s like this and digging (shovel tests or excavation) is rare, but I’m also told in other companies digging is super common. I’m in the midst of my degree and it’s , no offense to my coworkers, a little discouraging to work alongside people who didn’t go to university, as if my degree is worth nothing. I miss the more active thinking components, wondering what x was used for and why, analyzing GIS, etc etc. I’m curious if this is just my job, or just what CRM is like.

With that, what are my other options? I want to be an archaeologist, and CRM at least provides an easy job title and way to apply, but I love both field work and lab work and would love to do a mix of both. This survey would be so much nicer if I could also do lab work, but unfortunately, I’m not. I miss writing essays, researching, analyzing… and I’ve always wanted to be able to apply those skills to field work! But here I am just a mindless zombie doing transects forever. I don’t hate it but … it’s not what I intend to spend my life doing.

Hi!

I would like to first clarify that I am not Indigenous but I am posting this as a favor to my Secwépemc coworker, so this may be in violation of Rule 1 so I am sorry but please keep reading!!!!

My coworker is an older guy who is learning secwepemctsín and is doing so from recorded conversations from his parents speaking sepwepemctsín to each other on a very old school recorder. He is interested in converting these conversations into something more accessible in order to learn the sepwepemctsín language. He is very concerned about language preservation and is interested in working with someone in order to preserve his parents conversations in fluent sepwepemctsín but he (and I) have no idea how to go about doing that. We’re located in British Columbia and I am going to continue researching to see what is available but I figured I’d reach out here as well and see if anyone knew anything :-). We’re scheduled with each other very erratically but I am hoping to get some sort of answer to him soon!

I know the Romans were huge on graffiti as well, so are there any like “don’t come here this place sucked!” Sort of things? On that note… did these places have names? Or was it just so-and-so’s restaurant/drive thru? Regardless, I’m curious if food reviewer was a profession much like it is today back then. It’s entertaining to imagine an ancient Guy Fieri.

Going thru a period right now that genuinely feels like a volcano is forming in my body and erupting, so it got me wondering. There are plenty of myths of natural functions relating to real bodily functions, I.e. an earthquake is a god dancing, or the thunder god fighting with the water god is actually a tsunami, etc. I was wondering if there were any similar mythologies or analogies of period cramps anywhere in the world, maybe to feel a little less alone curled up on my bathroom floor hahaha.

This is a question of curiosity! I understand its cultural and heritage value as we all do, but I recently learned about these wars in early 19th century Denmark and Germany, in which archaeology appeared to have a big role in who invaded and where. It was not a direct role, as in the war generals said “ah they dug up this here, we must attack there,” but it had a very impactful background role. I’m curious about other ways archaeology has had a secret but very impactful role on the world around it, whether or not the world knew about it!