February 2012
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Stop Spike TV from Looting our Collective Past! →
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This show, as advertised by Spike TV (http://aroundthenetworks.com/spike-tv-announces-unscripted-show-american-digger/), will follow a team “led by former professional wrestler-turned-modern- day relic hunter Ric Savage as they scour … battlefields and historic sites, in hopes of striking it rich by unearthing and selling rare pieces of American history.”
“American Diggers,” as...
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“That was the summer I drove the jeep into quicksand.”
– My archaeology prof talking about his field schools/early archaeology jobs. (The man is a badass). submitted by themasterscompanion
January 2012
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“So, basically what I’m saying is this; up until, like, yesterday, in the...”
– My Archaeology prof at tonights lecture
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Open call to all undergrad archaeologists,...
crossbeams:
The University of Michigan is having the Third Biennial Undergraduate Archaeology conference. The abstract is posted below.
I’m the Executive Secretary for the Archaeology Club, which is hosting this event at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the Michigan League.
I want to stress that if you submit an abstract, you have a very high chance of making it into the conference. This...
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Watchsiuilaruin:
Shit Anthropologist Say When Going Through The Anthro Tag
Okay, so franzboas dared me to make a video in the style of all the recent “Shit ______ Say” videos specifically for anthropologists who are going through the Anthropology Tag. I hope you are entertained.
Ugh, sorry you all had to find out how gross your mod looks on a Sunday night.
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[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating purple and green. Foreground — a picture of a fox. Top text: “ Themed Memes: Embodiment of Animals Communicating to Humans on a Social Level of Identified Mentality ” Bottom text: “Can I use this as a reference for my media ethnography?”]
Submitter’s note: This is too meta.
Mod Note: So very meta.
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Anonymous asked: Hi, this is the anon who had Alfred Kroeber visit them in their dream. I am happy to report that Kroeber was right! I was extremely worried about that final, but I wound up getting one of the top five marks in the class. :3
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mylifeasasassymannequin:
#anthropologists are alcoholics #this is a repeating series apparently
Wondrous tags on this post. I love Anthropology Major Fox. Because really, I feel this is a continuing joke for several reasons.
One, I remember reading for my archaeology class that a lot of the women who were forging the way for female archaeologists (and anthropologists) drank whisky straight...
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Hey Anthro Foxes! Got some great anthropology...
They are:
“Man’s Place Among The Anthropoids” by William King Gregory, 1933 (This one I got for sheer entertainment value. I think there are words used in it that don’t even exist anymore. It’s great.)
“The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Sexual Culture” by Timothy Taylor
English translation of “The Gift” by Marcel Mauss
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[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating purple and green. Foreground — a picture of a fox. Top text: “ [Teacher’s gone.] ” Bottom text: “ [Discuss menarche rituals with table cohort.] ”]
Submitted by shevralay.