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Dr. Michelle I. Turner

@chaco-arch.bsky.social
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Archaeologist researching the US Southwest, professor, museum professional. My website: michelle-turner.owlstown.net

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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 16h
“The Trump administration is pulling a ‘That’s a nice mountain you got there, it would be a shame if something happened to it’ routine,” said Weiss.
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The Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country News
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 16h
“The Trump administration is pulling a ‘That’s a nice mountain you got there, it would be a shame if something happened to it’ routine,” said Weiss.
hcn.org
The Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country News
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"This debate also coincides with proposed changes to Section 106, a clause in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 that requires federal agencies to assess how development affects historic sites."
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The Data Center Debate Taking Over Native American Tribes
Native candidates are far from unified on AI infrastructure, writes Petala Ironcloud.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Facebook reminded me that a year ago, I accepted this award from the American Association for State and Local History, for the museum's maritime studies journal I helped develop and that I edited. A month later, I was among 21 people laid off. The journal was abandoned after 3 issues.
Me holding a certificate for an AASLH Award of Excellence
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Anthropologists, does anyone have great videos or activities for an intro to cultural anthropology course on either economy/exchange or power/hierarchy?
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fall flowers from my garden for a stormy, gloomy day
A little vase of pink dahlias, purple cosmos, white strawflowers, and orange calendulas
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fall flowers from my garden for a stormy, gloomy day
A little vase of pink dahlias, purple cosmos, white strawflowers, and orange calendulas
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 22/09/2026
NM's @heinrich.senate.gov appears willing and eager to make a deal with the Republican supermajority BEFORE midterms to roll back the nation's bedrock environmental law. WELC Executive Director @riogranderift.bsky.social explains why that's a bad idea in this op-ed. 🌎
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Opinion: Heinrich urged to protect New Mexico lands
An environmental advocate warns permitting reform could favor data centers and fossil fuels over public lands.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Headed to Boston for this panel on AI and disagreement tomorrow at Harvard: the format is based on the 1970s Ethics in America PBS program - likely to be a very lively conversation, moderated by Lawrence Lessig. Join us if you’re in town!
ethics.harvard.edu
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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
** NEWS ** Excavations beneath the National Trust's Bath Assembly Rooms have uncovered a network of Roman ditches along with pottery, coins, glassware and a possible fragment of a military helmet, revealing substantial activity in an area previously unexplored for Roman settlement. 🧵
Exterior of the Bath Assembly Rooms, constructed of honey coloured stone and the entrance with its portico ©National Trust/James Beck
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mayan jade necklace associated with the Divine Lord of Calakmul, which was ultimately deposited as an offering within the central staircase of El Castillo at Chichén Itzá, Yucatan. Viewed from the back, where the inscription is located.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I've moved on from feeling angry and annoyed about all the cell phones I see in my class (despite a no phone policy)... now I honestly just kind of feel bad for students who can't go an hour without staring into their phones.
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MOLA @museumofloot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEWS: The Met Museum has returned eight additional antiquities to Greece. Three of the objects were returned after new evidence emerged through the Manhattan DA’s ongoing investigations of antiquities dealers.
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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
how AI can reduce your email workload: a helpful guide
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qmackie @qmackie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What could possibly be wrong with an AI generated map of first peopling of the Pacific? Almost everything. From Richards et al 2026 "Lessons from pseudoscience in the Pacific in face of GenAI" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🏺 (open access) #archaeology
An attractive AI generated map of peopling of the Pacific, showing Hawai'i twice, Lapita originating in NZ and proceeding westwards, New Guinea labelled as Borneo, and many other absolute clangers.  From linked article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03122417.2026.2706246?needAccess=true
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Our Jerusalem artichokes (aka sunchokes) are amazing right now. They’re taller than me! We started with a handful of tubers two years ago, they spread wildly. A wonderful native plant in N. America and the tubers are edible.
Yellow flowers on tall stems. They look a bit like sunflowers but with yellow centers.
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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.instyle.com/clothing-qua...
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Are Clothes Actually Worse Now? An Investigation
Many shoppers are complaining that fashion (designer, mall brand, and otherwise) seems worse than it was 20 years ago—less natural fabrics, poor fit, a lack of good design—even as prices stay the same...
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It was the Phoenicians not the Romans, who brought 🍷 wine to Spain according to ancient DNA from seeds. But also remember to read @josephinequinn.bsky.social on the fact the Phoenicians did not self-refer or identify themselves by this name. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Eastern origin and three-millennia persistence of a founding grapevine lineage in Iberian viticulture
Pérez-Jordà et al. use archaeogenomics to show that eastern domesticated grapevines laid the foundations for Iberian viticulture 3,000 years ago. Genetic relatedness indicates these introductions gave...
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Gabe Moshenska @gabemoshenska.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Picking lingonberries and digging up burst Mauser cartridges.
Handful of lingonberries with green forest floor in backgroundHand holding five corroded burst bullet casings
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but my friend Wade Campbell, a Diné archaeologist based at Boston University, shared this podcast he did. He's doing amazing work on Diné sites in New Mexico. 🏺
nativecirclespodcast.com
Season 3 Episode 22: Indigenous Deep History with Diné Archaeologist Wade Campbell
Dr. Wade Campbell Click this link to listen to Season 3 Episode 22 featuring Dr. Wade Campbell (Diné, Navajo Nation citizen). This episode of Native Circles, with co-hosts Dr. Davina…
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
great art articulates eternal truths
script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read

ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
   [They do not log off]

                                  CURTAIN
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Call Me Garbage Again @tambria.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Behold
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Tiny cat discovered in Bolivia said to be 1st new feline species in over 100 years
YouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but my friend Wade Campbell, a Diné archaeologist based at Boston University, shared this podcast he did. He's doing amazing work on Diné sites in New Mexico. 🏺
nativecirclespodcast.com
Season 3 Episode 22: Indigenous Deep History with Diné Archaeologist Wade Campbell
Dr. Wade Campbell Click this link to listen to Season 3 Episode 22 featuring Dr. Wade Campbell (Diné, Navajo Nation citizen). This episode of Native Circles, with co-hosts Dr. Davina…
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My life is insane but I was somehow able to make some time for classical music at Yale tonight
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of my students in the archaeological theory seminar brought some Wisconsin copper for show and tell today, in honor of reading Binford on the old copper complex.
Chunk of copper sitting on a journal article
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Medieval Inscriptions Decoded on Cargo from the Sinan Shipwreck www.medievalists.net/2026/09/medi... #history
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Medieval Inscriptions Decoded on Cargo from the Sinan Shipwreck - Medievalists.net
Researchers have decoded inscriptions on cargo from the 1323 Sinan shipwreck, revealing how merchants tracked goods across medieval East Asia.
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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fancy coming to work with me at the British Library? Part time for 18 months, collecting oral histories about covid and thinking about covid commemoration. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/228...
nationalmuseums.org.uk
Jobs - National Museum Directors' Council Website
Association of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey archaeologists or classicists, can anyone point me towards a good 1-hourish video on Pompeii for my class that shows archaeological practice as well as the history?
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey archaeologists or classicists, can anyone point me towards a good 1-hourish video on Pompeii for my class that shows archaeological practice as well as the history?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Folks! Today is National Voter Registration Day. You do not have to decorate. Or wear a costume. Or send cards. (All are welcome, though.) All you need to do is check your voter registration: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/ If you're not registered, do it: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/
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Jaq - Art &c @jaqarts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Paul Cézanne Sous-bois (pres du Jas de Bouffan) c1890-94
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Upcoming conference at Columbia University on Thursday, September 24: "Animals Across Borders." Free and open to all, but you need to register ahead of time. Details on poster below.
A n i m a l s Across B o r d e r s
A Multidisciplinary Conference
L o c a t i o n
The Lehman Center
for American History
Columbia University
Ti m e
9 am - s pm EST
Thursday
September 24, 2026
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Spectacular Roman octopus mosaic from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
My photo shows a monochrome Roman floor mosaic depicting an octopus. The octopus is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) and has eight writhing arms with suckers and narrow curling tips. It is set against a white tesserae background. This octopus detail comes from a monochrome marine mosaic featuring Triton with a cherub and various sea creatures which include the octopus, dolphins and a cuttlefish. From the floor of the women's changing room at the Central Baths in Herculaneum.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“In interviews, Mr. Dijkman alternated between insisting that they thought that going forward was legal because the site was on church property and done with the approval of the church board — and acknowledging that the team knew that it was tap-dancing on the edge of the official rulebook.” 🏺🎁⚔️
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How One Man’s Quest for a Musketeer’s Bones Got Him Locked Up (Gift Article)
A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“In interviews, Mr. Dijkman alternated between insisting that they thought that going forward was legal because the site was on church property and done with the approval of the church board — and acknowledging that the team knew that it was tap-dancing on the edge of the official rulebook.” 🏺🎁⚔️
nytimes.com
How One Man’s Quest for a Musketeer’s Bones Got Him Locked Up (Gift Article)
A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🖼️ Vicky Yeates
Hare sat in grass next to fungi, amongst teasels, dark background, autumnal tones. Painting.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Job ad- curator of environmental archaeology at university of Florida
careers.pageuppeople.com
University of Florida - Details - ASSISTANT CURATOR
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Grateful once again for the Wayback Machine, since the National Park Service took down a page that was linked to in one of my inherited course activities. 🙏
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026
Actual technology with deep, generous purpose remains extremely cool and good. I miss feeling good about machines and computers
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Kent Archaeological Society @kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's #FindsFriday! We have this lovely broken #SpindleWhorl from Faversham made of a piece of Samian ware. 📸©️ Kent Archaeological Society 2026
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Live Science @livescience.com · 11/09/2026
Finland's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered by metal detectorist — and it has thousands of coins and pieces of jewelry www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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Finland's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered by metal detectorist — and it has thousands of coins and pieces of jewelry
The largest Viking Age silver hoard ever found in Finland was unearthed by a metal detectorist north of Helsinki.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wow, talk about too little too late. So much damage done
newsweek.com
Bombshell Great Pyramid of Giza study retracted
A journal found 'serious flaws' in research behind viral claims of an underground city beneath the Giza pyramids.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our semester started a couple weeks ago, and I was happily working an easy, part-time schedule. Last Thursday the dept. chair called. They had a staffing emergency and wanted me to take on additional teaching. So anyway, today was my first day as a Visiting Assistant Professor!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/09/2026
Duke University’s 850,000 plant specimens will move to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium. scim.ag/4cwMEX8
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Massive herbarium merger rescues century-old plant collection
Duke University’s 850,000 specimens will move to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our semester started a couple weeks ago, and I was happily working an easy, part-time schedule. Last Thursday the dept. chair called. They had a staffing emergency and wanted me to take on additional teaching. So anyway, today was my first day as a Visiting Assistant Professor!
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hellooooooo from Ducky and his amazing chin hairs
Ducky the horse
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"At colleges worldwide, students made a simple calculation that has become more pronounced today: Why pay a freelancer in Kenya when ChatGPT could do the job?" 🤦‍♀️
nytimes.com
Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived. (Gift Article)
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"At colleges worldwide, students made a simple calculation that has become more pronounced today: Why pay a freelancer in Kenya when ChatGPT could do the job?" 🤦‍♀️
nytimes.com
Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived. (Gift Article)
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Things have gotten a little more intense all of a sudden.
Theory books I have to read: A History of Archaeological Theory by Bruce Trigger and The Social Life of Things by Arjun Appadurai
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