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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today marks 25 years as a #professor at my university, and essentially 40 years since I started my journey in #archaeology. So many things in this career so far that I would never have guessed. Who knew?-

A self-portrait of a man, face partly visible in the rear view mirror of a car, with the hood and a section of highway through the window screen.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tiny Free Library question— I need advice. I’m looking for fun books with great narrative and accurate science-based foundations. I’ll scatter them among little libraries around my community. Include accurate and useful information about evolution, about archaeology, geology, landscape, and history.

A hominin skull cast replica sits on a table, wearing sunglasses.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My family now looks forward #caturday each week, as our household has dramatically expanded its cuteness and love.

A Siamese kitten looks out of a basket where it has buried itself in dish towels, with a blue eyes, a back face and ears with a creamy white body.

A Siamese kitten sleeps on a green fuzzy blanket underneath a table’s low legs. The kitten snoozes cozily and the view shows its white paws and the pattern of makings on its face, including a black nose on white cheeks and shadowed eyes.

Two kitties sleep, snuggled together on a chair cushion. Their heads are at either end side of the seat, but they lay together, keeping each other warm and snug.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

With the research station closures, someone can explain how the public will enjoy increased benefits from having science collaboration in the forests/soils of Lake Superior’s Northwoods be relocated to an office in Salt Lake City’s Great Basin desert? As we figure best practice to manage resources?

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

My colleague Professor Emerita Alison K Hoagland was on NPR this morning, talking about the White House ballroom. She is a board member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her insights are really important… one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5770...

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🔊 Listen Now: This woman is at the center of the legal claim against Trump's ballroom project

Morning Edition on NPR One | 5:10

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Tomorrow is the virtual Cultural Resources Management Career Fair (Wednesday, March 18th). bit.ly/crmfair26

A pdf flier with information about the career fair.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The Cultural Resources Career Fair is next week! Historic preservation, resources management, heritage, and allied fields! National, virtual, and free. At least 34 employers, 43 schools, more than 150 job seekers so far! bit.ly/crmfair26

An image of a data table that shows different universities with the number of students and alumni signed up for the career fair event. Image is decorative, but shows schools ranging from 12 participants down to a single one.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The 2026 Cultural Resources, Historic Preservation, and Heritage Career Fair is now pre-registering job seekers! The event is virtual, free, and nationwide on the Handshake Network on March 18th, 2026, from 12-5 EST. #CRM #HistoricPreservation #Heritage #jobs #Careerfair

A picture of text announcing the Cultural Resources Career Fair for Historic Preservation and Heritage careers. March 18th, 12-5 pm est.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Employers? 12 pre-registered so far. Schools? 22 colleges and universities as of lunch today! Amplify this post to keep the momentum. We’ve been adding odds for just a week so far. Job seekers can start pre-registering March 1st. #jobs #culturalresources #nepa #nhpa #careerfair #trades #preservation

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Cultural Resources Career Fair- free, virtual, and open. Now pre-registering employers, agencies, and organizations seeking new hires, interns, seasonal and full time help, entry-level or supervisory in #CulturalResources, #Preservation, #Heritage, #EnvironmentalServices, #CulturalIndustries…

A promotional flier for the career fair event. Wednesday, March 18th, from 12-5pm est.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Colleagues, I’m an archaeologist again teaching my #BiologicalAnthropology intro class- what are some recent beloved and admired studies I can use to introduce applied bioanth to undergrads? In #MedicalAnthropology, #MolecularAnthro, #biomechanics, #HumanDiversity? @bioanth.bsky.social colleagues?

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

As a reminder, the only thing that Frodo Baggins did as deputy mayor of the Shire was to “reduce the Shirriffs to their proper functions and numbers.”

A screen shop of the text from Lord Of The Rings, with other parts of the narrative erased, leaving only this sentence about the Sherriffs.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This fair started for #archaeology and #gis #geospatial, as well as #ArchtecturalHistory, and is growing to include #planning, #ethnography, #survey, and all #preservation and #heritage allied fields!

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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

"There's very good evidence of railroad operations here on the old railroad bed. No evidence of an impact." A coauthor of the first YDIH paper (Firestone et al , 2007) reveals that his senior coauthors knew all along that their prime "evidence" was railroad slag. www.facebook.com/reel/1162558...

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Andrew White has interviewed two Michigan Technological University alumni about #pseudoscience narratives and #Michigan Keweenaw #CopperCountry. Just published a conversation with Donovan Murphy and previously Joe Wilson. Both are worth an hour of time for a listen… www.youtube.com/@AndrewWhite33

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Nobody Listens to Andrew

I mostly discuss pseudoarchaeology and pseudoscience, trying to both shine some light and bring some heat to all the misinformation about the human past that flows so freely across the internet. I als...

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

#NoKings in Houghton and Hancock #Michigan Upper Peninsula. Abt 850 people marched, more than 5% of the population of this rural, small town in the ruby red north.

Looking at crowds of people walking over a lift bridge, many carrying United States national flags.

A cardboard sign, painted red, with the phrase “More Perfect Union.” The sign leans against a bookshelf.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I see what you did there #FTC and #RTX…. Good job with the #Decode competition about #robotics and #archaeology- you avoided #treasure, #tombs, and grave-robbing tropes. The competition requires the teams to pay attention to the relationships between artifacts, not just collecting things. Well done!

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Day two of commencement ritual at @michigantech.bsky.social I think there should be a live stream showing mortar board decoration and shoe/socks. #mtuhuskies

A gym full of robe-wearing grads. Picture looks back over the shoulder of photographer.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We hit the moment in the semester when student research teams get their first data…. And #plots. And there is much rejoicing. youtu.be/TDmgQ65BjwU?... #archaeology #archsci #archaeologicalscience

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Plots - LMFAO Shots Parody (HD)

YouTube video by Darth Hammertime

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/03/2025

Including the wrong recipient is a mistake. Using a non-government platform for classified information is a crime.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We now have 50 schools and 22 employers, with more requests coming in! This will be event that exceeds my wildest hopes for a little experiment. We put this together in three weeks, amid professional chaos. I’m stunned. #archaeology #historicpreservation #heritage #history #culturalresources #CRM

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

For one example of a regional museum that is facing hard times, check out our series highlights the Canadian Energy Museum - niche-canada.org/tag/energy-m... #envhist #museums #energyhistory #cdnhist

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Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

There is still time for employers to join this event- almost 50 schools bringing their grads and recent alumni. Hire for a specific job or network in different areas of #culturalresources, #preservation, and #heritage!

Photo of a flier showing more than a dozen company logos of those attending this job fair event.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Amazing! *33* different colleges and universities participating! Employers-- join now! Network with expectant grads and early career professionals. It is free and in a virtual space where you can meet students and grads from across the country! #history #archaeology #anthropology #GIS #planning

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We have 31 different universities and colleges participating in the 2025 Cultural Resources Management Career Fair! Are you a professional working in #CRM, #Heritage, or #Preservation services? Join us to network with hundreds of expectant grads and recent alumni from all over the USA!

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The $1bn annual CRM world relies entirely upon networking for students and new grads to get their foot in the door. This is a serious disadvantage to those that graduate from small programs or in regions that are removed from active CRM fieldwork.

Decorative image only, but a screen shot of a GIS window showing historic map features projected on an photorealistic DEM aerial image of an old industrial site.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I am very pleased to share that Michigan Technological University is hosting a virtual career fair for job seekers in Cultural Resources Management ( #CRM ) and allied fields in the heritage sector! 1/x mtu.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_f...

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A spectacular bronze head of a griffin went missing from a Greek museum and ended up in the Metropolitan Museum, which is now returning it after research showed it was stolen. Great, you'd think... unless you know this research was done 87 YEARS AGO. 🧵 from your local provenance grump.

Screenshot of New York Times article with title "Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum," available at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/arts/design/met-museum-return-greek-griffin-head.html

Screenshot from New York Times article with title "Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum," available at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/arts/design/met-museum-return-greek-griffin-head.html, reading "The head had been displayed at the entrance to The Met’s Greek and Roman galleries since 1999. It was originally discovered in a river bed in Olympia, in the Peloponnese region of Greece, in 1914 by the curator of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, but it went missing roughly two decades later, the Met said in a statement. It said research by the Met and Greek authorities showed the antiquity had been stolen."

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 21/01/2025

NEW Analysis of dried plants from a colonial institution in 19th century Australia reveals many foods that do not appear in official records were being eaten, potentially as an informal means to resist the monotony of life in the institution. A tasty #AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵

Dr Connor analysing the plant remains in the archaeology lab at the Museums of History NSW (credit: Photo © Joshua Morris for Museums of History NSW).

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Call for Papers- 2025 TICCIH conference, held in Kiruna, Sweden, August 25-30, 2025. Professionals in #preservation and #planning, #energy and allied fields, #heritage, #archaeology- reinventing energy systems amid climate change, into a more #sustainable #equitable world. ticcih2025-kiruna.se

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Sad to miss #SHA2025. Will lurk here when I can.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Another story about our work at the Keweenaw Energy Storage Lab! #Heritage led and inclusive design, adaptive reuse, infill, and equitable infrastructure…. #Brownfields aren’t Wastelands. They can be assets, not liabilities for communities. #IndustrialArchaeology www.myupnow.com/news/how-aba...

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How abandoned mines in the Upper Peninsula could be a big asset for the power grid

There is a better way to read this story. Download the My UP Now app for your apple or android device.HOUGHTON, Mich. (WJMN/WBUP) — For the last six years, researchers

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family. Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This might be the most awesome taxidermied animal I have ever seen at a natural history museum. In the Exploring Michigan gallery @ummnh.bsky.social

A raccoon sitting up on back legs on top of a steel trash can lid looking guilty but happy as he has one paw in a peanut butter jar.

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I compiled a list of companies and projects working on #Underground solutions to #Energystorage supporting the #Energytransition. Repurposing abandoned mines for long duration energy storage (#LDES) for grids, while saving #Greenfield forest and farmland. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Companies in Underground Energy Storage and allied or adjacent tech

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Today, in a sudden insight during class discussions, I asked my Intro to #BiologicalAnthropology class to find a professional #bioanth who is also a content creator on social media (or similar pro in #forensics, #bioarch, #medicalanthropology, #primatology, #humanbiology, #genetics #microbiology)

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Timothy Scarlett @timscarlett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Of several major projects, I'm at the Keweenaw Energy Transitions Lab (#KETL) at Michigan Tech, where I'm trying to use archaeology and heritage practice as participatory design for adaptive reuse of historic mines as closed-loop, underground pumped hydropower storage assets. www.ketl.info

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Home | KETL Keweenaw Energy Transition Lab, Michigan Technological University.

The Keweenaw Energy Transition Lab is a transdiciplinary team of researchers at Michigan Technological University. We study the world's energy systems as they evolve toward sustainable operations, inc...

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