I nearly lost my first job in cultural resource management archaeology because I didn’t know how to write technical reports. During my first week on the job, my boss asked me to work on an archaeological research design the company was preparing. I spent that afternoon preparing an annotated bibliography […]
Every now and then, I hear from an aspiring archaeologist who is confused by the things they read on social media about the cultural resource management industry. The source of their confusion comes from the following conversation: 1) Somebody says CRM archaeology sucks. 2) Even though archaeology is their dream […]
Whenever I think about how we can transform cultural resource management into a mélange of applied anthropology and heritage conservation that can actually change society, I always think about the candelabra. I remember, as a boy, seeing beautiful candelabras in church around Christmastime and they always filled me with awe. […]
