Being an archaeologist

Michael Balter 4/11/2009 06:42:00 AM Science
Just back from India and a little jetlagged, so nothing brilliant to say today. Meanwhile, enjoy a couple short videos by University of California, Berkeley archaeologist Colleen Morgan about being an archaeologist. A number of archaeologists introduce themselves in the first video, and then explain what they like about archaeology in the second. She made these for the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.





Archaeologist's son freed. While we are on the subject, many of you may have read that John Solecki, an American official with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees working in Quetta, Pakistan, was freed from captivity on April 4. Solecki was kidnapped in February by a group calling itself the Balochistan Liberation United Front. John Solecki is the son of Ralph Solecki, the noted Columbia University archaeologist who excavated the Neandertal site of Shanidar in Iraq.
Michael Balter

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I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE

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