Professor of Anthropology @vassar , author of “Taking Our Water for the City: The Archaeology of New York City’s Watershed Communities”
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Joined December 2013
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Today @Vassar president released an update regarding our #NAGPRA compliance work. All ancestors & their possessions from known archaeological sites have been returned to descendant communities. Consultations for individuals of unknown origin are ongoing vassar.edu/president/communi…
Why is everyone talking about Section 106? A brief summary…
aprilmbeisaw.substack.com/p/…
Book talk Sunday April 12, 2026 at Hastings Public Library 2pm as part of the annual meeting of the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct #archaeology #newyork
The Archaeology of American Protests, coauthored with Dania Talley, is now available for preorder at $45 hardcover with the discount code 31AU825 at the publisher’s website upf.com/book.asp?id=97808130…
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I am deeply honored to be the 2025 recipient of the Society for Historical Archaeology’s John L. Cotter Award.
Thank you to my dear friend, Guy Oreido Weston, for nominating me and to everyone who has supported me.
See you all in New Orleans!
Our presentation on NY county poorhouse system of 19th & 20th centuries is ready for this weekends conference on State violence at Cornell. NY is creating new systems of temporary housing for the homeless that would benefit from understanding past failures archaeology.cornell.edu/unea…
Misleading headline today about NYC water system - pay attention to: “There will be no more priority 3 & 4 acquisitions…. but additional focus on priority areas 1 & 2” The Ashokan/Olive & Boyds/Kent communities are in 1 & 2 flip.it/g17wy5
Cats of Egypt 🧵#1 is a cat at home in Old Cairo.
ALT Black cat in silhouette on a carpet adjacent to stairs and a pink door
#7 is a sleepy cat at Philae Temple
ALT A white cat laying against an inscribed stone wall
#8 is a cat impersonating an archaeologist at Elephantine Island
ALT Black cat in front of 2 stone sarcophagi
Congratulations @lromeranth !
April M. Beisaw retweeted
A VICTORY FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY! 🎉
The EPA Appeals Board has rescinded Powertech, Inc.'s mining permit for their long-contested Dewey-Burdock project in the Black Hills due to the company's failure to engage in proper tribal consultation and cultural surveying.
ALT A VICTORY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE HESAPA! POWERTECH, A MINING COMPANY, UNDERMINED TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY BY NOT SEEKING TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND CULTURAL SURVEYING OF THE BLACK HILLS.
New NSF application asks whether project could affect a tribal nation. If yes, applicants must include evidence they have notified tribal authorities about their plans, will hold discussions and obtain approval. science.org/content/article/…
The Intensive NAGPRA Summer Training & Education Program (INSTEP) serves as a training program focused on best practices related to Ancestral human remains under NAGPRA. INSTEP 2025 will be July 7-11 at University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.
instep-nagpra.my.canva.site/…
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Archaeologists, if you haven’t watched Time Bandits…..start now. Episode 7 is hilarious, as they end up in the Paleolithic and…..well, interact with Neanderthals. Best thing I’ve ever watched 🤣
#Archaeology #neanderthal #TimeBandits
Take a look at our beautiful mammoth puppet made by @WetaWorkshop for #TimeBandits
This is before it had its hair done.
The American Studies Program @Vassar invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Native American Studies beginning August 2025.
We seek a dynamic, innovative, community-engaged scholar of Native American Studies. 1/n
experience teaching and mentoring Native and other underrepresented students, and/or a record of collaboration with Native communities.
Applications should be addressed to Lisa Collins and Molly McGlennen and submitted online at: employment.vassar.edu/postin…. 6/n
Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Review of applicant materials will begin on October 15, 2024, and will continue until the position has been filled. 7/7