Blacksmiths can make their own blacksmithing tools. I’m not a blacksmith but I had some flat bar steel in my scrap collection so I decided I needed to make an archaeology trowel. My model for the trowel was one of […]

The Anthropocene
So one of the overarching research themes in the research group I’m a part of is the idea that we’ve entered a new geological epoch. Due to the obvious effect that our species has had on this […]

I’m looking forward to heading back to Iceland and excavating more at the site of Gufuskálar in Western Iceland. Here’s a photo of the lava field where the Medieval fishermen at the site would dry the large cod […]