CfAS @ SAA
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is the largest professional association of archaeologists in the world. It is also a CfAS Partner, and many CfAS Associates are members. The Society’s
March 20, 2023
CfAS BLOG
New Issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice Features CfAS Partners and Associates
CfAS Partners and Associates contribute to February Issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice on refining archaeological data collection and management.
March 13, 2023
What is “Indigenous”?
In a recent article in the New Yorker, Manvir Singh traces the origin and evolution of the concept of Indigenous from its colonial roots to its present use to cover
February 28, 2023
Governance, Social Space, and Well-being
The environments that we cooperatively build and that structure our social relationships impact our lives in fundamental ways. In a remarkable new study, the broad-brush patterns between how we use
February 28, 2023
Update on People, Fire, and Pines
The polished surface of SAG45f, a fire-scar sample from Voyageur’s Island in Lake Saganaga. The innermost ring of the sample dates to 1679 and the outer ring to 1989, when the tree was windthrown. Fire scars recorded in the rings of the tree indicate the passing of 10 low-severity fires between 1702 and 1850, after which not another fire was recorded at the site.
February 20, 2023
Governance and Crisis
One cannot look at the news today without having to face the nature of governance. Is democracy worth the time spent negotiating and contesting rather than acting? Or, would a
February 13, 2023
Moving into harm’s way
As humanity copes with human-induced climate change, an important task is assessing geographic patterns of risk based on expected changes in various associated natural hazards. A recent study by ProPublica
February 2, 2023
Paleodemography and the future
Recent news stories have noted that population growth is turning negative in many places around the world. What happens when populations decline? This has been a large challenge in Japan
January 18, 2023
Join the conversation on inequality
One of the exciting projects going on at CfAS right now is the Global Dynamics of Inequality or GINI Project, led by Tim Kohler and Amy Bogaard, which is investigating
January 17, 2023
A rosy outlook for US employment in archaeology
Three laws passed by the most recent US Congress–the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS Act–are creating strong demand for workers in cultural resource
January 11, 2023