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
CfAS BLOG
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
Human Networks and Sustainable Development
The Coalition’s latest project, which integrates settlement, ecological, climatic, and population health data, got underway this past week with a kick-off meeting at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology in
January 9, 2023
The Zanzibar Workshop: CfAS and ISDAf tackle African Cultural Heritage Management
The Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) partnered with the Initiative for Sustainable Development in Africa (ISDAf) to sponsor a collaborative workshop in Zanzibar, Tanzania August 13-16, 2022 to investigate the
December 19, 2022
CfAS in Sweden
On 14 December 2022 Jeff Altschul and Keith Kintigh were pleased to describe and discuss CfAS with a group of about 35 Swedish archaeologists. The talk was given at the
December 15, 2022
Amerind Foundation to Sponsor CfAS Design Workshop
The Amerind Foundation, a CfAS Partner, has agreed to fund a design workshop to be held at the Amerind Museum in Dragoon, Arizona in fall 2023. A design workshop incubates
December 8, 2022
The CfAS Strategic Plan
In February 2023, it will be 5 years since a School for Advanced Research workshop envisioned the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) and the Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology
December 8, 2022
New Routledge book series, “Restorative Justice in Heritage Studies and Archaeology”
Nedra Lee, Richard Benjamin, and Chris Fennell (a CfAS member) are delighted to announce this new book series. Overview: Restorative justice in heritage and archaeology embraces initiatives for reconciliation of
December 7, 2022
open-archaeo: a list of open source archaeological software and resources
Reigning in the bewildering variety of open source tools available to archaeology.
December 1, 2022