Anthropologists and Archaeologists Starter Pack
This is a feed for anthropologists and archaeologists, especially those with interests in science communication, educating the public in how actual anthropology and archaeology are done, and debunking pseudoscience.
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@manigarm.bsky.social
@challengesjgu.bsky.social
Der Profilbereich “40.000 Years of Human Challenges: Perception, Conceptualization and Coping in Premodern Societies” ist ein #ForschungsprofilJGU an der @unimainz.bsky.social, gefördert von #ForschungsinitiativeRLP https://challenges.uni-mainz.de/
@mexiqueancien.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate in Art History and Archaeology at Paris 1-Sorbonne Associate member of the UMR8096 Archéologie des Amériques, CNRS. Assistant Prof. of Humanities at Universidad de Monterrey. Mastodon: https://archaeo.social/@mexiqueancien Posts in FR/ES/EN
@carrieannemonster.bsky.social
Anthropologist - Creative Development Los Angeles, CA Violent Minds: Killers on Tape Co-host CrimeJuicy #podcast #anthropology #truecrime #structuralviolence #documentary #serialkiller #archaeology #violentminds on #oxygen #peacock #muse
@bridgetalex.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Science Writer. Archaeology & Bio Anthro Editor for SAPIENS. Lecturer for Harvard HEB. Views my own. www.bridgetalex.com
@ecreetz.bsky.social
Wisco girl & former ex-pat now in Iowa. Archaeology & environmental educator. Midwest life, nature, culture & pets.
@irarchaeology.bsky.social
Sharing Ireland’s amazing archaeology as well as interesting sites from around the world. Posts by Wexford archaeologist Colm Moriarty.
@merovingians.bsky.social
Extremely Online medieval archaeologist. Stubborn electoralist, out of the predictions game for a while. Gerontocracy hater. DSA for my sins. ADHD. He/Him. #nomoresenators
@archaeoten.bsky.social
Archaeologist, historian, sometimes ethnographer .. eventually History & Art Hist. prof. Defintivelly, construtive skeptict, dyslexical & systematical Eclectic https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/ https://uned.academia.edu/MTenreiroBermudez
@elenafiorin.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist 💀 Animal and travel lover 🌍 🐶 Current project: the #Bioarchaeology of communal health: infectious diseases, medical care, and funerary practices in #medieval and early modern northern Italy (BioComm) Former MSCA Sapienza University of Rome
@brunelanth.bsky.social
Leading London Anthropology department. Vibrant BSc, MA and PhD courses. Active research from staff & students across the globe. Asking... what makes us human?
@histanthro.org
A source for news, original essays, & reviews in the history of anthropology since 1973. Read at histanthro.org, get in touch at news@histanthro.org
@anthroglobineq.bsky.social
We conduct research, write, and teach about critical analyses of categories of difference and their political effectiveness. www.anthropologyofglobalinequalities.com @Uni Bayreuth, Germany
@anthroworks.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologist Barbara Miller offers updates about people, cultures, rights, and change, around the world. Focus on anthropology and more. Casting a critical, but wishfully hopeful, eye on current events. Sharing new research and opportunities
@anthropology.net
https://www.anthropology.net #anthropology #archaeology #humanevolution #paleoanthropology #culture
@napa-anthro.bsky.social
NAPA promotes human-centered work applied to practical problems by linking a network of professional anthropologists working across sectors. We support all anthropologists in bringing real solutions through advocacy and networking support.
@anthciis.bsky.social
Ⓐctivist Ⓐnthropology MAs + PhDs 🌍 Journal: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ 📕 Books: https://blog.pmpress.org/kairos/ 🏴☠️ Lectures: https://www.ciis.edu/news/david-graeber-memorial-lectures
@appliedanthro.bsky.social
The Society for Applied Anthropology - A Worldwide Organization for the Applied Social Sciences https://linktr.ee/appliedanthro
@smitinathan.bsky.social
Archaeologist and public communicator 🧪 Academic research: Bronze & Iron Age Oman, Ancient Ethiopia, archaeobotany, GIS, remote sensing, ethnoarchaeology 🏺 https://www.youtube.com/@smitinathan 📚💙 https://www.youtube.com/@booksmitin 📍Baltimore, MD
@aliagvr.bsky.social
Political Anthropologist｜IR: Diplomacy, Authoritarian Rule｜Arab/Saudi Studies — Historiography, Ethnography, Tribe)｜US Policy Intersection | Non Exec Dir UKG | NRS
@mwdevine.bsky.social
Cultural / ecological anthropologist @ the University of Georgia. I study how people live in a changing climate. Passionate about the commons, mutual aid, and collective action; interdisciplinary and community-led work; scicomm www.meredithwelchdevine.com
@kfed-archaeology.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood archaeologist. Books: Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries; The Past in Perspective; Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself; Archaeological Oddities; Native American Archaeology in the Parks; and more.
@miniminuteman.bsky.social
Archaeologist • Environmental Scientist • Googledebunker 2.2M YouTube 2M TikTok
@amandalubit.bsky.social
Anthropologist & lover of all things fiber (spinning / dyeing / weaving) Research: migration, gender, care, asylum, crisis MSCA & DOROTHY Post-doc Fellow at Max Planck Institute (visiting) & Dublin City Univ.
@kagiso.bsky.social
Tswana | sucked into a bagel | reluctant anthropologist-in-training | 🏳️🌈 Queer (he/him) 📍South Africa
@kevinsalesse.bsky.social
Isotope bioarchaeologist and biological anthropologist. Asst. professor at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia. #RomanWorld FirstGen. Migrant. Frenchie. Dad. Founder of #IsoArcH. He/Him
@farahq.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colby College | Kenyan-born Brit | researching fintech, digital “inclusion”, AI/automated decision making, and weird cryptocurrency cultures. I love my cat.
@cfeagans.bsky.social
Archaeoskeptic. Archaeologist for the US Forest Service. I write about pseudoarchaeology. I blog at https://ahotcupofjoe.net (he/him) https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9803-9000
@sarahmiles.bsky.social
Community Archaeology North CIC. www.cancic.com Prehistory, Neolithic, Bronze Age, lithics, fieldwork, community, teaching, learning. Former publisher (@HermioneMole elsewhere)
@plasticarchaeology.bsky.social
Plastics archaeologist, interested in climate and heritage, public outreach, and foolishly thinks contemporary archaeology will save the world.
@globalhealing.bsky.social
Zimbabwean writer, anthropologist, global health physician at Harvard Med and UZ. Views my own. (He/they). Maine and Harare. Book: Empire of Madness (Crown, Feb 2026) https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/khameer-kidia/
@madiha.bsky.social
Antifascist. Assistant Prof @ Yale. Writing a book about digital war, drones, & empire w/ a view from the Global South. Former journo & filmmaker. Interests: tech; militarism; anticolonial, anti-imperial praxis; transnational solidarities.Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
@marshallschurtz.com
PhD in Mesopotamian Archaeology | Founder | Tour Operator | Traveler ✈️ Lead archaeology themed trips at merakivatravel.com 📍Philadelphia
@martinrenger.bsky.social
Dad | QM at Uni Heidelberg | Archaeologist at Uni Mainz | Southwest Asia | Neolithic | Theoretical Archaeology | Chair of AG TidA/TAG Germany (@agtida.bsky.social) | private account | TTRPG https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/MartinRenger
@agtida.bsky.social
Alles über Theorien in der Archäologie von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theorien in der Archäologie (AG TidA e.V.) All about theories in archaeology from the Working Group on Theories in Archaeology (AG TidA e.V. = TAG Germany) https://www.agtida.de/
@bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
Bioanthropologist & curator of #LactFacts Doing: #LactSci & #SciComm @ #THRiVELab 🤱🏾 CU Denver grad student • Did: #MarchforScience crappy violinist • drochghaeilgeoir ☘️ Neurospicy 🌈🦋 • nuance, kindness, hope THRiVEdiscovery.ca
@damienhuffer.bsky.social
Working at the nexus of heritage and wildlife crime, w/a hefty dash of human remains trafficking research and advocacy | Res. Fellow U. Adelaide |🔎💵💀🖥️ | Taiko drummer, Home cook, Husband | Co-founder of @counteringcrime 🏳️🌈⚣ he/him
@materialbarlow.bsky.social
Environmental anthropologist. Postdoc at UPenn. He/him. 🏀 🔊 🌊 ☁️✨🍉 mattbarlow.me
@anthrolactology.bsky.social
Medical anthropologist. Biocultural lactation, human rights, bioethics, global health equity. Climate & Reproductive Justice. Novice Thai herbalist. she/they. Personal account.
@archaeomatty.bsky.social
Archaeologist at TU Darmstadt. Mainly metals. Mainly corroded iron. Author of undramatic archaeology reports. Previously published as Matasha McConchie. For the Jebel Khalid archive, see https://jebelkhalid.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
@acorsin.bsky.social
Anthropology, arts of entrapment, captivating counterurbanisms. Co-editor, Cultural Anthropology, 2022-2026. Instituto de Lengua, Literatura y Antropología, CSIC
@jessica-irwin.bsky.social
I am an underwater archaeologist. Current research includes the environmental impact of conflict underwater, the globalization of ideas in the 17th century, and ships and airplanes in general. I am a parent, a former military spouse, and l human being.
@aidanosullivan.bsky.social
Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medievalist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member @RIADawson & FSA Dad of boys; Dog Dad, Hurling/Camogie, IC Member, Own Opinions
@microburin.bsky.social
Mesolithic & community archaeologist, FSA Scot, Hon Research Fellow at Durham University Archaeology, Long Covid since 2020. timevista.co.uk | clevelandarchaeology.com
@annelisebaer.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood archaeologist Researcher+Producer of shows you may watch (NatGeo, History, etc) Food enthusiast, lover of ancient coins & syncretism @annelisethearchaeologist on TikTok (+200k) She/her linktr.ee/annelisebaer
@jstpwalsh.bsky.social
Space archaeologist, hab consultant, ancient Mediterranean, heritage | Prof at Chapman U | Fellow at USC | Explorers Club 50 | https://issarchaeology.org / http://brickmoonspace.com | He/him | Settler on unceded Tongva land (LA) | avi by Zach Weinersmith
@thomastheanthro.bsky.social
Hello, I'm Thomas! I am an Anthropologist, Ceramic Artist, Vtuber & Lyricist. I have an Eldritch being sealed within me during one of my expeditions. It's a pleasure to meet you! | #ENVtuber | #vtuber | 🎨Art Tag: #ArtoftheAnthro
@anthropologal.bsky.social
🦝🍑 in Oslo. Commentariat. Dogs. Politics. Humor. Food. Culture. Anthropology. Reformed academic. “More thighs than Popeyes.” She/her. (Use alt text if you want a reskeet)
@neiljackman.bsky.social
Archaeologist at Abarta Heritage & Tuatha Ireland. Author of guidebooks to the #WildAtlanticWay & #IrelandsAncientEast Passionate about public archaeology and enthusiastic about old ruins (even Twitter). Explore Ireland with me @tuatha.ie
@anthrobite.bsky.social
Anthropologist of science, health & the environment in an unequal 🌍 | thinks a lot about Brasil & bugs 🦟 🦠 Assistant Prof at the University of Southern California; before MIT, Maastricht Univ, UFMG In a love-hate relationship with Los Angeles – ela/she
@anthropunk.bsky.social
Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company.
@chakadojani.bsky.social
Anthropologist of infrastructures, environments, and STS | Writing about fog capture, space, and SF | Stockholm University | http://chakadojani.com
@vcampanacho.bsky.social
Bioanthropologist interested in osteology, paleopathology, history of anthropology, ethics, curation practices, and women in science. Feminist and setting my own path in science. She/her
@sauthoff.bsky.social
Historian of rasaśāstra (Sanskrit alchemy) and tantra. Researches: medicine, gender, sexuality, religion, history of science and technology. Assistant Professor at HKBU. News junkie with a journalism past. https://hkbu.academia.edu/PatriciaSauthoff
@judithbeyer.bsky.social
Legal/Political Anthropology, Lacan, Arendt 📖s: Rethinking Community (U of Hawai’i),The Force of Custom (U of Pittsburgh) ✍🏼 An Anthropology of Statelessness 🌾-work: Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, UK, D loves🌱🌸🌳 🕸️ www.judithbeyer.com private account
@kerim.one
Taiwan-based anthropologist. 人類學家與台灣新住民。 https://kerim.one My Triptych newsletter: https://triptych.oxus.net/
@dreamtimedrinne.bsky.social
Ethnographer - Magic the Gathering Tumblr, Insta, and Hive its - dreamtimedrinne Discord - DreamtimeDrinne#9349 Mastadon - @DreamtimeDrinne@tabletop.social
@ethnographer.bsky.social
Anthropologist, feminist, fietsster, research whisperer; settler in Amiskwaciwâskahikan aka Yeg🇨🇦 My research focussed on cultural responses to public health messages (MCH, HIV, COVID) Mostly skeet on bikes, climate∆, #FeministSky, just transition, urbanism
@jessicacalarco.bsky.social
Sociologist studying families, schools, privilege, power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, Atlantic. Author of HOLDING IT TOGETHER | QUALITATIVE LITERACY | FIELD GUIDE TO GRAD SCHOOL "Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women" www.jessicacalarco.com
@anthrodiva.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologist, wine mom, and shitlib who lives in West Virginia.
@anthrodesires.bsky.social
Working Group within the German Anthropological Association Blog AnthroDesires: https://anthrodes.hypotheses.org/
@anthroandrew.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 He/Him/His PhD student at University of Texas, San Antonio Multispecies ethnographer focused on our relationships with dolphins aboard the whale watch.
@thedoctorlane.bsky.social
Black Queer Feminist Linguistic Anthropologist Author: The Black Queer Work of Ratchet: Race, Gender, Sexuality and the (Anti) Politics of Respectability I'm here to talk about Black 🏳️🌈. The 90s. Hip-hop. Black Feminism. Books. TV. Cocktails. SciFi. 🏀.
@susandblum.bsky.social
Writer, observer, educator, anthropologist, sourdough baker, gardener, linguistic anthropologist. Obsessive about the planet, politics, justice, health. Fascinated by humans. Photo by jan_huber on unsplash
@danrhan.bsky.social
(they/he) PhD candidate in anthropology and archaeology @ the University of Chicago. Picts, "heritage," identity, early medieval Scotland. Enthusiastic about places. Reluctant Europeanist. Website: danrhan.com
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social
Anthro PhD Candidate. nukes, cats, semiotics, FOIA, existential threats, heritage, nationalism, secrecy, etc. gonzo journo QUEER RT/Fave/etc ≠agree he/him http://patreon.com/nuclearanthro http://paypal.me/nuclearanthro https://osf.io/46sfd/
@apv2600.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist (Pleistocene human evolution), Professor @Wellesley College, dad, outdoor-lover, sport enthusiast
@radhikalu.bsky.social
Emergency Physician | Anthropologist | Implementation Scientist | Global Health Researcher | Philadelphia Eagles season ticket holder 🦅🦅
@drtomori.bsky.social
🇭🇺🇺🇸 Anthropologist/Public Health Prof breastfeeding, lactation, MNCH, reproduction, public health, health policy, equity, justice 🤱🏾🤱🏽🤱 posts - my own. https://nursing.jhu.edu/faculty-research/faculty/directory/cecilia-tomori/
@amazonchique.bsky.social
The one and only Crystal Frasier: writer, illustrator, and game designer, writer of Cheer Up, and tamer of the Mathmos. Rep: @desir.ee at Looking Glass Lit
@graveyardarch.bsky.social
PhD in Historical Archaeology. Mortuary Archaeologist & Museum Educator. I like graves, visibility in colonial spaces, landscapes & protective magic. I preserve gravestones, write books, & paint pictures! (she/her) https://linktr.ee/RLacy
@drspacejunk.bsky.social
Space archaeologist | Vice-chair, Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activity | Explorers Club 50, 2024 | Author, Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/
@archaeoplays.bsky.social
They/them. Disabled/chronically ill Minecraft YouTuber, & digital archaeologist (alias: Dr. Heather Christie). Also early medieval Scotland specialist and glass bead nerd. Lead Researcher for Carved in Stone. Business enquiries: archaeoplays@gmail.com
@doccrom.bsky.social
Classicist, archaeologist, sci-fi and horror nerd and, most importantly, ginger. Oh, and... "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". #EdgyPedlar #AncientStuff
@indyfromspace.bsky.social
Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
@archyfantasies.bsky.social
Occam's Trowel, Sifting archaeological fringe to get to archaeological fact. Pseudoarchaeology, Paranormal Archaeology, Archaeogaming, and other random thoughts.
@archaeomapper.bsky.social
#Metis archaeologist in amiskwacîwâskahikan. Advocating for Indigenous heritage rights. Helping communities find their children.
@animalarchaeology.com
Zooarchaeologist. 🏺 Museums & Heritage Researcher. 📜 Science Communicator & Writer. 🧪 Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK. She/Her/她. All views my own. 🏳️🌈♿️ https://dralexfitzpatrick.carrd.co/
@jensnotroff.com
#Archaeologist🏺, got a hat (no whip though). Once known as "Yunus" among Bedouins. Demanding a revival of the venerable profession of the #ExpeditionPainter👨🎨. 🔗 jensnotroff.com
@archaeologytube.bsky.social
Archaeologist, educator, science communication. Also talk a lot about games and media, art, politics, and labor issues
@jenniearcheo.bsky.social
Archaeologist, state archaeological registrar, pagan, Ukraine supporter, Fella, LOTR-fan from back when rocks were soft, Democrat, mom
@anthrodave.bsky.social
Hello! I'm an anthropologist, I study prisons, abolition and other things in Rio de Janeiro.
@geraldroche.bsky.social
AuDHD & PhD. anthropology, language, power. he/him New book: The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777783/the-politics-of-language-oppression-in-tibet/ ORCiD: 0000-0002-2410-351X
@drrgibsongirl.bsky.social
Corset scholar; bioanth PhD; chaotic neutral--harlequin aspect; bibliophile; tattooed; advocate 4 the dead; cyborg/transhuman/robot lover; bad example 4 hire. amazon.com/author/rebeccagibsonbioanthro
@anthropologia.bsky.social
Cultural, environmental, and economic anthropologist. All things coastal. Photography. Some baseball too.
@anthrobirder.bsky.social
Anthropologist at the University of Aberdeen. Likes birds. A lot. Does stuff on environmental anthropology, landscape, conservation, human-bird relations, sound, perceptions of ecological change. https://andrewjwhitehouse.wordpress.com/
@emmalouisebacke.bsky.social
Anthropologist working on the politics of care for survivors of gender-based violence / Managing Editor of The Geek Anthropologist / feminist killjoy
@ievajusionyte.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Writer. Professor at Brown University. Author of THRESHOLD (2018) and EXIT WOUNDS (2024)
@robingnelson.bsky.social
Biocultural Bio Anthropologist at SHESC ASU; studying familial & community dynamics, child growth, health outcomes across the lifespan, & parental investment; parent to 2; happy introvert; loves exercise; NJ ---> AZ
@ethnographystudio.bsky.social
ethnography and experimentation at USC - posts by @aballes2.bsky.social, @katieulrich.bsky.social, Aline Bravo, and Emma Jahoda-Brown ethnographystudio.org
@cultarchaeo.bsky.social
🇨🇦 (BC)Archaeologist & PhD student: Brother XII & the Aquarian Foundation | pseudoarchaeology & far-right uses of pseudoarchaeology | archaeology of conspirituality & conspiritual landscapes (she/her) https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/publication
@allergyphd.bsky.social
STS and Medical Anthropology, cyborgs, care, feminist theories of tech, faculty NYU Tandon, BISR faculty, she/her CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/ Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca
@ethnography911.bsky.social
Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: http://goo.gl/fZalMo
@birdlady.bsky.social
Biologist, gender/sex expert, feminist. In the works: a book on gender identity. In retirement: lots of bird photography. Substack: Sterlinga.substack.com Mastodon: @faustosterling@mastodon.world Website: annefaustosterling.com
@nickseaver.website
anthropology, algorithms, attention | he/him | The conversation is characterized by Nick's use of language, but the content of the discussion remains unknown.
@kmgill.bsky.social
Archaeobotanist, archaeologist, and historical ecologist working in island and coastal California. Native plant enthusiast 🌼 Lowe Syndrome Mom 🌼
@ndhanthro.bsky.social
Healthtech Exec & Anthropologist - http://www.nataliehanson.com . LGBTQ+ . Mom x2 . Bookworm . Anime Nerd. Aspiring Metalsmith - http://www.faeriewigs.com . She/Her