[ShovelBums.Org] Technicians Needed in Rocky Mountain West

The Wyoming office of Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. has immediate openings for field technicians for multiple inventory projects in Colorado and Wyoming. Field work will begin in late May/early June and will continue for several months. A bachelor’s degree or higher and demonstrated Class III inventory experience are required. All candidates must be able to … Read more

[ShovelBums.Org] ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN, Knoxville, Tennessee

Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. seeks a full-time, salaried entry or mid-level Architectural Historian to work out of our Knoxville, Tennessee office. The successful candidate must: * Possess a Master’s degree in historic preservation, architectural history, history, or related field; * Meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications in Architectural History; * Demonstrate at least … Read more

[ShovelBums.Org] CRA seeks Staff Archaeologists for Richmond, Virginia Office

For the past three decades, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA) has been recognized as one of the most respected full-service cultural resource consulting firms in the United States. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, CRA has offices located throughout the United States. Our mission is to meet the client’s needs in the delivery of appropriate, high-quality, cost-effective … Read more

[ShovelBums.Org] Immediate openings for Field Archeologists – New Orleans,  Louisiana

Field Archeologists – New Orleans, Louisiana R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. has immediate openings for field archeologists to work out of our New Orleans, Louisiana office on a variety of local and non-local projects. The durations of these projects range from approximately 1-2 months. The projects will be mobilized from our New Orleans office, … Read more

[ShovelBums.Org] GIS Technician Oahu, Hawaii

Aloha mai kakou, The Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) has an opening for a full-time GIS Technician with the Oahu Army Cultural Resources Management Program (OACRM). Employment is through the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) and in cooperation with the United States Army Garrison – Hawaii (USAG-HI). The office … Read more

Note: The Nov 16, 2017 Keystone Pipeline oil spill is *not* the Keystone XL Pipeline (the XL is not complete yet).

The TransCanada Keystone pipeline spill of 210,000 gallons/5,000 barrels near Amherst, SD is *NOT* the Keystone XL pipeline that has been in the news so much this last year. The Keystone Xl is not completed yet. {Hat tip to JS for the heads up} The spill reportedly occurred because of a loss of pressure around 6:00 … Read more

Some of the oldest paper in the world are from the Diary of Merer documenting the building of Khufu’s pyramid in Giza.

  I have been casually following the work of French archaeologist Pierre Tallet and his work with Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, the University of Ismailia and the University of Paris-Sorbonne on the ancient harbors at Ayn Sukhna and and the even more remote Wadi el-Jarf for a few years. Channel 4 just produced a neat documentary on … Read more

Help Change (the) History (channel): “Amelia Earhart – The Lost Evidence”: A petition to get History Channel to acknowledge the photo evidence used is wrong (it pre-dates her disappearance by two years!).

  Did you see this picture on the History Channel special in July 2017 “Amelia Earhart – The Lost Evidence”? It purported to show Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan in Japanese custody. There is a small problem…the photograph was taken two years before they disappeared!  While the History Channel has removed the episode … Read more

Beauty in Chaos: Lesson in data visualization from the near realtime wind visualization of Hurricanes Katia, Irma, and Jose

As a scientist one thing I genuinely appreciate is high quality visualizations of data to give lay people an idea of scale and complexity presented in a format they can understand without specialized training. I believe these wind maps from https://earth.nullschool.net/ do a great job of this type of visualization. They allow you to view … Read more