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forced but has to happen organically or come because you want to not because you feel obliged by the calendar so i will keep blogging when i can about what interests me or current goings on you can find more regular antiquities trade and bioarcheology news thoughts and updates copies of my papers as they are available etc by following me on twitter damienhuffer and fainttraces or academia edu so life goes on i am sure that 2016 will bring many adventures and exciting developments to share and i wish the same for you life is always a work in progress and paths are often not clear if you find yourself behind a veil then may this be the year it lifts wishing you all the best posted by damien huffer at 11 03 am 1 comment labels academia american university carleton u catholic university of america life new years nmnh opportunities q rius reflections taiko twitter wednesday november 18 2015 howdy from atlanta and asor 2015 greetings all just a quick note to say i ve arrived in atlanta for the asor american school of oriental research 2015 conference i will write a debriefing blog when i return to dc to share highlights of what i learned as this will be my first foray into the near eastern archeology community i will talk on friday in the one and only bioarcheology panel line up visible in the pdf version of the program on the website i am really looking forward to that conference phenomenon of finally putting names to faces presenting some highlights of my postdoctoral work and seeing where to go from here in terms of future publication and collaboration and exploring the city and indulging in good bbq etc if you want to follow along on twitter as i live tweet what i attend look for asor15 wish me luck and catch you again when i do posted by damien huffer at 5 43 am no comments labels archeology asor atlanta bioarchaelogy conference heritage mena networking twitter tuesday october 20 2015 life musings following the dead to ottawa well hello again my apologies for the long absence but like every time that you might think i ve vanished or decided to stop blogging fear not i have just entered hibernation mode or taken an unavoidable break due to the nearly overwhelming load of lab work writing science outreach e g today in natural history s q rius space to an unfortunately rambunctious group of middle schoolers or just wading full throttle into the onset of job application season all of the above combined takes a lot of time i like to imagine that i m fishing in the stream of life with a hook baited with stable isotopes and bone collagen not only am i applying to every relevant academic job in the us i can find but also two grants in australia a government job here three separate grants or jobs at the smithsonian that would keep me around through 2016 a possibility at the field museum etc whatever i can think of so with all that on there s been precious little time to think new profound thoughts or create and share novel research beyond my current efforts to finish postdoctoral data collection and begin to write it up and just survive really working to find interesting things to do each day to keep my spirits and energy up not to say that i ve gone totally quiet on the illicit trade front i ll share below two things of note firstly i was honored to be invited to chair a panel at the 16th annual central eurasian studies conference just held here at george washington university in dc the conference was hosted by gwu s central asia program and the institute for european russian and eurasian studies speakers were asked to think about the means by which new archeological data and databases from excavations can and should be used to aid in understanding the growing threats to mongolia s cultural heritage and where current legal and crm cultural resource management efforts can be strengthened you can view the final program here full of great talks on numerous topics but most not archeology related it was a pleasure to host speakers from yale s anthropology department and importantly mongolia itself institute of archeology mongolian academy of sciences just as i d hoped i was able to learn from experts a thorough summary discussion was provided and everyone was very comprehensively updated on the still urgent situation in the country mongolia and central asia as a whole has been rather overlooked in global discussions of the antiquities trade so this is long overdue i say secondly i am very pleased to announce that tomorrow morning i am off to ottawa photo at left for four days of a working vacation due to the good graces and hard work of my colleague and friend dr shawn graham originally a twitter contact or tweep i am being flown up to carleton university to present a guest lecture on my and colleague s ongoing research into the online trade in human remains my colleagues and i prof duncan chappell u sydney dr nathan charlton u technology sydney and mr brian spatola national museum of health and medicine are actively working to update huffer and chappell 2014 and expand upon what i presented at this year s saa conference in san francisco sharing with hopefully eager undergrads and grads and having other informal chats with them about grad life and beyond will be great i will be realistic but fair as this research continues and we work on a book chapter we look forward to following more leads down the various rabbit holes that this trade represents where are grey areas between licit and illicit how can or should social media platforms be held accountable for their role in facilitating this trade how can the legitimate reasons for the acquisition of genuine teaching specimens be separated from private and collection of the dead what about the trade in war dead watch this space for now following the dead will take me to canada and i can t wait haven t had a vacation of any sort for awhile now so i revel in the opportunity perhaps the election of a new prime minister the other day will bode well for my trip now to finishing packing and get some sleep poutine a beaver tail and good maple syrup awaits me catch you soon posted by damien huffer at 7 30 pm 2 comments labels carleton u central asia gwu human remains mongolia national museum of health and medicine national museum of natural history ottawa q rius smithsonian sydney u sydney u technology yale saturday july 4 2015 this time on the road from paris hello blogosphere as always my apologies for the lack of updates recently so this is to confirm i am still alive very busy at work plumbing the chemical secrets of the ancient dead the usual writing applying for jobs etc i m on the road again this time from the european association of southeast asian archaeologists conference to be held at universite nanterre de la defence myself and a colleague will co chair a panel on antiquities trade issues with situations in vietnam thailand philippines and perhaps maritime indonesia being covered everyone is really here to be honest to enjoy as much of paris as possible i will live tweet as much as i can given the very spotty wifi on everyone s phones apparently and write again to debrief once home on the 12th happy 4th of july to all my american colleagues or readers posted by damien huffer at 11 04 pm 3 comments labels euraseaa conference illicit antiquities trade outreach paris university nanterre de la defence friday april 17 2015 on the road from the saas just a quick check in from the road the road that s led to san francisco this the 80th annual saa conference is proving to be just as exciting and hectic as i suspected i have enjoyed staying with family getting some opportunity to explore locations inside and outside of san francisco proper reunite with old friends and colleagues if only in passing and learn a fair amount my first talk is tomorrow in the long awaited illicit antiquities trade panel hosted by dr donna yates and featuring a number of leaders in the field i will provide what i hope to be an informative update on the research that prof chappell and i have been doing on the global online trade in human remains which we began in huffer and chappell 2014 my second talk will introduce preliminary results of the isotopic work i ve been doing on some bronze age mongolian faunal remains in the context of provious ongoing studies of human remains from the numerous khirigsuurs burial mounds in light of smithsonian anthropology dept colleague s larger efforts to understand the origins of pastoral nomadism on the central asian steppe i look forward to meeting in person some individuals i only know from their published work and hope i do the cause some sort of justice so wish me luck and good tidings fun if tiring times had and more to come posted by damien huffer at 7 19 pm no comments labels bronze age conference human remains illicit antiquities trade khirigsuurs mongolia saas smithsonian friday march 27 2015 the saa archaeological record on archaeological practice on reality television many in the north american and global archaeological community are undoubtedly awaiting the upcoming society for american archaeology conference to be held this year in san francisco in three weeks time if blessed with the proximity time and money on any given year then attending a mega conference such as saas is a great if tiring opportunity to present one s work and learn from or meet experts covering just about every subfield and topic in archaeology imaginable there s enough going on to fill three conferences and keep everyone moving not to mention the after parties this will be my third time and i ve always left glad that i attended and inspired while those of us pursuing an archaeological life via academic museum or crm cultural resource management avenues might prefer the intimacy of smaller region or time specific conferences in which we re much more likely to have a comfortable home for our work sometimes taking the plunge is necessary there is no escaping the fact that it is conferences like the saas that have become the discipline and its active practitioner s key means of getting our work and the realities of this life out there en masse usually in a forum in which we the producers of that knowledge should have the most control however sometimes events can be written about or portrayed on television in the name of archaeology that are very far removed from it thus spurring outcry anger and disgrace so it was with pleasure that today as the next conference approaches i open my mailbox to find the latest edition of the saa archaeological record magazine full of eight intriguing articles specifically addressing archaeology and reality tv although i admit to not having read it cover to cover yet i wanted to bring it to people s attention anyway or those of you readers who aren t already saa members covering such topics as the portrayal of archaeological practice on reality tv time team america archaeology as a gateway to science creating a preservation ethic through reality tv the possibility of televised metal detecting as a force for public good and importantly other outreach options beyond tv this edition seems full of promise and is sure to inspire debate blogging archaeology is becoming increasingly common and has been its own session at the saas for two years now many websites explain how participants can hack conferences many of us engage in live tweeting etc all well and good and important to do as individuals to spread word of our own work and share our perspectives on the realities or controversies behind the headlines i would argue that in much of the world television and movies still play the primary role in shaping public opinion and perception of us and our discipline since we can t change this we have to keep working to steer it in directions we can rest easier with it s a dilemma with no easy answer so i look forward to seeing what the authors have to say on the subject i know what i ll be reading on my 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