Last year, Davis et al. (2019) made a claim that the Cooper’s Ferry location in Idaho has archaeological remains older than 16 000 years. This would make them by far the oldest securely dated remains in the Americas. Manning (2020) just published a critique of their claim, accompanied by a response from Davis et al.…
Oak Island archaeology update: What is the paved area, and how old is it?
In the season 7 finale of Curse of Oak Island, the team reveals that wood recovered by Ian Spooner just below the stone pavement in the swamp area gave a radiocarbon date in the 13th century. A number of hypotheses have formed around the paved area, both on the show and in fan communities. Some…
Oak Island archaeology update : Samuel Ball’s secret tunnel
On S07E22 (Marks X the Spot), following a tip from the ground penetrating radar survey of Samuel Ball’s property, the team uncover what they describe as a tunnel, which they speculate may have been related to the hiding of treasure near Ball’s house, or perhaps even to the Money Pit itself. Jack Begley of the…
What really matters now
What really matters now is compassion. What really matters now is that our students are well enough and supported enough to resume their academic learning when the storm has passed. They are learning now. They are saturated with learning. They are in an environment in which they have never been. They are separated from their…
A university administrator in a pandemic, or Barney Miller on Moonbase Alpha
Trying to administer a student affairs portfolio in the middle of a pandemic feels a bit like being Barney Miller on Moonbase Aplha. Both Space 1999, which features the moonbase, and Barney Miller, I now realize, were important formative childhood influences for me. As a full-on, unapologetic Gen Xer, television was a crucial part of…
