From the Editor-in-Chief of the African Archaeological Review (celebrating its 40th anniversary next year): how to ensure the sustainability of African archaeological science (especially archaeometallurgy) given the unequal power dynamics among African and Global North scholars.

Anthropology but make it...fashion? Today’s #SAPIENSinFocus thread is all about clothing and textiles across time and space

Owch. Learning that Black women are making 58 cents to the dollar due to the wage gap and racism very much diminishes any sense of victory with the fact that women in general are closing the wage gap. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Even as a religious woman myself, this article surprised me in some truly delightful and thought-provoking ways. Great read on women's work in tandem with their convictions and in spite of challenges along the way: theconversation.com/bohra-digital-….

Excited to share our publication today and extending gratitude to all authors, contributors and Country. Moorditch boodja quababiny koort-al. doi.org/10.1007/s10745…

The Subjectivity journal is pleased to announce an upcoming international panel discussion to launch the recently published special issue on geophilosophy. More details here (date tbc): palgrave.com/gp/journal/412….

THIS IS SO COOL!

Archaeologists, you've been heard! I've been watching the criticism of Graham Hancock's tv series unfold on Twitter amidst the repercussions of Musk's takeover and, well, this was fun to read on a Monday: theconversation.com/with-netflixs-….

Dear account followers: would any of you be interested in attending an informal video chat, 30 min long, explaining transformative agreements and options for OA publishing in Springer's hybrid anthro/archaeology journals? Plus Q&A? Please drop a like or a comment below if yes.

All we want to do is do good, rewarding work, no matter how hard it might be. the-scientist.com/news-opinion/o…

...And by Springer, I mean myself and my colleague in books, Alex Verbeek. We would love to meet you.

The benefits of a good, company-supported lunch break. I can get behind this. forbes.com/sites/forbesbu…

It's not a stretch to see social benefits to drinking. But this article does not discuss complicating factors like genetic predispositions to alcoholism, risky sexual behavior, sexual abuse, or violence emerging from alcohol abuse. theconversation.com/canadas-new-dr…

The International Journal of Historical Archaeology's newest issue "Health, Well-Being, and Ability in Archaeology" is free to access in March and features writing on topics like accessibility in archaeology -- and pink artifacts from 2167! Read it here: link.springer.com/journal/10761/….

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry interviews Katarzyna Sznigiero about the way motifs connected with psychiatry are used in the films of #AlfredHitchcock. Read the discussion and paper here: culturemedicinepsychiatry.com

On unconditional friendship and the seven ways to get there: msn.com/en-gb/lifestyl…

CALL FOR PAPERS: the WAC journal Archaeologies is seeking papers on the topic of "Archaeological Education." For more information, please visit: link.springer.com/collections/hg….