Colleen Morgan is an archaeology Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving her B.A. in Anthropology/Asian Studies in 2004 at the University of Texas, Colleen worked as a professional archaeologist. Since that time, she has worked in Texas, Turkey, Hawaii and California, excavating sites 100 years old and 9,000 years old and anything in-between. Her dissertation is based on building archaeological narratives with New Media, using digital photography, video, mobile and locative devices. She is deeply interested in excavation methodology, high falutin’ theory, skeuomorphs and good bourbon.
Here are some of the other places she lives:
http://middlesavagery.tumblr.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colleenmorgan
http://berkeley.academia.edu/ColleenMorgan
http://berkeley.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1236859
II. Middle Status of Savagery.
It commenced with the acquisition of a fish subsistence and a knowledge of the use of fire, and ended with the invention of the bow and arrow. Mankind, while in this condition, spread from their original habitat over the greater portion of the earth’s surface.
The name of the blog is from Ancient Society written in 1877 by Lewis H. Morgan. He classified all societies in these arcane categories, and I decided that I was somewhere between Lower and Upper Savagery.
13 Comments
April 11, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hello,
I have a question about your old Live Journal, could you please email me? I don’t know you, but found something very strange when I did a google search of my name.
Thanks
June 3, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Hello
I just stumbled upon your blog through a “photography” tag on WordPress. I just spent a hour going through your posts and I know nothing of archeology, but damn I am enthralled and have seriously enjoyed it.
I just added you to my reader and I look forward to reading more posts.
jim
June 22, 2008 at 5:56 am
Hey Colleen,
I was meandering around the internet, looking for references for an article we are trying to put together on a site in Egypt. I stumbled across your musings on the Museum of London Manual… I was quite (pleasantly) surprised to track it back to you…
The internet is a deliciously small world
In short: nice blog, see you in Turkey (hopefully?)
James
June 27, 2008 at 3:03 pm
High falutin’ theory and good burboun? I can appreciate that to the n-th degree. http://www.bentpage.wordpress.com.
February 15, 2009 at 3:04 am
I like this blog !!!!!!
Please keep in touch.
Your interests are similar to some of mine – to put it simple, connect archaeology, art, etc!
Best
Vitor
March 19, 2009 at 1:43 pm
It says you worked in “Texas, Turkey . . .”
Are you sure it wasn’t Turkey, Texas, Bob Wills’ hometown?
March 21, 2009 at 6:31 pm
funny to see my mac dock picture illustrating your Indiana tech story!
Great site btw
cheers
Dominique
aka deeveepix
April 10, 2009 at 7:05 am
Hey I found your site doing an archaeology search. I was just certified as a para-archaeologist, so I like to pretend I know something about it :-)
Your project seems really cool!
May 4, 2009 at 9:07 am
Colleen,
If you want to add Facebook or email sharing buttons to your blog posts, there’s a plugin that does it for you:
http://tinyurl.com/sharebuttons
Hope you find it helpful!
Cheers,
Jerry
August 25, 2009 at 9:37 am
I’m teaching a class on Experimental Archaeology this fall, and I’d love to use your cartoon in my introductory class session. It is a great example, and very accessible. It is also great just as a cartooon!
September 4, 2009 at 5:39 am
Hello!
I am the editor of the Ancient History Encyclopedia (http://www.ancientopedia.com), a new web resource for ancient history. The website already has a sizable database of entries, but we need more content, especially those of academic quality. Would you be interested in contributing to the site?
The site is organized around tags. Each tag has a definition (an encyclopedia-like general text), articles (in-depth and more academic texts of greater length), a timeline, illustrations /maps, books, and references / links. This format is created specifically for presenting historical information, unlike any other site on the internet. We have a great way of organizing information, but we need more content to make the site as big as it can be.
All contributors can earn money through the advertisements that are displayed next to their content, so that the efforts will be worthwhile, especially when the site receives more visitors.
Please have a look at the site and see what you think (any feedback is welcome). If you wish to contribute, you can register and start submitting straight away (all submissions are reviewed), and if you don’t know what to write, visit the “Contribute” page listed in the top menu.
I would also be grateful if you could tell others who might be interested in the site, and post a link and maybe also this call for content on your website/blog.
Thank you for your attention and I hope to see you on Ancient History Encyclopedia.
Greetings,
Jan van der Crabben
jan.vandercrabben {at} gmail.com
September 16, 2009 at 3:37 am
Hello my long lost friend,
I spent some valuable time at work reading through your blogs. It’s hard for me to admit, but you may be smarter than I am, and more insightful.
I hope we get to meet up again, you know where to find me.
October 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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