Sandra Garvie-Lok

Historical bioarchaeologist @UAlberta. Diet & disease in ancient states (Greece, China). Favourite things: my husband, daughter & cat; webcomics; coffee!!

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@PalaeoJenn Good luck tomorrow Jen - I am sure you’re doing an awesome job!

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@StonesAndSkulls @winterhiccup That was a long time ago when backing up meant copying file by file to a tall stack of floppy disks, not uploading to the cloud. Still did it after hearing that story ... even kept a copy in our safety deposit box.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@DrKillgrove Yes, you’re right. It’s a shame because the work to identify and return the remains of migrants is something people should be thinking and talking about.

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@DrKillgrove I thought that was covered by “Don’t start digging before receiving permission from local officials.” I think the title and image at the start are the real problem; they aren’t respectful and prime us to expect the article won’t be either.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@DrKillgrove The article describes forensic work - mostly efforts to identify the remains of people who died trying to cross the border and were found and buried by the govt. So in this case I'd say digging them up was right.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@DrKillgrove Can’t make lettuce wraps without it! And Julia likes it so much that she eats it plain as a snack. I’ll admit I was skeptical but it’s surprisingly satisfying because of the crunch.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@StonesAndSkulls World’s cutest dissertation graphs 😂😂

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

Unexpected after-effect of consuming lots of academic Twitter while at #AAPA2019 is apparently dreams where all of the data points in my poster graphs are replaced by emojis 🙃

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@SavvyOlogy @Uber That is awful. I am sorry that stupid jerk turned a routine drive home into something so hateful and upsetting.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@StonesAndSkulls @ancientchildren @PhysAnth Winter is clearly ignoring our eviction notice. 😤

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@JenStacie @laharrin @dentalanth @PhysAnth Congratulations Jen - great job!

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

So very proud of you Kat - very well deserved! @ualberta @sshrcUofA

[K Bish @Kat_Bish]

Humbled to have received the #AAPA2019 Mildred Trotter Prize for our poster. It is named in honour of a trailblazing woman, who paved the way for forensic work, was the first female @PhysAnth president, and did so much more in our field. #WomenInSTEM @GarvieLok @MargrietHaagsma

[K Bish @Kat_Bish]

First conference poster with the PhD results (and great project) and first time presentating at the #AAPA2019 ... excited for dialogue! 🐑🐐 @GarvieLok @MargrietHaagsma

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

This is awful. As individuals and as an association we need to do better.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@Sonia_Zak Look in a mirror. See that face? That’s the Sonia we all know and yes she’s a good person. Twitter can bring out the nasty in anyone. That’s depressing but also human. Now go and do something nice for yourself offline. Twitter can mind itself for a while.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@StonesAndSkulls Mine’s not working that well either I thought for a moment you said Bicycle Anthropologists

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Neanderthal spears have often been portrayed as close-range weapons, too heavy and clunky to be thrown at a distance. Javelin-throwers threw replica spears just fine. https://t.co/6wxMeWjFm3

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@emmatsalageek This is Firefly, in her favourite warm place.

[Sandra Garvie-Lok @GarvieLok]

@indyfromspace 😂😂

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