amber zambelli 🦭

appalachian, raconteuse, pet parent. not quite an archaeologist, but not quite anything else. from the ⛰ to the 🌍 co-host of @dirtpodcast 🌹🏴♠️🏳️‍🌈

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

Now that everything is officially official, I am proud to share with everyone left on the internet that I have accepted an offer of admission to Penn’s History & Sociology of Science PhD program, entering fall 2024.

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

please come find me at AAA and tell me i did ok and that the AAA Podcast Library booth signage doesn’t look like i failed to find a print shop in Toronto that could produce mounted posters and accept US credit cards online and also my paper will be ok

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@BK_Archeo @BethDerderian @IASArabia thank you for sharing more about current work with the #MuDUD project! what a fantastic session, all!

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

aah! what a treat to hear @Cult_Archaeo on the new episode of @QanonAnonymous in a smart, thoughtful, and punchy interview 👏🏼

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

as y’all know, AQYS is a tremendously special space to me. if you know potential campers, please tell them about 👇🏻 and if you’re not in best virginia, follow @ACLU_WV to learn of ways to support from afar leading up to it 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤍

[ACLU of WV @ACLU_WV]

The Appalachian Queer Youth Summit is back!

2023 applications are open. Camp will be held in Morgantown Aug. 9-13. Apps received before May 1 will receive priority. LGBTQ+ WVians ages 15-19, as well as those from LGBTQ+ families, are welcome to apply. Attendance is free!

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

Until that momentous return to being a scholar from the holler, I’ll still be working as an analyst for a KSA cultural heritage initiative, puttering away on my Wendell Phillips project, and best of all, continuing to produce @dirtpodcast with my best bud 🤓

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

Now that everything is officially official, I am proud to share with everyone left on the internet that I have accepted an offer of admission to Penn’s History & Sociology of Science PhD program, entering fall 2024.

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

i would like to issue a correction: it was not a cold, it was covid AND the flu and i’m “fine” now

[The Dirt @dirtpodcast]

NEW: It's an episode about the #archaeology, prehistory, and history of the common cold! Learn how to tell if a skeleton had the sniffles, diagnose ghosts in your colon, uncover the great Vitamin C scam, and more!

#ColdSeason #medicine

https://t.co/ZCiSd03VI5

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@whineosaur @liveonthesun_ @greatestdisease I’ve been meaning to check it out for ages!! is this the nudge I needed?

[The Dirt @dirtpodcast]

In light of recent ✨discourse✨Anna worked up a new design. And also worked through some feelings. We’re thinking maybe…poster? Postcards?

#archaeology #anthropology #Science #ancient #history #SciComm #ArchaeologyTwitter #AnthroTwitter

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

we’re back, besties! and check out the new episode for more details, and i cannot tell you how surreal it is to be Siblings Doing It For Themselves out here with such wonderful people supporting us 💜💜💜

[The Dirt @dirtpodcast]

We’re back, y’all. New platform, new look, and a new episode full of updates. #Subscribe so you don’t miss any upcoming episodes! Check out the show notes for more info. #podcast #anthropology #archaeology #ancient #history #education #SciComm

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

accidentally packed shapewear to wear with this white dress so now i’m at brunch feeling less like a snack and more like a snausage

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@k8shep I got the Bonne Maman this year! never have I been so excited for toast

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@ahtzib @Manigarm @fiftysitesbook @ArchaeologyGame I’m interested in those trailblazing periods w/ minimal data on which to draw expertise— eg, I had an Eminent Professor who never earned a phd, only an MA and a letter of introduction. I’m trying to avoid a “we were never professional” thesis, rather how the bounds were drawn

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

with all the ongoing Discourse happening and themes of anti-authority and mistrust of “experts,” i see an opportunity: anyone have reading recs re: the emergence of legitimacy in archaeology? currently wrestling w/ questions of who is “qualified” to do archaeological research

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@ahtzib @Manigarm @fiftysitesbook @ArchaeologyGame I’m thinking of a century+ ago when archaeology in Western Asia was professionalizing away from antiquarianism and no longer only the domain of colonial weirdos who loved deciphering cuneiform & 50-75 years ago when Arabian archaeology was emerging at the dawn of New Archaeology.

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@ahtzib @Manigarm @fiftysitesbook @ArchaeologyGame “concept of a professional” yes!! thank you— i got too in the weeds of my own question to remember that Spooky Archaeology would be extremely relevant to my attempts to trace how the discipline came to distinguish the scholars from the clowns

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@ArchaeologyGame “not parody” bill I am wheezing

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

this one stings 😖

[Reductress @Reductress]

This Woman Went Home to Her Parents for Thanksgiving Because She Was Already Living There: https://t.co/2D6cNKpivu

[amber zambelli 🦭 @amberdextrous]

@KBSpangler meet my neighbor (and bff of my own tiny mutt since puppyhood), peanut 🥜 she is very good, and very brown, and very dog.