Vitrine with canopic jars – intestinal containers. Middle Kingdom Egypt, 12th dynasty. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
archetypes
Statue and thunderstorm
Nyborg Fjord, Denmark.
Some archaeological notes on futures studies
The Janus Maneuver Hindsight, foresight, and futures studies Everyone, it seems, is a futurist now. Here are some loosely gathered thoughts on why an archaeology of design may be a missing foundation. These are notes – so expect inaccuracies and mistakes of memory (hopefully minor). After Janus – the divine principle of looking both back…
Newsletter — Stanford Archaeology Center
Prospective reflections on 2025-26 Acting with nature — prehistory My new book Archaeologies of Nature: Activating the Archive, written with Gabriella Giannachi, University of Exeter and Turin, is now complete and in production. Open Access — it will be available as PDF in June 2026. We use an archaeology of artworks to probe human relationships…
2026
Høl Strand, Listed, Bornholm, Baltic Sea.
Tower and Garden
Lindisfarne. Tudor fort converted into country residence by architect Edwin Lutyens in 1901. His major project after this commission was to design the imperial government center of New Delhi. Garden designed by Gertrude Jeckyll. Replanting by the current charitable land owning agency, the National Trust, from original plans lost and found again in Berkeley University…