Southern Arkansas University’s “Big Picture”

September 24, 2012 in press & media

Dr. Jamie C. Brandon. Photo by Aaron Street, SAU Communications Director.

Big thanks to the folks in Southern Arkansas University’s Communications Center for writing and posting a “Big Picture” faculty profile on me. For a while, a link to the piece was rotating on the header/banner on the SAU homepage, but you can read the whole article here:

http://web.saumag.edu/2012/09/05/jamie_brando/

I know, I know…the picture with the skulls is a bit hokey…but remember, I am the only anthropologist on campus, so I represent all four fields…(the ongoing joke is that it is a promotional still from a pilot episode of my failed TV series “The Father Brandon Mysteries.” I quite like the picture with the transfer-printed plates, however….I also understand that a version of this profile will also appear in an upcoming SAU Stater, the glossy alumni magazine for SAU. Thanks again for the press…

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The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology

April 3, 2012 in publications

The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology, edited by Robin Skeates, Carol McDavid and John Carman, just came out last month (March, 2012)…I co-authored one of the chapters (Chapter 31: “Descent community partnering, the politics of time, and the logistics of reality: tales from North American, African diaspora, archaeology”)…but I have to confess, the volume ain’t cheap…

According to the OUP website, the volume seeks to…

reappraise the place of archaeology in the contemporary world by providing a series of essays that critically engage with both old and current debates in the field of public archaeology. Divided into four distinct sections and drawing across disciplines in this dynamic field, the volume aims to evaluate the range of research strategies and methods used in archaeological heritage and museum studies, identify and contribute to key contemporary debates, critically explore the history of archaeological resource management, and question the fundamental principles and practices through which the archaeological past is understood and used today.

The volume also includes many friends & colleagues such as Fred McGhee, Adrian Praetzellis, Barbara Little, Michael Nassaney, Margaret Purser, Kevin Bartoy, Patrice Jeppson, Cheryl LaRoche, Alice Kehoe, and David Gadsby…and many, many more (it’s a “cast of thousands”). Check it out (probably, quite literally…”check it out” of the nearest research library that has the money to buy it).

Tags: book, chapter, descent community, public, publication
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New Post on Then Dig!

August 26, 2011 in publications

My blog post on “Shovels:Regional Diversity in One of Our Most Indispensable Tools” can be read on both the Then Dig site and my own blog, Farther Along …I was asked by my colleague Terry Brock to contribute a peer reviewed (whatever than means in blog world) post for an “issue” of the blog this summer…the theme of his special issue was archeological tools…my post appeared July 28, 2011.

Then Dig is a group blog that centers on the archeological short-form. Conceived after a popular blog carnival leading up to the “Blogging Archaeology” session at the 76th meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Then Dig intends to bring the best of archaeological blogging together in one place.

Then Dig is hosted by the Archaeological Research Facility at the University of California, Berkeley.

Tags: blog, shovels
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Farther Along…

August 25, 2011 in publications

Check out my blog–Farther Along. Like any good narcissist of my generation, I have been blogging since 2003…blogging about anthropology, archeology, local & regional history, my personal life, popular culture, what have you.

Why the Name “Farther Along…”?

The name comes from the traditional song “Farther Along”–long a favorite of artists such as The Osborn Brothers, the Flying Burrito Bros., Emmy Lou Harris, George Hamilton IV, Sam Cooke, Dolly Parton, Mississippi John Hurt, Ray Price, the Oakridge Boys, Rose Maddox, Elvis Presley, The Byrds, David Grisman and the Bad Livers.

“Farther along we’ll know more about it.
Farther along we’ll understand why.
Cheer up, my brother, live in the sunshine…
we’ll understand it all by and by…”

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Welcome!

August 23, 2011 in Uncategorized

Welcome to the web home of Jamie Brandon–an anthropologist living in southwestern Arkansas.

I am the Arkansas Archeological Survey’s Research Station Archeologist at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and an Assistant Professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. In this “dual” position I teach anthropology courses for SAU’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and I am responsible for the archaeological resources in my station territory–11 counties in southwestern Arkansas.

I’m updating the design of this website for the first time since 2006 (this site has been around since 2003)…so bear with me.

You can also follow me on various social media: