Jake Sauer
@archaeolojake.bsky.social
Anthropological archaeologist, usually in the southern cone; nascent dendrochronology and drone LiDAR afficionado (very nascent); yerba mate enthusiast
Pains me to promote the WSJ, but...
And I sent this to all my students to show their parents 🤣
And I sent this to all my students to show their parents 🤣
September 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Pains me to promote the WSJ, but...
And I sent this to all my students to show their parents 🤣
And I sent this to all my students to show their parents 🤣
Let us remember who is truly at fault for all of this arguing over The Odyssey: Heinrich Schliemann. 😄 ⚱️🏺
July 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Let us remember who is truly at fault for all of this arguing over The Odyssey: Heinrich Schliemann. 😄 ⚱️🏺
Text from the monument reductions: 1) Like any of the people who wrote this could identify a lithic scatter on the best day they ever had, and 2) they for sure don't get to say what is of "scientific interest." 🏺⚱️
July 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Text from the monument reductions: 1) Like any of the people who wrote this could identify a lithic scatter on the best day they ever had, and 2) they for sure don't get to say what is of "scientific interest." 🏺⚱️
I am tired of Guns Germs and Steel still being the prevalent explanation for everything 🤮⚱️🏺
July 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I am tired of Guns Germs and Steel still being the prevalent explanation for everything 🤮⚱️🏺
Way to be Indy!
Indiana Jones then: It belongs in a museum!! 🏺
Indiana Jones now: Land Back is both a moral imperative and the only path to survival
That's growth 💅
Indiana Jones now: Land Back is both a moral imperative and the only path to survival
That's growth 💅
May 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Way to be Indy!
Daaaaaang. 1.2 million years of climate data in a single core!! 🧪
Ice core reveals longest-ever continuous record of Earth’s climate
Data from Antarctica could help to solve the mystery of why ice ages were so brutal.
www.nature.com
May 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Daaaaaang. 1.2 million years of climate data in a single core!! 🧪
Will this get as much press as the original article? Besides the indomitable Kristina Killgrove, of course, who called this from the jump. 🏺
30 experts from a range of disciplines have responded in print to a Science study published in March that questioned the 14.5kyo date of Monte Verde in Chile. 🏺🧪
'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile
Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile...
www.livescience.com
May 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Will this get as much press as the original article? Besides the indomitable Kristina Killgrove, of course, who called this from the jump. 🏺
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Dillehay response to the debate youtu.be/APUW__PfZR4?...
Monte Verde and the Pre-Clovis Debate: Tom Dillehay Responds to Surovell et al. 2026
YouTube video by David Pompeani
youtu.be
April 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Dillehay response to the debate youtu.be/APUW__PfZR4?...
Response from the Monte Verde Foundation
www.instagram.com/p/DWGkxFQlUj...
www.instagram.com/p/DWGkxFQlUj...
fundacion.monte.verde on Instagram: "Ante la reciente publicación de un artículo en la revista Science que cuestiona la cronología de Monte Verde II, la Fundación Monte…"
Ante la reciente publicación de un artículo en la revista Science que cuestiona la cronología de Monte Verde II, la Fundación Monte Verde comparte antecedentes desde el trabajo científico desarrollado durante décadas en el sitio.Este carrusel presenta los principales puntos de análisis del equipo del Proyecto Monte Verde, reafirmando la importancia del rigor metodológico y la solidez del registro arqueológico.-In response to a recent article published in @sciencemagazine that questions the chronology of Monte Verde II, the Monte Verde Foundation shares key insights based on decades of scientific research at the site.This carousel presents the main points of analysis from the Monte Verde Project team, reaffirming the importance of methodological rigor and the robustness of the archaeological record.
www.instagram.com
March 21, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Response from the Monte Verde Foundation
www.instagram.com/p/DWGkxFQlUj...
www.instagram.com/p/DWGkxFQlUj...
I am admittedly biased, but all this about Monte Verde seems awfully sensationalized and overwrought. Like Science mag is being clickbaitey, not acknowledging the flaws in the methodology and conclusions, and at the least not giving Dillehay and co. space to respond immediately
March 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I am admittedly biased, but all this about Monte Verde seems awfully sensationalized and overwrought. Like Science mag is being clickbaitey, not acknowledging the flaws in the methodology and conclusions, and at the least not giving Dillehay and co. space to respond immediately
How do footprints wash in from elsewhere with the artifacts?
And Clovis Firsters:🖕🏻
And Clovis Firsters:🖕🏻
This year's archaeology conferences are gonna be interesting. 🔥🧪🏺
Monte Verde, one of the earliest Indigenous sites in South America, is much younger than thought, study claims. But others call it 'egregiously poor geological work.'
A new analysis of archaeological layers at Monte Verde in Chile suggests that people lived there 4,200 years ago, not 14,500 years ago as originally proposed. But many experts point to errors in the m...
www.livescience.com
March 19, 2026 at 9:59 PM
How do footprints wash in from elsewhere with the artifacts?
And Clovis Firsters:🖕🏻
And Clovis Firsters:🖕🏻
This is hilarious 🤣
'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago
Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
www.livescience.com
March 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is hilarious 🤣
I Heart Archaeology.
The American sweet potato was introduced to Polynesia from South America, likely by seafarers crossing the Pacific. It can withstand harsher conditions than taro or uwhi (yam), so its introduction helped early migrants settle cooler southern Polynesia.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I Heart Archaeology.
One of the saddest aspects of my job is watching students destroy themselves doing the ridiculous pre-med requirements when they are only doing med school because of parental and peer pressure.
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
One of the saddest aspects of my job is watching students destroy themselves doing the ridiculous pre-med requirements when they are only doing med school because of parental and peer pressure.
Anyone surprised by the Young Republicans group chat hasn't spent much time around business school students.
October 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Anyone surprised by the Young Republicans group chat hasn't spent much time around business school students.
Reposted by Jake Sauer
WOW. Posting also to the 🧪 feed
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
WOW. Posting also to the 🧪 feed
Reposted by Jake Sauer
If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I'm not convinced that Richard Hofstadter's book "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" wasn't recently published.
August 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm not convinced that Richard Hofstadter's book "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" wasn't recently published.
Lord grant me the power to not give a damn like a Canada Goose
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lord grant me the power to not give a damn like a Canada Goose
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Oh honey. That’s a lot of hate for someone whose ancestors wouldn’t have survived a single winter without us. Drink some water. Touch some grass. Maybe smudge that black heart of yours.
We’re still here.
#AuntieSaysSitDown #WeAreStillHere
We’re still here.
#AuntieSaysSitDown #WeAreStillHere
July 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Oh honey. That’s a lot of hate for someone whose ancestors wouldn’t have survived a single winter without us. Drink some water. Touch some grass. Maybe smudge that black heart of yours.
We’re still here.
#AuntieSaysSitDown #WeAreStillHere
We’re still here.
#AuntieSaysSitDown #WeAreStillHere
June 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Back in the office. #proyectoantropologiaambientalhuilolanin #paahl #huilohuilobiologicalreserve #huilohuilo #immersionvanderbilt
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Smart Tags are a marvelous invention
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Smart Tags are a marvelous invention
