About this site

from Michael Shanks, archaeologist at Stanford

a weblog of all things archaeological …

… because we are all archaeologists now, working on what is left of the past.

Particular themes that fascinate me include long term historical trends, design and craft, media and documentation.

Figure and ground – a key topic in the archaeological imagination.

Archaeography  – the convergence of archaeology and photography
See my site archaeographer.com

Chorography – the documentation of site and region.

You can find my main website here – michaelshanks.org