Every now and then when I\u2019m in the field, I panic about falling behind in my journal reading and letting the ENTIRE DISCIPLINE PASS ME BY.<\/p>\n
WHAT?? Archaeological Dialogues<\/em> has an issue dedicated to ROMANIZATION? I thought about that once, like four years ago<\/a>! I must\u2026 read\u2026 now!<\/p>\n WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY<\/em> has forthcoming volume dedicated to the archaeology of sound? I know people working on that RIGHT NOW and how can I possibly interact with them without being familiar with soon-to-be-published articles. More than that, I\u2019m an audiophile and I need to understand the archaeology of connectors. And I\u2019ve done archaeology of the contemporary world (forthcoming) so I must understand what was albums were found on the floor of a commune where the Grateful Dead once live.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that it has to happen eventually – like say while I\u2019m on sabbatical<\/a> – it has to happen now.<\/p>\n So instead of spending a weekend catching up on vital scholarship and remaining relevant to my discipline, I decided to clean up some audio file that I captured over the past few weeks in the field.<\/p>\n On my hike to the cave, I encounter a fairly agitated hawk and this what he (or she) sounded like:<\/p>\n