What are the contexts in which archaeology is currently situated?

If you listened to the last episode, I switched up the format on you. This one is also a different format in how we switch from a panel discussion to a casual chat.

I was back in Denver last week with Michael Ashley for Codifi. It’s tough to carve out time for things like podcasts when I’m on the road, but I was super happy to sit down for dinner with Chris Driver and Jessi Woods, and have a good chat about ALL THE THINGS. It’s a little all over the place, but what we come away with is a contextualization of archaeology within the current political climate. Codifi is just one part of that, but it’s really resonating with people like Chris who are working hard to do good things for the public and their heritage resources.

If you haven’t heard of Codifi, it’s the tech startup that Michael and I are partners in. I don’t talk about it much on the podcast, since this is entirely listener supported and ad free, but Codifi is more than just what pays my bills, it’s the materialization of my life’s work for most of the past decade. We’re currently an army of two but we’re growing very quickly because the people we’ve been working with to take their archaeology projects paperless have pushed the boundaries of the field, and the limits of what we’re able to do with our technology. Chris Driver is one of those people who have pushed us and inspired us with his approach to archaeology, so this episode was super fun.