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0:00 Introduction

1:56 CIfA Salary Recommendations

6:59 Inflation & Archaeology

13:42 Gov. Youngkin Whitewashing History?

23:00 NOT Erasing History!

26:58 Finding Common Vocabulary?

30:05 Whither the ‘Culture War’?

41:02 Dr Neil Faulkner RIP (The Power of Archaeology)

53:59 Closing Thoughts

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Link of the Week:

Neil Faulkner: Obituary:

https://tinyurl.com/2fc6k8wm

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Links:

CIFA - Current salary recommendations:

https://www.archaeologists.net/practices/salary

Youngkin's promise of education reform on race, critics fear a whitewash:

https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/in-youngkins-promise-of-education-reform-on-race-critics-fear-a-whitewash/article_771f1db2-4d9b-5386-8ab1-10abc84a76e9.html

Youngkin’s win may spell changes for project highlighting history of enslaved:

https://vpm.org/news/articles/29396/youngkins-win-may-spell-changes-for-project-highlighting-history-of-enslaved

Munira Mirza is not a household name, but her exit is deeply damaging for Boris Johnson:

https://inews.co.uk/news/analysis/munira-mirza-is-not-a-household-name-but-her-exit-is-deeply-damaging-for-boris-johnson-1442275

‘Boris stopped listening’: How freezing out trusted advisers such as Munira Mirza left PM struggling to reset No 10:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/e2-80-98boris-stopped-listening-e2-80-99-how-freezing-out-trusted-advisers-such-as-munira-mirza-left-pm-struggling-to-reset-no-10/ar-AATtnQe

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Neil Faulkner, archaeologist, historian and ‘revolutionary socialist’ activist – obituary:

[£]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/02/07/neil-faulkner-archaeologist-historian-revolutionary-socialist/

Neil Faulkner: obituary:

https://www.archaeologyworldwide.com/post/neil-faulkner-obituary

Obituary: Neil Faulkner, historian, archaeologist and revolutionary (1958-2022):

https://www.theleftberlin.com/obituary-neil-faulkner-historian-archaeologist-and-revolutionary-1958-2022/

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