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Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
An adult and three children huddle by a grassy hill in the dark with a tall wire fence in the background.
interview / Human Rights

Archaeology at the Borders of the Refugee Crisis

Carolyn Wilke
Archaeological methods, which are typically used to study the past, can also illuminate the experiences of today’s displaced people.
One brown and one orange pot with cracks and missing fragments lean against each other in the sand.
essay / Unearthed

How Pottery Offers Glimpses Into Ancient Foodways

Carolyn Wilke
Archaeologists, armed with new technology and old fragments of food containers, are piecing together what humans in the past cooked and ate.
A colorful plate of fish, rice, vegetables, and tubers.
essay / Unearthed

The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery

Carolyn Wilke
Archaeologists are investigating foodways and re-creating meals prepared by enslaved people who lived in North America and the Caribbean to better understand their everyday lives and fill gaps in the historical record.