Tim Abel, PhD

Happy International Day of Archaeology from the site of Fort Brewerton and the Oliver Stevens Blockhouse Museum!

That's a wrap on my OV 100 mile challenge! 105 miles trekked for the summer. Wolf Pond in the photo.

Today we should celebrating my son's 34th birthday, but 11 years ago he took his own life. Check in on your friends and family. If you're in a dark place, reach out to someone. You are loved. The world is a better place with you here.

These past weeks, my crew and I have been conducting data recovery on roughly 8 acres of land slated for development. The information we have uncovered will change the narrative related to the right flank of the Battle of Sackets Harbor.

Friends, as much fun as it is to play "Goon, fiend, or wanker? with the Trump regime, the sad reality is that this regime is actively attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Please share this LGBTQ+ friendly one-pager of mental health resources widely #PrideMonth #MentalHealth #AltComms

Today we started our GPR survey of French and Indian War era Fort Brewerton with the Brewerton Historical Society and TerraSearch. The work was funded in part by the Robert E. Funk Memorial Research Foundation. Stay tuned for results!

In 1873 Dr. Franklin B. Hough saw the need to protect forests from overexploitation. He wrote a report "On the Duty of Governments in the Preservation of Forests” calling for forestry schools and laws to protect & regulate forests. He championed stewardship over dominance. #AltCitizen #ForestFriday

To correct an earlier post, 988 is being shut down for LGBTQ+ services. It will still exist for general suicide counseling. That said, I'd like to know how they're going to make that distinction over the phone.

As part of a study on a 19th century cemetery in northern New York, we surveyed census mortality records to find fully half of deaths from 1850-1870 were of children, half again of children under 2. The most common causes were infectious diseases now preventable. www.academia.edu/resource/wor...

This hits me very close to home. If you feel you are in crisis, please reach out.

Yo Feds! The trauma is real. It’s not your fault. Take care of yourself & your peeps. Go for a walk. Get in a different headspace. We see you out there, we need you out there, & we love you & value your important work. If you are in crisis, please reach out & #resist the doubt and despair.