It’s been almost a year since the last de-lurk. Aard currently has over 150 returning visitors daily (out of about 800 uniques). Since not everyone checks in every day, this translates to several hundred — possibly a thousand — regulars who read the blog at least once a week. So, everybody, please comment away, as briefly or verbosely as you like, and do consider telling us a little about yourself!
Aardvarchaeology - by Dr. Martin Rundkvist 
Long time mostly lurker. I was a student of Environmental Science and just started working in my field for a small Indian Tribe along a border river in the Southwest. One of the people I will be working with often is the Cultural Affairs officer who is of course an archaeologist. Cannot go tearing out invasive plants with a dozer and ruining important sites.
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And who I am you know. I´ve been reading your blog daily since your Salto-time and although I rarely comment I usally enjoy your posts very much!
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“surely the “accusation” of writing bodice-rippers can’t be met with anything but a snort these days.”
Well said Martin
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Another “bodice-ripper” writer raising the hand here. Amarinda directed her readers to your article about bodice rippers. And then I sort of hung around. Think I read about twenty articles. Thank you so much! Sure enjoyed the blog.
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Popping in to see what the hubbub is about. Don’t think any of my characters have actually ripped a bodice but an interesting debate nonetheless. Thanks to Amarinda for the point-to.
Kelly
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As ed k said earlier, I lurk, it’s what I do.
I roll in to read here every week or so to find some good archeology posts.
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I’m an archaeologist by profession, specialising in archaeozoology (hence the blog name).
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De-lurking as ordered Sir!
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De-lurking from Virginia! Found you from the Skeptical blogs, and check in several times a week.
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Martin: lest you think my infrequent commenting lately means I have returned to lurking, here’s proof to the contrary. (BTW, that was a very convoluted way of saying “I’m not quite dead yet”…)
Thinker
Historically interested Swedish biotechnologist who enjoys a good brew in good company…
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By your command, then: A Finn from the fields of mathematics (a callow grad student) delurks. I can’t recall how I found my way here, but I’ve been returning now and then for months.
And since I’m a Finn, I’ve been lurking. You very well know that in Finland once you speaks, you loses face.
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Yes indeed. Us Swedes, on the other hand, are effeminately talkative and have neither sisu nor puukko.
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Ha! Got caught. I read by the RSS feeds to my email. Am a subscriber to several Anth groups and this site was mentioned in one of the posts. Have been semi regular until getting the hang of the RSS. Now a regular lurker.
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Unlurking briefly from my mission to read the whole of the internet. From Britland. Was a circuit digger and museum monkey for many years, longer than is either decent or necessary in a gentleman.
Jacked it in when it became obvious that my pathetic addictions to food and housing were never going to be adequately funded by the trade.
And developer-funded archaeology (watching empty holes fill with rain) just doesn’t do it for me. I like stuff :^)
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Yes, you’re in my newsfeed.
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de-lurking… sometimes commenter and one-time guest blogger 🙂
greetz to all the other commenters.
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A regular reader ever since you advertised your existence on VOFs forum.
Keep up the good work.
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I don’t remember how I found you but I did. Now I read once every couple weeks. Keep up the good work!
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Hi. Second comment ever. Fourth visit. Romance Writer and proud to be epubbed as well as in print, living in Tennessee but currently on the road. I’m here because once upon a time Amarinda Jones pointed to your blog for an article and the magnitude of your abundant charisma (ahem) locked me in. Plus, I like words that start with two “Aa”s.
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A Belgian lurker from Brussels, pursuing a MA in information technology after getting a first MA in ancient ( classical ) history, following you through the Maia Atlantis RSS Feed ( http://planet.atlantides.org/ )
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Yeah, I lurk. Keep RSS feed for combined scienceblogs posts.
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Great to see you de-lurk, guys, but you’re commenting on last summer’s de-lurk entry!
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For some reason, the feed reader picked it up again today…
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to the archaeologist in Hungary: I’m a prehistorian currently in Budapest, planning to start my Phd. what’s ur field?
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