James Williams
@jtdub
Software Engineer by profession. Anthropologist by education. Explorer and wanderer at heart. Curious by nature.
This weekend, I finished the final steps in my Anthropology passion project. I’m not entirely sure what’s next, but I’m certain I’ll continue to broaden my anthropological horizon.
The Moki Queen with her dog. This is a Barrier Canyon style rock art and is believed to be between 1500-4000 years old (2000BCE-500CE). About 4000 years ago coincides with when corn arrives in the Southwest from Mesoamerica. I took this picture in 2024 while traveling in Utah. #archaeology #rockart
I stumbled across this point while traversing a bench between canyons while backpacking in Utah in 2022. Encountering these traces of human activity stirs the imagination about what life was like when the point was left behind. #escalantenationalmonument #archaeology
I just turned in my anthropology capstone white paper and presentation. Now I’m nostalgic for time in the Andes with my friends.
Many evenings and weekends of reading and writing are beginning to payoff. A draft of my final paper is done. It’ll be read and tweaked several times in the coming weeks.
I created this map in QGIS to provide context to the area in which I’m writing about in my capstone project.
I started this anthropology journey as a passion project. Eight more weeks of reading, synthesizing, and writing. I’m not sure how I feel about it coming to an end.
This is a low water crossing at the west end of Lake Georgetown. It could currently be used as a boat ramp.
The first image is from January 2022. The second image is from today (July 2025). The last image shows the discharge going from ~12ft3/sec to >600 ft3/sec before the gauge stopped reporting. #txfloods #flooding #georgtowntx #sangabrielriver
The Texas Archaeological Society field school is a wrap. It was a great week of digging and working in the field lab.
Last week I was here. In the past 24 hours, this place has gotten nearly 4 inches of rain.
I’ve seen a lot of solar eclipse photos from one year ago today. Here are mine - from central Texas. Witnessing totality was one of the most profound experiences of my lifetime. Birds stopped chirping, giving way to nocturnal noises. It became noticeably cooler.