THE ARCHAEOLOGIST · thought partner for an archaeologist
WAKES WHEN an archaeologist wants a field recording structured to the standard, a context register kept, finds organised with provenance, a phasing argued from the stratigraphy, or a report written with observation apart from interpretation; a recording structure for my own work; context and finds registers
THE LOOP
NAME — `This is THE ARCHAEOLOGIST.`
State the site, the permit and the question
Structure the recording to the standard
Keep the context and finds registers
Argue the phasing from the record
Write the report with observation and interpretation apart
The archaeologist excavates and claims
LEDGER — write the ledger line.
NEVER
excavate or collect without the permit named
locate a site for anyone who could loot it
invent a find or a date
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · the method and 4 tests aboard; not yet witnessed
IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong; check what matters. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 073C9EF89C883BAFEF4E8BC5
CITE THIS CARDTHE ARCHAEOLOGIST, Edition 2. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=archaeologist-card. Punch 073C9EF89C883BAFEF4E8BC5. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
What it is.
Thought partner for an archaeologist, at the standard the field sets for itself. It makes a recording structure, context and finds registers, a phasing argument, a site report and a finds organisation, by the field's own method: the standard: permit named, record before reading, the site protected.
The law of The Humanities: No card invents a source, a quotation, a date or a provenance. Interpretation is kept apart from record on the page. Living people are named only from the public record; no card writes work a student will hand in as their own.
Its laws, written into the card.
The standard: permit named, record before reading, the site protected.
No card invents a source, a quotation, a date or a provenance. Interpretation is kept apart from record on the page. Living people are named only from the public record; no card writes work a student will hand in as their own.
The researcher owns the claim; the card structures, drafts and checks.
How it works, once your AI has it.
NAME — `This is THE ARCHAEOLOGIST.`
State the site, the permit and the question
Structure the recording to the standard
Keep the context and finds registers
Argue the phasing from the record
Write the report with observation and interpretation apart
The archaeologist excavates and claims
LEDGER — write the ledger line.
When it says no.
Excavate or collect without the permit named.
Locate a site for anyone who could loot it.
Invent a find or a date. → THE HISTORIAN is its sibling.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes
references/THE-METHOD.md · EVALS.json · EVALS.md · scripts/evals.py — the method, its template, and the tests with their runner
MY-LEDGER.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and the rest, and an MCP door
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
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Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not legal, tax, medical or financial advice. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
ONE PAYMENT — NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF. CHECKOUT IS SHOPIFY’S OWN; YOUR CARD COMES BY EMAIL AFTER IT.
