Anybody know anyone who controls an endowed guest professorship or annual lecture (series)? One that could be manned with a fun and lively Swedish archaeologist? Please put my name forward! I know French and German.
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Here is my latest video. Created with many thanks to Cathy McIver, the project manager at Stroanfreggan Dig. Also thanks to AOC Archaeology Group, who Cathy works for, and Carsphairn Heritage Initiative.
Thanks to Jo at the CatStrand too for putting me in touch with Cathy.
The dig was funded by Historic Environment Scotland and Carsphairn Renewable Energy Fund.
#SCOTLAND #galloway
#history #ironage #archaeology #video #hillfort
Moray: Inca Innovation in the Andes
Moray, in Peru’s Sacred Valley, features circular terraces believed to be an ancient agricultural lab. The Incas used these to simulate different climates and grow crops at varying altitudes centuries ahead of their time.
A perfect blend of science, nature, and wisdom.
Source: https://xplormachupicchu.com/
#Moray #IncaTech #Peru #SacredValley #AncientInnovation #Archaeology
Simply beautiful: clasped hands from group statue of Akhenaton and Nefertiti.
Made of quartzite, 18th dynasty, ca. 1350 BC, from Amarna, #Egypt
On display at Neues Museum, Berlin
📸 me
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: glass square bottles were a common type of storage and transport vessels in the #Roman Empire. The square shape makes packing easier and saves space.
The bottles were used to store/transport spices, medicines, balms, perfumed oils, lotions etc.
Photo: Landesmuseum Württemberg
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort 📷 by @AlisonFisk
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology #globalmuseum #dogs #Roman
#Archaeology picks of the day:
➡️ @aap_saaorg - Advances in Archaeological Practice academic journal
➡️ @ForagerLab - Project to investigate foraging societies, based at Univ of Wyoming USA & CARI in Peru
➡️ @arf_ucb - Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley
➡️ @clusterroots - Cluster of excellence at Kiel Univ on human development
➡️ @Fornvannen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, Nordic history & archaeology
➡️ @enfarchsoc - Org doing archaeology in Enfield, London
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Cultural Round-up - 10 May ‘26 - Zuhur News on: #Iran #Turkiye #Karnak #Archaeology #Film #NizarQabbani #MayZiadeh #Morocco #SaudiArt #Gaza #Embroidery #Palestine#BlackMuslimArts #SoheirZaki
#Art #ArtDubai2026 #Conducting #Iraq please subscribe if you can
https://www.patreon.com/posts/157912140?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
Time for a new #introduction!
I'm a former #geographer & #mapmaker, now working on a #PhD project in digital #archaeology, between #Prehistory and #openSource #geospatial.
I used to work as an #artist, I'm into #sailing (I was #livingAboard during a few years) and #musicMaking is my happy place. I'm also a happy #dad and I'm fluent in fr, en & es.
Finally, I'm the proud admin of https://Mapstodon.space, a great #Mastodon instance dedicated to maps — & full of decent and interesting people!
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GIS, AutoCAD & Digital Illustration in archaeology June 30 – July 13 field school places available in Murcia : Sanisera Archaeology Institute #Sanisera #archaeology #FieldSchool #GIS https://archaeology.institute/m/050-gis-autocad-and-digital-illustration-applied-in-archaeology.asp
New study reveals how Londoners used weekly death data to survive the Great Plague of 1665
A study in Accounting History examines how Londoners relied on weekly death totals during the Great Plague of 1665 and how those figures shaped both private choices and public policy...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/02/weekly-death-data-of-the-plague-london/
Follow @archaeology
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If you hear about a job where it helps to have over 200 publications in academic and popular #archaeology, plus 20 years' experience as a journal editor, plus a solid record as a popular teacher, then please give me a nudge!
For over a year I’ve been gathering documents from the #Washington state department of #archaeology and historic preservation, trying to make sense of how their permitting system works. Trying to understand why it’s so hard for #Indigenous people to protect their heritage from development, even when the state archaeologist is trying to help. This is what I’ve found. 🔍
https://www.hcn.org/articles/washington-approves-over-99-of-archaeological-permits-records-show/
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"When frogs dream, lichens smile. Ecological connections were explored anew. Artists recorded conversations of small creatures. People sat fascinated in flower meadows. Children laughed in the forest with knobbly mosses and chatty ants."
Disover my virtual exhibit of #BiodiversityShrines - about finds in a fictional future: https://www.cronenburg.net/biodiversity/
It was a real exhibit, now saved online.
#biodiversity #sciArt #archaeology #solarpunk #sporespondence #lichen #ecology #reconnectWithNature #art
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"These vessels represent the first moment in history when people chose to portray the botanical world as a subject worthy of artistic attention," the authors note. "It reflects a cognitive shift tied to village life and a growing awareness of symmetry and aesthetics."
“This research contributes to the growing field of #ethnomathematics, which explores how mathematical ideas are expressed through cultural practices and artistic traditions.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251216081937.htm
Modeling #Neanderthal and #Hsapiens interactions in #Iberia, Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0339184
👣🦴 Scientists at White Sands National Park have found 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints that rewrite human #history in the Americas, pushing back the timeline nearly 10,000 years.
#fossils #paleoanthropology #archaeology #newmexico #pleistocene #science
Multiple Roman clay hot water bottles in the shape of human body parts used for therapeutic purposes some 2,000 years ago. Found in a building which may have been a healing centre
Paphos Archaeological Museum, Cyprus
📷 by Alison Fisk
Anybody got a speaking gig for me? Keynote, endowed lecture, guest lecture series, residency, visiting professorship?
I lost my job to Vladimir Putin when the spiking heating-gas price messed up my uni's finances.
Right now it looks like I'll start burning my savings in mid-November if nothing comes up. That is, if I consider the award I got for previous writings as actually being a grant for future writings. Otherwise my savings start to burn in mid-August.
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This is cool - the prolonged dry weather has revealed the outline of ‘The Great Parterre’ beneath the South Lawn at #Chatsworth. It was a #garden created for the 1st Duke of Devonshire around 1699 and it disappeared beneath a new landscape in the 1730s. The hot, dry conditions created contrast between the shallower-rooted turf and the original garden layout, and have allowed its spectacular swirling patterns to re-emerge.
Photo downloaded from Chatsworth's social media.
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For #MosaicMonday a #Roman mosaic with a mesmerizing 3D effect. Domus Romana, near Rabat and Mdina, #Malta , dating 100 BC.
Saw a headline: "The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Mysterious Object That Has Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries"
I'd like to correct this, please.
The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Rare Object That Almost No Archaeologist Has Cared About One Way Or The Other for Centuries
Huge depositions of 1st century BC metalwork from destroyed wagons found near York and next to a top-level British hillfort settlement.
