Apparently the Science Magazine link above is broken. Here it is: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Apparently the Science Magazine link above is broken. Here it is: www.science.org/content/arti...
No you don't understand this is literally SO exciting 🤩
This research suggests that wealth and lands were passed down the female line, and instead of women leaving to join their new husband's family, the exact opposite was true.
I wanted to put together a list of archaeologists/archaeology adjacent folks who are craftspeople/illustrators/artists...
...so here it is.
Will add more as and when folks arrive here
go.bsky.app/AbfpnLv
A large sub-rectangular stone slab carved with representations of human feet with toes splayed. Also a series of circular depressions. All of the carvings picked out in red paint.
When is a tomb not a tomb? When the farmer was allowed to plough it away....this slab was once part of a stone-lined chamber (cist) covered by a round barrow at Pool Farm, W. Harptree, Somerset. #TombTuesday - Read more about the slab here: www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/cont...
This 2,300 years old mosaic reads, "Be cheerful, live/enjoy your life". Collection: Antakya Archaeology Museum, Turkey. Photographer: Dosseman via Wikimedia Commons.
Now that I'm on here, I can start shouting about all the exciting things I've been up to! Like the Archaeological Ephemera project at the Petrie Museum - looking at the bits and bobs left behind by early archaeologists and museum workers, the stories they can tell us, and what to do with them.
Israel targeted almost 200 archaeological, historic sites in Gaza, says minister – Middle East Monitor
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241126-isr...
I realised I hadn't shared this link here, so for those that haven't seen this on the other place, here it is.
I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️!
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Prehistorians starter pack:
go.bsky.app/R1ejt58
A stone staircase built of uneven slabs winds its way up inside a dark drystone tower, with steep walls to either side
A simply extraordinary Iron Age staircase, preserved within the wall thickness of the ruinous #Broch tower at Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis, in the Outer #Hebrides.
The sophisticated pre-Roman architecture here blew me away when I saw it this June - a real bucket-list moment
📷 My own 2024
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