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Editing is tough but the journal is finally out

The real ‘paleo’ diet had plenty of fruits and veggies A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early elements of cuisine.

Was it this?, seems to be highlighting actual research albeit with a click bait title

www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

It’s interesting and incorporates all the research but kinda lacking in parts, her tone sometimes makes big conclusions without justifying them. Strange as others found it too heavy I found it too light-the horse the wheel and language is a better read imo

Lord of the rings

Currently reading Proto by Laura Spinney

If you want to hear more about the newlly published Monograph for the Bowl Hole Cemetery at Bamburgh Dr Sam Lucy is doing a lecture that is open to the public One of the editors of the new volume Dr Sam Lucy of Cambridge University is presenting a lecture to the Society of Antiquaries of London on 26 February at 5pm. This is open to all and also live-str…

Dr Sam Lucy is doing a public lecture on the recent publication of the cemetery site at the Bowl Hole Bamburgh do check out the details on our blog

bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/i...

@leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social tries to save to the locals the Leicestershire Bronze Age torc. The have started a crowdfunder with the target of £10,000. #Archaeology
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...

An excellent map if I ever saw one

I'm a little late today but wanted to contribute to #FindsFriday all the same

This week we have the not-yet-famous Middleham Assemblage, which I'm hoping will one day see its time in the sun! This is, still, an informal(ish) moniker for BM-7C4457 (finds.org.uk/database/art...), + has not yet stuck!

Finally home after 20+ hours of travelling…

Call for Abstracts!

We invite submissions for its 6th Annual Free Public Virtual Conference, Opening the Ancient World 2026, that will take place on Sunday–Monday, July 19–20, 2026

Conference Theme: Fashion Forward: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Apparel
Abstract Deadline: March 31 2026

Weirdly, people in Beijing (where there’s actually foreigners) stare way more than in Urumqi

Something rubs me the wrong way about the photo? The way it’s framed? I’m not sure

Any idea why my Bluesky won’t allow me to not post this photo

A shame! I don’t have access anymore

Have you read it? Relevant to Elmets Roman links possibly

That book they recommend at the end looks like it’d be useful for us

ICE breaking xenia/hospitium

Better be some Elmet in there…

Excited to share that our co-edited volume on the Iron Age Philistine cemetery from Ashkelon is now out! This volume presents the bioarchaeological findings from the c. 250 individuals, each with a dedicated catalogue entry that synthesizes their stratigraphic, osteological & artifactual contexts.

Discovered the most interesting coffee shop in Urumqi yesterday, like drinking coffee cocktails

Great suggestions, the wheel of time does these times really well too

‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.’

There are 2 books which I would strongly suggest for people to read or re-read: The Hobbit. The Lord Of The Rings. This is from The Lord Of The Rings chapter is The Shadow of the Past.

'The editors of this volume have laid down a challenge, nothing less than the promotion of a new late antiquity: Eurasian Late Antiquity... the continental regions of Eurasia were subject... to forces bringing them together... a “hidden grid” of linkages connecting them.' Averil Cameron, p. 419

squirrel asleep in a little wooden house

Snowstorm #Goals from the @squirrel_boxes instagram 🥰😴 #sqrlpix

Panel 1. A graveyard: the gravedigger sits on a pile of earth. Hamlet stands before him, holding a skull. Hamlet: “Alas, poor yorick! I knew him, professor Horatio.” He tis looking at a lab-coated figure. Prof. Horatio: “Actually, my analysis suggests this skull belonged to a young woman from the late Neolithic era.” Panel 2. Leaving the graveyard Hamlet: “Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing.” Prof. Horatio: “What’s that, my lord?” Hamlet (angrily): “Dost thou have to spoil everything.”

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Or any British territory ‘King Charles says that…’ though considering the political troubles that’ve happened with Uyghurs here, it adds a whole new layer

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

An incredible museum btw, well worth a visit-just bear in mind there’s very little English so you’ll need a translator app or a mandarin fluent friend who’s willing to help you