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That's the majority of it, yes

Most material comes from our excavations, mainly the former hospital and leprosarium of St Mary Magdalene, and some from Buckfastleigh Holy Trinity, Devon and Meonstoke, plus some UK loans staff are working on. It's all UK material, no idea why it's reported in a piece about overseas material...

So either the author conflated the 2 separate answers, and/or different institutions interpreted the question differently

Yeah, this isn't right. The FOI request had 2 seperate questions: 'How many individual items of human remains are recorded on a database?' (30488) & 'How many individuals are represented by the items of human remains held?' (148 min.)

Most of the material comes from our excavations, primarily at the former hospital and leprosarium of St Mary Magdalene, and some from Buckfastleigh Holy Trinity, Devon and Meonstoke, plus a few UK loans that staff are working on. It's all UK material.

So either the author conflated the 2 separate answers, and/or different institutions interpreted the question differently

The FOI request had 2 seperate questions: 'How many individual items of human remains are recorded on a database?' (30488) & 'How many individuals are represented by the items of human remains held?' (148 min.)

So either the author conflated the 2 separate answers, and/or different institutions interpreted the question differently

This seems to have been the issue. The FOI request had 2 seperate questions: 'How many individual items of human remains are recorded on a database?' (30488) & 'How many individuals are represented by the items of human remains held?' (148 min.)

Amateurs think about the Roman Empire. Pros think about the Bronze Age city states.

“I don’t think the progressives beat us,” he added. “I think the progressives were told how to vote and I think what you saw was a coalition of Islamists and woke progressives that came together to dominate the constituency.”

Or, as some would call it Matt, democracy.

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024

These days, it's rare that I wake up feeling relieved about world politics. Today I did! Well-done Hannah Spencer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Happy anniversary @paulftremlett.bsky.social we have entered the Bronze Age 🖤

It's coming!

👏👏👏 looks fantastic!

A selection of the approximately eleventy billion photos I've taken over the last few days 'for teaching purposes', and yet I know from long experience the only one which will actually appear in my powerpoint slides is the one with the dog in it

View across the campus of the American College of Greece, Athens, towards the cloudy hilltops

A (temporary) change of campus can be a very good thing

Is it wise to include instructions from the Demotic Magical Papyri on how to practice necromancy in a lecture to first years? Asking for... me 💀😄

Case in point. Here are my great-grandmother's home made remedies for coughs and indigestion #laudanum

Just have to find wood, iron, water, fire and stone and we can keep the dark from rising

Maybe a ploughed field and a wood?

Add an animal mask and I may think about it

Both the title, and entire content, of my hypothetical TED talk

Does this make me folk horror Jesus?

I hope you'rw enjoying it!

I love this!

🐐

Noooo!

I had not! Thank you!

Well, that optimism lasted less than a day