Matasha Mazis @mattyhari@social.cleverlibre.org

Copper oil lamp one of over 110 items donated by Dr Lindsay Rogers in 1947. From Samarra, one of the 1st town-states in the Near East dating back to the 5th century BC.
Day 25: Candle #Museum30
📷 OMNZ E47.125
#Lamps #Archaeology #Museum #Ancient

Gold memento mori ring uncovered from the Jamestown Historic Site in Virginia. Date: c. 1611 - 1617. #Archaeology

Looking across Hawson Harbour to Hermanus. This cave was occupied by Middle Stone Age hunter gatherers between 50 and 80,000 years ago, and more recently by the Khoi-San peoples- 1,000-2,000 years ago. It is the site of an archaeological excavation by the Iziko South African Museum. #photography #archaeology

1/2 #Archaeology #preprint recommended by @PCI_Archaeo: Annemieke Milks, Lehmann, J., Böhner, U., Leder, D., Koddenberg, T., Sietz, M., Vogel, M. and Terberger, T. (2022) Wood technology: a Glossary and Code for analysis of archaeological wood from stone tool cultures. OSF Preprints, x8m4j, ver. 7 peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer community in Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/x8m4j

The longer I work as a historian the more I keep reconfirming that one of the top rules of history should be: "Always look up everybody's mom."

*So much* that doesn't quite make sense makes more sense when you look up mothers and sisters and the connections that get left out! #histodons #histodon #women #genderhistory

Here’s to all of the archaeologists who are going to have to field questions about the Netflix Ancient Apocalypse show from extended family members this holiday season. I feel your pain! We can debrief at the next archaeological conspiracy strategic planning meeting. #archaeology

Photos I took 1968-70 in Algeria. Tipasa, inspiration for Camus' Noces à Tipasa; amphitheatre in Timgad (not sure who the people are, could be son plus wife); Cardo Maximus Road Djemila. I imagine it was once full of cisia, esseda and carpenta. (Love the introduction to the topic here: "Transportation during Ancient Roman times was way different than what we have today. There were no cars, planes or even trains during this time" No iphones, either!) #archaeology #history #Roman #Algeria

Drinking with style: the 7-9th century CE hoard discovered in 1799 at Sânnicolau Mare/Nagyszentmiklós consists of 23 gold vessels - between them a golden drinking horn. KHM Vienna. #archaeology #museum #history

If anyone is in the vicinity of Newark (the UK one!!) on Saturday 14th January 2023, and fancies coming to hear myself and Roland talk about the Newark torc, then you can!!!

Booking details:

http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/seedo/events/the-torc-talk.php

#Archaeology #Gold #Torc #Research #lecture #meeting #event

Just back from a morning walk on Ilkley Moor. Dark and dismal, I took no photos. Here's one from a better winter's day. The Badger Stone, carved in the Bronze Age, for purposes unknown. One of over 250 carved stones and other monuments on the moor, going back to the Neolithic.
#Archaeology #BronzeAge

Aerial photographs of adjacent settlements in the parish of Paul, West Penwith, Cornwall. The photos illustrate just three of the typical settlement types repeated across Cornwall.

From a piece of work on my desk at the moment that I should be writing up instead of chatting to you guys.

#landscape #archaeology #cornwall #settlement #HistoricGeography

Nice to see some support on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z09ioa/qotoorg_an_inclusive_stemfocued_instance/

#reddit

Thanks to Jack Blackburn for airing concerns of the #archaeology community about #AncientApocalypse in
@thetimes

I was quoted: "I was shocked at how strongly aggressive this was. One of the things I’m wondering is if they are actively trying to appeal to a post-truth, conspiracy crowd"

"Despite what he thinks, archaeologists don’t hate Graham Hancock,” Dibble said. “He’s just wrong.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2a28c584-6aa5-11ed-85fc-6c020d5ba0b7?shareToken=eb4656b2d9773b944e5c44c4e0822276

Ok folks, bit of serious stuff. Anyone watching the new Graham Hancock Netflix series may not realise he is part of wider, nasty, class of pseudo-archaeology underpinned by notions of white supremacy & disregard for established, & proven, archaeological method.

This entertaining lecture by brilliant Steph Halmhofer picks this apart. Well worth watching.

Long & short is archs aren't hiding anything- anyone who says they are, don't know archaeologists!! 🤣

#Archaeology

https://youtu.be/QHmw51kjPjw

Finds from a burial in Gomadingen, dating 7th century BC. The deceased was buried with a sword with a gold-plated hilt. The blade was already broken in antiquity and was provisionally repaired. The sword could therefore no longer be used as a weapon. It was a symbol of the deceased's rank and status.

Photo: Landesmuseum Württemberg

#archaeology

#PastLandUse 18

We need be careful when creating distributions and interpreting archaeological data. Data has been collected for over 200 years and what the main databases contain is not a comprehensive list of sites and monument but the culmination of survey to date. They contain many types of bias with the main one being survey bias.

In this example, I interpret it as, many archaeologists live in the cities and don’t like to drive too far to survey.

#archaeology #Scotland

I need more science toots in my feed. How do I get more #science #astronomy #physics #archaeology #biology #geology

The 'Eleanor' crystal vase.
A 6th–7th century Sasanian rock crystal vase with a 12th century French gilded silver mount. The rock crystal was carved in a 'honeycomb' pattern of about 22 rows of small, hollowed-out hexagons. It once belonged to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It was given by Amir of Saragossa to Eleanor's grandfather William IX Duke of Aquitaine during a battle campaign.

Louvre Paris https://collections.louvre.fr/en/?fbclid=IwAR1gPGaD_ypUOd8rJML1IJLuVwfU2I-8qqk74MANzMS6dmZv_Yv_cca8OaY

I’m the guest judge for this ancient world competition. Please do disseminate to anyone interested. National and international competition. Details below:
Do you know someone who might want to take part in @lsaclassics 2023 Ancient Worlds competition?
🏺Open to all students aged 11-18
🏛️ Closing date for video entries: 1st March 2023
#Classics #ancienthistory #students #video #ancientworld
More information here: https://lnkd.in/eYx7Vur6

Traprain Law lies 6 km east of Haddington, East Lothian, SE. Scotland. It is the site of a large hill fort. In the 1st century AD the Romans recorded the Votadini as a British tribe in the area, and Traprain Law is generally thought to have been one of their major settlements. #HillfortsWednesday #Archaeology