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prospectarchs
You *might* have seen some news about Stonehenge yesterday, and renewed furore about the tunnel, landscape destruction and preservation by record (recording what we destroy by digging it up and
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designated trophy kid™
prayerbiscuit
no one mentioned oppressed and colonised people always having the benefit, its been known for time that western archaeologists have had an upper hand. i was simply saying that a
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: Very interesting. Paper which proposes that 5,000 years ago, in Central Europe, rings, bangles and axe blades, standardized by shape and weight, were used as an early form of
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Jin Xu
xujnx
Mongolian archaeologists' discovery of "Dragon City" is last piece of the puzzle of a road (s) connecting the seat of Xiongnu empire on Mongolian steppe & the capital of Han
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Wessex Archaeology
wessexarch
We have responded to the @officestudents consultation on recurrent funding for 2021-22 which, amongst its proposals, includes a 49% funding cut for archaeology. These cuts are a bad idea. Here’s
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Michael Press
MichaelDPress
The Jerusalem Post does a feature on the University of Haifa's Byzantine Negev project and, as you might expect, it doesn't go well.https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-enigma-behind-the-1500-year-old-christian-communities-in-the-n
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Sarah DEMOCRACY IS BACK Parcak
indyfromspace
As much as I love archaeology and Egyptology, we have to acknowledge-esp now- their deeply racist, colonialist, and nationalist roots- and ongoing practices. It is a field that has caused
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Alex Fitzpatrick
ArchaeologyFitz
I’m gonna procrastinate this afternoon by collecting some choice responses to the recent @SAPIENS_org article about the lack of diversity in archaeology: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/archaeology-diversity/Because I want white archa
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Michael E. Smith
MichaelESmith
Thread: Why are some archaeologists afraid of population data? I will destroy two common but entirely bogus arguments why someone is not concerned with population in the past. Then I
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Scott Bevan
scottylar
Contrary to how I might come across on Twitter, I’m not an idiot. No really, I’m not I realise that metal detecting isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Occasionally I
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: Kuršumlija is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. It is situated between Mt Kopaonik and Mt Radan. Outside of Serbia it is
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David #CancelAncientAliens Anderson
DSAArchaeology
When I critique #AncientAliens or #Atlantis, people often tell me that archaeologists don’t really know what happened in the past, it’s all just interpretations, and I shouldn’t “gatekeep” interesting ideas
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Peter Campbell
peterbcampbell
Positano! A long drive today to see something special. In 2003, archaeologists found the roof of a Roman villa under the church’s crypt. Over the next 10 years they excavated
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
Hey! It’s @LevineRx, back for @Tweetistorian takeover day 2: Live from Naxos, #Greece & week of Cycladic #Archaeology!Naxos is big, so let’s start small! Today’s thread takes us back in
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Secret SoSHHiety
SouledOutWorld
Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? (2006)by William G. Deverhttps://archive.org/details/whoweretheearlyisraelitesandwheredidtheycomefrom_201909/mode/2up This book addresses one of the most timely & urgent topics in archae
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Black Trowel Collective
BlackTrowel
Announcing the Black Trowel Collective Microgrants! Inspired by @libertinopatren, we are a collective of archaeologists committed to the support of archaeology students from working-class & historically looted communities through microg
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