#Archaeologists

This #archaeology thread is about #context – where we find our artifacts – and why that mattersI’ll start w/ the 1st site I ever dug at, the cave of FontĂ©chevade
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NONSENSE!Delhi existed long BEFORE Muslim religion was born.Even the name Delhi is from Sanskrit (Dhillika).An ancient Sanskrit inscription from Purana Qila confirms Delhi was built by Tomaras!Qutub Minar is literally
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2021 marks the 40th anniversary of a remarkable archaeological discovery at St Bees Priory in Cumbria that links Britain and Lithuania (thread) In summer 1981 archaeologists excavated ‘St Bees
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Lmao, their "code" involved cannibalism & sacrificing children.Archaeologist Joyce Marcus notes:"We also have good evidence for human sacrifice in the archaeological record.Immediate sacrifice of victims taken in raids wa
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For #Archaeology31: Memory, a (long) thread on Modesto GonzĂĄlez GonzĂĄlez (c. 1890-1971). If you visited El TajĂ­n between 1925 and 1965, GonzĂĄlez probably received you with guestbook in hand. Even
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Thread on the destruction of #Djabwurrung cultural heritage and it's historical background. I grew up and lived most of my life on Djab wurrung country and as a historian have
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1. On this day 112 years ago, a team of construction workers in Toronto made one of the most extraordinary discoveries in the entire history of the city. 2. It
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As the archaeologists on the paper we provided context & dating of the #LaCotte fossils. Here's a quick thread on our work with @loveheritage and @Soc_Jersiaise to readdress this sleeping
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A thread on the new Welsh stone circle and #Stonehenge. What is at Stonehenge today can inform the theory that the original monument in Wiltshire was a “second-hand” Welsh ring.How
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I fell down a bit of a ruins research rabbithole today, thought I'd share some of my weird journey.It started with this incredible 1858 photo of the Temple of Olympian
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I once wrote extensively on the Lost City of Ubar. Wabar. Iram of Pillars. All the names refer to Arabia's own lost city. Or rather, more popularly known as the
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New today is an awesome book, “A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution,” edited by @desilva_jerry and pub’d by @PrincetonUPress. In
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I've heard rumors of some sort of massive discourse over at the AIA conference about completely separating the academic community from Roman Reenactment due to "widespread white supremacist motivations" for
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We’re now days away from @Netflix’s #TheDig, which explores the 1939 excavation of the Great Ship Burial @NT_SuttonHoo. The film is based on a book that’s inspired by real events
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Why Kailash temple is not considered as a "Wonder of the world”? Forget constructing this temple again, it can’t even be destroyed!The archaeologists have confirmed that over 400,000 ton of
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#Wednesday #WomeninBritishIntel Constance 'Babs' Babington Smith (1912-2000) was a pioneer in photographic interpretation. During #WW2 she set up an aircraft interpretation section that became part of the Central Interpretation Unit
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