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Steven Ellis
StevenEllis74
#Archaeology31 - Day 5 #Door. The evidence for doors in the Roman world is really rich, if not always at the forefront of Roman urban studies. Over the years I've
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Dr Isabelle Vella Gregory
I_VG
Today's #Archaeology31 is #Folklore . Settle down, we are going to Gozo and we're about to encounter a might giantess #Malta #Gozo - so let me tell you a story.
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Dr Isabelle Vella Gregory
I_VG
Today's #Archaeology31 is about #Communication. I want to take us back to #Sudan, specifically this photograph (via @ExploreWellcome b/c photos communicate a lot. #Kitchener was finally brought to visit #JebelMoya.
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Dr Isabelle Vella Gregory
I_VG
Today's #Archaeology31 theme is #decolonise and I want to talk a bit about #Malta again and about the #Mediterranean more broadly. First up, the definition of the Med has consistently
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 #GenderOften we talk about 'craftsmen', 'craftsmanship', 'he did' etc etc.....But there is nothing - not one thing - that suggests goldsmithing was carried out by men only.Thread. In medieval
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Just (Dr) Rena
justrena
#Archaeology31 is all about #reinterpretation today and that's an important one for the late Iron Age in Ireland and Scotland. Both are borders of the Roman empire ( its always
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 #decoloniseIn the UK, the study of gold artefacts always references western, often white, traditions of goldworking with gold torcs consistently described as being repoussรฉ, punched, chased etc. Thread. However,
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Chris Stantis, PhD๐
ChrisStantis
#Archaeology31 Day 19- Fashion. An Andean study of a 9k year old high-status burial found that the hunter was a woman, subverting the 'Man the Hunter' tropes. A scientific illustrator
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 #scienceOK. Here we go.Science is great. It's wonderful. It's given us so many brilliant techniques and tools with which to explore and understand torcs.But....science isn't everything. Thread. In the
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 Our torc work isn't just about looking at torcs and book research.Roll and I find that #creativity really helps....Thread. We both spend a lot of time drawing - often
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Dr Dawn West Cansfield ๐
DawnCansfield
#Archaeology31 Short thread on #gender in prehistory.It is generally accepted that biological sex, which can be estimated from skeletal remains, may differ from gender which is a person's social identity
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 #CommunicationWhen you first look at a torc often all you see is the gold, the bling, the value, the treasure.But then you look closely + the torc starts to
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 #TreasureApologies in advance for the rant, but here we go...Treasure!And if gold torcs don't count as treasure, then I don't know what does. Bling, shinies, sparkles and so much
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Just (Dr) Rena
justrena
People don't think academic things have #fashions and trends, oh but they do! #Archaeology31 has fashion as its theme today, so let me tell you a bit about how time
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(((Kim Biddulph)))
kimbiddulph
I've always been concerned with the visual representation of past people. I got the amazing chance to help create some characters for publications about prehistoric Scotland for @ForestryLS. Alex Leonard
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Dr Tess Machling ๐
Tess_Machling
#Archaeology31 #FolkloreThursdayHmmmm. Today's theme is a bit tricky.Not only is it not Thursday (...or is it? It's 2021, so I have no idea!), but I also don't have any torc
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