#Archaeologist, got a hat (no whip though). Once known as "Yunus" among Bedouins. Demanding a revival of the venerable profession of the #ExpeditionPainter.
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Woher wissen Archäolog:innen eigentlich, wo sie graben sollen? Was passiert auf so einer #Ausgrabung? Und was danach mit den Funden? 🤔 Hab ich aufgeschrieben - und @hanserliteratur hat's gedruckt. 🫢 Ab Herbst nachzulesen (aber schon vorbestellbar 😉): hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/staub-ste…
How were people buried together in the Iberian #BronzeAge related beyond biological links? Ana Herrero Corral's @SKINproject_ is exploring "Social #Kinship & Cooperative #Care" in prehistory - and I gladly lend a pen helping w/ some little #ArchaeoViz: oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/resear…
"Your Majesty, there's nothing more permanent than a hole!", archaeologist Carl Schuchardt once explained the principle of the #posthole to Emperor Wilhelm II. Some more #SketchbookSunday #SundayArchaeology from the archaeologist's illustrated storybook: "A Hole's Tale" …
This is a great idea! All too often we're thinking of "treasure" or spectacular monuments when it comes to #archaeology - but to this day one of my favourite finds remains this Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age mud brick from a site near Aqaba in Jordan, bearing s child's footprint. twitter.com/sdhaddow/statu…
Shocking news and pictures from heavily struck #earthquake regions in #Turkey and #Syria not ending - so do sorrow and suffering of the people there. It's not over yet and there's still a lot support needed. @GlblCtzn e.g. here lists 19 ways how to help: globalcitizen.org/en/content/way…
#TrowelThursday: Much more than Fedora or bullwhip, the trowel could be (one of) the archaeologists most iconic "tool of trade". The Swiss Army Knife of archaeology:
Remember the sound of an old slide projector? A chewing gum machine? A coffee mill? #ConserveTheSound puts together a virtual audio #museum of (almost) lost everyday #sound: conservethesound.de/category/sound
Guess who's really uncovering all those "mysteries" ancient sites like #GobekliTepe are "hiding" (under millennia of dust and rubble)? Spoiler: Not an angry millionaire with a Netflix show, but e.g. these hardworking guys here, digging under the sun. #ThoseWhoShovel.
This #Sayburc relief caused some headlines last week and that phallus-flashing guy got all the attention. But there's more than a #Neolithic dick pic! The overlooked second scene offering a great starting point to think about Neolithic #hunting weapons: jens2go.medium.com/weapons-of-cho…
#SketchbookSunday, from the archaeologist's field sketchbook: A busy day on site. Main excavation area at #GobekliTepe, view from "Wish Tree" southwest.
This. So much more of this! If we're asking for understanding why digging up nice collectible things is causing such harm and loss in information, we also need to make clear why its indeed not about objects … twitter.com/portantissues/…
Maybe fuelled by recent claims that #Neolithic hunters were too "simple" and thus not capable of cultural achievements, there seems to be a misunderstanding about the "#pottery" part in #PrePotteryNeolithic (PPN). They actually *did* use vessels. Just other vessels. A short 🧵:
#WorldToiletDay, how's it going? 😉 (Roman latrine in form of a chariot, marble, 2nd-3rd century CE, Baths of Caracalla, Rome / Training potty in form of a racing car, plastic, 21st century CE.)
#FindsFriday: Hollow crane bone from the #Mesolithic burial (c. 9,000 years ago) of the so-called #Shamaness from #BadDürrenberg - a container for #microliths (tiny precise stone blades), put in & taken out through a small opening. Yes, that’s your prehistoric @xacto knife. 😉
#FieldWorkFriday #FindsFriday combo, an unexpected find: In 2010 we stumbled upon this little #vessel, hidden in a niche underneath the floor in the maze-like #Chalcolithic settlement of #HujayratAlGhuzlan (Jordan). Tightly sealed with a lid of clay, something rattling inside.
