Learning more about acid extraction of lipids from ceramics today with excellent training from Andy. Definitely need a steady hand!

#Archaeology #inthelab

Conference alert!!! SGRP annual conference will be at Verulamium musem, 15th June, more details to follow

Applications are now OPEN for the Myrto Georgakopoulou Award!

An international research award established by the BSA to honour Myrto Georgakopoulou (1976-2022).

Deadline: 21st June 2024

Find out more at the link below:

bsa.ac.uk/2024/04/25/the…

What do you think it was for? A puzzle game? Ritual? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #archaeology

An interesting read about 'evidence establishing a bygone age of the “green Sahara”. It's always important to be aware of environment when thinking about the past (as well as the present and future...) #Archaeology

theconversation.com/new-rock-art-d…

I've been training at York Creativity Lab in 3D recording of objects, here is the result of my first 3D scan & model of a stone elephant...quite the cutie! Hoping to use these skills for recording pots #archaeology

A Roman house built nearly 2,000 years ago is set to reopen to the public in a Kent town this summer.

Painted plaster walls and underfloor heating were among the findings when the house was discovered in 1970. bbc.com/news/articles/…

My position on violence and genetic change in 3rd Mill BC Europe is not that violence couldn't have been responsible, but that it isn't necessary to explain genetic change, and that other explanations may be equally or sometimes more plausible (esp. w/ archaeological evidence).

1/8 I'm often asked 'Why do amphorae have pointed bases?' and as a potter who has now made hundreds of them, I have to say that it's something that I have thought about a lot. For a start they'd be a lot easier to make if they had a flat base. As it is you start throwing from..

The 5th 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (ViMi5) is taking place this week during the afternoons of Wednesday and Thursday the 𝟮𝟰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 (UCT+1)

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#Archaeology

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Looking forward to reading #archaeology

My family and I are so grateful for this outpouring of support over the last days. My family is heartened to see that so many people around the world care about their fate. My sister Saja started to do small daily posts on her social media to tell everybody about their situation.

Depictions of snakes from across Early Neolithic south-west Asia, depicted in bas-relief and incised 🐍 #ReliefWednesday

The consistency in these depictions from Syria to Anatolia suggests that they were central to ideology in the region.

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