Matasha Mazis @mattyhari@qoto.org

I've been here a couple of weeks now so I guess it's about time I posted an #introduction.

I'm a British academic living in Canada. I teach Ancient Near Eastern History and I research ancient Mesopotamia based on cuneiform tablets and archaeological evidence.

My career brought me to Toronto via Cambridge, Oxford, Helsinki, and Vienna. Not to mention Iraq, where I worked on digs that first got me hooked on ancient Mesopotamia (and on Iraq).

I'm profoundly pro-EU and anti-Brexit, and well left of centre. I'm interested in UK and Canadian (especially Ontario) politics, and I try to follow covid science.

Last but not least, I am ruled by the cutest tabby cat called Major Tom.

#archaeology #cats #Mesopotamia #cuneiform #academia #ANE

Oh BTW I saw a post that said it's best to add your hashtags to the end of posts (not in them) so screen readers aren't reading out "hashtag" all the way through your toot! It makes total sense, so that's what I'm doing now!

Also Alt-Text on every image, obviously.

Seems like an entirely reasonable and easy courtesy. 😊

#Archaeology #archaeologist

Hi all, my piece critiquing Graham Hancock's #AncientApocalypse has just been published in The Conversation

Give it a read and a toot!

@histodons
@antiquidons
@archaeodons

#archaeology #pseudoarchaeology

https://theconversation.com/with-netflixs-ancient-apocalypse-graham-hancock-has-declared-war-on-archaeologists-194881

We have an exceptional opportunity at our center for a new group leader at VIB in Leuven. We are looking for a new colleague who wants to use computational methods to investigate molecular and/or cellular aspects of neurobiology. This position not only comes with substantial and renewable core funding and start-up package, but it is also linked to a tenure track position at KU Leuven.

More information on our center can be found on our website https://cbd.sites.vib.be/en.

Remember, on Mastodon you can also follow hashtags just like you follow people!

Here some active archaeology-related hashtags we've seen here on https://archaeo.social:

#Archaeology #Anthropology #DigitalArchaeology #DigitalHumanities #ScienceMastodon #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Hillfort #MaterialCulture #Classics #OpenSource #OpenData #Rchaeology #GISDay #FotoMontag #TombTuesday #HillfortsWednesday #ThinSectionThursday #ThrowbackThursday #FolkloreThursday #FossilFriday #StandingStoneSunday

#WomenInScience are recommended to 'not apologize a lot'.

A lot of issues would resolve themselves if #MenInScience apologized for their mistakes more.

Recognizing that you made a mistake, or that you don't know something, or behaved in a poor fashion and apologizing is not a problem. It tells me that you have the critical capability to introspect and understand what impact you have on others. It tells me that you care about doing #science right, that you want to learn.

#AI #ML

So I guess it's time for a re-#introduction in English + Picture!

#Hello ! I’m Pablo from #Galicia. I currently live in #Barcelona , where I am researching in the #UB a #PhD in #conflictarchaeology during the #napoleonicera. I can define myself as #archaeologist & #historian

My purpose on #Mastodon is share my research on #battlefieldarchaeology . Also, I like #historicalreenactment and #militaryhistory.

I toot in #spanish & #english

PS: Let me know about some good people here on Mastodon!

Basically, instead of QTing something, on Mastodon it's possible to reply to a post and then boost your reply.

That way, the visibility is the same as a Quote would have been, but with the interesting property that the OP doesn't get silenced/steamrolled, but the original post is still easily visible. More conversational, less adversarial.

So, I'd like to thank all the sighted people here on mastidon who take the time to describe pictures to us blindies. Most people on other social media sites wouldn't do that. I appreciate it so much #ThankYouForHavingPatience #ThisIsSoAwesome

#Archaeology people on Mastodon! Other academic/professional communities are making lists to help find each other, so here's ours.
Add your name to the spreadsheet if you wish
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13NRqZ3FNFOP9m15Ywu0LhdwrI7f7mKyB5362pDkT4-g/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks clmorgan@archaeo.social for creating this list.

Upcoming Events
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2022 at 12:10 PST
Social Inequality: Perspectives from Peru's late Early Horizon (400-200 BCE) and Present Day Archaeological Practice
https://events.berkeley.edu/?event_ID=149456
Speaker: Jordi Rivera Prince, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville
This talk will take place on Zoom only. Registration is required. Register here: https://bit.ly/ARFtalks-2022

The Nile and the flood plaines of Egypt contained rich aquatic resources- it is no surprise that fish were frequently depicted in art already from prehistoric times. A swarm of Predynastic stone fish and fishing gear, KHM Vienna. #archaeology #museum #history

https://archaeo.social has been updated to Mastodon v4.0.2, bringing the ability to follow hashtags, translate posts, edit posts, and a looong list of neat changes: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0 #ArchaeoSocialNews #ArchaeoSocialMeta

In his new Netflix “documentary” #AncientApocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on archaeologists

His rhetoric sows distrust in experts, and #Atlantis conspiracy theories promote white supremacy

Buckle up, it’s time for a full-throated #ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD 🧵
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We're looking for academics/PhD students who've recently migrated from Twitter to Mastodon, are currently doing so, considering it, or who don't intend to. We're interested in finding out about people’s opinions on migration & the differences between Twitter & Mastodon. If you wish to take part in our online focus group, please complete our initial survey https://lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enXPA3rLdSdJsCG, which also includes further information about the research. Please boost! 🔁

Last year I had a reviewer who threw a BIG wobbly over a paper. He took major exception to me saying that a particular snaffle was in no way Iron Age, that it was Germanic and early med. He insisted was IA , all his way.
I had to pull the paper from that journal because I knew he was wrong - everything he wanted changed was wrong.
Today a colleague left me some books on Merovingian burials , and lo and behold - there was the distinctive style of snaffle. Feeling smug as a bug riding on a slug ;