Matasha Mazis @mattyhari@qoto.org

Drinking with style: the 7-9th century CE hoard discovered in 1799 at Sânnicolau Mare/Nagyszentmiklós consists of 23 gold vessels - between them a golden drinking horn. KHM Vienna. #archaeology #museum #history

If anyone is in the vicinity of Newark (the UK one!!) on Saturday 14th January 2023, and fancies coming to hear myself and Roland talk about the Newark torc, then you can!!!

Booking details:

http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/seedo/events/the-torc-talk.php

#Archaeology #Gold #Torc #Research #lecture #meeting #event

Just back from a morning walk on Ilkley Moor. Dark and dismal, I took no photos. Here's one from a better winter's day. The Badger Stone, carved in the Bronze Age, for purposes unknown. One of over 250 carved stones and other monuments on the moor, going back to the Neolithic.
#Archaeology #BronzeAge

Aerial photographs of adjacent settlements in the parish of Paul, West Penwith, Cornwall. The photos illustrate just three of the typical settlement types repeated across Cornwall.

From a piece of work on my desk at the moment that I should be writing up instead of chatting to you guys.

#landscape #archaeology #cornwall #settlement #HistoricGeography

Nice to see some support on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z09ioa/qotoorg_an_inclusive_stemfocued_instance/

#reddit

Thanks to Jack Blackburn for airing concerns of the #archaeology community about #AncientApocalypse in
@thetimes

I was quoted: "I was shocked at how strongly aggressive this was. One of the things I’m wondering is if they are actively trying to appeal to a post-truth, conspiracy crowd"

"Despite what he thinks, archaeologists don’t hate Graham Hancock,” Dibble said. “He’s just wrong.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2a28c584-6aa5-11ed-85fc-6c020d5ba0b7?shareToken=eb4656b2d9773b944e5c44c4e0822276

Ok folks, bit of serious stuff. Anyone watching the new Graham Hancock Netflix series may not realise he is part of wider, nasty, class of pseudo-archaeology underpinned by notions of white supremacy & disregard for established, & proven, archaeological method.

This entertaining lecture by brilliant Steph Halmhofer picks this apart. Well worth watching.

Long & short is archs aren't hiding anything- anyone who says they are, don't know archaeologists!! 🤣

#Archaeology

https://youtu.be/QHmw51kjPjw

Finds from a burial in Gomadingen, dating 7th century BC. The deceased was buried with a sword with a gold-plated hilt. The blade was already broken in antiquity and was provisionally repaired. The sword could therefore no longer be used as a weapon. It was a symbol of the deceased's rank and status.

Photo: Landesmuseum Württemberg

#archaeology

#PastLandUse 18

We need be careful when creating distributions and interpreting archaeological data. Data has been collected for over 200 years and what the main databases contain is not a comprehensive list of sites and monument but the culmination of survey to date. They contain many types of bias with the main one being survey bias.

In this example, I interpret it as, many archaeologists live in the cities and don’t like to drive too far to survey.

#archaeology #Scotland

I need more science toots in my feed. How do I get more #science #astronomy #physics #archaeology #biology #geology

The 'Eleanor' crystal vase.
A 6th–7th century Sasanian rock crystal vase with a 12th century French gilded silver mount. The rock crystal was carved in a 'honeycomb' pattern of about 22 rows of small, hollowed-out hexagons. It once belonged to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It was given by Amir of Saragossa to Eleanor's grandfather William IX Duke of Aquitaine during a battle campaign.

Louvre Paris https://collections.louvre.fr/en/?fbclid=IwAR1gPGaD_ypUOd8rJML1IJLuVwfU2I-8qqk74MANzMS6dmZv_Yv_cca8OaY

I’m the guest judge for this ancient world competition. Please do disseminate to anyone interested. National and international competition. Details below:
Do you know someone who might want to take part in @lsaclassics 2023 Ancient Worlds competition?
🏺Open to all students aged 11-18
🏛️ Closing date for video entries: 1st March 2023
#Classics #ancienthistory #students #video #ancientworld
More information here: https://lnkd.in/eYx7Vur6

As it's #HillfortsWednesday I thought I'd share the love for my local one, the majestic and enigmatic Twmbarlwm. Tentatively dated to around 1 CE, it's probably unfinished and with what appears to be a Norman motte added at its eastern end. A source of much local folklore #hillfort #SouthWales #IronAge #archaeology #twmbarlwm #folklore #wales #CwmcarnForest

For #TombTuesday, this is the megalithic mushroom of Chûn Quoit (pronounced 'choon') on the West Penwith moors.

A Neolithic chambered tomb, these quoits are the oldest monuments in West Cornwall. Unlike the quoits at Zennor and Lanyon, Chûn was surrounded by a circular mound or cairn of stones, probably with a stone-lined entrance passage.

Watch Croft, the highest point in West Penwith, is on the skyline.

This visit October 2020.

#WestPenwith #Neolithic #Cornwall

For the third year in a row we are seeing the #Antarctic #OzoneHole persisting well into late November, and possibly December, due to low #stratospheric temperatures and a strong polar vortex. #CopernicusAtmosphere monitoring of the #OzoneLayer shows 2022 following a similar trend to 2021 and 2020 with the area (temperature at 50hPa poleward of 60S) well above (below) the 1979-2019 average size.

Latest monitoring can be found at https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-ozone-layer

#ECMWF @vhpeuch

Dear #histodons, I would like to introduce myself briefly. I have been a professor of spatial history and culture since 2009, with a temporal focus on the (very late) Middle Ages, the early modern period and, when it comes to maps and atlases, also the 19th century. I am currently working on the history of fairs in Europe, for which we have also built a large database. I am also writing a book on urbanity. Information will be available in this virtual space (and maybe on Twitter for a while).

Oh hey, ORCID is on mastodon, hi @ORCID_Org !

Metadata is more than data about data—it is the key to data! ORCID hosts this webinar w/ @crossref +
@datacite to show how complete metadata and connections among people, places, and things benefits everyone. 28 Nov 6am (UTC) Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VjOcZG #BetterTogether

With each new day, the thought of disabling, dismantling, deactivating, deleteing, or just plain destroying my Twitter account gets stronger.
#twittermigration