Matasha Mazis @mattyhari@qoto.org

Recently I was interviewed for an episode of the (Canadian) national radio show CBC Ideas, which finally aired last night! The episode spawned from *that* Netflix show and broadly discusses #archaeology and #pseudoarchaeology, featuring interviews from myself and several additional folks (Brent Lee's comments toward the end of the episode are especially interesting). You can listen to the episode at the link below!

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15964892-atlantis-apocalypse-the-world-pseudo-archaeology

ORNATELY FASHIONED GOLD BEAD FOUND IN JERUSALEM PARK

#archaeology #archaeologynews #archaeologist #archaeologist

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/ornately-fashioned-gold-bead-found-in-jerusalem-park/146153

The complete chariot from the Oxus Treasure an Achaemenid (?) temple treasure from Afghanistan, now in the British Museum #archaeology #silkroad #Persians. #histodon

Excavations at Elcho took place in late 60s & early 70s w/ majority women archaeologists leading the dig. Dr Margaret Stewart & Dorothy Lye spent many seasons at Elcho & were instrumental getting Elcho classified as a scheduled monument. #Archaeology
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📷 PMAG, Elcho Archive

Here are the trenches from those early excavations compared to Google satellite imagery from summer 2022. It shows the areas of excavation around what we think is the convent church/ church buttresses. #Archaeology #medievaltwitter

📷PMAG, Elcho Archive

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Elcho has some of the best small finds assemblage of a women religious community showing evidence of literacy, book ownership. Here are book clasps, bindings. There was an oil lamp found, too. #nuntastic #Archaeology
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📷PMAG, Elcho Archive

STUDY SUGGESTS THAT COLLAPSE OF HITTITE EMPIRE WAS ACCELERATED BY DROUGHT

#archaeology #archaeologynews #archaeologist #archaeologist

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/study-suggests-that-collapse-of-hittite-empire-was-accelerated-by-drought/146170

Victoria's Secret? A #Roman leather #brief/#bikini bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD.
So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear whether they were used as underwear or whether they were worn by female acrobats.

📷 Landesmuseum Trier

#archaeology #FindsFriday

Shipwreck of Gribshunden (1495), flagship of King Hans of Denmark and Norway, have revealed diverse artifacts including exotic spices imported from far distant origins: saffron, ginger, clove, peppercorns, and almond.
https://bit.ly/3YAVA4o #maritime
#Archaeology

What is #archaeology? And … "What Do Archaeologists Do?"

A @SAPIENS_org essay by Peter Nelson & Sara Gonzalez:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/what-do-archaeologists-do

Portion of an animal skin bag & pieces of leather or sinew cordage from the ca. AD 1605-1620 Terminal Woodland site of Dumaw Creek (20OA5) in Oceana Co., MI (Quimby 1966, Fig. 26). #archaeology #culture

My new article has been published in Public Archaeology. The Role of Experiences in Valuing Metal-Detecting Finds among Finnish Hobbyists. I can share 50 free copies, so let me know if you are interested in reading it:
https://doi.org/10.1080/14655187.2022.2158617

#metaldetectorist #MetalDetecting #archaeology

CT SCAN REVEALS 49 AMULETS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMY

#archaeology #archaeologynews #archaeologist #archaeologist

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/ct-scan-reveals-49-amulets-in-ancient-egyptian-mummy/146185

Tickets to see Neil Gaiman, with Jon Hamm, in St Louis, go on sale Friday...

https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/tickets-to-see-neil-gaiman-with-jon-hamm-go-on-sale-friday/article_dcf112c3-13ab-514b-84cb-9a1a82e80afc.html

Triton has legs like the tails of fish but looks distinctly masculine. In this mosaic at Brading Roman villa, Isle of Wight, UK, he holds a steering oar and what's been interpreted as a basket of oysters; these flourish around Wight.

The excellent picture is copyright David Tomalin, from his new book 'Roman Vectis: Archaeology and Identity in the Isle of Wight', available at a discount from www.romanvectis.com

#Roman #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #MosaicMonday

Nail examples from Site 16AV153, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (Green et al. 2015, Fig. 7.07): a) Hand-wrought rosehead (ca. 1731-1805); b) Hand-wrought T-head (ca. 1731-1805); c) Hand-wrought w/ flattened distal end (ca. 1769-1820); d) Machine-cut w/ stamped head (ca. 1830s-1890+). Hand-wrough nail dates from Tom Wells 1998. #Archaeology

Some objects you have to share immediately after seeing it: a Roman flask in the shape of a fish.
We don't know what flaks in the shape fishes were used for, maybe the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce), maybe it was used to hold oil.

On display at Pierides Museum, Larnaka, Cyprus.

Photo: Jeff Amadon via Flickr

#RomanArchaeology

Analyzing the residue on vessels in a 7th-6th century BC mummification workshop has given researchers insights into how the ancient Egyptians embalmed the bodies of their dead. Some of the substances were imported from the Mediterranean region, tropical Africa and Southeast Asia.

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/newsfullview-news/article/the-chemistry-of-mummification-traces-of-a-global-network/

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/egyptian-mummy-chemical-mixtures

📷LMU Munich and the University of Tübingen.
Biomolecular analyses enable new insights into ancient Egyptian embalming.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05663-4

Just be insult proof. Do you really think I think of it for a second when someone calls me “pointy-eared, green-blooded hobgoblin?” Firstly it’s sort of true, so I pay it no mind. If it isn’t true then I pay it no mind.
Remember that the only logical thing revealed from an insult is that the person insulting is just a terrible person and wish them well, or that they get better, or that they get the help that they need. 🖖

I finally published a new page on my blog with links to helpful research tools including @zotero @internetarchive @obsidianmd
etc
Emphasis on #FOSS + #OpenScience tools wherever possible. Aimed at students but also a brain dump for me...

Massive thanks to @NikaShilobod for sharing her own lists + @helenahartmann for the #AwesomePhD on #github page!

I will try to update as we go on...

https://sternaparadisaea.net/research-tools-and-resources/