Matasha Mazis @mattyhari@qoto.org

It seems everyone is really starting to like Mastodon. I have done a few toots where active conversation was going on.

It is really good to see. It is getting involved, engaging with others.
Replying is really important. We used to state this on the fowl site.

Rare Roman leather bikini bottoms, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces, AD 43-100. Found during excavations of a #Roman well in London’s Queen Street in 1953. Preserved in waterlogged conditions for almost 2,000 years. Museum of London.
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

A little treat from #NationalTrust #Mottisfont for #FindsFriday. Workers undertaking renovations in 1990 removed a skirting board & found this handwritten message on the reverse: HM King George V Buried 1.30pm this day 28 Jan 1936 E. Sellers, H.Holy, A. Pragnell, Foster & Dicksee Rugby & London. With a flag drawing & a George IV coin. What delights or comments have you found left by past workers in your house? #Graffiti #DIY #Archaeology #Heritage
https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1954652

#Archaeology hashtag time: Today is #FindsFriday!

This is a penny of King Æthelberht II of East Anglia (r. AD 779-794), This coin dates from the time when there were multiple kingdoms in England (and indeed Wales). There was frequent competition between them, even warfare. At this time, Offa of Mercia was overlord of much of England south of the River Humber, so an underking issuing coins styling himself 'Rex' (King) was an unforgivable show of insubordination, so Offa ordered him killed.

Having just passed the 956th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings a couple weeks ago, this #archaeology #FindsFriday is pertinent to post a coin from King Harold II Godwinsson. The obverse shows Harold II crowned left facing with a sceptre in front of him. Reverse across field and between two lines, the inscription 'PAX'. Unfortunately he did not get the peace he sought and died in the Battle on October 14th, 1066. Reported by an ethical #detectorist.

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/985056

Our first #FindsFriday post (and our first post) is a #Palaeolithic flint (cool), found in a #Roman context (cool x 2) in Cheshire!

#archaeology #RedRiverArchaeology

#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@twitter.com knife. 😉

For #FindsFriday, the glittering gold of the Didcot Hoard. A rare Roman gold coin hoard discovered in Oxfordshire by a metal detectorist in 1995. It contains 126 #Roman gold coins struck between AD 54-160. Buried in the AD 160s. Ashmolean Museum.
#archaeology
Read more: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/didcot-hoard/vQFuPpVINDYIzA?hl=en

Moments in time captured in fired clay: Some 1,900 years ago a #child trod on a #Roman tile that was laid out in the open air ahead of firing.

Found in Nijmegen, on display at Museum Het Valkhof.

#FindsFriday #RomanArchaeology #archaeology

Two 14th century cogs (single-masted transport ship) have been unearthed in Varberg, Sweden.
"dendrochronological study of one of the ships, indicates that the lumber was felled after 1346 in the region that today consists of the Netherlands, Belgium, and north-eastern France, while the lumber from the second ship was felled between 1355 and 1357 in northern Poland" https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/14th-century-shipwrecks-discovered-in-sweden/145395

I'm a #professor of #arthistory, #theory, and #criticism in Chicago. I'd like to use this platform to exchange ideas about #postmodern and #contemporary #experimental #fiction, especially #maximalist, including #Joyce, #robertmusil, #georgesperec, #witoldgombrowicz, #miklosszentkuthy, #arnoschmidt, #mariannefritz, #thomasbernhard, #fernandopessoa, #marcelproust, #ingeborgbachmann, #peterhandke, and delated #literarycriticism, #literarytheory, #literaryhistory, #publishing, #bookreviews

The EU has threatened Elon Musk’s Twitter with a European ban unless the billionaire abides by its strict rules on content moderation, setting up a regulatory battle over the future of the social network.

Breton told Musk he must adhere to a checklist of rules, including ditching an “arbitrary” approach to reinstating banned users, pursuing disinformation “aggressively” and agreeing to an “extensive independent audit” of the platform by next year.

https://www.ft.com/content/a07ca1ae-9f9a-46ee-9457-27bb30e18ed2

#EU #Twitter #Musk

Historians have debated the roots of #Ashkenazi Jews for centuries. A new study by @ShaiCarmi & others harnesses DNA from ancient skeletons to providing answers -- and offering new insights into a community that was at the heart of medieval European life. #aDNA #archaeology #judaism #Erfurt https://www.science.org/content/article/meeting-ancestors-history-ashkenazi-jews-revealed-medieval-dna

Here's Leila and Catie, a PhD and recent Digital Heritage MSc respectively, working on our project in Hili Archaeological Park in the UAE. They're using a DGPS to record the elevation on a context in one of the trenches. #archaeology

#ART #Archaeology Head of a "Man Wearing a Cap or Helmet"

British Isles

Culture: Celtic - Medium: Fossiliferous limestone

#art #Archaeology Belt Buckle, ca. 400 This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appointed barbarian-warrior grave ever found. The grave was likely that of an auxiliary soldier stationed in the Roman province of Gaul.

A late entry for #TombTuesday , but this is the entrance passage to Taversoe Tuick on Rousay.

An unusual two storey, three chamber cairn, it's one of a number of Neolithic sites on Rousay.

#Orkney #Scotland #Neolithic #Archaeology

#TombTuesday #Miamisburg #Adena burial #mound 39.6276,-84.2809
The largest conical burial mound in the Eastern Woodlands, 20m tall and over 77m wide.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/archaeo/
#archaeology #earthworks #prehistory #Ohio #NativeAmericans #GPS survey

Ovoid granite ship's ballast stone recovered by construction workers in New Orleans. A huge number of ballast stones were off-loaded from ships in the 17th-early 20th century to make room for cargo at the busy Port of New Orleans (founded ca. 1718). They were sold for landscaping, cobblestones, shoring up foundations, etc. #History #Archaeology