Thanks to @kimbiddulph it’s #Archaeology31 time again! - Starting with prompt number one: #new.
Which in this case is: New year, new journal. Empty pages waiting to be filled with thoughts, notes, sketches ... opportunities.
Which in this case is: New year, new journal. Empty pages waiting to be filled with thoughts, notes, sketches ... opportunities.
https://twitter.com/kimbiddulph/status/1344250268431560705
#Archaeology31 day 2, #future, offers a great chance to highlight a topic I found particularly interesting as of late:
How will an #ArchaeologyOfTheFuture look like - What do *we* leave behind for future colleagues?
(Weekend reading recommendations included. 😉)
How will an #ArchaeologyOfTheFuture look like - What do *we* leave behind for future colleagues?
(Weekend reading recommendations included. 😉)
Starting with the question what actually constitutes #CulturalHeritage, #sites, and #monuments of our age ...
(#Archaeology31, 2. #future)
(#Archaeology31, 2. #future)
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1146475056094167040
... (not) ending with the question how to actually communicate (long-term) the more serious (as in: dangerous) of our late #Anthropocene #CulturalHeritage.
(#Archaeology31, 2. #future)
(#Archaeology31, 2. #future)
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1173663034419699714
#Archaeology31 day 4, #communication - as in #scicomm, maybe? We all agree on the importance of public outreach, but ... what is its really good for?
Here, @odietrich_ and myself looked back at about 3 years of #scienceblogging at @TepeTelegrams:
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/arch…
Here, @odietrich_ and myself looked back at about 3 years of #scienceblogging at @TepeTelegrams:
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/arch…
#Archaeology31, day 4: Archaeology can open a #door to the past.
Sometimes literally, like ... this one here we excavated in #Chalkolithic / Early #BronzeAge Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan in #Jordan. - Still working after all these years, a timeless design. 😲😉
Sometimes literally, like ... this one here we excavated in #Chalkolithic / Early #BronzeAge Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan in #Jordan. - Still working after all these years, a timeless design. 😲😉
(More about this fascinating site, a centre of early copper metallurgy, e.g. here:
dainst.org/en/projekt/-/p…)
dainst.org/en/projekt/-/p…)
Of course it‘s #Archaeology31‘s *day 5* which is all about #door(s) - and 'cause it‘s a fascinating example, I‘m also adding this heavy #StoneDoor from the #Roman fortress of #QasrAzraq in #Jordan (once also the headquarter of some T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia") operating there).
And #Archaeology31 prompt 6 is: #move.
As in: "How the heck could they have moved this?"
Here’s an illustration from the tomb of #Djehutihotep (#Egypt, 12th Dynasty) - showing how 172 men pull an alabaster statue (estimated 60 tons) of him. On a #sledge.
No aliens involved. 🤷🏻♂️
As in: "How the heck could they have moved this?"
Here’s an illustration from the tomb of #Djehutihotep (#Egypt, 12th Dynasty) - showing how 172 men pull an alabaster statue (estimated 60 tons) of him. On a #sledge.
No aliens involved. 🤷🏻♂️
And today's #Archaeology31 topic is: #place.
Which evokes some thoughts on complex biographies of archaeological and historic sites - and the meaning of '#authenticity' (here in the course of a great earlier lecture and discussion by @stephenniem):
Which evokes some thoughts on complex biographies of archaeological and historic sites - and the meaning of '#authenticity' (here in the course of a great earlier lecture and discussion by @stephenniem):
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/969302049119711234?s=20
#Archaeology31 number 9: #circle.
From the travel journal - at the Actic Circle, suddenly stumbling upon an old #graveyard while kayaking in #Greenland.
#OnceArchaeologistAlwaysArchaeologist 🤷🏻♂️😉
From the travel journal - at the Actic Circle, suddenly stumbling upon an old #graveyard while kayaking in #Greenland.
#OnceArchaeologistAlwaysArchaeologist 🤷🏻♂️😉
#Archaeology31, day 10: #memory.
Memory & commemoration, in historic perspective, are dynamic processes: The practice of #DamnatioMemoriae, the "condemnation of memory" by exclusion from official accounts, may serve as an example.
The gap left, however, creates a memory itself.
Memory & commemoration, in historic perspective, are dynamic processes: The practice of #DamnatioMemoriae, the "condemnation of memory" by exclusion from official accounts, may serve as an example.
The gap left, however, creates a memory itself.
"An archaeologist in #Alaska: how working with a #YupIk community transformed my view of #heritage"
Reposting this thoughtful @ConversationUK essay by @AliceWatterson for today‘s #Archaeology31 prompt: #community.
theconversation.com/an-archaeologi…
Reposting this thoughtful @ConversationUK essay by @AliceWatterson for today‘s #Archaeology31 prompt: #community.
theconversation.com/an-archaeologi…
Today, #Archaeology31‘s 13th topic is: #gender.
Which is a great opportunity bringing up again this @SAPIENS_org-essay by M. F. Ugalde on hidden asymmetries in present gender relations - and insights ancient gender fluidity can add to the discussion:
sapiens.org/archaeology/ar…
Which is a great opportunity bringing up again this @SAPIENS_org-essay by M. F. Ugalde on hidden asymmetries in present gender relations - and insights ancient gender fluidity can add to the discussion:
sapiens.org/archaeology/ar…
Sometimes the most amazing traces of the past lie #hidden (as in #Archaeology31’s 14th prompt) right in front of us ...
If it weren‘t for the useful sign, #Ertebølle‘s famous #Køkkenmødding (or what‘s remaining of it) wouldn‘t be easy to spot nowadays.
If it weren‘t for the useful sign, #Ertebølle‘s famous #Køkkenmødding (or what‘s remaining of it) wouldn‘t be easy to spot nowadays.
It may not look very much impressing today, but imagine the insight gained here (and at related sites) into #Mesolithic northern-northern central Europe!
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue3…
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue3…
And I bet if there‘s one Danish word probably much every prehistorian knows, it must be ... #Køkkenmødding. 😉
#Archaeology31, no. 15: #treasure.
'Treasure' is a word we don‘t often use comfortably in #archaeology.
Unless of course it‘s that old book from grandpa‘s shelf which once drew you into this whole business when you were a kid - and never let you go. 😉
'Treasure' is a word we don‘t often use comfortably in #archaeology.
Unless of course it‘s that old book from grandpa‘s shelf which once drew you into this whole business when you were a kid - and never let you go. 😉
How do people live together? How are living quarters organized - spatially, socially, economically? 🤔
#Archaeology31, day 16: #corner. - Weekend walks through the neighborhood, excursions just around the corner. Same questions, past and present.
#Archaeology31, day 16: #corner. - Weekend walks through the neighborhood, excursions just around the corner. Same questions, past and present.
#Archaeology31, 17: #FolkloreThursday.
There is s noteworthy role of folklore and mythology in the formation of cultural identity - yet both are also more and more consumed and adopted in western popular culture ...
There is s noteworthy role of folklore and mythology in the formation of cultural identity - yet both are also more and more consumed and adopted in western popular culture ...
... which leads to the interesting question e.g. discussed in this @TheAtlantic article by @LisaLHannett: Who owns folklore tales?
theatlantic.com/entertainment/…
#Archaeology31, 17: #FolkloreThursday.
theatlantic.com/entertainment/…
#Archaeology31, 17: #FolkloreThursday.
Brilliant (and at least as exciting as informative) idea by @sciencemuseum - and also a perfect fit to #Archaeology31‘s '#discovery' theme today.
Every click a new one. 😀
Every click a new one. 😀
https://twitter.com/EvaWiseman/status/1350893478251737091
Moustache, torc, and ... Mickey Mouse ears?
The #IronAge #Glauberg stele depicts an outfitted #Celtic warrior (with shield & typical #LaTene sword) - showing some fascinated links to actual finds within the nearby #burial tumulus.
#Archaeology31, day 19: #fashion.
The #IronAge #Glauberg stele depicts an outfitted #Celtic warrior (with shield & typical #LaTene sword) - showing some fascinated links to actual finds within the nearby #burial tumulus.
#Archaeology31, day 19: #fashion.
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1010842902396833792
Got a hat, still usually prefer a headscarf in the field ... 🤷🏻♂️
(All about '#fashion' today at #Archaeology31. 😉)
(All about '#fashion' today at #Archaeology31. 😉)
He still went to school when I first met Tarik at the excavation, now he works at the site‘s new visitor center ... when not carving T-Pillars (just like they used to do here 12k years ago 😉).
A very special #gift from a very special friend, fitting for today‘s #Archaeology31.
A very special #gift from a very special friend, fitting for today‘s #Archaeology31.
Of course it‘s almost impossible to resist bringing up a classic when #Archaeology31‘s 20th prompt is ... #gift. 🤷🏻♂️😉
#Archaology31, day 21: #reinterpret is a good reminder to constantly revisit and reconsider our interpretations - new data, new perspectives.
Also a good reason to once more bring up D. MacAulay‘s "Motel of the Mysteries" - which, very humorously, asks us to do exactly this. 😉
Also a good reason to once more bring up D. MacAulay‘s "Motel of the Mysteries" - which, very humorously, asks us to do exactly this. 😉
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/976413331333570562
#Archaeology31, day 22: #red.
From lumps found among abattoir waste of Homo erectus in Tanzania or the 380,000 y/o 'crayons' from Terra Amata in France to Paleolithic burials featuring large amount of the pigment, there always seems to have been some fascination with ochre ...
From lumps found among abattoir waste of Homo erectus in Tanzania or the 380,000 y/o 'crayons' from Terra Amata in France to Paleolithic burials featuring large amount of the pigment, there always seems to have been some fascination with ochre ...
#Archaeology31, day 24: #science.
Research means more than creating data, it also means discussing, and contextualizing, these data.
Science also means #ScienceCommunication. Social science also is social responsibility.
ivory.archaeologists-engage.org/2019/09/22/sci…
Research means more than creating data, it also means discussing, and contextualizing, these data.
Science also means #ScienceCommunication. Social science also is social responsibility.
ivory.archaeologists-engage.org/2019/09/22/sci…
#Archaeology31, day 25: #respect.
One's research interest could be another one's history and identity ...
@davidpball in @globeandmail on #community respect and involvement: "How #Indigenous researchers are reclaiming #archeology and #anthropology"
theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…
One's research interest could be another one's history and identity ...
@davidpball in @globeandmail on #community respect and involvement: "How #Indigenous researchers are reclaiming #archeology and #anthropology"
theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…
Additional perspective and reflection (recommended):
"Digging in Two Worlds: A Contemporary Indigenous Approach to Archaeology" - workingitouttogether.com/content/diggin… by @emilyvanawesome via @WIOTmag
#Archaeology31, #respect
"Digging in Two Worlds: A Contemporary Indigenous Approach to Archaeology" - workingitouttogether.com/content/diggin… by @emilyvanawesome via @WIOTmag
#Archaeology31, #respect
It’s about #culture today at #Archaeology31 today.
Too many concepts of 'culture' to come up with a single comprehensive definition. Tried, but that diagram could be supplemented with ... literally everything. 🤔🤷🏻♂️
(Standing by putting 'genes' *there*, though. #sorrynotsorry)
Too many concepts of 'culture' to come up with a single comprehensive definition. Tried, but that diagram could be supplemented with ... literally everything. 🤔🤷🏻♂️
(Standing by putting 'genes' *there*, though. #sorrynotsorry)
#Archaeology31, day 27: #storytelling.
Behind data, typologies, and material culture, archaeology can be indeed a very narrative discipline:
Are e.g. these images depicting cranes, storks, or other birds? Or ... maybe even people in bird masquerade?
dainst.blog/the-tepe-teleg…
Behind data, typologies, and material culture, archaeology can be indeed a very narrative discipline:
Are e.g. these images depicting cranes, storks, or other birds? Or ... maybe even people in bird masquerade?
dainst.blog/the-tepe-teleg…
Looks like I shot that bolt too early, well ... today‘s #Archaeology31 topic is: #Friendship.
https://twitter.com/jens2go/status/1350108756781248514
Definitely bringing up @anarchaeologe’s excavations and research of a 1980 protest camp against a nuclear waste dump in Germany for today‘s #Archaeology31 on #protest (fascinatingly exploring the gap between material culture and oral / written sources in this thread):
https://twitter.com/anarchaeologe/status/1268161557055377409
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