Some of you asked about continuing education. I love it. I get to meet all sorts of interesting people. I teach via @Cambridge_ICE which is an amazing place. They offer courses in just about everything and at all levels and formats.
Coming up I’m doing a couple of online ones. There’s Introduction to Archaeology ice.cam.ac.uk/course/introdu… which is very much for you if you want to know how we date stuff and how we dig and the history of our discipline.
and talk a bit more about time, life and death in #Neolithic#Malta - the link between above & below is more than just location.
So, there was a time in the 1970s in #archaeology when we tried to make sense of things by testing hypotheses. Not a bad idea, but it doesn't always work & here's why (aside the fact that humans don't behave in a linear, ordered way).
Nov 18, 2022 • 26 tweets • 9 min read
So Elon Musk may be busy throwing a tantrum, but Twitter is not quite dead yet and we have stuff to do and #archaeology to explore. So, part 4 (part 3 here if you missed it:
) #Malta
As above, so below I said last time. Let's poke around underground, for big buildings are not just above-ground. Welcome to the #Saflieni hypogeum, one of the best sites in the world. Yes, I said it and it's true.
Nov 15, 2022 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
I've been working on another Twitter thread - not because @netflix gives a stuff and the Hancock followers will keep being conspiracy idiots. I'm doing this b.c I care about #archaeology and #Malta. Now @FlintDibble has (independently) got a head start here, tis good. Go read.
Good. Now let's focus specifically on #Malta and #prehistory. Let's start with a location map because it's relevant - note we're at the southernmost tip of Europe and pretty much on the doorstep of North Africa. When we say Malta, we mean the entire archipelago.
