The Tiber river levels are at an historic low. Now is a great time to hop on a river boat and see the Tiber’s submerged cultural heritage. The east pile of Pons Neronianus is always visible to some extent, but it’s fully on display now.

My latest - The Anthropocene, hyperobjects and the archaeology of the future past - is out in @AntiquityJ It explores archaeology in the Anthropocene and argues that the role of artifacts will recede as other forms of cultural info increase in prominence. cambridge.org/core/journals/… It is meant to be provocative, as this next period of global climate change, pollution and radiation requires what Thora Pétursdóttir calls a “jolting of the archaeological imagination”. How will we draw together narratives of cultures in this era of anthropogenic climate change?

Sea shanties are blowing up because of viral Tiktoks and it is overdue in my opinion! Sea shanties are not just sailors' songs - they are a means of archiving and sharing information, as well as facilitating types of work. A #seashanty thread.

https://twitter.com/BloodyDeath11/status/1348759448337186816

Many people know sea shanties from Hollywood movies like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or video games like Assassin's Creed Black Flag. While sea shanties are catchy tunes, the actual songs have deeper meaning.

Let's go diving: A thread about Baia, the best site you haven't visited in Italy. Baia is located west of Pozzuoli. It is often called the Beverly Hills of ancient Naples, as it contained a number of wealthy senators villas and an imperial palace. While it is a cliche to call something the "Pompeii of xyz", this certainly could be called an underwater Pompeii.

Positano! A long drive today to see something special. In 2003, archaeologists found the roof of a Roman villa under the church’s crypt. Over the next 10 years they excavated a villa buried by the 79AD Vesuvius eruption. A beautiful little musuem is now open & well worth a visit. Unlike the hot flows at Herculaneum & Pompeii, the ash that arrived at Positano was cooled and mixed with the river’s fresh water. We therefore see different site formation processes to those other sites. It buried the villa to its roof level, preserving the rich color of frescos