And today, the greatest gift of all : weaving on a neolithic loom (note the wonderful clay weights - aka pesons in french - they're one of the most commons artefacts found from this period and they were usually decorated with dots - when joined, the lines could reveal landscapes) 🥹
1/3 New recommendation: Stefanos Costopoulos, Georgios Papaioannou (2025). The impact of normal mapping on the appearance of geometrically simplified archaeological 3D models. V3 peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Archaeology https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17092432 #Archaeology
And today, the greatest gift of all : weaving on a neolithic loom (note the wonderful clay weights - aka pesons in french - they're one of the most commons artefacts found from this period and they were usually decorated with dots - when joined, the lines could reveal landscapes) 🥹
Only few pieces of furniture from early medieval times have been preserved. Due to the water-logged condition of the area, many wooden objects such as this terrific chair made from maple and ash wood survived in a burial at Trossingen.
Dating 580 AD.
📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg
Found: Medieval Cargo Ship – Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever
#HackerNews #MedievalCargoShip #LargestVessel #Archaeology #History #Discovery #Shipwreck
Only few pieces of furniture from early medieval times have been preserved. Due to the water-logged condition of the area, many wooden objects such as this terrific chair made from maple and ash wood survived in a burial at Trossingen.
Dating 580 AD.
📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg
Historic England has commissioned research to better understand carbon loss from soil during archaeological excavation. The report outlines the properties and dynamics of carbon in soil and the potential effects of archaeological investigations on these. It identifies ways in which soil carbon loss can be mitigated and managed through planning and practice. Free download👇
https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/50-2025 #globalmuseum #archaeology
Yay, Magnus Bergvall Foundation! €6500! I know this kind of money is peanuts in the natural sciences. But not in field #archaeology! ❤️
Looking at axes! #archaeology
Looking at axes! #archaeology
Just commissioned a 2.3 hectare ground-penetrating radar survey across the richest find concentration at Tune where we worked last April.
House foundations under the plough layer? If there are, we will have exact coordinates for each hearth and posthole. Then we can go right down into them quickly and cheaply, and sample them for palaeobotany and radiocarbon.
Just commissioned a 2.3 hectare ground-penetrating radar survey across the richest find concentration at Tune where we worked last April.
House foundations under the plough layer? If there are, we will have exact coordinates for each hearth and posthole. Then we can go right down into them quickly and cheaply, and sample them for palaeobotany and radiocarbon.
When a new book appears in a regionally and chronologically delimited field of research in the #Humanities, it's a really big deal. It doesn't happen very often, and each one is potentially the new standard treatment.
I've been in academic #archaeology now for over 30 years, and the #books I've seen appear and then fail to find traction are stacking up. Forgotten, book-length studies by people I remember as young hopefuls. Gathering dust in the stacks.
When a new book appears in a regionally and chronologically delimited field of research in the #Humanities, it's a really big deal. It doesn't happen very often, and each one is potentially the new standard treatment.
I've been in academic #archaeology now for over 30 years, and the #books I've seen appear and then fail to find traction are stacking up. Forgotten, book-length studies by people I remember as young hopefuls. Gathering dust in the stacks.
One of the oldest human-made structures on Earth can be found in Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia. Known as Baiame's Ngunnhu to the local Ngemba people, the Brewarrina Fish Traps can be dated back 40,000 years. They are at least 8 times older than Stonehenge. #Archaeology
Something lovely for the weekend!
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by @AlisonFisk
#Archaeology #globalmuseum #BronzeAge #history #ceramics #pottery
One of the oldest human-made structures on Earth can be found in Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia. Known as Baiame's Ngunnhu to the local Ngemba people, the Brewarrina Fish Traps can be dated back 40,000 years. They are at least 8 times older than Stonehenge. #Archaeology
Something lovely for the weekend!
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by @AlisonFisk
#Archaeology #globalmuseum #BronzeAge #history #ceramics #pottery
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