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James Green<p>Stippled/textured glass container bases date ca. post-1940. The pattern allows for the dispersal of air trapped underneath &amp; provides better traction on smooth surfaces. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a></p>
James Green<p>Only 4 plain Indigenous sherds were recovered at Site 16VN3743, Vernon Parish, LA, but they were very different (Green 2015): a) grog-tempered coarse-ware with carbon residue; b) sand-tempered fine-ware; c) grog &amp; grit tempered coarse-ware; d) grog &amp; grit fine-ware. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ceramics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceramics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Steven Saus [he/him]<p>(08 Apr) ’Hairy books’ bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin, study finds </p><p>A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland. </p><p><a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/j5791" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.faithcollapsing.com/j5791</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Archive: ais: <a href="https://archive.md/wip/57Nf9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/wip/57Nf9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ia: <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/r36i9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.faithcollapsing.com/r36i9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>Roman-era battlefield mass grave unearthed beneath Vienna soccer field</p><p>Archaeologists unearthed a mass grave of at least 129 people in Vienna, which may have been the result of a catastrophic battle in the late first century CE. The discovery, made during the renovation of a soccer field in the Simmering district last autumn, is one of the most significant finds from Roman warfare in Central Europe...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/roman-era-battlefield-mass-grave-in-vienna/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/04/rom</span><span class="invisible">an-era-battlefield-mass-grave-in-vienna/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanempire</span></a></p>
Lauren McMenemy<p>Early bird prices end TOMORROW, 14 April, so grab your ticket to next month's Writing the Occult deep-dive into relics before the prices rise. We'll look at ossuaries, human remains, Egyptology, cursed tombs and objects, what it's like to be an archaeologist both in the ground and under the water, and how horror writers have used all of the above to great storytelling effect. Get your own inspiration (and ticket) at: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-relics-tickets-1258146834049" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-o</span><span class="invisible">ccult-relics-tickets-1258146834049</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/relics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occult</span></a></p>
Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>Tursachan Choille an Teampaill, Cill Màrtainn. Mu 3000 RC.</p><p>Ancient stones, newer dyke.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Argyll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argyll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/G%C3%A0idhlig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gàidhlig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Industrial Heritage Support: Historic England Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives Published. “Historic England’s Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives has now been published as a Historic England Research Report. Conducted as part of the Future for Archaeological Archives Programme, the survey gathered data on […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/industrial-heritage-support-historic-england-snapshot-survey-on-the-collection-of-developer-funded-archaeological-archives-published/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/industrial-heritage-support-historic-england-snapshot-survey-on-the-collection-of-developer-funded-archaeological-archives-published/</a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Prior to our arrival on site this morning, it had seen about 20 person hours of metal detecting. Today so far, we have put in over 60 person hours and made a couple hundred finds, mostly from the period c. AD 400-800. <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Here's a Gotland classic, the beast-head brooch, in a late-700s version. This brooch is missing the end of its muzzle and the pin catch, so hasn't been as pointy originally. Came out of the ground two hours ago. <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Working with my distinguished colleagues Per Widerström, Ny Björn Gustafsson and Charlotte Fabech. ♥️ (Contrary to a widespread misapprehension, I have not in fact got the coolest facial hair in Scandinavian archaeology.)</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Author-ized L.J.<p>In 2006 a group of ancient graves were unearthed in Yeongdong-ri, Naju in the southwest of <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a>. One of the graves, a set of multigenerational 5th- to 6th-century burial chambers holding a family, yielded nine extremely well-preserved human skeletons. <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> sequencing revealed shared mitochondrial heritage between the jointly-buried bodies, indicating a matrilineal family structure. The remains were also more closely related to humans in modern Kyushu, <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> than modern Korean or older Japanese populations, hinting at exchanges and movement between the Naju and Kyushu regions. <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p><p>Image hidden for skeletal human remains. Image source: <a href="https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/culture_general/96655.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hani.co.kr/arti/culture/cultur</span><span class="invisible">e_general/96655.html</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Helping the Gotland County Museum bring the modern Swedish metal detector collaboration and citizen science to the island! <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>Fascinating world of early medieval glass! An absolutely gorgeous drinking horn made of blue glass, with white trailing around the body, length 23cm.<br>Drinking horns made of glass were popular among the early medieval Germanic elite in various regions of Europe, they reflect the high status of the owner.<br>Found in a burial at Sutri (Italy), dating late 6th century AD. </p><p>Photo: British Museum </p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
James Green<p>Site artifact table anybody? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a></p>
James Green<p>Subbottom data showing a normal fault &amp; a buried channel. The top of the channel bank is 64 ft (19.5 m) below the modern seafloor, or 160 ft (48.8 m) below sea level. According to the sea level chart, the channel would have been exposed prior to 12,300 years ago. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a></p>
Lvxferre [he/him]<p><strong>New Hittite Tablet Shows Striking Correspondences with the Narrative of Homer's Iliad</strong></p> <p><a href="https://mander.xyz/post/28054743" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mander.xyz/post/28054743</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>Two nearly life-size funerary sculptures uncovered in Pompeii tomb</p><p>Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two near-life-size statues in a necropolis near Porta Sarno, one of the main gates of the ancient city. The statues, a carved relief depicting a man and woman, are dated to the Late Republican period of Rome (2nd–1st century BCE) and may depict an elite couple or a priestess and a male relative...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/two-funerary-sculptures-uncovered-in-pompeii/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/04/two</span><span class="invisible">-funerary-sculptures-uncovered-in-pompeii/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pompeii</span></a></p>
James Green<p>My Caddo culture Pennington Punctated carinated bowl build a couple of years ago. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ceramics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceramics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pottery</span></a></p>
James Green<p>Clovis point (ca. 11,550 - 8,800 BCE) from west-central Louisiana. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a></p>
Thomas Weibel<p>Wohlan, Ihr Hexen und Werwölfe: Meton sagt, heute Nacht ist Vollmond. </p><p><a href="https://www.thomasweibel.ch/meton/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thomasweibel.ch/meton/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/fullmoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fullmoon</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greece</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/babylon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babylon</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanics</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simulation</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a></p>
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