“Sheffield Castle keeps revealing its secrets. As well as uncovering the impressive gatehouse and drawbridge pier, we have uncovered parts of the castle’s walls that were previously unknown."
Traces of Kraków Fortress uncovered during construction of the bypass
Archaeologists working on the construction site of the S52 express road, have uncovered remnants of the Austrian Kraków Fortress, dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. This fortress, established after 1848 and expanded until 1914, was a crucial element in the defensive network of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
I made a thing 😊 A medal for myself based on a Bronze Age Minoan seal. Original CMS IV 257, found in Malia. Dated LM I-II (so... roughly 3500 years old). It was red jasper so I used a red background. I think it's a crane, though the original publication just said "bird" 😅
Here's the thing, I'm not an artist or anything. But I love Minoan seal designs, and I think it is a travesty they're not more popular in souvenir terms, so I decided to get crafty 😄
@gary_bbgames This was my first attempt, so I just used a thin pen to draw the design on paper, and used jewelry glue to put the glass lens over it. Once it tried, I cut it out, and glued the back to the frame. Got the lens and frame from a hobby shop :)
Ever wondered how you date a standing stone? This one fell down.
Excavation of the stone hole yielded organic material that was dated to 1090BCE +/-100years #StandingStoneSunday (and then it was re-erected. )
That’s late Bronze Age. A fairly typical date for many single stones. So nothing like as ancient as much that we share on here. But why though? What were they for?
A comprehensive analysis of 49 silver coins spanning the 7th and 8th centuries CE, revealed the cross-channel connections that shaped early medieval Europe’s economy...
Divers recover chiseled obsidian from Neolithic shipwreck off Italian coast
Divers from the Naples Police underwater unit, based in Naples, Italy, have retrieved a substantial piece of obsidian from the remnants of a Neolithic shipwreck, off the coast of the island of Capri...
Back when #BigData was the fashionable buzz word, I repeatedly had to explain to enthusiasts that archaeological data are not just Big, they are Confused and Patchy and Hairy.
I can't really see how the current generative algorithms could make me obsolete or even speed up much of the work I do. Because I'm in this really niche activity with no commercial potential that demands constant engagement with wildly non-standardised data as well as creative writing about them.
@mrundkvist AI could help you write about the data. It's great at summarizing stuff. E.g. on the US Amazon site, AI provides a summary of the reviews at the top. When I've checked, the summaries have usually been pretty accurate.
Train it on your collected writing up to this point, then give it data on your latest excavations and tell it to write something similar. Then you become the editor, rather than the author.
@mjausson "Give it data" is a huge part of my job that is hard to automate. Finding them, selecting them and making them uniform and comparable. But the most important part is the creative writing of novel arguments for and against interpretations of those data. That part does not follow from the data themselves or from text the model was trained on. Finally, being the author is way more fun than being the editor.
My sister is studying #archaeology at university and her horrified reaction at finding my name on the reading list for stuff about #castles has made my week. #ResearchImpact
New discovery: A 6,800-year-old Neolithic skeleton with numerous grave goods has been discovered in Exing, Bavaria.
The grave goods include a pouch decorated with two halves of a boar's tooth, which probably contained a blade and tools for making fire.
Archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old child mummies in Peru
Archaeologists in Lima’s oldest neighborhoods have unearthed four remarkably well-preserved mummified children, believed to be at least 1,000 years old. The children were discovered alongside an adult near a small hill, potentially leading to a hidden temple dating back around 3,500 years...
Trove of silver coins dating back to the 1100s discovered on Visingsö, Sweden
Archaeologists from the Jönköping County Museum have uncovered a remarkable treasure trove of 170 silver coins in a grave at Brahe Church on Visingsö, a Swedish island steeped in rich historical significance...
Southern Peru’s Toro Muerto, home to an extensive collection of rock art, has long puzzled researchers with its enigmatic petroglyphs.
A new study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal proposes a novel interpretation: the abstract geometric shapes adorning the volcanic boulders might be representations of ancient songs, potentially linked to shamanic rituals involving hallucinogenic plants...
Ancient DNA reveals early migration of indigenous Mexicans to California 5,200 years ago
Researchers led by Nathan Nakatsuka from the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School challenge established theories about the migration patterns and linguistic diversity of ancient populations in California...
Hidden Bronze Age settlements revealed in Serbian plains through satellite imagery
Satellite imagery has uncovered a network of more than 100 Bronze Age structures concealed in the expansive plains of Serbia, challenging previous assumptions about the region’s history...
No, really. Be sure to use protective eyewear when #flintknapping or doing other #archaeology experiments. If you flintknap a whole lot, wear a mask to minimize silica dust inhalation (silicosis disease). #Safety
