Archaeologist with an interest in prehistoric craft practice | Geophysics | Geochemistry | Archaeometallurgy🏺🏛⛏🔬
Sheffield, England
Joined March 2018
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Petition · Save Sheffield's Archaeology Department · Change.org change.org/p/university-of-s…
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I'm very happy to announce that I'll be participating at the Fronteer Open @Fronteer_Art this December.
🔵The exhibition will run 7-17th of December, Tuesday - Saturday 10-3pm.
🔵Tuesday, December 6th, - Private View 6-7:30pm
🔵 Saturday, December 17th, - Prize Evening
This article sums up nicely the main issues with the new (and unfortunately trending) Netflix series “Ancient Apocalypse”.
Also, this “documentary” (it’s not) was the first, and hopefully last time I heard the term “mainstream archaeologists” 🙃
theconversation.com/with-net…
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A MUST read, if you're into this stuff....
hyperallergic.com/776720/thi…
#Archaeology #cycladic #Figurines #metmuseum
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NEW! Does the decision to close @UniShefArch make financial sense? Not on UEB’s figures.
Read how details unearthed by an FoI request show that keeping Archaeology open makes @SheffieldUni £1.6m better off over the next 5 years. #SaveSheffieldArchaeology
ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/does-th…
University of Worcester: Save Worcester's Archaeology department - Sign the Petition! chng.it/NYxvFVxy via @UKChange
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An open letter to the Vice Chancellor from a PGR in @UniShefArch @sheffielduni.
#SaveSheffieldArchaeology
thepipeline.info/blog/2021/0…
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BREAKING: Staff at @sheffielduni will ballot for industrial action over the decision to close the archaeology department
If management does not cancel the plans it will face disruption in the autumn
@UniShefArch @sheffielducu
#SaveSheffieldArchaeology
ucu.org.uk/article/11674/Uni…
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Archaeology matters.
It really matters.
Because it belongs to all of us. Because it is not just for those who can afford it. And it is not just ABOUT those who COULD afford it.
It is yours, ours, theirs, everybody’s.
United we stand.
#SaveSheffieldArchaeology #Dig4Arch
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Despite what University Management may think, #archaeology matters, #history matters, the #past matters, and #Sheffield matters.
Thank you to all of you who have thrown your support behind @UniShefArch. We will never stop fighting to #SaveSheffieldArchaeology.
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The University of Sheffield Council has decided to endorse the proposal of the University Executive Board to close our Department. This means the unequivocal end of Archaeology in the University of Sheffield. #SaveSheffieldArchaeology
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Unethical. Flawed. Biased.
Plans for @UniShefArch have recieved little support within the University, nationally, and internationally.
Join us tomorrow for our virtual rally and let's #SaveSheffieldArchaeology and turn this terrible decision around.
facebook.com/events/56494023…
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NEW PUBLICATIONS!
A series of new publications this week and last from members of our group, including the proceedings from 2020's 2nd EAStS conference. Congratulations all!:
@UniShefArch
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Today's PUNCH Cartoon Classic. What archaeologists are worried about with the proposed new Planning Bill! "Start about here & the first man to find a Roman temple gets docked a quid." David Langdon 1954 #archaeology #development #developers #TempleofMithras #London #planning
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This is an amazing paper, which belongs to @Yvette_A88 and only her. The end.
Very excited to share my paper which is now published in Archaeometry and is available through open access. This paper presents work carried out for my MSc and PhD and my PhD continues to build on this. I hope you enjoy reading it.@UniShefArch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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A look inside the Senate meeting. It feels like the senators were consulted the same way the students were.
#SaveSheffieldArchaeology
thepipeline.info/blog/2021/0…
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Our MSc Student Paul is conducting smelts using both peat charcoal and wood charcoal as a fuel for iron smelting in bloomery furnaces. He will then conduct an archaeological analysis on the furnace material, iron, and slag. #SaveSheffieldArchaeology #Archaeology
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It took a little longer to put together than we would have liked, but we're happy to be able to share the video from John Barrett's talk "The Importance and Future of Archaeology: a personal view."
youtu.be/M8mJvJLKQXo
