New publication from the BHA! Check out Tim Murray's "The Historiography of Prehistoric Archaeology in Britain: A Brief Outline," just published online and #OpenAccess: archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....
Sharing this in memory of Lynne Goldstein, a colleague whose mentorship shaped my career in many positive ways. Lynne had so many great stories that Autumn Painter and I recorded an oral history of her work with MSU's Campus Archaeology Program. oralhistory.campusarch.msu.edu
Cutting from the Hampshire Telegraph and Post, Friday, Apr 16, 1926, with a photo captioned 'Garden showing the Roman paving, beneath which the remains were discovered' and text that begins: "DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS. Portion of Villa and Mosaic Paving Beneath Havant Garden. Some time ago Mr. Walter Owen Adames, a commercial traveller, of Spes Bona, Langstone Avenue, Havant, was digging around in his garden for the purpose of planting perennials, when he had the good fortune to come across a quantity of broken Roman pottery. The finding of this accounted most probably for his inability to grow trees in the garden, and it induced him to explore further. As a result he unearthed an old foundation wall two feet thick (similar to one which was discovered only last Saturday), a stone floor composed of fine Roman cement, and a very interesting drain made of perfectly preserved red tile. The drain, which was broken up by what was probably the hypocaust for heating the water, led to a Roman bath, the floor of which is in an almost perfect state of preservation..."
#OTD 100 years ago the Hampshire Telegraph reported the discovery of a #Roman villa (with baths) in a garden in Havant. 'Spes bona' indeed, unless you were trying to plant an orchard, as the homeowner was. Instead, he ended up creating something rather like the Blue Peter Italian sunken garden… 🏺
I am giving a virtual talk today (details for joining in the link) about pseudoarch! I'll share a few Canadian examples, but [spoiler alert] my deepest dive will be about the Native Sons of BC and their politically influential use of pseudoarch in the 1920s and its impacts on archaeology in BC 👀
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NEW Skeletal remains of almost 25,700 people, excavated in the UK between 1869 and 2008, are unaccounted for. As well as limiting our understanding of past lives, it also poses ethical issues. A central human remains database is needed to correct this 🏺#Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Interested in the history of archaeology? The Historians of Archaeology (HoA) Online Support Group has a new website: historiansofarchaeology.wordpress.com Check it out to connect, learn and contribute!
Shared for reference only; opinions not my own.
#MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology
🏺 Collection Highlight🏺
We would like to highlight the Unlocking Old Windsor archive. Based on six seasons of excavation in the 1950s, this archive brings together resources previous divided between organisations for the first time.
To read more visit: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...
👋 It's great to welcome so many new members recently!
We are more than a research network, we are a support group.
🗃️🏺We connect scholars at all career stages and independent scholars and students, working on the #history of #archaeology in a variety of settings and in different formats.
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This picture freaks me out for another reason: US archaeology has OSHA requirements. These chuckleheads look like they’re digging down with zero consideration for safe egress or cave-in protections. 😬 👷🏻♀️🏺
long stretch of worked roman stone on Hadrian's Wall.
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Black and white photo of Barbara Laidler washing a stone on West Kennet Avenue. Photo ©Alexander Keiller Museum.
Black and white photo of Margaret Stewart at the Carse Farm excavation in 1964. Photo from: https://breadalbane-heritage.org.uk/about/history/margaret-e-c-stewart-in-breadalbane-heritage-society/
Fun fact about us for #InternationalWomensDay - our 1st graduating students were women - Margaret Crichton Mitchell (later Stewart), 1st ever class🥇in #Archaeology MA 1930, PhD 1934 (Childe's only PhD student) & Barbara Laidler our 1st ever BSc Archaeology (c. 1930s)! @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 🏺
I helped edit this super cool story of a dude from India who wrote his name on Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago! 🏺🧪
📣 New issue is out now! As Women’s History Month begins, this issue brings attention to gender bias in #archaeology. These articles examine persistent inequities in visibility, citation, and leadership, and offer concrete strategies for change.
Explore more here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How inclusive is archaeological data? Carrie Heitman’s latest digital review examines #feminist data science. She highlights how power and bias shape everything from collection to interpretation, outlining approaches for more transparent and equitable #research. 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🏺🗃️ The #Historians of #Archaeology group website launches soon!
historiansofarchaeology.wordpress.com
We welcome submissions for the blog from everyone working on any aspect of the history of archaeology (excavations, object provenance, community, popular histories, histories of science...)
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Can't wait to dig into this one! Sandra Rozental's work is top-notch—check out the documentary she did with Jesse Lerner here: vimeo.com/154258509
Via @sarahebond.bsky.social and Pasts Imperfect, the 🌟 Heba Abd el-Gawad speaking Saturday afternoon (Pacific time) - online as well, details and registration in link below. #Egypt #museums🏺📜🗃️
Given... everything, I especially appreciate folks' interest in my work. In case you're curious, I've shared the introduction to my book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico, here: works.hcommons.org/records/hv9r... 🗃️📚🏺🇲🇽
Including a link to this recent piece by Heba Abd el-Gawad, senior curator of anthropology at the Horniman Museum. How museums store, treat, and enable 'non-invasive' (ahem) research on ancient Egyptian human remains is a surprise only if you've never worked in a museum or read up on the subject.📜🏺🗃️
New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Black-and-white scientific illustration of the Neanderthal 1 fossil skullcap from the Neander Valley discovery, shown in two views. The top drawing shows a side (profile) view of the elongated, low cranial vault with a sloping forehead and thick brow ridge area. Below it, a frontal view shows the broad, arched brow ridges and wide, low shape of the skull. The bone surface is cracked and incomplete along the edges, indicating the specimen is a partial cranium.
The original Neanderthal fossils were first presented to the scientific world #OnThisDay in 1857, at a meeting in Bonn. The partial skull was then thought to be Homo sapiens; it would be another six years before it was designated Homo neanderthalensis. 🏺🧪
“Unnamed, uncaptioned: archaeological photography and colonialism at Jericho, as seen in the Kenyon Archive” by Elianna Ausdahl, open access in Archaeology International from @uclpress.bsky.social :
journals.uclpress.co.uk/ai/article/i...
Who are the rightful #custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local #communities?
The film "Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient #Zapotec People)" asks pressing questions:
🏺🎬 hyperallergic.com/jorge-angel-... by @hrag.bsky.social for @hyperallergic.com
Looking forward to the February release of Sandra Rozental's The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft. Check out the introduction here: www.dukeupress.edu/the-absent-s.... Thanks, @dukepress.bsky.social! 🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺
In better news my book is coming out in paperback next March (pre-orders now available)! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Amazing photo of Ludovic Mann - in plus fours - and ‘assistant’ - wearing a kilt - standing in a reconstructed element of Mann’s Druid Temple excavation in Clydebank in 1937. (The Bulletin, 2 August 1937)
Amazing photo of Ludovic Mann - in plus fours - and ‘assistant’ - wearing a kilt - standing in a reconstructed element of Mann’s Druid Temple excavation in Clydebank in 1937.
(The Bulletin, 2 August 1937)
Popping back in after 7 months to share my latest on the multifaceted career of Edgar Banks and his efforts to carefully control his image throughout it all. @bhajournal.bsky.social has the open access article here: archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....
Just out! In this piece, I argue that the United Fruit Company served as a conduit through which political economies of racialized labor were brought to bear on archaeological practice. This one was three years in the making and it's available #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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The black and white photo shows the Sphinx covered up to the chest with sand. The pyramids of Giza can be seen in the background
The Sphinx and the Pyramids of #Giza, photographed by Maxime du Camp in 1849. The chest area of the Sphinx had only recently been uncovered, previously the statue was covered with sand up to the shoulders.
