With archaeology, it was love at first site...

TFW you see your name adjectivized for the first time....

Lovely to hear @pompei79.bsky.social on BBC news on the way to work this morning!

Salvini says, aiutiamolo a casa sua!

Righteous Amsterdam disagrees...

Kelsey Museum to Receive $1.15M Gift From Alum and Donor Steve Klinsky | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA The major gift will support five archaeological expeditions around the world as well as educational programming for K-12 students in Michigan.

exciting news at our museum!

lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-eve...

Cool black ride, man!

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I've started a - very incomplete so far! - Roman Archaeology starter pack as I couldn't find one! Let me know who I need to add as I've not found lots of people here yet who I'm sure will have joined the Xodus :-)

TRAJ Call for Editorial Board Members The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (TRAJ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Open Library of Humanities, providing a venue for innovative and interdisciplinary research in...

📣 Hey all you #Roman theory people, come join us on the #TRAJ Editorial Board!

We are looking for new members to join our international editorial board, applications are welcome from all researchers within the field of Roman #archaeology

Apply by 31 Dec 👉 traj.openlibhums.org/news/769/

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Wonderful publication of our marbles from two UM PHD alumnae!

The Kelsey has one of the most extensive collections of Egyptian plant remains outside Egypt!

My personal favorite Renfrew anecdote: at the SAA 75th Antiquity anniversary party, fending off hotel security that was trying to prevent him from pouring generous shots of Jesus College whisky.

May the topsoil be light on him.

A Public Letter to Joe Rogan from Flint Dibble YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble

This video is for open minded people interested in the truth

youtu.be/KR9_oLmoQVI?...

After all, central Italy, unlike many other parts of the Mediterranean, had no prior experience with settlements bigger than 1-2 ha. There was no template or paradigm to follow. Rome in particular is very illustrative of the tentative and progressive nature of the process.

Building on our Iron Age results at gabiiproject.org, I argued that key decisions in the zoning of these centers were taken quite late, centuries after their first occupation.
We need to consider that graveyards, fortifications and cult places had newly become communal to the whole settlement

2024-2025 Shaping Spaces The shaping of space can be conceived by way of buildings and other physical means that altered, directed and carved the environment. It also involves far more (and more complex) pro…

Was delighted to be recently invited to the 2024 Larissa Bonfante workshop, whose theme was Shaping Spaces.
bonfanteworkshop.org/2023-2024/

My paper was on "Zoning decisions in early central Italian urbanism". I tried to reflect in a non-teleological way on how areas were defined in early cities.

No, anyone witha serious interest in archaeology can apply

No prior dig experience is required. Must be over 18.

Come dig with us at Gabii

Urban borehole surveys and the origins of the Roman Forum - Society of Antiquaries of London Hear about the Urban borehole surveys and revised chronology which has major implications for our understanding of early urbanism in central Italy.

Thrilled to have been in London recently for a lecture at the Society of Antiquaries (@antiquaries.bsky.social) to which I have recently been elected.
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...

www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...

Ok so we're meeting here instead of on Threads? As long as we make up our minds...