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Photo of a book showing black and white photographs of Skhul site and ancient Homo sapiens remains from there in-situ, in the background is a laptop and table with notebook.

Photo of a book showing black and white photographs of Skhul site and ancient Homo sapiens remains from there in-situ, in the background is a laptop and table with notebook.

Image of sculpture in metal, a repeating vertical series of open books, inside the centre of which is a female figure, out of which are roots and threads spreading across the pages.

Image of sculpture in metal, a repeating vertical series of open books, inside the centre of which is a female figure, out of which are roots and threads spreading across the pages.

Photo of three women sitting at a table to eat, within a round alcove with high round glazed windows, beyond which is a garden.

Photo of three women sitting at a table to eat, within a round alcove with high round glazed windows, beyond which is a garden.

Photo selfie of a woman in a garden with large brick building in background with ornate, tall round windows. She is smiling.

Photo selfie of a woman in a garden with large brick building in background with ornate, tall round windows. She is smiling.

A really fantastic day yesterday working on #ExcavatingGarrod, including meeting with brilliant Palestinian artist Dima Srouji.

(Sculpture in pic is at Newnham college, titled "beyond thinking" by Cathy de Monchaux)

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Photo at night looking down a long hall with vaulted ceiling and stone flagged floor. It's very gothic. Arches and columns are on both sides.

Photo at night looking down a long hall with vaulted ceiling and stone flagged floor. It's very gothic. Arches and columns are on both sides.

Moody night photo of a gothic exterior of large hall, taken side on, showing finials and a large bird sculpture silhouetted against a dark cloudy sky.

Moody night photo of a gothic exterior of large hall, taken side on, showing finials and a large bird sculpture silhouetted against a dark cloudy sky.

Back in Cambridge again for the final #ExcavatingGarrod project meeting (on this grant at least!), with Emma Pomeroy and @toriherridge.bsky.social

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Photo of letter written in ink, addressed from Wdy el-Mughara, nr. Athlit, Palestine.

Photo of letter written in ink, addressed from Wdy el-Mughara, nr. Athlit, Palestine.

Screen grab of dig diary in ink, text:
"Miss Bate arrived on the 12.29 pm. At tea time Henry Field turned up in an enormous car which was laden with all sorts of queer horrors - snakes, bugs, skulls, corpses etc".

Screen grab of dig diary in ink, text: "Miss Bate arrived on the 12.29 pm. At tea time Henry Field turned up in an enormous car which was laden with all sorts of queer horrors - snakes, bugs, skulls, corpses etc".

Screen shot of a black and white photo of donkey foal lying flat out asleep outside a building.

Screen shot of a black and white photo of donkey foal lying flat out asleep outside a building.

Photo of a framed pencil portrait of Dorothy Garrod, wearing glasses, her hair drawn back.

Photo of a framed pencil portrait of Dorothy Garrod, wearing glasses, her hair drawn back.

🏺🗃️ Brilliant few days in Cambridge w/ @toriherridge.bsky.social & Emma Pomeroy for #ExcavatingGarrod - some highlights as we work through archive material gathered so far
- DG writing from Palestine field camp after Newnham fellowship award
- Mary Kitson Clark on dig visitors
- Belinda the donkey

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🏺🗃️ In Cambridge again with @toriherridge.bsky.social & Emma Pomeroy for our #ExcavatingGarrod project, working through Paris archive records while having a cup of tea from Newnham's celebratory DG mug

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🏺🗃️ Not sure why this is getting more attention today, but happy to see it shared again!
And thrilled that Yusra will of course be part of our #ExcavatingGarrod project, re-examining archives for new insights on Garrod's work on #Neanderthals, and her collaborations & wider networks with women.

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If I'd been able to go (😭), Tori, Emma & I would be channeling this exact #trowelblazers vibe right now: L - Germaine Henri-Martin, R - Dorothy Garrod, C - Suzanne de Saint-Mathurin (from whose archive this photo comes, & within which Garrod's archive was found, only in the 1990s!)
#ExcavatingGarrod

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A network diagram showing collaborations between pioneering women archaeologists. Dorothy Garrod is a central hub.

A network diagram showing collaborations between pioneering women archaeologists. Dorothy Garrod is a central hub.

In honour of #ExcavatingGarrod I’m resurrecting a @trowelblazers.bsky.social post from 2014 and asking you all: What’s Your Garrod Number?

If we are being strict mine is actually 5:

Garrod>Bate>Mary Leakey>Maeve Leakey>Eleanor Weston>me!

Networks matter!

trowelblazers.com/2014/05/09/d...

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Early doors for me today as I whizz off to Paris on the Eurostar in search of treasures hidden in the archive of Dorothy Garrod.

Garrod was a major hub in the networks of women archaeologists who pioneered the palaeolithic (and beyond), and I cannot wait to see what we will find

#ExcavatingGarrod

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Due to a non-serious yet unignorable Health Thing, I'm unable to go to Musée d'Archéologie Nationale in Paris this week for our first #ExcavatingGarrod 🗃️ archive trip.
Amidst 😭 at missing out, I'll hopefully also share tidbits on what @toriherridge.bsky.social & Emma Pomeroy find there!

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Fantastic first day at Cambridge yesterday with Emma Pomeroy & @toriherridge.bsky.social , for our new project #ExcavatingGarrod, planning archive trip to France- and today giving workshop for Archaeology Dept on science communication

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