When @NaomiSykes1 closed our #SAGESPGR18 conference, her advice chimed with @Jess_n1's in opening it.

What _is_ important to you? Follow the research questions.

"Culture is messy - all disciplines required" @NaomiSykes1

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OMG @NaomiSykes1 has just blown my mind with a picture of Whiskas Purrfectly Fish.

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Hare and deer genetics in the Holocene, its awesome!

And, @NaomiSykes1 also recommends ownership of the #ProductiveFail (cc @electricarchaeo)

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We can do great research with big impacts without travelling around the world (in the footsteps of colonial ancestors) @NaomiSykes1

Take the grey squirrel, and the rabbits, coming over here...

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Oh yes a #scicomm comic from @NaomiSykes1 about what Arts and Humanities Researchers have to say about Global Challenges Research Fund research.

And knocking it on the head with the #ChickenProject

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"Dead Important: Archaeological Answers to Modern Issues" - @NaomiSykes1 wants to study cool old stuff and then make the world a better place.

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And now we are going to hear from the inspiring @NaomiSykes1

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#AbsoluteUnit

@b_jones17 @TheMERL

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"This is quite technical. Well, not too bad."

"Some of these violin plots look like Roman pots, that'll keep the archaeologists happy."

@b_jones17 is keeping us smiling after @panustt and @K_J_Lees set the bar for this final session #SAGESPGR18

And finally, @b_jones17 "Quantifying and understanding the uptake of plant protection products from soil into plants"

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Gracious, Anne Robinson has just appeared in @K_J_Lees's presentation.

And now we are looking at photos of peat bogs in Scotland.

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And now @K_J_Lees "Let's play...the weakest index! Using remote sensing to monitor peat bog health"

It's Game Show time!

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So @panustt started with #StarWars and moved on to #PowerRangers via #scicomm comics (oh, and some cool graphs full of data). First time I've seen a #megazord in a conference presentation (and yes, I did have to look that up to find out what one is...).

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OMG @panustt begins with #StarWars and now some awesome #scicomm cartoons all about zooplankton, phytoplankton, and nutrients.

And #HomerSimpson because "it's not that simple..."

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First up @panustt "A perturbed biogeochemistry model ensemble evaluated against in situ and satellite observation"

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It's the last session of #SAGESPGR18! Three more #PhD projects, and then @NaomiSykes1 is going to close the conference.

You know what, agriculture is socially constructed too. Choices about fertilising and how to farm are not always made for reasons of increased production, efficiency...

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Really interesting research on the relationships between soil, fertilising, and cocoa production in Ghana by @DokuBetty

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And now @DokuBetty "Nutrient status of cocoa soils in Ghana as affected by soil management practices"

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I am loving how Sarah Thoma's XRF, pollen and radiocarbon evidence reveals multi-period agricultural practices and signs of Industrial Revolution(s).

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And now there is a #3D printed pollen grain in the room! @GillCampbell10

AND Sarah Thoma has some interesting radiocarbon dates to show us.

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Next up Sarah Thoma from @UniRdg_GES "Examining the relationships between climate and environmental variability, and social change, during the past 1000 years in south-east England"

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I have study area envy. This morning we heard from #PhD students researching in Iberia, Taiwan, Colombia. Now we're in Thailand.

I love #SarsenCountry. But...

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After lunch, @angie_elwin, "Mangrove ecosystem carbon stock changes in abandoned shrimp ponds in Thailand"

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Welcome to Diego Molina, "Planting the modern city, the role of plants in the modernisation of Bogota, Colombia"

Vernacular knowledge about plants, scientific knowledge of plants - some interesting epistemological questions here!

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Now we hear from Li-Chi Chiang, "Shouldered axes from Taiwan - its function, usage and chronology"

Neolithic stone tool loveliness!

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This morning's #SAGESPGR18 begins with Emily Carroll "Burning by numbers: quantitative petrography and its application in the analysis of late iron age and roman cremation practices in Britain."

And today's outfit for #SAGESPGR18 has an #IronAge theme! We start at 11.30, tweets will follow...

The context of Claire Nolan's work is archaeological projects that create social capital: but we don't know if heritage can, uniquely, produce certain wellbeing outcomes. She's been looking into that.

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