@mikkelnortoft
Postdoc in archaeology at University of Copenhagen/UCPH School of Archaeology. Into prehistoric wealth, inequality, migrations, resource networks, language, textiles, quantitative stuff, archaeogaming, etc.
Check out my new app for quantifying multiple archaeological wealth proxies and inequality! Also calculates "exclusivity" of grave goods/features, category bias, and gives dynamic overviews of all stored atlas results, and you can add your own results!
quantwealth.eu
Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
Paper of the month! :)
So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:
In spite of the Safe Space Policy being clearly stated at the beginning of the meeting, Prof. XXXXX targeted me by name, calling for my resignation from my position as Editor of the society's journal. Furthermore, his misuse of my title, referring to me as "Miss Kamash", felt deliberately demeaning. This intimidating behaviour explicitly contravenes the EAA Safe Space Policy. Although he was muted, for which I was grateful, I experienced a panic attack following his comments and did not feel safe to speak for the remainder of the meeting. This was further compounded by not only Prof. XXXXX being allowed to remain in the online meeting, but also being invited to take the floor again after the break. This gives me strong concerns about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy. On a broader point about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy, I also note that members whose position aligned with that of Concerned EAA were repeatedly and persistently accused of anti-Semitism throughout the meeting. This is a serious accusation that should not be levelled without due care and evidentiary support. Its use as a blanket accusation seems to have been designed with the explicit aim of silencing and intimidating members aligned with Concerned EAA, which again contravenes the Safe Space Policy and should have been dealt with more robustly during the meeting.
Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏
@saa-aap.bsky.social
Our paper about how archaeologists can now create their own 3D video games with research-grounded AI-powered characters is officially published in Advances in Archaeological Practice. doi.org/10.1017/aap....
Demo of our game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4K...
Thanks to Rune Iversen & Daniela Hofmann
Rebecca Bristow and I had a great experience on Zeenat Haroon's Let's Dig Deeper podcast talking about AI in archaeology recorded in May but out today 🙂
#letsdigdeeper
Listen on your favourite podcast app here:
rss.com/podcasts/let...
Thanks! And thanks for helping it along so well :)
Our paper on our new archaeological DIY video game (created by me) with freely conversing characters is accepted for publication in Advances in Archaeological Practice 2025, and they let me share it while they do layout etc. Check it at www.academia.edu/143177364. Big thanks to @saa-aap.bsky.social
Thanks to Kate Kanne and Jess Beck for enriching this event! :)
Thank you for helping to make it a success, Dr Rohrlach!
For my DFF project "Unearthing Social Echelons", this weekend in Kiel, I and Martin Furholt held the seminar
"Holistic approaches to Prehistoric Wealth and Inequality".
21 presentations from researchers in 7 countries.
Thanks to all participants, co-organizers, and DFF for making this happen.
Here's our new preprint about our Emerging Researchers Network (ERN) in the UCPH School of Archaeology fostering a culture of mutual ECR support within and across institutes and faculties, breaking down structural barriers, our deeds, vision, and future plans.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
It's great for a bike ride around the island, and for rock art! :)
The Durotriges
An Iron Age people with women at the centre of power, kinship and land ownership
A great report on our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research project by @spoke32.bsky.social in @science.org 😊👍
www.science.org/content/arti...
