🔬A compelling reuse case for ADS data from @adamsgreen.bsky.social - medieval archaeological records from Wharram Percy repurposed to model early social metabolism and inform pathways beyond fossil fuel dependency ⬇️ #data #reuse
This work is made possible by the unique interdisciplinary environment at the @york.ac.uk, which bridges the @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social and @uoyenvironment.bsky.social.
But our study isn't all about the past. It's about building a new transdisciplinary framework for understanding how human societies can flourish within their environmental limits.
Our study brings a new approach to both #archaeology and #ecologicaleconomics, contributing to debates about social metabolism and medieval economics.
We find that it took massive inflows of both pottery and building stone to maintain the village's stock, which peaked around 1350 (around the same time as the Black Death), then plateaued—a pattern similar to some rural economies today.
By measuring pottery and building stone instead of assessing flawed monetary metrics like GDP, we highlight how a pre-fossil fuel economy actually functioned.
Using the incredible @ads-update.bsky.social's archive from the medieval village of Wharram Percy, we map out stocks and flows for over 500 years
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In a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science, we adapt Material Flow Accounting (MFA)—a staple of ecological economics—to archaeological data for the first time.
Can investigating past economies help us build a future without fossil fuels? @simonmair.bsky.social and I believe the answer lies in a closer investigation of early "social metabolism".
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Very true.
The past provides our best laboratory for understanding sustainability—archaeologists should synthesise their evidence in order to better steer vital debates.
Read more about JARE's new shorter article format in this new post on the CfAS blog!
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And evidence from the past can help us better understand where those structural factors came from, how they have changed, and how they can be changed in the future.
All i can say is that a an archaeologist (a) i wish my specialist knowledge a was LESS relevant to the present moment and (b) nothing breaks the spell of capitalist violence faster than taking just how long we existed without it and that there have always been alternatives
A shame they’re sensationalising the work, and not discussing the kinds of insights the project will produce.
We are renewing JARE's long-established call for synthesis, and invite archaeologists to bring us their "big ideas" that resonate across our field and beyond our discipline.
Archaeological evidence is vital to understanding where we are and where we are going.
To grow space for research that resonates across the field, JARE is introducing shorter, original research articles (~15,000 words) to highlight the broader relevance of specific datasets.
Out now: our new editorial in JARE!
As the new Chief Co-Editors, we are seeking research that resonates across archaeology and tackles the world's most vexing challenges.
@jenniferbirch.bsky.social
@victorloagmnh.bsky.social
@jlmunson.bsky.social
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If so many past societies were able to forge equitable and sustainable economies, then we can too.
Let's stop thinking about inequality as an economic necessity and start learning from the past.
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Why does this matter? Because our assumptions about the past can limit our vision for the future.
Why not be inspired by societies like Indus Civilisation—expansive, planned, and urban without palaces, kings or aggrandizing monuments.
Development did not require a ruling class to manage it. (3/4)
Using archaeological data from the GINI project, we examined trends in inequality over 10k years across a global sample of societies.
While the potential for inequality rose, plenty of societies thrived for centuries with trivial economic disparities. (2/4)
Is #inequality the price of "development"?
Many economists have long been guided by the idea that as societies become more "developed" they become more unequal. Our new paper challenges this idea.
History is not a one-way street. #Archaeology 🧵(1/4)
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@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are now open
Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years
The deadline is 11 March
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Check out this post-doc in landscape #archaeology here in York! This looks like amazing chance to engage with an understudied region, and build up critical African datasets, which can be used to address a whole host of #sustainability challenges.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!
Interesting take, though plenty of early cities were egalitarian and lasted as long or longer than those rife with inequality.
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Is "sprawl" the only way the tropics can urbanise? Check out Alders new paper in JARE, which challenges our assumptions about tropical cities. It’s time to talk about the Swahili Townland. 🧵 #Archaeology #Urbanism #DeepHistory #Sustainability
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Not at all! My article on Indus seals got a little attention from accountancy researchers, but there's more that could be done!
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Six pieces of clay with impressions of various designs imprinted onto them.
Archaeologists have uncovered the largest known corpus of late prehistoric administrative artefacts in the ancient world in western Iran, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of early bureaucratic institutions.
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
Fantastic opportunity to delve more deeply into early systems for materialising credit and debt.
