@tony-potter
Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP funded PhD student at the Open University | Researching Sensory Experience in Caeretan Funerary Assemblages | #NewMaterialism | #AssemblageTheory | #MaterialReligion | #Archaeology | #Etruscology | #Neurodivergent | #JACTDurham
So. Yep. I’ve just made a rather significant unsubstantiated claim in something I’ve just written & I’m pretty sure I’m on mark, but I need to do some digging (pardon the pun) to confirm 😑 #Etruscan #Archaeology
I’m trying to establish if any residue analyses have been conducted on #Etruscan heron class plates! If anyone knows of anything along these lines please let me know.
Materia Philosophiae. Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy is.gd/H2URCm #freeaccess
I wrote about Roman curse tablets in Ancient History Magazine - available now! www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/produc...
Another 500 words of theoretical / philosophical musings written this evening. I now need to sleep as I’m starting to ponder on the ontological meaning of life & that’s a rabbit hole nobody wants to go down 🐇 🕳️ = 🤪 #Ontology #NewMaterialism #AssemblageTheory #Archaeology #Etruscan #Cerveteri
Ooof! I hope @e-jgraham.bsky.social is braced to receive some bizarre theoretical musings on the affects generated by Caeretan water-bird motifs, because I’ve literally dumped my brain onto paper …. and I’m not actually hating it 🤪 #Etruscan #Pottery
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Having written 500 words of (fingers crossed) ‘not absolute crap’ this evening AND having mapped out a clear direction for what I’m writing … I’m off to bed before my brain thinks of something that kiboshes the lot! An #OCD brain can be a great asset, but also a bloody curse!!! #PhD #EtruscanStuff
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I was determined to keep this feed ‘academic’, but alas I have failed & need to talk about my current obsession with ice hockey 🏒 & the love story between two fictional characters that has consumed my every waking moment throughout December #HeatedRivalry
After a pretty crappy two days in London where all my plans were scuppered, I’m trying to me positive 🤪
Still, had a not unpleasant 1st experience of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today!
Mood is starting to lift on account of some choice purchases 😬
Well that was a bloody pointless trip to London! The @britishmuseum.bsky.social isn’t re-opening until tomorrow afternoon & there’s no guarantee that the Study Rooms will be open at all! It’s nobody’s fault, but I’m still fuming! Back to the @ics.bsky.social I suppose to at least salvage something
Power cut. Closed for the day 😑
TRYING to get into the British Museum!
Made it back to wet & windy Yorkshire after a lovely 2 days in Oxford with the #OOCDTP cohort. Looking forward to heading to Cambridge in spring. Spent a bit too much time in @blackwells.bsky.social but managed to pick up this cracker! #EtruscanResearch
Despite my social battery running very low, I’ve had an enjoyable & engaging day at the #OOCDTP cohort event in Oxford! I’ve met some lovely people & I’m looking forward to seeing my #PhD through to completion alongside them! @oocdtp.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social
Serious question - what’s the optimal number of monitors to use when researching?
How many is too many? 😂
#AskingForAnArchaeologist
🚨 New blog post! 🚨
With Pope Francis's death and the election of Leo XIV, UK media coverage was surprisingly positive. Read John Wolffe's blog on whether Britain moved beyond its old ‘No Popery’ tradition
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi...
@thebasr @OU_FASS
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Took a little break from my research yesterday afternoon & binged the entire series of ‘Monsters: The Ed Gein Story’. Hmmm, yes, well …. OMG! 😦
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Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS !
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www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
#archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory
Two phases of timber buildings shown during excavations at Inchtuthil legionary fortress, north of the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. #RomanFortThursday
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#ClassicsBluesky #Archaeology 🏺
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The commander's house viewed from south-east
Housesteads lies midway along Hadrian’s Wall. It is the most complete example of a Roman fort in Britain. It was built within a decade of AD 122, when work on the Wall began. It was garrisoned by an 800-strong infantry regiment until the end of the 4th century. #RomanFortThursday
Lots to look forward to in 2026, but mainly this ⬇️
#Italia #Roma #PhD #Research
Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine
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Researching a legal moment that was supposed to change everything - whether it did or not? The call for papers for 'Moments of Rupture' is open until 23 October!
Free, online conference in November, hosted by the Open Universities legal histories research cluster.
#LegalHistory #cfp
📰 Archaeologists uncover "one of the most complete and undisturbed Late Bronze Age tombs ever found in Canaan" at the port of Yavneh-Yam
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @heritagedaily.bsky.social
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/elit...
