The Archaeology Institute at Humboldt University is facing closure. It follows the decision to discontinue the Restoration/Excavation course at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft. Archaeology remains at the FU Berlin, but for how long? Please sign and share!
weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...
To celebrate its bicentenary, UCL have published 200 short profiles of current and past figures, including some I wrote like this one on Frank Salkilld, the popular beadle who had a lucrative side hustle selling unsold items like oversized woollen socks from student bazaars #history #UCL200
Reminded me of the classic Bambi scene! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSh1...
The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social
Apparently the ExecBoard has chosen to not implement them and instead delegate on an unspecified 'taskforce' with no timeline. We need action now if we're to rescue the EAA from the authoritarian clique that has hijacked the Board and bullied anyone who attempted to dissent.
The fact they buried the results in the minutes rather than announcing them openly and clearly says it all really
67% of EAA members voted for motion A, yet the ExBoard is proposing to "Re-examine the practice of institutional suspensions, particularly the cases of Israel, Russia and Belarus, and define the respective EAA policy". Why? If they don't intend to respect the vote, they should go!
"Re-examine the practice of institutional suspensions, particularly the cases of Israel, Russia and Belarus, and define the respective EAA policy" means they would rather revoke the boycott against Russia and Belarus than implement the one against Israeli institutions, despite 67% votes in favour.
The Association of Archaeologists in Greece, representing all the archaeologists with permanent contracts in the state sector, is withdrawing its participation in the organizing of the @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social conference in Athens..Open letter, in English, below.
archaeol.gr/anoichti-epi...
3rd International Congress "Under the Mediterranean", Palermo & Marsala, 21- 26 September 2026
underthemediterranean3.org
Sorry for the bad news, but thanks for sharing it: social media is usually full of success stories, so it helps to be reminded that we all have setbacks too.
"Machine Learning Applications in Archaeological Practices: A Review"
journal.caa-international.org/articles/10....
Even if the vote is anonymous, if the motions pass, being a member of the EAA will have consequences if you work in Germany. That was their message. I could not believe what I was hearing.
I hope you are OK. Allowing someone who violated the safe space policy so egregiously to speak again was appalling. Unsurprisingly, they continued with threats, saying that if the motions were approved, archaeologists in Germany who chose to be EAA members would be branded as antisemitic.
Big thanks to Peter Hargreaves for reporting on the Islands and Island Studies conference in the Jersey Evening Post! #wedoislands
aDNA study of the "Phoenicians" is a "striking example of culture spreading without mass migration to reinforce it".
www.science.org/.../most-pho....
aDNA study of the "Vikings" reveals it was a way of life rather than an ethnicity (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Why is this even surprising?
Apply now!! for our 2025 Island Archaeology Field School - Jersey! w/ the fantastic @mattpope.bsky.social @helendawson.bsky.social and @duvalrv.bsky.social
info@jicas.ac.je / www.jicas.ac.je
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Yay indeed! Your first book was key for my PhD research on the archaeology of island colonisation and abandonment!
exactly my thoughts, archaeologists should not just dig and then leave, without thinking of the consequences
It sounds like a great example of valorising local traditional knowledge, is there a paper?
Great example... I am getting hungry!
"scarpetta" in Italian, is there a Maltese word for the mopping up?
I see you’re using CatGPT ;-)
I think this is a good example of inclusion: maa.cam.ac.uk/news/decolon...
Thanks! How do you envisage that inclusion in practical terms? I think it could also mean considering the effects of research on local communities (e.g. will uncovering an archaeological site impact tourism and is that good/bad for the locals?) and developing research questions together.
The Hoa Hakananai’a statue from Easter Island, displayed in the British Museum in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA (source: The Guardian)
I'd like to put together a set of priorities or a "decolonisation manifesto" for researchers focusing on the study of islands as a means to ensure accountability. Please help me by posting your suggestions, including any relevant examples or practical tips. What should be in it? #wedoislands
The next DIG conference (Developing International Geoarchaeology) will take place in beautiful Tübingen in May! For more info, see: sites.google.com/view/dig2025...
Thrilled about all the speakers and especially the island archaeology session at the Islands and Island Studies conference in Jersey!
shimajournal.org/conferences....
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game tokens maybe?
