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Catherine Frieman
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D.Phil. Archaeologist. Co-Editor Current Anthropology. Previously Editor European Journal of Archaeology. Educator. Tattoo Enthusiast. World Traveller. Accident Prone.

Catherine J. Frieman is an archaeologist and associate professor at the Australian National University. Her research investigates conservatism and innovation, and she is a specialist in material culture and technology. .. more

History 25%
Environmental science 16%
Pinned
Doing one of my periodic hiatuses to get a bunch of work done. See you all again in Sept/Oct
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY

American friends: you should buy this book
Not published in the US yet, but you can get it there via Blackwells, who do free postage and packing thusly: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Pagans
The small, mostly unimportant, island of Britain is inhabited by an uneasy alliance of tribes - the dominant Saxon East, the beleaguered Celtic West, and an ind
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this is daft. driving passengers away is the whole point of a bus
OCTOBER LECTURE: History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time

Through Pictish case studies, discover a project which is restoring disabled people as participants in the social worlds of the past at this free hybrid event on 15 October: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-in...

For many and sundry reasons i am not a fan of china miéville's fiction, but the extraordinarily overwrought review of his new novel in Boston Rev suggests a height of tedium even i could not expect

(note: as far as i can tell the reviewer quite liked the novel which makes it even more impressive)
The first phase of Over Needingworth’s Barrow 20 involved an in-situ cremation event followed by the construction of a turf mound. The cremation took place directly on the buried soil surface and left traces of the pyre remains.

Had a meeting in a new café this morning and found it really tough to lock in because their quiet chilll morning music mix was soft jazz covers of pop songs. You haven't lived until you've heard tate mcrae soft jazz muzak style
Yall spent a lot of time sharing Bret Stephens today. Please consider spending as much time tomorrow sharing something you like?

Ooh! Thank you!

10/10 would hate watch
there was a thing on twitter years ago, where people riffed variations on the queer eye format where mine was "Historical eye for the pol sci guy" where it was just 5 historians trying to get a political scientist to historicise literally anything
there was a thing on twitter years ago, where people riffed variations on the queer eye format where mine was "Historical eye for the pol sci guy" where it was just 5 historians trying to get a political scientist to historicise literally anything
Looks great - looking forward to reading it.
Have you read the works by Steph Evelyn-Wright and me that use fictive narrative as a way of thinking? e.g. doi.org/10.5744/bi.2... 🏺🦴💀
Three Stories and a Funeral : Multiple Narrative Fictions Exploring DisAbility Osteobiography in Roman Dorset | Bioarchaeology International
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I must get back to this place and walk this trail.
An inviting path leading towards the Elder Range.
Arkaba Hill Lookout, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Maybe art is a response to the times we are living through.

Maybe the most-celebrated art is something that is both crafted with excellence and resonates with the moment.

(To quote Brecht:
"In dark times
Will there also be singing?

Yes, there will be singing.
About the dark times.")
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Many more headlines thus am breezing past historical scholarship of decades — and Hemings family history — to trumpet a new DNA study that simply confirms what we knew. My bar is low but even I’m depressed by how science always has to be “news” and journalism has so much trouble reporting history.

I got a mirena in my late 20s and the total cessation of mentruating was life changing in only positive ways
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed.

25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it!

Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
Who tells your story? Diversifying narratives of the past through storytelling as an archaeological 🏺 method by @hlsteyne.bsky.social and Milica Rajić
doi.org/10.11141/ia....

#archaeology #method #storytelling #socialjustice #diversity #inclusion #narrative
Who tells your story? Diversifying narratives of the past through storytelling as an archaeological method by Hanna Steyne and Milica Rajić
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.16

In this paper the authors address the urgent need for diversity in archaeology and propose storytelling as one of the […]
Original post on fediscience.org
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Also though look at how beautiful these are djeva.com/collections/...
All Gems
Explore our complete collection of gemstones, both sold and currently available. Find what you like and if unavailable, create a new custom order 🥳🎉🎊
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More than 80,000 recorded archaeological sites on NZAA ArchSite as of thenmiddlemof the year.

Approaching 20 years of ongoing development on the web gis, and coming up 75 years on the Site Record File itself. From paper records and maps to punch cards to an excel index to updating in the field.
Public Map
Create your own initiative by combining existing applications with a custom site. Use this initiative to form teams around a problem and invite your community to participate.
nzaa-archsite.hub.arcgis.com

You have to achieve an HD (=A+/ First) in all classes within 12 mo of appointment to retain your job
One of my less radical but more dif to implement ideas for reforming Uni governance is to require all execs and council to do a taught, in person grad cert (1 full semester) of classes about the history, function and day to day activities of the modern university with an emphasis on local practice.
I do remember in a previous redundancy round that HR scheduled all the consultation meetings for welcome week because - as they said - they didn’t realise staff would be busy that week.

One of my less radical but more dif to implement ideas for reforming Uni governance is to require all execs and council to do a taught, in person grad cert (1 full semester) of classes about the history, function and day to day activities of the modern university with an emphasis on local practice.
I do remember in a previous redundancy round that HR scheduled all the consultation meetings for welcome week because - as they said - they didn’t realise staff would be busy that week.

Of two minds about whether to share this.....
"The findings were published in Nature Neuroscience Sept. 18. Loh is the senior author. Graduate students Carolyn “C” Dundes and Rayyan Jokhai are co-first authors of the research."

med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
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Let me tell you something obvious --iow, I don't reallt need to tell you.

Job applicants want you to read their applications. Students want you to read their writing. No one wants AI to do it.

That means you should write your own email, memos, and opeds. W abundant typos (ok that's jsut me).
Imagine the vibes in the student newspaper bullpen during these email exchanges. Delectable.