The preliminary results of the #SEXLAVES project, coord. by Xurxo Ayan Vila and Carlos Otero, have been published in World Archaeology.
The project focuses on the archaeological study of materials found in #brothels in NW Spain that were in operation at the end of the 20th century.
This charming red marble hippo was part of a fountain that stood in a #Roman garden. The water was led from the front left leg to the mouth
From Rome, dating 2nd century AD.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
me
Evidence of historic tin mining activity at Brimpts North Mine on Dartmoor. Setting off to clear vegetation from Huccaby Ring with Dartmoor Preservation Association volunteers. Bright but chilly.
Been half listening to an episode of In Our Time about Cyrus the Great.
What struck me was the notion that each region and many cities had their own gods and people moving between these areas respected them. Seems that when an area or city was conquered the religious practices were left alone, and the conqueror would respect the god/s of the area.
Didn't seem to be tolerance so much as a respect for deities and not to annoy them.
As far as I can tell from my limited awareness, the notion of religious intolerance seems to have coincided with the spread of Christianity.
Is this a simplistic take?
Am aware that in early years of #Norse adoption of #Christianity some would worship traditional gods alongside the Christian one.
Not wanting to get into bashing Christianity, just curious about how intolerance became acceptable historically.
#Archaeology #ClassicalArchaeology #Antiquity
To access what I was listening to see...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028tzc?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
In #archaeology we love *analytical* machine learning applications, like the ones that can search through aerial photographs for something we're interested in, or make a charred scroll legible.
But we mostly hate *generative* applications, like LLMs and prompt-based image generators. Because they debase scientific knowledge with their hallucinations, and undermine skilled writing and painting.
Archaeoethnologica: Antiquity for for Modern Audiences / Antiguidade para Audiências Modernas
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/03/antiguidade-para-audiencias-modernas.html
Archaeoethnologica: Antiquity for for Modern Audiences / Antiguidade para Audiências Modernas
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/03/antiguidade-para-audiencias-modernas.html
A Circular Wooden Henge Discovered in Denmark Is 4,000 Years Old #archaeology #denmark https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-circular-wooden-stonehenge-discovered-in-denmark-is-4000-years-old/
No. I'm an archaeologist. Scandyland has a huge overproduction of archaeologists all the way from the BA to the PhD. It is driven by uninformed student demand, not employer demand.
A sherd from a failed Weeden Island Incised (ca. 300-700 CE) bowl with red interior slip ca. 1994. We got too much sand in the paste & the sand was a wee bit on the coarse side. #ceramics #archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology
Evansville Punctated variety Evansville is a long-lasting type dating from Early Marksville through Coles Creek ca. 0-1200 CE. It is understandable that the more or less aligned random fingernail punctations all over a vessel surface would be appealing for so long. #ceramics #archaeology
“This was one of many epicenters of Indigenous population 500yrs ago, and it’s not anymore,” says Dr John Low, director of the Newark Earthworks Center at Ohio State University & a member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. At the start of the 1800s, there were more than 40 tribes in what is now Ohio, including the Shawnee, Kickapoo, and Miami. By 1842, they had all been forcibly removed under the Indian Removal Act."
Link: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/octagon-earthworks-ohio
Ivory, bone, and antler carvings depicting polar bears swimming and stalking. Created by the Dorset culture (Geographical range:Northern Canada and Greenland) circa 500 BC–1500 AD. Currently housed in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
@archaeologyart #art #archaeology #polarbears
**The Emergence of Pastoralism East of the Jordan Valley**
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
_“Drawing from the archaeological and biomolecular records, Makarewicz will first investigate how the spread of domesticated goats and sheep during the mid-seventh millennium into the rapidly changing built Neolithic environments of the Jordanian highlands sparked the emergence of a novel form of animal management central to pastoralism: seasonal transhumance.”_
#Video length: one hour and eight seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlGot6ur0g
#Lecture #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Ancient #Culture #History #Histodon #Histodons #MiddleEast #Asia @archaeodons @histodon @histodons
**Fossil face found in Spanish cave belongs to first known Western European**
_”Ancient remains suggest at least two types of early humans roamed Europe about 1 million years ago”
https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.zpcszwz.
#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Ancient #Spain #Europe @archaeodons
The Concept Of Indigenous GIS
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Reading a paper (http://alturl.com/8wte5), they used the specific term ‘Indigenous GIS’ – and I found this intriguing!
As I read it, spatial data collection and analysis was done with a focus on how a tribe or social group might ‘see’ the data, including spatiotemporal....
I look forward to finding out more about what others are working on! – so PLEASE feel free to share any examples that you might have…
#GIS #spatial #mapping #indigenous #IndigineousGIS #FirstNation #perspective #cultural #social #naturalresources #archaeology #publicsafety #socialservices #planning #design #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mapping #cartography #usecase #practical #pragamatic #resultsdriven #focused##
'Pink' is the oldest ancient human 'face' ever found in Western Europe
By Anna Salleh
Bone fragments discovered in Spanish cave are putting a face to the earliest ancient humans to arrive in Western Europe, more than a million years ago.
Ancient Roman villa emerges from Lake Fusaro in Italy
A remarkable finding has emerged in Italy, where the remains of a luxurious Roman villa have arisen from the waters of Lake Fusaro, which is near Naples. This phenomenon has been attributed to bradyseism, which is a geological process brought about by the movements of magma or hydrothermal fluids beneath the Earth’s surface...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/roman-villa-emerges-from-lake-fusaro/
Stretch of #ancient #roman basalt paving, patched with white marble, next to the basilica of Maxentius. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #ancienthistory #romanhistory
#science #archaeology #AncientHumans
Just hitting the news is that scientists have found facial bones of what appear to be a new species of human. The bones date to about 1.1 to 1.4 million years ago. The bones represent about 80% of the middle section of a human face- being part of the cheek bone, jaw and nasal cavity.
Greg Cocks 
