Annie Mason
@annieemason.bsky.social
Zooarchaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Osteoarchaeology
Biological anthropology
Domestication
Dogs (both personally and academically!)
If it's bones, then I dig it!
Palaeoanthropology
Osteoarchaeology
Biological anthropology
Domestication
Dogs (both personally and academically!)
If it's bones, then I dig it!
Pinned
Annie Mason
@annieemason.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Happily reading = living my best life!
I've been out of the loop for a few years: does anyone have any recommendations of publications/researchers I should especially read?
Any seminal works on animal (especially dog) domestication in #zooarchaeology?
Pic of my pooch for dog-tax
🏺🐕🩻🦴
I've been out of the loop for a few years: does anyone have any recommendations of publications/researchers I should especially read?
Any seminal works on animal (especially dog) domestication in #zooarchaeology?
Pic of my pooch for dog-tax
🏺🐕🩻🦴
Waiting for one of my referees to submit a reference in support of my PhD application is killing me!
I am only being slightly hyperbolic!
I am only being slightly hyperbolic!
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Waiting for one of my referees to submit a reference in support of my PhD application is killing me!
I am only being slightly hyperbolic!
I am only being slightly hyperbolic!
Another visit to Kilmartin, for a picture for #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another visit to Kilmartin, for a picture for #StandingStoneSunday
Glencoe being moody in the rain and mist
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Glencoe being moody in the rain and mist
Small, local museums will always be my favourites.
A couple of pics from today's jaunt to the Isle of Mull Museum in Tobermory...
A couple of pics from today's jaunt to the Isle of Mull Museum in Tobermory...
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Small, local museums will always be my favourites.
A couple of pics from today's jaunt to the Isle of Mull Museum in Tobermory...
A couple of pics from today's jaunt to the Isle of Mull Museum in Tobermory...
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🏺 With so much going on today, I guess I miss that it’s #InternationalArchaeologyDay, so here’s a reminder that you can find all of my archaeology-focused blogging over at my website (with links to my various publications too!).
animalarchaeology.com
animalarchaeology.com
Animal Archaeology
All things archaeology but mostly dead animals.
animalarchaeology.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🏺 With so much going on today, I guess I miss that it’s #InternationalArchaeologyDay, so here’s a reminder that you can find all of my archaeology-focused blogging over at my website (with links to my various publications too!).
animalarchaeology.com
animalarchaeology.com
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I explore this story in MIGRATIONS, my book on ancient dogs of the Americas. It’s a journey through genetics, archaeology, and myth—tracing the pawprints of the first friend to cross into the New World. #AncientDogs #DogHistory #Archaeogenetics #Migrations #CanineOrigins
September 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I explore this story in MIGRATIONS, my book on ancient dogs of the Americas. It’s a journey through genetics, archaeology, and myth—tracing the pawprints of the first friend to cross into the New World. #AncientDogs #DogHistory #Archaeogenetics #Migrations #CanineOrigins
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#Zooarchaeology doesn't just study bones: it reconstructs relationships, emotions, and alliances. From the 'Stories of Millennary Dogs' series, In this episode, we follow the trail of ancient #dogs through excavations, myths, and millennia-old silences. #art #archaeology #ancientdogs
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#Zooarchaeology doesn't just study bones: it reconstructs relationships, emotions, and alliances. From the 'Stories of Millennary Dogs' series, In this episode, we follow the trail of ancient #dogs through excavations, myths, and millennia-old silences. #art #archaeology #ancientdogs
After a postponement due to a thankfully erroneous major health scare, followed by a week or so of checking if the application portal has opened, I have pressed submit on my PhD application!
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
After a postponement due to a thankfully erroneous major health scare, followed by a week or so of checking if the application portal has opened, I have pressed submit on my PhD application!
My pooches new dating app profile picture!
Carved rock art just south of Kilmartin.
Yes, you can stand on it (although the universe did decide that I was taking too many photos and not looking enough, and I fell on my b*m)!
Carved rock art just south of Kilmartin.
Yes, you can stand on it (although the universe did decide that I was taking too many photos and not looking enough, and I fell on my b*m)!
May 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My pooches new dating app profile picture!
Carved rock art just south of Kilmartin.
Yes, you can stand on it (although the universe did decide that I was taking too many photos and not looking enough, and I fell on my b*m)!
Carved rock art just south of Kilmartin.
Yes, you can stand on it (although the universe did decide that I was taking too many photos and not looking enough, and I fell on my b*m)!
Had a great day wandering around one of my favourite islands, yesterday.
Broch, castle, and 14th century grave markers on Lismore.
Broch, castle, and 14th century grave markers on Lismore.
May 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Had a great day wandering around one of my favourite islands, yesterday.
Broch, castle, and 14th century grave markers on Lismore.
Broch, castle, and 14th century grave markers on Lismore.
#StandingStoneSunday
Sideways Scottish sunshine (this was about 1.30pm) giving an excellently dramatic look to the stones at Kilmartin.
Sideways Scottish sunshine (this was about 1.30pm) giving an excellently dramatic look to the stones at Kilmartin.
March 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#StandingStoneSunday
Sideways Scottish sunshine (this was about 1.30pm) giving an excellently dramatic look to the stones at Kilmartin.
Sideways Scottish sunshine (this was about 1.30pm) giving an excellently dramatic look to the stones at Kilmartin.
Lovely day visiting Kilmartin Glen.
Rock art, standing stones, and burial cairns.
Rock art, standing stones, and burial cairns.
March 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lovely day visiting Kilmartin Glen.
Rock art, standing stones, and burial cairns.
Rock art, standing stones, and burial cairns.
What a brilliant trip to Edinburgh that was.
The archaeology dept is gorgeous, and all the staff I met were really kind.
I could happily spend months rummaging around in the NMS collections.
Even spotted some canid bits from here in Oban!
The archaeology dept is gorgeous, and all the staff I met were really kind.
I could happily spend months rummaging around in the NMS collections.
Even spotted some canid bits from here in Oban!
February 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
What a brilliant trip to Edinburgh that was.
The archaeology dept is gorgeous, and all the staff I met were really kind.
I could happily spend months rummaging around in the NMS collections.
Even spotted some canid bits from here in Oban!
The archaeology dept is gorgeous, and all the staff I met were really kind.
I could happily spend months rummaging around in the NMS collections.
Even spotted some canid bits from here in Oban!
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A brand new website for the International Network for Contemporary Archaeology (INCA Scot) is launching soon!
Join us on the 17th March for a virtual gathering to celebrate the new home for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland.
Click here for more information: bit.ly/41sRwaD
Join us on the 17th March for a virtual gathering to celebrate the new home for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland.
Click here for more information: bit.ly/41sRwaD
February 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A brand new website for the International Network for Contemporary Archaeology (INCA Scot) is launching soon!
Join us on the 17th March for a virtual gathering to celebrate the new home for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland.
Click here for more information: bit.ly/41sRwaD
Join us on the 17th March for a virtual gathering to celebrate the new home for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland.
Click here for more information: bit.ly/41sRwaD
The sun is up, and I am reminded why I moved to Scotland.
The temperature has plummeted as I have travelled inland, but it is astoundingly beautiful.
(Apologies for poor quality photo - it was taken through the window of a moving train.)
The temperature has plummeted as I have travelled inland, but it is astoundingly beautiful.
(Apologies for poor quality photo - it was taken through the window of a moving train.)
February 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The sun is up, and I am reminded why I moved to Scotland.
The temperature has plummeted as I have travelled inland, but it is astoundingly beautiful.
(Apologies for poor quality photo - it was taken through the window of a moving train.)
The temperature has plummeted as I have travelled inland, but it is astoundingly beautiful.
(Apologies for poor quality photo - it was taken through the window of a moving train.)
About halfway through the morning's train journey; getting to grips with some reading (and a much needed flask of coffee!)
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
About halfway through the morning's train journey; getting to grips with some reading (and a much needed flask of coffee!)
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Check out our #Zooarchaeology collection, with tons of FREE and #OpenAccess content such as:
🐎 Iron Age horse sacrifice in Siberia
🐓 The first chickens in Europe and north-west Africa
🦴 Bone tool production in Neolithic China
& more! 🔗 https://buff.ly/4hDdjCg
🐎 Iron Age horse sacrifice in Siberia
🐓 The first chickens in Europe and north-west Africa
🦴 Bone tool production in Neolithic China
& more! 🔗 https://buff.ly/4hDdjCg
February 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Check out our #Zooarchaeology collection, with tons of FREE and #OpenAccess content such as:
🐎 Iron Age horse sacrifice in Siberia
🐓 The first chickens in Europe and north-west Africa
🦴 Bone tool production in Neolithic China
& more! 🔗 https://buff.ly/4hDdjCg
🐎 Iron Age horse sacrifice in Siberia
🐓 The first chickens in Europe and north-west Africa
🦴 Bone tool production in Neolithic China
& more! 🔗 https://buff.ly/4hDdjCg
Very early start to catch the 5.11am train, but I am off to Edinburgh for the day!
I am going to be exploring the archaeology department and the NMS collection centre.
Very sleepy.
Very excited!
I am going to be exploring the archaeology department and the NMS collection centre.
Very sleepy.
Very excited!
February 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Very early start to catch the 5.11am train, but I am off to Edinburgh for the day!
I am going to be exploring the archaeology department and the NMS collection centre.
Very sleepy.
Very excited!
I am going to be exploring the archaeology department and the NMS collection centre.
Very sleepy.
Very excited!
I am very proud of my little sister for winning 2nd place for Best Novel Opening!
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am very proud of my little sister for winning 2nd place for Best Novel Opening!
Everything is going to be ok!
I have spoken to my potential supervisor, and the key differences that I have identified are sufficiently... well... different!
Thunderbirds are GO!
I have spoken to my potential supervisor, and the key differences that I have identified are sufficiently... well... different!
Thunderbirds are GO!
After a 10-minute meltdown, followed by a good old cuppa and a think, I've identified the key differences between what I want to do and what has already been done.
I can build on this, which I guess is a lot of what academic research is.
I'll discuss it with my supervisor-in-principle, tomorrow.
I can build on this, which I guess is a lot of what academic research is.
I'll discuss it with my supervisor-in-principle, tomorrow.
That sinking feeling when you come across an article, published a decade ago, which comes dangerously close to your proposed PhD topic.
🤔
🤔
January 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Everything is going to be ok!
I have spoken to my potential supervisor, and the key differences that I have identified are sufficiently... well... different!
Thunderbirds are GO!
I have spoken to my potential supervisor, and the key differences that I have identified are sufficiently... well... different!
Thunderbirds are GO!
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'The Neolithic mind is unknowable. We are so like and yet so unlike those people. We can walk within their buildings, pick up their tools, look out over the same water and hills as they once did, and yet how they saw their world, on a deeper level, is beyond us.' 🏺🧪
Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland's Stone Age Settlements
In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
'The Neolithic mind is unknowable. We are so like and yet so unlike those people. We can walk within their buildings, pick up their tools, look out over the same water and hills as they once did, and yet how they saw their world, on a deeper level, is beyond us.' 🏺🧪
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Your dog is more than a pet, companion or best friend. He or she is your evolutionary partner in a conjunctive venture stretching over millennia through glaciers, floods, pestilence, famine, war, migration and domestication. wp.me/p3vuOO-3k1
Dogs: Mankind’s Evolutionary Partner for All Time
Your dog is more than a pet, companion or best friend. He or she is your evolutionary partner in a conjunctive venture stretching over millennia through glaciers, floods, pestilence, famine, war, m…
wp.me
January 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Your dog is more than a pet, companion or best friend. He or she is your evolutionary partner in a conjunctive venture stretching over millennia through glaciers, floods, pestilence, famine, war, migration and domestication. wp.me/p3vuOO-3k1
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Looking forward to reading this. It could be game changing for archaeological practice and how we treat archaeological remains. "Rather than collecting material, she maps and studies each item in place" #ethicalcuration #zooarchaeology #museums #archives #postexcavation
Read about Chance Ward's work on thoughtful care for culturally significant animal remains in @science.org. The paper will be out later this month in Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
#archaeology #aap
www.science.org/content/arti...
#archaeology #aap
Better care urged for animal remains tied to Indigenous peoples
New recommendations stress tracing and respecting links between communities and animal bones, pelts, and other remains
www.science.org
January 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Looking forward to reading this. It could be game changing for archaeological practice and how we treat archaeological remains. "Rather than collecting material, she maps and studies each item in place" #ethicalcuration #zooarchaeology #museums #archives #postexcavation