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Iain Davidson AU

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Father, husband, grandfather, archaeologist, Emeritus Professor, Australian, aficionado of Iberia, archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, writer "Art or Scribbles? ..." w/ Springer (now published). I take photos. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031904578 .. more

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 23d

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Art or Scribbles? In the Eye of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Emergence of Visual Communication

This book descibes the origin and evolution of art and that art consists of relationships between people. It challenges the standard definitions of art

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2h

You can see my example from a conference 15 years ago. If I can do it, anyone can. It is now at www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Symbolism and becoming a hunter-gatherer

PDF | This is the Abstract for an article which is more generally cited. The conference was published in a book, which contained only the Abstracts, and... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 17h

On the other hand:

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 17h

The eponymous Littleproud said " the economics of net zero and the alternative ways that we can do that here in Australia." What do you think "that" meant in this sentence? In other words, having abandoned net zero, he wants to find ways to do net zero. But then, that is the National Party.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 20h

Labor should be able enact progressive policies to help us all. But they seem to view their majority and the opposition paralysis as an opportunity to do nothing, or worse, because there is no chance of the opposition being elected. Bring on the Teals and maybe the Greens. Sack Albanese

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 20h

What a surprise. And ex-Right wing minister tells Australia that it must be more Right wing. Growth is the problem NOT the aim.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 21h

Maybe we should stop being coy about organ harvesting. Let's just say that there are now Israelis who have received an organ transplant from a Palestinian. I'd be pretty sure that Ben Gvir, Netanyahoo and their cronies would be shocked. Let's shock them

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 22h

So would you emigrate to the US with the risk that you could be shifted to a nasty jail after capture by ICE for doing nothing else than BEING?

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 22h

More good news.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 22h

Always nice to support some good news.
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Woodside Energy’s partnership with Monash University to end after protests by staff and students

Under the deal, Woodside paid Monash University $43m over seven years and company was given naming rights to building on one of the Melbourne campuses

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

Well said, Tess. The bullying by the Zionist lobby is fulfilling all of the tropes that led to the Holocaust and they are so single minded about it that they cannot see it.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

Who now owns his island?

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

Money and its acquisition. If they already have it, for its own sake. If they do not have it, to survive.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want to post the results when you have them? Back in the day I made my own curves by accessing the Vostok data online, but that was a LONG time ago.

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 1d

📜🏺 Also very fond of this hedgehog-shaped faience pot that is held nearby at the World Museum.

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Cosmetic Vessel

Green Egyptian faience cosmetic pot in the form of a hedgehog with vase top and flat handle projecting from the animal's back. Spines indicated by cross-hatching. The hedgehog was revered in Egypt fro...

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Today we are sharing one of our favourite digitised glass plate negatives. The original photo was taken during Garstang’s excavations at Abydos and shows two ancient Egyptian faience hippos!

#glassplatenegative #digitisation #ancientegypt #excavations #Abydos #museum

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy?
— First Dog on the Moon
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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

What a stupid list. No Trump, No Nixon, No Netanyahu

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

The logic should be that young people, seeing veterans treated with disdain, should refuse to join up. Then the Pentagon would have a recruitment problem which they should solve by treating veterans better. In my view we cannot get to a situation in which people do not want to fight quickly enough.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

What about "hate your neighbour"?

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

We really do not need rich people at all. We need people educated to realise that no one has a right to wealth. And that all jobs should allow people to provide homes and food for their children. No one, especially billionaires, should have a right to deny them that.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

How did federal politicians lose sight of this?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

And did you know that the Romans built the Colosseum to lean in that way so that it looks as if you are about to be crushed by it? 😉😆

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva to be sworn in tomorrow!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.

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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 2d

How did #art emerge from the relationships between people and the things they produce and the ideas of producers? 🏺 This book is about how art arose; and how it became what we call art today. bit.ly/498P51n @iaindavidsonart.bsky.social #BookSky #EvoBio