Anatolijs Venovcevs
@avenovcevs.bsky.social
Ruin explorer, fermentation foodie, food gatherer, bike-riding pinko, one of the world's northernmost archaeologists. Secretly a chanterelle.
Researcher in Historical Archaeology at the Svalbard Museum in Longyearbyen.
Researcher in Historical Archaeology at the Svalbard Museum in Longyearbyen.
Analysing lead bullets from an 18th century Russian Pomor site on Svalbard. Four different calibers of lead bullets plus lots of evidence of shot manufacture - from lead bars to waste to cut sprues.
May 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Analysing lead bullets from an 18th century Russian Pomor site on Svalbard. Four different calibers of lead bullets plus lots of evidence of shot manufacture - from lead bars to waste to cut sprues.
17th century whaler's shoe found on the surface in northeastern Svalbard.
March 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
17th century whaler's shoe found on the surface in northeastern Svalbard.
An untimely artifact of archaeology - an artifact tag from the Institute of Archaeology of the USSR - written in 1994.
March 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
An untimely artifact of archaeology - an artifact tag from the Institute of Archaeology of the USSR - written in 1994.
Today at Svalbard Museum - figuring out how to conserve a 400 year old piece of boiled whale fat 🐳
March 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today at Svalbard Museum - figuring out how to conserve a 400 year old piece of boiled whale fat 🐳
Coles Bay, Svalbard - the shipping harbour for the Soviet coal mining operation at Grumant from the 1930s to 1961. At one point, Grumant and Coles Bay had a combined population of 1,100 people making it the largest population centre in Svalbard. It was closed in 1961 due to dwindling coal reserves.
March 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Coles Bay, Svalbard - the shipping harbour for the Soviet coal mining operation at Grumant from the 1930s to 1961. At one point, Grumant and Coles Bay had a combined population of 1,100 people making it the largest population centre in Svalbard. It was closed in 1961 due to dwindling coal reserves.
Five months into my new position and I'm finally starting the job I got hired to do - working with the archaeological collections. First is the Russian Pomor material of which we have around 20,000 items, mostly excavated by Russian archaeologists in the 70s, 80, and 90s.
March 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Five months into my new position and I'm finally starting the job I got hired to do - working with the archaeological collections. First is the Russian Pomor material of which we have around 20,000 items, mostly excavated by Russian archaeologists in the 70s, 80, and 90s.
Stuck in snow on a glacier. I've driven in white out conditions before (thanks for the experience Canada!) but this was something else. The world was a white sheet of paper and the only thing that existed was the snowmobile in front of me.
March 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Stuck in snow on a glacier. I've driven in white out conditions before (thanks for the experience Canada!) but this was something else. The world was a white sheet of paper and the only thing that existed was the snowmobile in front of me.
Getting back into Bluesky with shots from my new home - Svalbard - an incredible glacial land of ice and snow with even more incredible archaeology.
March 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Getting back into Bluesky with shots from my new home - Svalbard - an incredible glacial land of ice and snow with even more incredible archaeology.
John Oliver on Deep Sea Mining. An alarming and growing development that should be keeping you up awake at night:
youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?...
youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?...
Deep-Sea Mining: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses deep-sea mining, whether or not it’s worth doing, and which undersea creature he most wants to eat.Connect with Last Week Tonight onlin...
youtu.be
June 20, 2024 at 7:46 AM
John Oliver on Deep Sea Mining. An alarming and growing development that should be keeping you up awake at night:
youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?...
youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?...
Off to Nordic TAG (@nordicarchtag.bsky.social) in Turku.
March 5, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Off to Nordic TAG (@nordicarchtag.bsky.social) in Turku.
My babushka is a sewing grandmaster.
Keep also in mind that at age 83 her eyesight isn't the best... she sews a lot by the feel of the needle. All of this is made from discarded clothing.
Keep also in mind that at age 83 her eyesight isn't the best... she sews a lot by the feel of the needle. All of this is made from discarded clothing.
January 8, 2024 at 10:39 AM
My babushka is a sewing grandmaster.
Keep also in mind that at age 83 her eyesight isn't the best... she sews a lot by the feel of the needle. All of this is made from discarded clothing.
Keep also in mind that at age 83 her eyesight isn't the best... she sews a lot by the feel of the needle. All of this is made from discarded clothing.
Reposted by Anatolijs Venovcevs
The kids’ accounts “have helped officials and investigators build a picture of a Russian effort to remove children from Ukraine — often under the pretext of rescuing them from the war zone — to turn them against their homeland and into loyal Russian subjects”
Ukraine’s Stolen Children
Thousands of young Ukrainians were separated from their parents by the Russian authorities in the early stages of the war. They are among the most forlorn victims of the invasion.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2023 at 3:57 PM
The kids’ accounts “have helped officials and investigators build a picture of a Russian effort to remove children from Ukraine — often under the pretext of rescuing them from the war zone — to turn them against their homeland and into loyal Russian subjects”
Reposted by Anatolijs Venovcevs
History, culture, identity under threat - how Ukrainians are trying to save their archaeological heritage 🏺 amid the war:
www.theguardian.com/science/2023... via @theguardian.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2023... via @theguardian.bsky.social
Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
In Ukraine’s history-rich east, the war with Russia is hastening both historical discoveries and the destruction of treasures
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2023 at 2:49 PM
History, culture, identity under threat - how Ukrainians are trying to save their archaeological heritage 🏺 amid the war:
www.theguardian.com/science/2023... via @theguardian.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2023... via @theguardian.bsky.social
Reposted by Anatolijs Venovcevs
Humans are changing the moon's surface so much it's entered a new geological era.
If we start something, we're really pulling it off. Introducing: The #LunarAnthropocene. 🌖👣
www.livescience.com/space/the-mo...
If we start something, we're really pulling it off. Introducing: The #LunarAnthropocene. 🌖👣
www.livescience.com/space/the-mo...
Humans are changing the moon's surface so much it's entered a new geological era, scientists say
Researchers hope their proposal of declaring a new geological era on the moon — the Lunar Anthropocene — will encourage discussion around human impact and help preserve important cultural artifact...
www.livescience.com
December 14, 2023 at 10:29 PM
Humans are changing the moon's surface so much it's entered a new geological era.
If we start something, we're really pulling it off. Introducing: The #LunarAnthropocene. 🌖👣
www.livescience.com/space/the-mo...
If we start something, we're really pulling it off. Introducing: The #LunarAnthropocene. 🌖👣
www.livescience.com/space/the-mo...
An incredible icescape on the Baltic Sea by Oulu during the five hours of daylight. The temperature was around -21 C with windchill.
November 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM
An incredible icescape on the Baltic Sea by Oulu during the five hours of daylight. The temperature was around -21 C with windchill.
Quick reminder to anyone interested in participating in our session (or any other session) at @nordicarchtag.bsky.social - the abstracts are due on December 1st.
For the multidisciplinary-minded people out there, check out Session 3, "Entangled Worlds, Entangled Methods: Archaeologies of Nature" organised by me and my colleagues at the University of Oulu.
How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?
How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?
📣 Call for Papers for the Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference: Archaeology/ Heritage 🏺
Open until 1 December.
Call for papers' details on the conference web page: sites.utu.fi/nordictag202...
Session overview: sites.utu.fi/nordictag202...
November 20, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Quick reminder to anyone interested in participating in our session (or any other session) at @nordicarchtag.bsky.social - the abstracts are due on December 1st.
Oulu sunset, 14:53, 19 Nov 2023.
November 20, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Oulu sunset, 14:53, 19 Nov 2023.
A memory of the mushroom season - admiring the sporing body of an inocybe genus fungus growing on an unidentified iron interconnecter left behind by the retreating German troops in northeastern Norway while working alongside the local mushroom society.
November 9, 2023 at 11:12 AM
A memory of the mushroom season - admiring the sporing body of an inocybe genus fungus growing on an unidentified iron interconnecter left behind by the retreating German troops in northeastern Norway while working alongside the local mushroom society.
I guess I'm officially a doctor now 😃
For those interested about the archaeology of twentieth-century single industrial mining towns in the (sub-)Arctic can find and read my thesis here - munin.uit.no/handle/10037...
For those interested about the archaeology of twentieth-century single industrial mining towns in the (sub-)Arctic can find and read my thesis here - munin.uit.no/handle/10037...
November 7, 2023 at 5:08 PM
I guess I'm officially a doctor now 😃
For those interested about the archaeology of twentieth-century single industrial mining towns in the (sub-)Arctic can find and read my thesis here - munin.uit.no/handle/10037...
For those interested about the archaeology of twentieth-century single industrial mining towns in the (sub-)Arctic can find and read my thesis here - munin.uit.no/handle/10037...
For the multidisciplinary-minded people out there, check out Session 3, "Entangled Worlds, Entangled Methods: Archaeologies of Nature" organised by me and my colleagues at the University of Oulu.
How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?
How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?
📣 Call for Papers for the Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference: Archaeology/ Heritage 🏺
Open until 1 December.
Call for papers' details on the conference web page: sites.utu.fi/nordictag202...
Session overview: sites.utu.fi/nordictag202...
Call for Papers Now Open! | Nordic TAG 2024
We now welcome presentation proposals for the next Nordic TAG Conference, themed Archaeology/Heritage. We have a variety of interesting sessions concerning ...
sites.utu.fi
October 31, 2023 at 10:48 AM
For the multidisciplinary-minded people out there, check out Session 3, "Entangled Worlds, Entangled Methods: Archaeologies of Nature" organised by me and my colleagues at the University of Oulu.
How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?
How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?
Welcome to my fungal musings for a possibly better future.
I bring you this lichen growing on crushed and melted glass from the scorched earth retreat by the German forces from Sør-Varanger, northeastern Norway in October 1944.
I bring you this lichen growing on crushed and melted glass from the scorched earth retreat by the German forces from Sør-Varanger, northeastern Norway in October 1944.
October 28, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Welcome to my fungal musings for a possibly better future.
I bring you this lichen growing on crushed and melted glass from the scorched earth retreat by the German forces from Sør-Varanger, northeastern Norway in October 1944.
I bring you this lichen growing on crushed and melted glass from the scorched earth retreat by the German forces from Sør-Varanger, northeastern Norway in October 1944.