Emma Brownlee
@ecbrownlee.bsky.social
Research fellow @GirtonCollege
@UCamArchaeology
Early Medieval Europe | Death & Burial | GIS | Occasional Vikings
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@UCamArchaeology
Early Medieval Europe | Death & Burial | GIS | Occasional Vikings
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UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
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Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
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Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance
If you are in any way involved in UK Archaeology (in its broadest sense), and you would like to sign this open letter then please fill in GOOGLE FORM LINK. Responses will be manually inputted. The for...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🛏 I spoke with Dr. @ecbrownlee.bsky.social about her work on early medieval bed burials; in this clip, Emma talks about the very touching concern for the dead's comfort in the grave that this burial type seems to suggest.
📺 Watch youtu.be/fA6Wep5aO4Q?...
🎙 Listen open.spotify.com/episode/3BJd...
📺 Watch youtu.be/fA6Wep5aO4Q?...
🎙 Listen open.spotify.com/episode/3BJd...
December 24, 2024 at 6:42 AM
🛏 I spoke with Dr. @ecbrownlee.bsky.social about her work on early medieval bed burials; in this clip, Emma talks about the very touching concern for the dead's comfort in the grave that this burial type seems to suggest.
📺 Watch youtu.be/fA6Wep5aO4Q?...
🎙 Listen open.spotify.com/episode/3BJd...
📺 Watch youtu.be/fA6Wep5aO4Q?...
🎙 Listen open.spotify.com/episode/3BJd...
New publication just in time for Christmas, in Current Swedish Archaeology! Osteological analysis and c14 dating of human remains from the first churchyard burials on Gotland.
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December 20, 2024 at 8:02 PM
New publication just in time for Christmas, in Current Swedish Archaeology! Osteological analysis and c14 dating of human remains from the first churchyard burials on Gotland.
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Very happy that I managed to visit the 'Beneath our Feet' exhibition at the MAA in Cambridge just before it finished. It was exciting (and humbling) to see so many things on display that myself and lots of my amazing colleagues have worked on! @samleggs22.bsky.social @ecbrownlee.bsky.social 🏺
September 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Very happy that I managed to visit the 'Beneath our Feet' exhibition at the MAA in Cambridge just before it finished. It was exciting (and humbling) to see so many things on display that myself and lots of my amazing colleagues have worked on! @samleggs22.bsky.social @ecbrownlee.bsky.social 🏺
In Rome for #EAA2024. On Friday will be chairing and speaking in session 182 on non-burial treatment of the dead. Including a sneak preview of my and Ali Klevnäs’s forthcoming
@antiquityj.bsky.social
paper!
@antiquityj.bsky.social
paper!
August 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM
In Rome for #EAA2024. On Friday will be chairing and speaking in session 182 on non-burial treatment of the dead. Including a sneak preview of my and Ali Klevnäs’s forthcoming
@antiquityj.bsky.social
paper!
@antiquityj.bsky.social
paper!
If you haven't had enough of me talking about bed burials, here’s a short piece on the Trumpington one, currently on display in the Museum of Arch and Anth in Cambridge
Bed Burials and Mobility– MAA Digital Lab
Bed burials were rarer in England than Europe. Unearthed in 2011, the Trumpington one unveils a fascinating narrative of mobility, femininity, and Christianity.
www.maadigitallab.org
February 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM
If you haven't had enough of me talking about bed burials, here’s a short piece on the Trumpington one, currently on display in the Museum of Arch and Anth in Cambridge
Exciting find of a Roman bed burial - extending the funerary use of beds in England back in time by at least three centuries. Different to the 7th cent ones (with a male, for a start). But wooden construction raises questions about what we're missing. Will be interesting to get a more precise date!
‘Flat-packed furniture for the next life’: Roman funerary bed found in London
First such piece to be found in Britain is ‘incredibly well-made’, say experts, and remarkably preserved
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Exciting find of a Roman bed burial - extending the funerary use of beds in England back in time by at least three centuries. Different to the 7th cent ones (with a male, for a start). But wooden construction raises questions about what we're missing. Will be interesting to get a more precise date!
More bed burials, this time a deep-dive on the Trumpington girl! Featuring Sam Leggett and @alicekensa.bsky.social
on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the
MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.
on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the
MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.
🆕🎙️📽️ Shindig Archaeology Podcast - Trumpington's Anglo-Saxon Teen VIP with Drs. Alice Rose, Emma Brownlee, Sam Leggett.
Discover the exquisite Trumpington Cross bed burial and its Continental origins ☠️ 🛌
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Discover the exquisite Trumpington Cross bed burial and its Continental origins ☠️ 🛌
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youtu.be/rNViaM3ALfE?...
Trumpington's Anglo-Saxon Teen VIP Revealed - With Dr. Alice Rose, Dr. Emma Brownlee & Dr. Sam Legge...
Listen to this episode from The Shindig - An Archaeology Podcast on Spotify. We enter the world of the 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Trumpington Cross burial, from the vanishingly rare - and stunning - gold...
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January 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM
More bed burials, this time a deep-dive on the Trumpington girl! Featuring Sam Leggett and @alicekensa.bsky.social
on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the
MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.
on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the
MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.
Call for papers for #eaa2024 in Rome!
We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place.
Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place.
Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
January 4, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Call for papers for #eaa2024 in Rome!
We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place.
Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place.
Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
New paper alert!
"A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon
Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more.
Summary🧵
doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
"A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon
Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more.
Summary🧵
doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
A RADIOCARBON-BASED MODEL OF CHANGING BURIAL RITES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND | Radiocarbon | Cambrid...
A RADIOCARBON-BASED MODEL OF CHANGING BURIAL RITES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
doi.org
December 12, 2023 at 5:30 PM
New paper alert!
"A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon
Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more.
Summary🧵
doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
"A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon
Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more.
Summary🧵
doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
From a colleague in Ukraine on the ongoing impact of the war on archaeological sites, and the destruction we still don't know about
The tools of war: conflict and the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage | Antiquity | Cambridg...
The tools of war: conflict and the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage - Volume 97 Issue 396
www.cambridge.org
December 1, 2023 at 10:50 AM
From a colleague in Ukraine on the ongoing impact of the war on archaeological sites, and the destruction we still don't know about
Some brief thoughts on using big data to understand 7th cent changes in burial practice - based on a talk last year for the Sutton Hoo Society. I'll also be talking on a similar topic tomorrow at a Newcastle Archaeology seminar, and the c14 project should be fully published in Radiocarbon soon!
Seventh Century Transformations in Burial: A big data appraoch
Seventh Century Transformations in Burial: A big data appraoch
www.academia.edu
November 15, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Some brief thoughts on using big data to understand 7th cent changes in burial practice - based on a talk last year for the Sutton Hoo Society. I'll also be talking on a similar topic tomorrow at a Newcastle Archaeology seminar, and the c14 project should be fully published in Radiocarbon soon!