Dr Emily Hanscam
@emilyhanscam.bsky.social
Researcher at Linnaeus University, UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures | PhD in #archaeology | Editor of @traj-journal.bsky.social | Roaming Alaskan | she/her
https://lnu.se/en/staff/emily.hanscam/
https://lnu.se/en/staff/emily.hanscam/
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Hey bluesky! Happy to be here, I’m a researcher in #archaeology, from Alaska, based in Sweden. I love ❄️ and I work on #Roman frontiers & the politics of the past. I also edit @traj-journal.bsky.social ✍️
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Deadline approaching!
22 sessions
4 workshops
1 castle
Get your abstracts in for #NordicTAG by Oct 15, and come visit us on the shores of the Baltic in Kalmar!
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
22 sessions
4 workshops
1 castle
Get your abstracts in for #NordicTAG by Oct 15, and come visit us on the shores of the Baltic in Kalmar!
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Deadline approaching!
22 sessions
4 workshops
1 castle
Get your abstracts in for #NordicTAG by Oct 15, and come visit us on the shores of the Baltic in Kalmar!
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
22 sessions
4 workshops
1 castle
Get your abstracts in for #NordicTAG by Oct 15, and come visit us on the shores of the Baltic in Kalmar!
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
A very topical book review by @curtisdozier.bsky.social of pharos.vassarspaces.net
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A very topical book review by @curtisdozier.bsky.social of pharos.vassarspaces.net
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8:
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Performing Gender Normativity and Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources and Iconographic Evidence
This article contributes to the emerging field of Queer Death Studies by offering a queer analysis of the gendered performances of mourners during the Roman funeral through an examination of subversio...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8:
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology
We received a number of great sessions proposals and put together a schedule packed as full as reasonably possible - come join us at Nordic TAG in Kalmar! 🇸🇪
With thanks to everyone who submitted a session proposal, we are excited to announce that the Call for Papers for Nordic TAG 2026 is now live!
Check out an exciting array of sessions & workshops, and get your abstract(s) in before Oct 15.
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
#NordicTAG2026
Check out an exciting array of sessions & workshops, and get your abstract(s) in before Oct 15.
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
#NordicTAG2026
June 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We received a number of great sessions proposals and put together a schedule packed as full as reasonably possible - come join us at Nordic TAG in Kalmar! 🇸🇪
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
NEW Research Article in #TRAJ Vol 8 -
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
Command and Control on Hadrian’s Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology
Analogy is a ubiquitous but contested feature in archaeological reasoning, used differently in the contexts of discovery, justification and communication. The limitations of the archaeological record ...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW Research Article in #TRAJ Vol 8 -
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
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There are some great new Book Reviews in the latest issue of #TRAJ, including -
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There are some great new Book Reviews in the latest issue of #TRAJ, including -
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes
Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
We've had some great session proposals submitted already, keep 'em coming! 🤩 #NordicTAG2026
@livnstutz.bsky.social
@livnstutz.bsky.social
Hey 🏺 archaeologists on bluesky!
Bookmark your calendars for 6-9 May at Linnaeus University in Kalmar 🇸🇪 & submit your session proposal for #NordicTAG2026 - deadline 31 May
Don't miss our keynote speakers, inc. @yannisham.bsky.social & @evamol.bsky.social!
More info: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Bookmark your calendars for 6-9 May at Linnaeus University in Kalmar 🇸🇪 & submit your session proposal for #NordicTAG2026 - deadline 31 May
Don't miss our keynote speakers, inc. @yannisham.bsky.social & @evamol.bsky.social!
More info: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
May 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We've had some great session proposals submitted already, keep 'em coming! 🤩 #NordicTAG2026
@livnstutz.bsky.social
@livnstutz.bsky.social
Hey bluesky #archaeology 🏺, the latest issue of TRAJ is online!
Congrats to all the editors, @patlowinger.bsky.social, @henryhbclarke.bsky.social, @archaeobuchanan.bsky.social, @dr-bone-lady.bsky.social, @bigfridge224.bsky.social & co!
Congrats to all the editors, @patlowinger.bsky.social, @henryhbclarke.bsky.social, @archaeobuchanan.bsky.social, @dr-bone-lady.bsky.social, @bigfridge224.bsky.social & co!
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hey bluesky #archaeology 🏺, the latest issue of TRAJ is online!
Congrats to all the editors, @patlowinger.bsky.social, @henryhbclarke.bsky.social, @archaeobuchanan.bsky.social, @dr-bone-lady.bsky.social, @bigfridge224.bsky.social & co!
Congrats to all the editors, @patlowinger.bsky.social, @henryhbclarke.bsky.social, @archaeobuchanan.bsky.social, @dr-bone-lady.bsky.social, @bigfridge224.bsky.social & co!
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!
FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
Spring is a great time to read about the 'planty’ agency of trees, plants, flowers, and fruits in the creation of the Roman funeral landscape 🌷
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
‘There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality, and the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy
Using the necropolis environments of the Vesuvian region of Imperial period Italy as a case study, this paper examines the ways in which multiple, overlapping, and temporally specific senses of place ...
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Spring is a great time to read about the 'planty’ agency of trees, plants, flowers, and fruits in the creation of the Roman funeral landscape 🌷
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
editors of The Atlantic are welcome to visit our galleries but please let us know if you're accidentally in the museum group chat instead
March 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
editors of The Atlantic are welcome to visit our galleries but please let us know if you're accidentally in the museum group chat instead
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
The call for sessions (including regular sessions, workshops, & panel discussions) for #NordicTAG2026 is now open 🎉
The theme of the Conference is Activate Archaeology for Just Futures! More details here: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Sessions deadline 31 May. Call for papers to follow.
#AcademicSky
The theme of the Conference is Activate Archaeology for Just Futures! More details here: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Sessions deadline 31 May. Call for papers to follow.
#AcademicSky
March 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The call for sessions (including regular sessions, workshops, & panel discussions) for #NordicTAG2026 is now open 🎉
The theme of the Conference is Activate Archaeology for Just Futures! More details here: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Sessions deadline 31 May. Call for papers to follow.
#AcademicSky
The theme of the Conference is Activate Archaeology for Just Futures! More details here: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Sessions deadline 31 May. Call for papers to follow.
#AcademicSky
Fantastic thread about the Roman Empire's relevance (or not) for our contemporary world 👇
Okay my body chose violence* today and unfortunately I can't lounge about watching TV and the news is... the news... so I'm going to try to talk a bit about my book (I wrote a book! It's real! It's out soon!) - and just why people think about the Roman empire so very, very often.
*ME/CFS flare-up
*ME/CFS flare-up
February 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fantastic thread about the Roman Empire's relevance (or not) for our contemporary world 👇
Thanks to all our editors, authors and book reviewers involved in #TRAJ Volume 7!
As the journal continues to grow, I am grateful to the @openlibhums.bsky.social and our advisory board for their support, we would not be able to provide this platform for innovative Roman #archaeology without them.
As the journal continues to grow, I am grateful to the @openlibhums.bsky.social and our advisory board for their support, we would not be able to provide this platform for innovative Roman #archaeology without them.
🎉 With the publication of the Editorial by our guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragos Mitrofan, #TRAJ Vol 7 is now complete!
Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology
The editorial of the seventh volume of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal explores the intertwining relationships between digital platforms and Roman archaeology. When faced with powerful digit...
doi.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Thanks to all our editors, authors and book reviewers involved in #TRAJ Volume 7!
As the journal continues to grow, I am grateful to the @openlibhums.bsky.social and our advisory board for their support, we would not be able to provide this platform for innovative Roman #archaeology without them.
As the journal continues to grow, I am grateful to the @openlibhums.bsky.social and our advisory board for their support, we would not be able to provide this platform for innovative Roman #archaeology without them.
We are very excited to host #NordicTAG26!
📣 Nordic TAG 2026 will be hosted by Linnaeus University in Kalmar!
Save the date: 6-9 May, 2026
Call for papers opens 1 March.
Organised by: @livnstutz.bsky.social, @emilyhanscam.bsky.social, Terje Östigård, Gustav Wollentz & co from @linneuni.bsky.social archaeology
#NordicTAG26
Save the date: 6-9 May, 2026
Call for papers opens 1 March.
Organised by: @livnstutz.bsky.social, @emilyhanscam.bsky.social, Terje Östigård, Gustav Wollentz & co from @linneuni.bsky.social archaeology
#NordicTAG26
January 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We are very excited to host #NordicTAG26!
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
📣 One week left until the deadline!
Submit a proposal for an #OpenAccess Special Issue of #TRAJ
- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world
- Deadline 31 Jan, info below -
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AcademicSky
Submit a proposal for an #OpenAccess Special Issue of #TRAJ
- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world
- Deadline 31 Jan, info below -
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AcademicSky
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📣 One week left until the deadline!
Submit a proposal for an #OpenAccess Special Issue of #TRAJ
- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world
- Deadline 31 Jan, info below -
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AcademicSky
Submit a proposal for an #OpenAccess Special Issue of #TRAJ
- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world
- Deadline 31 Jan, info below -
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AcademicSky
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
We are very happy to welcome 3 new Editorial Board members!
Dr Stuart McKie (U of Exeter)
Dr Cristina Mondin (U of Padova)
Dr Berber van der Meulen-van der Veen (U of Amsterdam)
Curious about the humans behind #TRAJ? Have a look at our current editorial team:
traj.openlibhums.org/editorialteam/
Dr Stuart McKie (U of Exeter)
Dr Cristina Mondin (U of Padova)
Dr Berber van der Meulen-van der Veen (U of Amsterdam)
Curious about the humans behind #TRAJ? Have a look at our current editorial team:
traj.openlibhums.org/editorialteam/
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are very happy to welcome 3 new Editorial Board members!
Dr Stuart McKie (U of Exeter)
Dr Cristina Mondin (U of Padova)
Dr Berber van der Meulen-van der Veen (U of Amsterdam)
Curious about the humans behind #TRAJ? Have a look at our current editorial team:
traj.openlibhums.org/editorialteam/
Dr Stuart McKie (U of Exeter)
Dr Cristina Mondin (U of Padova)
Dr Berber van der Meulen-van der Veen (U of Amsterdam)
Curious about the humans behind #TRAJ? Have a look at our current editorial team:
traj.openlibhums.org/editorialteam/
I’ve had to read a certain inaugural address multiple times today for research purposes (it is a perfect case study on resurgent American imperialism for my current research funding application..) and it makes me sick. I can only imagine how 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ folks in the US feel. Love and solidarity!
January 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’ve had to read a certain inaugural address multiple times today for research purposes (it is a perfect case study on resurgent American imperialism for my current research funding application..) and it makes me sick. I can only imagine how 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ folks in the US feel. Love and solidarity!
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
The past, as always, employed politically…what mirror are the stones holding up to this time round….? As archaeologists we should indeed be very careful not to provide fuel for such ideas
When in fact, all the archaeological evidence points to cultural assimilation.
This is media manipulation at its very worst. And, it’s politically dangerous.
I’m calling it. It’s beyond time for the post-processual generation to retire. They simply don’t understand the science. Nor the material.
This is media manipulation at its very worst. And, it’s politically dangerous.
I’m calling it. It’s beyond time for the post-processual generation to retire. They simply don’t understand the science. Nor the material.
I didn't think it could get worse.
It got worse. 😫
"#Stonehenge was built to unify ancient Britons during a “legitimation crisis” caused by the migration of people from mainland Europe, researchers have suggested."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
#Archaeology
It got worse. 😫
"#Stonehenge was built to unify ancient Britons during a “legitimation crisis” caused by the migration of people from mainland Europe, researchers have suggested."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
#Archaeology
January 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The past, as always, employed politically…what mirror are the stones holding up to this time round….? As archaeologists we should indeed be very careful not to provide fuel for such ideas
Reposted by Dr Emily Hanscam
NEW in #TRAJ
🪙 'Data Quality & Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis' by Philip Rademacher
The author considers sources of bias in the 18,000 coin hoard database & if data quality correlates with hoard characteristics.
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...
🪙 'Data Quality & Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis' by Philip Rademacher
The author considers sources of bias in the 18,000 coin hoard database & if data quality correlates with hoard characteristics.
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Data Quality and Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis
The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire database currently contains more than 18,000 coin hoards from all areas of the Roman Empire and beyond. This large data collection encourages data-driven approaches...
doi.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW in #TRAJ
🪙 'Data Quality & Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis' by Philip Rademacher
The author considers sources of bias in the 18,000 coin hoard database & if data quality correlates with hoard characteristics.
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...
🪙 'Data Quality & Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis' by Philip Rademacher
The author considers sources of bias in the 18,000 coin hoard database & if data quality correlates with hoard characteristics.
FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...