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Steve A
@grungeviking.bsky.social
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Viking archaeologist. Lapsed photographer. Guitars. Bad jokes. Probably too grumpy for Bluesky #pusb

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nigella.bsky.social
It’s Kanelbullens Dag, that’s to say, Cinnamon Bun Day in Sweden. And while I mean no disrespect to Norway and Iceland, who also mark this day, it’s Swedish Cinnamon Buns that are #RecipeOfTheDay!
www.nigella.com/recipes/swed...
Swedish Cinnamon Buns
Swedish Cinnamon Buns are not radically different from other cinnamon buns (and do see my Norwegian Cinnamon Buns), but they do diverge in one fundamental way: rather than having the fluffiness of, sa...
www.nigella.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
grungeviking.bsky.social
Might be interesting for anyone who saw Andy Woods’ @yorkmedieval.bsky.social lecture this week….
October 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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jk-viking.bsky.social
Lots here for Viking folks - new aDNA evidence for several infectious diseases among Viking-Age populations in Scandinavia, including malaria, leprosy and louse-borne relapsing fever.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia - Nature
Screening shotgun-sequencing data from ancient humans covering 37,000 years of Eurasian history uncovers the widespread presence of ancient bacterial, viral and parasite DNA and zoonotic pathogens coi...
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
grungeviking.bsky.social
Buzzing. Absolutely buzzing. #pusb
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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trixranderson.bsky.social
Well, I slacked off last week's #FindsFriday as I went to see the Yorkshire Museum's 'Viking North' exhibition (and had a chat with @alexharvv.bsky.social). Apologies for the neglect, but it was glorious :)

A lot of people were talking about this Aldwark find, so I thought we'd look at it today. /1
A photograph showing several fragments of decorative copper-alloy sheet in a museum case. The sheet is pierced, and has been made into an openwork design of wedges and circles. A wider photograph of the museum case containing the decorative sheet.
July 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Food and cooking in Icelandic literature and law
The article looks at the way that cooking and food are discussed in a variety of sagas and medieval legal texts. What can the ways that cooking, foods, cooking equipment and eating are presented in th...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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May 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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You don’t think you need to read a horror story about IKEA, but you do. It’s so silly, and so good
Cover of Horrostor
May 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Fancied a change from Vikings…
April 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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How easy is it to identify fragments of deer antler to species level?
This article reflects on a series of controlled investigations and blind tests, looking at the variation in internal structure and other characteristics of antler, along the length of a single antler,...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Late Iron Age Whaling in Scandinavia
New scientific methods for identifying raw materials demonstrate the consistent use of whalebone- most particularly the North Atlantic Right Whale - in making gaming pieces in Iron-Age Scandinavia. Co...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
grungeviking.bsky.social
Been spending most of today promoting this- nice story of you’ve not yet seen it:

#romans #archaeology #gladiators #lions #newresearch

www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Study reveals skeletal evidence of Roman gladiator bitten by lion in combat
Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.
www.york.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
grungeviking.bsky.social
Nice new #zooms article; well done @matthewcollins.bsky.social and team

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...?

#bioarch #medieval #archsci
Hiding in plain sight: the biomolecular identification of pinniped use in medieval manuscripts | Royal Society Open Science
The survival of medieval manuscripts in their original bindings remains a rare occurrence. Taking advantage of the diversity of bindings in Cistercian libraries such as Clairvaux and its daughter abbe...
royalsocietypublishing.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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#worldglacierday
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#worldglacierday
March 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Food and cooking in Icelandic literature and law
The article looks at the way that cooking and food are discussed in a variety of sagas and medieval legal texts. What can the ways that cooking, foods, cooking equipment and eating are presented in th...
link.growkudos.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
grungeviking.bsky.social
link.growkudos.com/1e3kzgqse0w
How easy is it to identify fragments of deer antler to species level?
This article reflects on a series of controlled investigations and blind tests, looking at the variation in internal structure and other characteristics of antler, along the length of a single antler,...
link.growkudos.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
grungeviking.bsky.social
link.growkudos.com/1ekbn6lqcqo
Late Iron Age Whaling in Scandinavia
New scientific methods for identifying raw materials demonstrate the consistent use of whalebone- most particularly the North Atlantic Right Whale - in making gaming pieces in Iron-Age Scandinavia. Co...
link.growkudos.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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uonenglish.bsky.social
In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!

Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30

Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
An open landscape around a bay with a boat on the water. Text repeated in post.
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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For anyone who needs to hear it right now… youtu.be/eIixVZ1y2zo?...
Pearl Jam - *It's OK* (SBD) - 9.11.11 Toronto
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March 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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judithjesch.bsky.social
And a longer account of Jenny Murray's recent work here: archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/25/s...
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
grungeviking.bsky.social
Anyone know anything about this new #Viking Age site in Cumbria? What are we talking about? The reports seem to be talking about a hall but the only image I’ve seen looks like a corn dryer or oven or something. Anyone have any insight?
February 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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rowane.bsky.social
Another wonderful position to work as an osteologist at UrbNet au.career.emply.com/ad/postdocto... on two very exciting new projects!
Postdoctoral position in human osteology and isotopic analyses at the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) / the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, School of Culture and Society, ...
UrbNet and the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University invite applications for a 24 months fixed-term postdoctoral position in
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February 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
An important new paper by @beademarch.bsky.social and her team challenges how we use ancient proteins to study the past.

Analysis of 1,832 sequences from waterfowl (ducks & geese) reveals why palaeoproteomics isn't the simple solution we hoped for...
👇🧵 1/4

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
A circular phylogenetic tree displaying the protein annotation patterns across 160 Anatidae (waterfowl) genomes. The tree branches radiate from the center, with each tip representing a different species. The outer ring consists of colored dots representing 13 different proteins, with black dots indicating >70% complete sequences, pink dots showing <70% complete sequences, and white dots showing no annotation. The samples are grouped and colored by genus, with major genera like Aythya, Spatula, Mergus, Chloephaga, Tadorna, and MelanitaSomateria labeled. Below the tree, a legend shows sequence counts and mean coverage percentages for each protein, ranging from 81-168 sequences and 79.9%-99.9% coverage. A node score legend indicates bootstrap support values using different shades of grey."
February 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM