Marta Diaz-Guardamino
@martaguardamino.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Late prehistoric art and monumentality in Europe, Iberian prehistory | Assoc. Prof. at @ArcDurham | Editor Open Archaeology | archaeology & dog tweets
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The wonderful Aspadrantes menhir, Algarve, #Portugal. A standing stone with many secrets, and a case study of our Megalithic Origins Leverhulme Trust-funded project. #StandingStoneSunday
(Photo: my own)
(Photo: my own)
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Still haven’t seen it confirmed that I no longer have to pay taxes and national insurance under these new rules, but surely…? #fairisfair
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Still haven’t seen it confirmed that I no longer have to pay taxes and national insurance under these new rules, but surely…? #fairisfair
Revisiting this paper (rdcu.be/eQ9Dh) where I argue that petrification processes are shaped by relationships in which materials become #entangled, challenging the assumption that stone is inherently ‘stable’ or ‘eternal’ by drawing on the concept of #emergent properties.
#lovearchaeologicaltheory
#lovearchaeologicaltheory
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Revisiting this paper (rdcu.be/eQ9Dh) where I argue that petrification processes are shaped by relationships in which materials become #entangled, challenging the assumption that stone is inherently ‘stable’ or ‘eternal’ by drawing on the concept of #emergent properties.
#lovearchaeologicaltheory
#lovearchaeologicaltheory
#Job alert!! (please share and/or consider applying)
Professor of Cultural and Natural #Heritage
Deadline 31st January 2026
Department of #Archaeology at #Durham University, UK
More information here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Professor of Cultural and Natural #Heritage
Deadline 31st January 2026
Department of #Archaeology at #Durham University, UK
More information here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#Job alert!! (please share and/or consider applying)
Professor of Cultural and Natural #Heritage
Deadline 31st January 2026
Department of #Archaeology at #Durham University, UK
More information here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Professor of Cultural and Natural #Heritage
Deadline 31st January 2026
Department of #Archaeology at #Durham University, UK
More information here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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In case anyone wants to use it… we are adding this (along other stuff) in our PPT today (alt text available):
September 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In case anyone wants to use it… we are adding this (along other stuff) in our PPT today (alt text available):
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These Late Bronze Age wooden figures - echoing motifs found in contemporary Nordic rock art - are fantastic! Such finds add nuance to how we interpret the meaning and context of the #rockart itself. E.g. bringing 3D form to 2D rock art, and links different materials in #bronzeage symbolism.
“Aw, c’mon, they’re just little wooden figures, how scary can they actually b…😳”
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
#FindsFriday
The Roos Carr figures, East Yorkshire, c. 600-500BC. Yew & quartzite,
Hull & East Riding Museum.
#FindsFriday
May 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
These Late Bronze Age wooden figures - echoing motifs found in contemporary Nordic rock art - are fantastic! Such finds add nuance to how we interpret the meaning and context of the #rockart itself. E.g. bringing 3D form to 2D rock art, and links different materials in #bronzeage symbolism.
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Ya hablan nazi abiertamente. Sin tapujos. elpais.com/espana/2025-...
Vox defiende abiertamente deportar a ocho millones de inmigrantes y a sus hijos
“Será un proceso complejo, pero tenemos derecho a sobrevivir como pueblo”, alega Rocío de Meer, portavoz del partido ultra
elpais.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ya hablan nazi abiertamente. Sin tapujos. elpais.com/espana/2025-...
It was a pleasure to be back in Aspadrantes, #Algarve, this week to conduct further OSL sampling and digital documentation for the #MegalithicOrigins project. The heatwave was challenging but I could go to the beach in the evening ;-) Big thanks to Ricardo Soares and the Museu de Vila do Bispo!
July 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It was a pleasure to be back in Aspadrantes, #Algarve, this week to conduct further OSL sampling and digital documentation for the #MegalithicOrigins project. The heatwave was challenging but I could go to the beach in the evening ;-) Big thanks to Ricardo Soares and the Museu de Vila do Bispo!
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Happy #MulticulturismDay!
#Archaeology shows us how our societies have long been cosmopolitan and multicultural. In #medieval Ethiopia, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Indigenous religious communities existed side-by-side 🏺
🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
#Archaeology shows us how our societies have long been cosmopolitan and multicultural. In #medieval Ethiopia, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Indigenous religious communities existed side-by-side 🏺
🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
June 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy #MulticulturismDay!
#Archaeology shows us how our societies have long been cosmopolitan and multicultural. In #medieval Ethiopia, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Indigenous religious communities existed side-by-side 🏺
🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
#Archaeology shows us how our societies have long been cosmopolitan and multicultural. In #medieval Ethiopia, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Indigenous religious communities existed side-by-side 🏺
🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Yesterday, I had the priviledge of presenting key discoveries of our fieldwork in Cañaveral de León at the #MuseoAqueologicoNacional in Madrid. Major funding for this fieldwork came from the Maritime Encounters project, funded by the @riksjubileumsfond.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Yesterday, I had the priviledge of presenting key discoveries of our fieldwork in Cañaveral de León at the #MuseoAqueologicoNacional in Madrid. Major funding for this fieldwork came from the Maritime Encounters project, funded by the @riksjubileumsfond.bsky.social
The #Megalithic Origins project, funded by The #LeverhulmeTrust, has a new website! The project aims to clarify the origins of megalithic monumentality in Europe through the application of state-of-the-art OSL dating, micromorphological analysis and Bayesian modelling.
Project summary of the Megalithic Origins project
Summary of the Megalithic Origins project of Durham University and funded by Leverhulme Trust.
megaorigins.webspace.durham.ac.uk
June 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The #Megalithic Origins project, funded by The #LeverhulmeTrust, has a new website! The project aims to clarify the origins of megalithic monumentality in Europe through the application of state-of-the-art OSL dating, micromorphological analysis and Bayesian modelling.
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“The genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivor… What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.” — Stephen Kapos
April 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“The genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivor… What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.” — Stephen Kapos
Very happy to see our study of the late #prehistoric stela 2 of Cañaveral de León (#Huelva, SW Iberia), the first warrior stela in Iberia discovered in a funerary context during archaeological excavations, just been published! dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Shedding new light on the context and temporality of Iberian warrior stelae: The Cañaveral de León 2 Stela and Las Capellanías burial complex (Huelva, SW Spain)
Iberian late prehistoric stelae stand out as a significant expression of European prehistoric art. For well over a hundred years, the context of use of the c. 300 Iberian stelae known to this date has...
dx.plos.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Very happy to see our study of the late #prehistoric stela 2 of Cañaveral de León (#Huelva, SW Iberia), the first warrior stela in Iberia discovered in a funerary context during archaeological excavations, just been published! dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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In 2024, Paris banned cars from its city center to make room for cyclists and pedestrians with remarkable pollution reduction as a result. Earlier this year, Parisians voted to create even more car-free zones in the city.
Visual: The Washington Post
Visual: The Washington Post
April 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In 2024, Paris banned cars from its city center to make room for cyclists and pedestrians with remarkable pollution reduction as a result. Earlier this year, Parisians voted to create even more car-free zones in the city.
Visual: The Washington Post
Visual: The Washington Post
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This is good
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Wait times slashed for 80,000 thanks to boost in cancer detection
80,000 patients have received a quicker diagnosis or ruling out of cancer in 28 days between July 2024 and January 2025 compared to the previous year.
www.gov.uk
April 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is good
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The wonderful Aspadrantes menhir, Algarve, #Portugal. A standing stone with many secrets, and a case study of our Megalithic Origins Leverhulme Trust-funded project. #StandingStoneSunday
(Photo: my own)
(Photo: my own)
April 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The wonderful Aspadrantes menhir, Algarve, #Portugal. A standing stone with many secrets, and a case study of our Megalithic Origins Leverhulme Trust-funded project. #StandingStoneSunday
(Photo: my own)
(Photo: my own)
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Littleton, New Hampshire. Hundreds out there in the rain protesting Trump.
April 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Littleton, New Hampshire. Hundreds out there in the rain protesting Trump.
Over the past two weeks we conducted fieldwork in the Algarve for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Megalithic Origins project. Collaborating with partners from the Museu de Vila do Bispo, we documented the Aspadrantes menhir, collected samples, and explored features. Great teamwork, cuisine, landscapes!
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Over the past two weeks we conducted fieldwork in the Algarve for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Megalithic Origins project. Collaborating with partners from the Museu de Vila do Bispo, we documented the Aspadrantes menhir, collected samples, and explored features. Great teamwork, cuisine, landscapes!