Matthias Hoernes
@matthiashoernes.bsky.social
Mediterranean archaeologist | passionate about the funerary archaeology of pre-Roman southern Italy, food (in archaeology and in real life), university collections, and much more | researching, teaching and learning @univie.ac.at
A sweet tooth caught in the act – a mouse ignores the fruit and goes straight for the tartlet. Terracotta plate from Taranto, 3rd century BCE. Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig #Archaeology 🏺
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A sweet tooth caught in the act – a mouse ignores the fruit and goes straight for the tartlet. Terracotta plate from Taranto, 3rd century BCE. Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig #Archaeology 🏺
I admit that this marvellous sandwich gold glass bowl, which travelled from the eastern Mediterranean to Canosa in Apulia, is a clickbait image. Please take a look at the CfP for our 2026 conference on mobility and networks in pre-Roman Italy. #Archaeology 🏺London, BM 1871,0518.2.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I admit that this marvellous sandwich gold glass bowl, which travelled from the eastern Mediterranean to Canosa in Apulia, is a clickbait image. Please take a look at the CfP for our 2026 conference on mobility and networks in pre-Roman Italy. #Archaeology 🏺London, BM 1871,0518.2.
Tomorrow, I present my research on quantitatve trends in teaching "Classical" archaeology in German-speaking countries. And this is how AI imagines us... So much irritation – where do I start? The gender, the clothing, the pose, the torch, this military-style leather thingy? #Archaeology 🏺
October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Tomorrow, I present my research on quantitatve trends in teaching "Classical" archaeology in German-speaking countries. And this is how AI imagines us... So much irritation – where do I start? The gender, the clothing, the pose, the torch, this military-style leather thingy? #Archaeology 🏺
Here is another glimpse into our progress: 3D printing is advancing steadily, while high-resolution RTI imaging is successfully detecting and documenting fine painted details. It is rewarding to see the different parts of the project aligning so well. #Archaeology 🏺
October 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Here is another glimpse into our progress: 3D printing is advancing steadily, while high-resolution RTI imaging is successfully detecting and documenting fine painted details. It is rewarding to see the different parts of the project aligning so well. #Archaeology 🏺
📣 It is always a bit conceited to advertise a paper publication, but this project was great fun thanks to the fabulous team involved. If you are interested in miniature pottery, please take a look. doi.org/10.1177/1469... #Archaeology 🏺
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📣 It is always a bit conceited to advertise a paper publication, but this project was great fun thanks to the fabulous team involved. If you are interested in miniature pottery, please take a look. doi.org/10.1177/1469... #Archaeology 🏺
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CFP: Digital Methods as the Key to Open Archaeological Collections for Research and Teaching
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157981
Wien, 31.03.2026-04.04.2026, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157981
Wien, 31.03.2026-04.04.2026, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10.2025
www.hsozkult.de
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
CFP: Digital Methods as the Key to Open Archaeological Collections for Research and Teaching
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157981
Wien, 31.03.2026-04.04.2026, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157981
Wien, 31.03.2026-04.04.2026, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10.2025
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Save the Date: Am 30. Oktober startet die digitale Veranstaltungsreihe "Neue Wege alter Fächer: Lehre gestalten in den Altertumswissenschaften"! Programm und Infos unter www.kleinefaecher.de/beitraege/bl... @univie.ac.at @kleinefaecher.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AncientBlueSky
October 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Save the Date: Am 30. Oktober startet die digitale Veranstaltungsreihe "Neue Wege alter Fächer: Lehre gestalten in den Altertumswissenschaften"! Programm und Infos unter www.kleinefaecher.de/beitraege/bl... @univie.ac.at @kleinefaecher.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AncientBlueSky
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Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood
Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan
Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term for 12 months
£36,396 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
📣 In February next year, the "Etruscan and Italic Communities" network will meet in Vienna to discuss various forms of networks and mobilities in pre-Roman Italy. We would love to hear your paper, so please check out the Call for Papers. ➡️ www.academia.edu/143782531/Ca... #Archaeology 🏺
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📣 In February next year, the "Etruscan and Italic Communities" network will meet in Vienna to discuss various forms of networks and mobilities in pre-Roman Italy. We would love to hear your paper, so please check out the Call for Papers. ➡️ www.academia.edu/143782531/Ca... #Archaeology 🏺
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#Ancientbluesky #Skystorians #history #swearing #archaeology
This article is cool because I can legitimately say 'fuck' a lot and claim that this is all part of academic discourse.
So fucking read it, please. Oh, and please fucking subscribe to my shit. Thanks!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
This article is cool because I can legitimately say 'fuck' a lot and claim that this is all part of academic discourse.
So fucking read it, please. Oh, and please fucking subscribe to my shit. Thanks!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
Did the Romans Like Swearing?
It is one of the great incongruities of the English language that, despite being one of the most versatile and malleable forms of linguistic communication among the world's great tongues, it is also, ...
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September 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
#Ancientbluesky #Skystorians #history #swearing #archaeology
This article is cool because I can legitimately say 'fuck' a lot and claim that this is all part of academic discourse.
So fucking read it, please. Oh, and please fucking subscribe to my shit. Thanks!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
This article is cool because I can legitimately say 'fuck' a lot and claim that this is all part of academic discourse.
So fucking read it, please. Oh, and please fucking subscribe to my shit. Thanks!
open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
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This Etruscan guttus - a vessel used to store and pour liquids in small amounts, or to refill oil lamps - is shaped like an elephant. It may have been inspired by the elephants first seen in Italy during the invasions of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal of Carthage in the 3rd c. BCE. 🏺
300-200 BCE.
300-200 BCE.
September 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This Etruscan guttus - a vessel used to store and pour liquids in small amounts, or to refill oil lamps - is shaped like an elephant. It may have been inspired by the elephants first seen in Italy during the invasions of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal of Carthage in the 3rd c. BCE. 🏺
300-200 BCE.
300-200 BCE.
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As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
Reposted by Matthias Hoernes
CfP for early career researcher ➡️ Fluid Communities: Concepts of Social Mobility and Identity Construction between textual evidence and materiality in Antiquity, December 5-6, 2025 @univie.ac.at
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
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#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
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CFP: Workshop Fluid Communities
Einladung zum Workshop Fluid Communities: Concepts of Social Mobility and Identity Construction between textual evidence and materiality in Antiquity am 5.–6. Dezember 2025
altegeschichte.univie.ac.at
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
CfP for early career researcher ➡️ Fluid Communities: Concepts of Social Mobility and Identity Construction between textual evidence and materiality in Antiquity, December 5-6, 2025 @univie.ac.at
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
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#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
altegeschichte.univie.ac.at/en/news-even...
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We have a new #HEASBlog on our website!
Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.
www.heas.at/activities/b...
Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.
www.heas.at/activities/b...
You, Robot: Experiencing Robotics First-Hand at General Laser - HEAS
By: Dominik Hagmann As part of the University of Vienna’s course “AI and Interdisciplinary Research” held at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in the summer term of 2025, students from diver...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We have a new #HEASBlog on our website!
Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.
www.heas.at/activities/b...
Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.
www.heas.at/activities/b...
It was fascinating to see the 3D printer in action. This support structure will soon be proudly carrying the fragments of the Polygnotos Krater in the @univie.ac.at Archaeological Collection. Many thanks to www.archaeo-perspectives.at for their enthusiasm. #Archaeology 🏺
September 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It was fascinating to see the 3D printer in action. This support structure will soon be proudly carrying the fragments of the Polygnotos Krater in the @univie.ac.at Archaeological Collection. Many thanks to www.archaeo-perspectives.at for their enthusiasm. #Archaeology 🏺
I thought I had a vague idea of Hellenistic Apulia, but this new tomb painting surpasses all expectations. Seized from the infamous Symes collection, it is now on display in Canosa. Its vivid colours and striking scene are breathtaking. #Archaeology 🏺
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/A-C...
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/A-C...
A Canosa il viaggio nell’aldilà del giovane Artau - Il Giornale dell'Arte
A Canosa il viaggio nell’aldilà del giovane Artau
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I thought I had a vague idea of Hellenistic Apulia, but this new tomb painting surpasses all expectations. Seized from the infamous Symes collection, it is now on display in Canosa. Its vivid colours and striking scene are breathtaking. #Archaeology 🏺
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/A-C...
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/A-C...
A high-impact article on the employment situation of essential staff members in Italian archaeological parks. #Archaeology 🏺 #cats www.artribune.com/arti-visive/...
Sapevate che nei parchi archeologici italiani vivono delle colonie di gatti?
Dopo Paestum e il Colosseo, è la volta del Parco di Ercolano: qui i gatti sono diventati, negli anni, una presenza simbolica e amatissima negli spazi di accoglienza dei visitatori
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August 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A high-impact article on the employment situation of essential staff members in Italian archaeological parks. #Archaeology 🏺 #cats www.artribune.com/arti-visive/...
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📷 Taken by our editor Robin Skeates, it is a frontispiece from our latest issue. Check out the associated Editorial on the theme 'Linguae francae, present and past' to explore languages and language inequality in #archaeology 🆓
Editorial: Linguae francae, present and past
Should we agree that English is the lingua franca of world archaeology?
doi.org
August 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📷 Taken by our editor Robin Skeates, it is a frontispiece from our latest issue. Check out the associated Editorial on the theme 'Linguae francae, present and past' to explore languages and language inequality in #archaeology 🆓
After touring around Basilicata and Calabria for four weeks, I am heading back to Napoli, but I could not leave southern Italy without spending a night in Sala Consilina in the Vallo di Diano (Campania). #Archaeology #photography #ThePhotoHour
August 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
After touring around Basilicata and Calabria for four weeks, I am heading back to Napoli, but I could not leave southern Italy without spending a night in Sala Consilina in the Vallo di Diano (Campania). #Archaeology #photography #ThePhotoHour
Tiriolo, located in Calabria, boasts majestic views of both the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts, as well as incredible archaeology such as the early Hellenistic 'Palazzo dei Delfini', the chamber tomb, and the iconic helmet with its fancy hairstyle (today in Catanzaro). #Archaeology 🏺
August 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Tiriolo, located in Calabria, boasts majestic views of both the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts, as well as incredible archaeology such as the early Hellenistic 'Palazzo dei Delfini', the chamber tomb, and the iconic helmet with its fancy hairstyle (today in Catanzaro). #Archaeology 🏺
Many thanks to the colleagues at Metaponto. Despite the museum being a huge construction site, they found time to browse their storerooms with me. It is hard to imagine such enthusiasm, effort, and hospitality outside of southern Italy. #Archaeology 🏺
August 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Many thanks to the colleagues at Metaponto. Despite the museum being a huge construction site, they found time to browse their storerooms with me. It is hard to imagine such enthusiasm, effort, and hospitality outside of southern Italy. #Archaeology 🏺
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Oxford chemists identify honey offering in a 2,500-year-old shrine | University of Oxford
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
Oxford chemists identify honey offering in a 2,500-year-old shrine |
Researchers in the University of Oxford’s Department of Chemistry have solved a decades-old archaeological puzzle by re-investigating the molecular composition of an intriguing residue found in
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July 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oxford chemists identify honey offering in a 2,500-year-old shrine | University of Oxford
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
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Titel ohne Zukunft?
Privatdozenten sind habilitiert, hochqualifiziert – und oft ohne Einkommen, Stelle oder Perspektive. Eine neue Initiative will ihnen Gehör verschaffen. Wer steht hinter "PD Prekär"?
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07...
Privatdozenten sind habilitiert, hochqualifiziert – und oft ohne Einkommen, Stelle oder Perspektive. Eine neue Initiative will ihnen Gehör verschaffen. Wer steht hinter "PD Prekär"?
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07...
July 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Titel ohne Zukunft?
Privatdozenten sind habilitiert, hochqualifiziert – und oft ohne Einkommen, Stelle oder Perspektive. Eine neue Initiative will ihnen Gehör verschaffen. Wer steht hinter "PD Prekär"?
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07...
Privatdozenten sind habilitiert, hochqualifiziert – und oft ohne Einkommen, Stelle oder Perspektive. Eine neue Initiative will ihnen Gehör verschaffen. Wer steht hinter "PD Prekär"?
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07...
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Mon livre est sorti de presse ! Il faudra tout de même attendre la rentrée pour vous le procurer, ou venir directement au Livre sur la place à Nancy le 13 septembre pour que je vous le dédicace.
July 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mon livre est sorti de presse ! Il faudra tout de même attendre la rentrée pour vous le procurer, ou venir directement au Livre sur la place à Nancy le 13 septembre pour que je vous le dédicace.
My second stop was Cirò and Cirò Marina. Huge thanks to many people, including the amazing Soprintendenza di Catanzaro e Crotone, for giving me access to materials, making countless calls to organise things, showing me around the region, and sharing their knowledge and passion. #Archaeology 🏺
July 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My second stop was Cirò and Cirò Marina. Huge thanks to many people, including the amazing Soprintendenza di Catanzaro e Crotone, for giving me access to materials, making countless calls to organise things, showing me around the region, and sharing their knowledge and passion. #Archaeology 🏺