Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown
@mimipb.bsky.social
Assoc Prof AU Archaeology/Anthropology, pottery, puzzles, books, mystery tv, outdoor life, sisu. Based in Treaty 8, Alberta, Canada.
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“Researchers used multispectral imaging, which relies on different wavelengths of light like ultraviolet and infrared…With help from their colleagues in the zoology department, they also employed a CT scanner usually used for fossils to uncover the parchment’s layers”
Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light (Gift Article)
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Researchers used multispectral imaging, which relies on different wavelengths of light like ultraviolet and infrared…With help from their colleagues in the zoology department, they also employed a CT scanner usually used for fossils to uncover the parchment’s layers”
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Analysis of over 1,700 avocado seeds at Honduras’ El Gigante Rockshelter determined that Indigenous peoples tended wild avocado trees 11,000 years ago and domesticated them 7,500 years ago.
archaeology.org/news/2025/03/13/scientists-investigate-origins-of-avocado-domestication-in-central-america/
archaeology.org/news/2025/03/13/scientists-investigate-origins-of-avocado-domestication-in-central-america/
March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Analysis of over 1,700 avocado seeds at Honduras’ El Gigante Rockshelter determined that Indigenous peoples tended wild avocado trees 11,000 years ago and domesticated them 7,500 years ago.
archaeology.org/news/2025/03/13/scientists-investigate-origins-of-avocado-domestication-in-central-america/
archaeology.org/news/2025/03/13/scientists-investigate-origins-of-avocado-domestication-in-central-america/
Our next Brains and Brews talk in Grande Prairie, Alberta
March 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our next Brains and Brews talk in Grande Prairie, Alberta
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✨ Happy International Women's Day! ✨
We're honored to work with so many incredible female authors and archaeologists. These three must-read titles explore the past through a feminist lens, showcasing the vital role of women throughout history. 🏺
We're honored to work with so many incredible female authors and archaeologists. These three must-read titles explore the past through a feminist lens, showcasing the vital role of women throughout history. 🏺
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
✨ Happy International Women's Day! ✨
We're honored to work with so many incredible female authors and archaeologists. These three must-read titles explore the past through a feminist lens, showcasing the vital role of women throughout history. 🏺
We're honored to work with so many incredible female authors and archaeologists. These three must-read titles explore the past through a feminist lens, showcasing the vital role of women throughout history. 🏺
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www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
A research team, led by Bournemouth University, discovered a series of drag-marks, likely to have been caused by makeshift vehicles made from wooden poles, alongside ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico.
A research team, led by Bournemouth University, discovered a series of drag-marks, likely to have been caused by makeshift vehicles made from wooden poles, alongside ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico.
Study uncovers earliest evidence of pre-historic transport
Scientists have found early evidence of transport technology used by the earliest known settlers in the USA, more than twenty thousand years ago.
www.bournemouth.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
A research team, led by Bournemouth University, discovered a series of drag-marks, likely to have been caused by makeshift vehicles made from wooden poles, alongside ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico.
A research team, led by Bournemouth University, discovered a series of drag-marks, likely to have been caused by makeshift vehicles made from wooden poles, alongside ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico.
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Our NEW #CitizenshipChallenge video launches today! Most people think that Europeans first landed in Canada in the 15th century, but the Norse actually arrived on these shores 500 years earlier! Learn about this intriguing history with our new Vikings video:
The Vikings
Norse Sagas and archaeological findings at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland come together to reveal the history of the first European presence in Canada. J...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our NEW #CitizenshipChallenge video launches today! Most people think that Europeans first landed in Canada in the 15th century, but the Norse actually arrived on these shores 500 years earlier! Learn about this intriguing history with our new Vikings video:
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Native prairie plant valentines for your friday
I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!
I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!
February 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Native prairie plant valentines for your friday
I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!
I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!
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Communties need reliable sources of information and guidance to help support the sacred work of searching for missing children. The defunding of the NAC is a huge setback for the work.
IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant: "We are extremely disheartened and disappointed by the decision not to renew funding for this work, which is so important to reconciliation and to healing for our people."
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Read this important statement on the Gov't of Canada not renewing funding for the NAC:
Statement on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAC urges continued federal funding to further assist Indigenous communities in their efforts to identify, locate and commemorate missing children TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG…
nctr.ca
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Communties need reliable sources of information and guidance to help support the sacred work of searching for missing children. The defunding of the NAC is a huge setback for the work.
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#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online?
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
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When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
February 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Our next Brains and Brews talk in Grande Prairie, Alberta
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Our next Brains and Brews talk in Grande Prairie, Alberta
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www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By the time Old World caravels dropped anchor off what would come to be known as South America, the habitat that Europeans had imagined to be a green blank page was in fact a hive of urban life.
By the time Old World caravels dropped anchor off what would come to be known as South America, the habitat that Europeans had imagined to be a green blank page was in fact a hive of urban life.
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By the time Old World caravels dropped anchor off what would come to be known as South America, the habitat that Europeans had imagined to be a green blank page was in fact a hive of urban life.
By the time Old World caravels dropped anchor off what would come to be known as South America, the habitat that Europeans had imagined to be a green blank page was in fact a hive of urban life.
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"PAE raises fascinating questions about the overlap between research and activism, and provides examples of the ways that folks engaged in activism and the academic world do both at the same time." Joe Kadi reviews Political Activist Ethnography for @albertaviews.bsky.social.
February 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"PAE raises fascinating questions about the overlap between research and activism, and provides examples of the ways that folks engaged in activism and the academic world do both at the same time." Joe Kadi reviews Political Activist Ethnography for @albertaviews.bsky.social.
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Obituary: Colin Renfrew (1937-2024) archaeologist who shifted thinking on how societies evolve
https://go.nature.com/42vQThz
https://go.nature.com/42vQThz
Colin Renfrew obituary: archaeologist who shifted thinking on how societies evolve
He brought cutting-edge methods to archaeological analysis, helping to reshape the field.
go.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Obituary: Colin Renfrew (1937-2024) archaeologist who shifted thinking on how societies evolve
https://go.nature.com/42vQThz
https://go.nature.com/42vQThz
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As 2025 gets going a quick reminder to #teachers, #educators and #students that we have an amazing library of free #STEM and #SHAPE resources available to support your learning www.futurumcareers.com
Free Educational Resources & Academic Articles | Futurum Careers
Inspiring teenagers and young people to pursue careers in STEMM and SHAPE fields with free articles and educational resources.
www.futurumcareers.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As 2025 gets going a quick reminder to #teachers, #educators and #students that we have an amazing library of free #STEM and #SHAPE resources available to support your learning www.futurumcareers.com
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Today, January 29th, is National Puzzle Day.
Happy National Puzzle Day, especially to all those dissectologist out there.
A fancy word - to casually drop into your conversations🙃🙂 - for someone who enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles! 🧩🧩
Happy National Puzzle Day, especially to all those dissectologist out there.
A fancy word - to casually drop into your conversations🙃🙂 - for someone who enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles! 🧩🧩
homer simpson sits at a table with a box of gummy bears in front of him
Alt: homer simpson sits at a table with a jigsaw puzzle in front of him. He is struggling to fit 2 pieces together (they do not fit) so he hits them until they fit together
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today, January 29th, is National Puzzle Day.
Happy National Puzzle Day, especially to all those dissectologist out there.
A fancy word - to casually drop into your conversations🙃🙂 - for someone who enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles! 🧩🧩
Happy National Puzzle Day, especially to all those dissectologist out there.
A fancy word - to casually drop into your conversations🙃🙂 - for someone who enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles! 🧩🧩
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ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
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Today is #EducationDay!✏️
AI transforms education. We must ensure it enhances human potential without replacing it.
#UNESCO calls for all learners, teachers & educators to gain critical AI skills while preserving creativity & human agency.
on.unesco.org/2QJRWlq
AI transforms education. We must ensure it enhances human potential without replacing it.
#UNESCO calls for all learners, teachers & educators to gain critical AI skills while preserving creativity & human agency.
on.unesco.org/2QJRWlq
January 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today is #EducationDay!✏️
AI transforms education. We must ensure it enhances human potential without replacing it.
#UNESCO calls for all learners, teachers & educators to gain critical AI skills while preserving creativity & human agency.
on.unesco.org/2QJRWlq
AI transforms education. We must ensure it enhances human potential without replacing it.
#UNESCO calls for all learners, teachers & educators to gain critical AI skills while preserving creativity & human agency.
on.unesco.org/2QJRWlq