Paul Montgomery
@stonefishweirs.bsky.social
Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group.
https://oceandecadechfp.org/.../indigenous-people.../
https://oceandecadechfp.org/.../indigenous-people.../
Two hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) swim below the bottom of our boat on the outside of the reef at the Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives.
#coastalhistory #tcdtceh #CoastsInMind #maldives #seaturtles
#coastalhistory #tcdtceh #CoastsInMind #maldives #seaturtles
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Two hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) swim below the bottom of our boat on the outside of the reef at the Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives.
#coastalhistory #tcdtceh #CoastsInMind #maldives #seaturtles
#coastalhistory #tcdtceh #CoastsInMind #maldives #seaturtles
Dotted around the coast of the North Atlantic, stone weirs from the coast of Africa up to the cold climes of Ireland, UK and Brittany(fr) to the lower Arctic of northern America to the sunny shore of the tropics of South America. 1/8 #coastalhistory #tcdtceh #coastsinmind
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Dotted around the coast of the North Atlantic, stone weirs from the coast of Africa up to the cold climes of Ireland, UK and Brittany(fr) to the lower Arctic of northern America to the sunny shore of the tropics of South America. 1/8 #coastalhistory #tcdtceh #coastsinmind
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Join us for a #BehindTheHeadlines discussion on shifting global norms and the changing international order.
Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world.
🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...
Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world.
🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Join us for a #BehindTheHeadlines discussion on shifting global norms and the changing international order.
Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world.
🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...
Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world.
🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...
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Congratulations @stonefishweirs.bsky.social your answer is correct: Mbaraki Pillar, Mombasa. A 13th–15th c. Swahili pillar tomb in Mbaraki, built of coral rag and lime mortar. About 9–10 m tall, solid and cylindrical, it marked an elite grave and symbolised authority in Swahili coastal society.
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations @stonefishweirs.bsky.social your answer is correct: Mbaraki Pillar, Mombasa. A 13th–15th c. Swahili pillar tomb in Mbaraki, built of coral rag and lime mortar. About 9–10 m tall, solid and cylindrical, it marked an elite grave and symbolised authority in Swahili coastal society.
“O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion.”
― Robert Burns, The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Happy #BurnsNight everyone!
#Scotland #RobertBurns #haggis
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion.”
― Robert Burns, The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Happy #BurnsNight everyone!
#Scotland #RobertBurns #haggis
January 25, 2026 at 8:37 AM
“O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion.”
― Robert Burns, The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Happy #BurnsNight everyone!
#Scotland #RobertBurns #haggis
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion.”
― Robert Burns, The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Happy #BurnsNight everyone!
#Scotland #RobertBurns #haggis
Postcard of Basilica di San Pietro di Castello and harbour on the Castello sestiere Island Venice Italy dating to 1895. Showing fish/crab holding baskets, stored to keep them alive and to molt there shell crabs. Today the crabs are kept in net bags called 'pelela da granchi'.
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Postcard of Basilica di San Pietro di Castello and harbour on the Castello sestiere Island Venice Italy dating to 1895. Showing fish/crab holding baskets, stored to keep them alive and to molt there shell crabs. Today the crabs are kept in net bags called 'pelela da granchi'.
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Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The evidence from Archaeological excavations
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
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Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
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Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100
How did people create and live in their own worlds in early medieval Ireland? What did they actually do? And to what end did they do it? This book investigates and reconstructs from archaeological evi...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The evidence from Archaeological excavations
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
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Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
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#Guam and the #Marianaislands have long tradition of fishing with stone #fishweirs and hand cast nets of the #Chamorro people. One of the most sought after is the juvenile Rabbit fish or Mañahak in springing the shallows beach's as a fried fish treat. #coastalhistory #tcdtceh #coastsinmind
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 PM
#Guam and the #Marianaislands have long tradition of fishing with stone #fishweirs and hand cast nets of the #Chamorro people. One of the most sought after is the juvenile Rabbit fish or Mañahak in springing the shallows beach's as a fried fish treat. #coastalhistory #tcdtceh #coastsinmind
Map of #SandycoveHarbour, #DúnLaoghaire #Rathdown, #Ireland. One of the first lifeboat stations in Ireland was established at Sandycove in 1803. The harbour was built in 1864 for fishing. It also served to ship rock from the nearby quarries. #Dublin #maritimearchaeology #lifeboatstation
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Map of #SandycoveHarbour, #DúnLaoghaire #Rathdown, #Ireland. One of the first lifeboat stations in Ireland was established at Sandycove in 1803. The harbour was built in 1864 for fishing. It also served to ship rock from the nearby quarries. #Dublin #maritimearchaeology #lifeboatstation
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Congratulations @stonefishweirs.bsky.social your answer is correct. The Mut Temple at Jebel Barkal in Sudan is a significant Nubian archaeological site, partly carved into the rock at the foot of the sacred mountain. Built by Pharaoh Taharqa around 680 BCE, it was dedicated to the goddess Mut.
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Congratulations @stonefishweirs.bsky.social your answer is correct. The Mut Temple at Jebel Barkal in Sudan is a significant Nubian archaeological site, partly carved into the rock at the foot of the sacred mountain. Built by Pharaoh Taharqa around 680 BCE, it was dedicated to the goddess Mut.
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Book event:Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy on Tues 17 Feb 6PM @tlrhub.bsky.social After, Diogo de Carvalho Cabral and Jennifer Keating will share thoughts on the book + small reception. @kbruisch.bsky.social
Register www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-sw...
Register www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-sw...
Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy
A book talk by Katja Bruisch (TCD) with comments by Diogo de Carvalho Cabral (TCD) and Jennifer Keating (UCD).
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January 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Book event:Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy on Tues 17 Feb 6PM @tlrhub.bsky.social After, Diogo de Carvalho Cabral and Jennifer Keating will share thoughts on the book + small reception. @kbruisch.bsky.social
Register www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-sw...
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Drawing of a #dugong in Renard's illustrated book of marine creatures of the #Moluccas Islands 1654 #Indonesia. Labelled as ''Doujoung'' [Fr.]. or ''Zee Koe'' [Dutch, 'sea-cow']. ''aka'' Halicore or Dugong Illig.(Dugong dugon, Müller, 1776) #coastalhistory #tcdtceh
January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Drawing of a #dugong in Renard's illustrated book of marine creatures of the #Moluccas Islands 1654 #Indonesia. Labelled as ''Doujoung'' [Fr.]. or ''Zee Koe'' [Dutch, 'sea-cow']. ''aka'' Halicore or Dugong Illig.(Dugong dugon, Müller, 1776) #coastalhistory #tcdtceh
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Across last year our team on the Swale Estuary in Kent have been collabing with the women's shanty crew Upping the Shanty. Together they've explored coastal change and climate crisis through shanty. Watch their journey here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Across last year our team on the Swale Estuary in Kent have been collabing with the women's shanty crew Upping the Shanty. Together they've explored coastal change and climate crisis through shanty. Watch their journey here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
Coming up for a nose around, some tawny nurse sharks Nebrius ferrugineus in the #VaavuAtoll, #Maldives. Tawny nurse sharks are primarily bottom-feeding. However, a tentative observation indicates that the species has come to associate humans with feeding events #ecology #sharks #tcdtceh
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Coming up for a nose around, some tawny nurse sharks Nebrius ferrugineus in the #VaavuAtoll, #Maldives. Tawny nurse sharks are primarily bottom-feeding. However, a tentative observation indicates that the species has come to associate humans with feeding events #ecology #sharks #tcdtceh
New Blog to share!!
Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives
Author Dr. Paul Montgomery, PhD.
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#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
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Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives
Author Dr. Paul Montgomery, PhD.
www.tcd.ie/tceh/blogs/m...
#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
@tcdtceh.bsky.social
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Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives - Dr Paul Montgomery's recent visit to the Maldives - Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities - Trinity College Dublin
Malvides Paul Montgomery
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January 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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The student led Environmental Humanities Open Lunch series, held bi-weekly from 2-3 pm, Trinity Long Room Hub is back! As always, bring your own lunch or snacks. TCEH are happy to support this initiative with tea, coffee and biscuits!
Join their mailing list here envhumopenlunch-mlist@lists.tcd.ie
Join their mailing list here envhumopenlunch-mlist@lists.tcd.ie
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The student led Environmental Humanities Open Lunch series, held bi-weekly from 2-3 pm, Trinity Long Room Hub is back! As always, bring your own lunch or snacks. TCEH are happy to support this initiative with tea, coffee and biscuits!
Join their mailing list here envhumopenlunch-mlist@lists.tcd.ie
Join their mailing list here envhumopenlunch-mlist@lists.tcd.ie
Prehistoric rock (5000–4000 BC) carving of fishing boat and fishier peoples at Altafjord is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The large feature at the end of the line may possibly be an anchor or a fish like a halibut on the line.
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Prehistoric rock (5000–4000 BC) carving of fishing boat and fishier peoples at Altafjord is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The large feature at the end of the line may possibly be an anchor or a fish like a halibut on the line.
An example of freshwater stone fish weirs belonging to the first nations Cherokee Indian on the Toccoa River in Fannin County Tennessee/Georgia USA . The V shape structure was with rocks across the river catch fish (smallmouth, largemouth, spotted bass, rock bass, yellow perch,& bream)
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
An example of freshwater stone fish weirs belonging to the first nations Cherokee Indian on the Toccoa River in Fannin County Tennessee/Georgia USA . The V shape structure was with rocks across the river catch fish (smallmouth, largemouth, spotted bass, rock bass, yellow perch,& bream)
16th century manuscript scroll on paper entitled “Kujirakata shosha zue” [“Genuine copied illustrations of the #whaling techniques of Taiji”] copied in 19th century from #Taiji, #Wakayama #Japan 日本語: 紀州太地浦鯨大漁之図（きしゅうたいじうらくじらたいりょうのず) #coastalhistory
January 21, 2026 at 8:37 AM
16th century manuscript scroll on paper entitled “Kujirakata shosha zue” [“Genuine copied illustrations of the #whaling techniques of Taiji”] copied in 19th century from #Taiji, #Wakayama #Japan 日本語: 紀州太地浦鯨大漁之図（きしゅうたいじうらくじらたいりょうのず) #coastalhistory
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A lagoon triggerfish patrols there patch closely. The specie (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), called the Picasso triggerfish, or the Picassofish. Both sexes guard territories sometimes for years and are known to bite unwelcome visitors.
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
A young green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), munching on some on seagrass in the shallows of Maldivian island of Thinadhoo.
#maldives #seaturtles #seagrass
#maldives #seaturtles #seagrass
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
As diverse as any landscape on land. Our oceans host a range of ecological zones and niches, occupied by a wide variety of species, plants, and animals that coexist and depend on one another occupying almost 70% of our planet. #coralreef #Reef #mantaray #marinelife
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One of the Maldives hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) cruising along the reef looking for something for dinner! The species of turtle feeds primarily on sea sponges. but are considered to be omnivorous, eating other plants and jellyfish also. #vaavuatoll, #maldives #ecology #coralreefs
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM