Nic Terrenato
@terrenato.bsky.social
I study Roman imperialism and first millennium BCE Italian archaeology. I teach at UMich. I direct the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
I am originally from Roma.
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I am originally from Roma.
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Nic Terrenato
@terrenato.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Urban borehole surveys and the origins of the Roman Forum - Society of Antiquaries of London
Hear about the Urban borehole surveys and revised chronology which has major implications for our understanding of early urbanism in central Italy.
www.sal.org.uk
Thrilled to have been in London recently for a lecture at the Society of Antiquaries (@antiquaries.bsky.social) to which I have recently been elected.
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
With archaeology, it was love at first site...
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
With archaeology, it was love at first site...
TFW you see your name adjectivized for the first time....
July 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
TFW you see your name adjectivized for the first time....
Lovely to hear @pompei79.bsky.social on BBC news on the way to work this morning!
January 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lovely to hear @pompei79.bsky.social on BBC news on the way to work this morning!
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I've started a - very incomplete so far! - Roman Archaeology starter pack as I couldn't find one! Let me know who I need to add as I've not found lots of people here yet who I'm sure will have joined the Xodus :-)
I've started a - very incomplete so far! - Roman Archaeology starter pack as I couldn't find one! Let me know who I need to add as I've not found lots of people here yet who I'm sure will have joined the Xodus :-)
November 22, 2024 at 8:25 PM
go.bsky.app/NBGDhH
I've started a - very incomplete so far! - Roman Archaeology starter pack as I couldn't find one! Let me know who I need to add as I've not found lots of people here yet who I'm sure will have joined the Xodus :-)
I've started a - very incomplete so far! - Roman Archaeology starter pack as I couldn't find one! Let me know who I need to add as I've not found lots of people here yet who I'm sure will have joined the Xodus :-)
Reposted by Nic Terrenato
📣 Hey all you #Roman theory people, come join us on the #TRAJ Editorial Board!
We are looking for new members to join our international editorial board, applications are welcome from all researchers within the field of Roman #archaeology
Apply by 31 Dec 👉 traj.openlibhums.org/news/769/
We are looking for new members to join our international editorial board, applications are welcome from all researchers within the field of Roman #archaeology
Apply by 31 Dec 👉 traj.openlibhums.org/news/769/
TRAJ Call for Editorial Board Members
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (TRAJ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Open Library of Humanities, providing a venue for innovative and interdisciplinary research in...
traj.openlibhums.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:20 PM
📣 Hey all you #Roman theory people, come join us on the #TRAJ Editorial Board!
We are looking for new members to join our international editorial board, applications are welcome from all researchers within the field of Roman #archaeology
Apply by 31 Dec 👉 traj.openlibhums.org/news/769/
We are looking for new members to join our international editorial board, applications are welcome from all researchers within the field of Roman #archaeology
Apply by 31 Dec 👉 traj.openlibhums.org/news/769/
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Come to Rome! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
The British School at Rome invites applications for awards tenable in 2025-2026 | H-Net
The British School at Rome is pleased to invite applications for the 2025-2026 academic year for the following award competitions, all with a deadline of 2 December 2024:
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November 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Come to Rome! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Wonderful publication of our marbles from two UM PHD alumnae!
If you need some help identifying all those lovely stones from ancient Rome that you keep finding, UM Press has a 50% off code right now that you can use for this handy dandy catalogue: HOLIDAY24
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Roma...
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Roma...
Roman Decorative Stone Collections in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
At the turn of the twentieth century, Francis W. Kelsey began to amass a large collection of artifacts from ancient sites across the Mediterranean, with an emphasis on Imperial Rome, to broaden the te...
press.umich.edu
November 27, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Wonderful publication of our marbles from two UM PHD alumnae!
The Kelsey has one of the most extensive collections of Egyptian plant remains outside Egypt!
Lecture | Annette M. Hansen “The Karanis Cornucopia: Exploring the Plant Remains of the Kelsey Museum”
6 Dec. 2024 12:00 EST via Zoom
#AncientBluesky 🏺
lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/news-...
All Events | U-M LSA Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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November 26, 2024 at 2:04 AM
The Kelsey has one of the most extensive collections of Egyptian plant remains outside Egypt!
My personal favorite Renfrew anecdote: at the SAA 75th Antiquity anniversary party, fending off hotel security that was trying to prevent him from pouring generous shots of Jesus College whisky.
May the topsoil be light on him.
May the topsoil be light on him.
November 24, 2024 at 10:40 PM
My personal favorite Renfrew anecdote: at the SAA 75th Antiquity anniversary party, fending off hotel security that was trying to prevent him from pouring generous shots of Jesus College whisky.
May the topsoil be light on him.
May the topsoil be light on him.
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A Public Letter to Joe Rogan from Flint Dibble
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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November 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Was delighted to be recently invited to the 2024 Larissa Bonfante workshop, whose theme was Shaping Spaces.
bonfanteworkshop.org/2023-2024/
My paper was on "Zoning decisions in early central Italian urbanism". I tried to reflect in a non-teleological way on how areas were defined in early cities.
bonfanteworkshop.org/2023-2024/
My paper was on "Zoning decisions in early central Italian urbanism". I tried to reflect in a non-teleological way on how areas were defined in early cities.
2024-2025
Shaping Spaces The shaping of space can be conceived by way of buildings and other physical means that altered, directed and carved the environment. It also involves far more (and more complex) pro…
bonfanteworkshop.org
November 23, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Was delighted to be recently invited to the 2024 Larissa Bonfante workshop, whose theme was Shaping Spaces.
bonfanteworkshop.org/2023-2024/
My paper was on "Zoning decisions in early central Italian urbanism". I tried to reflect in a non-teleological way on how areas were defined in early cities.
bonfanteworkshop.org/2023-2024/
My paper was on "Zoning decisions in early central Italian urbanism". I tried to reflect in a non-teleological way on how areas were defined in early cities.
Come dig with us at Gabii
November 20, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Come dig with us at Gabii
Thrilled to have been in London recently for a lecture at the Society of Antiquaries (@antiquaries.bsky.social) to which I have recently been elected.
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
Urban borehole surveys and the origins of the Roman Forum - Society of Antiquaries of London
Hear about the Urban borehole surveys and revised chronology which has major implications for our understanding of early urbanism in central Italy.
www.sal.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Thrilled to have been in London recently for a lecture at the Society of Antiquaries (@antiquaries.bsky.social) to which I have recently been elected.
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube.
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
Ok so we're meeting here instead of on Threads? As long as we make up our minds...
November 20, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Ok so we're meeting here instead of on Threads? As long as we make up our minds...