Libraries feel like something about which we could very easily be saying, “Remember that place where you could borrow books, for FREE, and return them when you were finished?” And kids would say “What?? No way!” And yet there they still are, despite everything we’ve become, existing. Remarkable.

Here's a Genesee point from the transitional archaic (c. 2700-4900BP) made of Onandaga chert from New York. Big, beautiful Laurentian tradition blades.

This is one of my favorites, as far as these paintings go.
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They'll hire any ol ingot for the job, the lower the quality the better

Our new study out in @ScienceAdvances shows human presence in Tasmania at least 41,600 years ago, nearly 2000 years earlier than previously thought, and Aboriginal people burned and used wet forests.

Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Just thought you should know.

Norse and Danish mead-horns sometimes had feet.

Gilgamesh, our rescue greyhound: generally resembles a large puddle of fur.

This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs

Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives

@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
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Once again: DST doesn’t solve the problem of going to/from work in the dark.

Instead, when days get shorter in the fall, we should just shorten the workday by an hour.

Then in spring, when we start getting more daylight again, we can shorten the workday by another hour.

I was going to do a starter pack of comforting accounts in these grim times, but then I decided to do a thread instead. These are likely a fair bit idiosyncratic, but, lads, it's my account on a free social media platform.

Current work in progress - a lino print version of one of the Lascaux cave paintings. I think this is ultimately destined to grace one of my shirts 🌿