Almost Archaeology
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Archaeology in/of/as/through pop culture. Run by @archaeonado.bsky.social, writing at almostarchaeology.com
Give us your best #archaeofragrance
Eg: The Celts by Wales Perfumery: 'An olfactory journey through the ancient Celtic world, celebrating the tribes who shaped the identity of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, and Brittany' walesperfumery.com/product-cate...
Hat tip @justrena.bsky.social
Eg: The Celts by Wales Perfumery: 'An olfactory journey through the ancient Celtic world, celebrating the tribes who shaped the identity of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, and Brittany' walesperfumery.com/product-cate...
Hat tip @justrena.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Give us your best #archaeofragrance
Eg: The Celts by Wales Perfumery: 'An olfactory journey through the ancient Celtic world, celebrating the tribes who shaped the identity of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, and Brittany' walesperfumery.com/product-cate...
Hat tip @justrena.bsky.social
Eg: The Celts by Wales Perfumery: 'An olfactory journey through the ancient Celtic world, celebrating the tribes who shaped the identity of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, and Brittany' walesperfumery.com/product-cate...
Hat tip @justrena.bsky.social
Stumbled on this incredible bit of colonial archaeology wandering through Melbourne. It's a piece of European bottle glass flaked into a scraper by Kulin Nation First Peoples, excavated from the 1855-70 settlement at Wesley Place, now displayed at 130 Lonsdale www.wesleyplace.com.au/content/news...
September 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Stumbled on this incredible bit of colonial archaeology wandering through Melbourne. It's a piece of European bottle glass flaked into a scraper by Kulin Nation First Peoples, excavated from the 1855-70 settlement at Wesley Place, now displayed at 130 Lonsdale www.wesleyplace.com.au/content/news...
Magnetic memories: Callum Preston's Video Land, a recreated VHS rental store as art installation at Melbourne's Immigration Museum
August 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Magnetic memories: Callum Preston's Video Land, a recreated VHS rental store as art installation at Melbourne's Immigration Museum
Or wayward princesses
August 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Or wayward princesses
Just discovered there's an online preservation initiative called Flashpoint which is rescuing tons of old Macromedia/Adobe Flash games and animations from the inexorable Digital Dark Age to come. Including Weebls Stuff and much more: flashpointarchive.org #archaeogaming #InternetArchaeology
July 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just discovered there's an online preservation initiative called Flashpoint which is rescuing tons of old Macromedia/Adobe Flash games and animations from the inexorable Digital Dark Age to come. Including Weebls Stuff and much more: flashpointarchive.org #archaeogaming #InternetArchaeology
Anong the many gems from inside the OXO Madrid of videogame ephemera that has miraculously escaped the landfill were lots of early Nintendo consoles and peripherals, many new to me, and some incredibly emotional reminders of misspent youth
July 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Anong the many gems from inside the OXO Madrid of videogame ephemera that has miraculously escaped the landfill were lots of early Nintendo consoles and peripherals, many new to me, and some incredibly emotional reminders of misspent youth
A rare, muted Covid-19 pandemic memorial in Pollok Park, Glasgow by Alec Finlay #archaeoronavirus
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A rare, muted Covid-19 pandemic memorial in Pollok Park, Glasgow by Alec Finlay #archaeoronavirus
Digging Through Space: Archaeology in the Star Wars Franchise, by Karissa Annis (2021)
Brilliant read, mainly but not solely on Doctor Aphra.
Now needs a sequel after all the new insights Andor provides into the galactic antiquities market on Coruscant!
www.academia.edu/68637610/Dig...
Brilliant read, mainly but not solely on Doctor Aphra.
Now needs a sequel after all the new insights Andor provides into the galactic antiquities market on Coruscant!
www.academia.edu/68637610/Dig...
May 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Digging Through Space: Archaeology in the Star Wars Franchise, by Karissa Annis (2021)
Brilliant read, mainly but not solely on Doctor Aphra.
Now needs a sequel after all the new insights Andor provides into the galactic antiquities market on Coruscant!
www.academia.edu/68637610/Dig...
Brilliant read, mainly but not solely on Doctor Aphra.
Now needs a sequel after all the new insights Andor provides into the galactic antiquities market on Coruscant!
www.academia.edu/68637610/Dig...
Raiders of the Lost Arcade? Sign me up
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Raiders of the Lost Arcade? Sign me up
One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - after a millionth visit to Cairnpapple, drove past the most incredible modern stone circle at Knock Farm - Google street view only as I couldn't stop for a photo www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
April 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - after a millionth visit to Cairnpapple, drove past the most incredible modern stone circle at Knock Farm - Google street view only as I couldn't stop for a photo www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
Spacecraft do not die; they continue to act as humanity's sentinels
The last message of the Blue Ghost lander from the moon, via NYT:
The last message of the Blue Ghost lander from the moon, via NYT:
March 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Spacecraft do not die; they continue to act as humanity's sentinels
The last message of the Blue Ghost lander from the moon, via NYT:
The last message of the Blue Ghost lander from the moon, via NYT:
Whisky archaeology, part 2: a Highland Park 56 year-old special edition inspired by the Neolithic Stones of Stenness, Orkney - bargain at only £40,000 www.highlandparkwhisky.com/en/products/...
March 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Whisky archaeology, part 2: a Highland Park 56 year-old special edition inspired by the Neolithic Stones of Stenness, Orkney - bargain at only £40,000 www.highlandparkwhisky.com/en/products/...
You have got to go the new OXO Videogame Museum in Madrid. All the classics are playable, right down to Tennis for Two from 1958, plus a lot of cultural detritus you've never heard of, too. I've been to several of these now and I seriously learned a ton here. Longer post about it soon!
February 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
You have got to go the new OXO Videogame Museum in Madrid. All the classics are playable, right down to Tennis for Two from 1958, plus a lot of cultural detritus you've never heard of, too. I've been to several of these now and I seriously learned a ton here. Longer post about it soon!
Friendly password reminder
January 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Friendly password reminder
Scotland forecast to have leathery purple wings of wind, like a fell beast of the Nazgûl, ironically perhaps for a storm named Éowyn
January 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Scotland forecast to have leathery purple wings of wind, like a fell beast of the Nazgûl, ironically perhaps for a storm named Éowyn
Well, this oughta confuse future archaeologists - stumbled on a barrow pit-grave (of a different kind) in our local park
January 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Well, this oughta confuse future archaeologists - stumbled on a barrow pit-grave (of a different kind) in our local park
Old Man Willow, go back to sleep
January 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Old Man Willow, go back to sleep
Finally saw Gladiator II, and spotted another penannular brooch on the big screen - gonna have to update my recent blog post on these! 2024 truly was the penannular brooch singularity almostarchaeology.com/post/7673403...
January 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Finally saw Gladiator II, and spotted another penannular brooch on the big screen - gonna have to update my recent blog post on these! 2024 truly was the penannular brooch singularity almostarchaeology.com/post/7673403...
Proof of life!! New blog post on Tolkien's prehistoric inspirations coming soon
December 5, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Proof of life!! New blog post on Tolkien's prehistoric inspirations coming soon