Dr Anthony Masinton
@amasinton.bsky.social
Archaeologist, artist, indie dev ... librarian?
I temporarily took the roof off of the south aisle (but left the trusses in place - also, if you look closely, textures are starting to appear) and I was just really struck by the quality of light and shadow playing across the font cover. Thought I'd share. #medievalsky #archviz
February 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I temporarily took the roof off of the south aisle (but left the trusses in place - also, if you look closely, textures are starting to appear) and I was just really struck by the quality of light and shadow playing across the font cover. Thought I'd share. #medievalsky #archviz
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We could do a "code archaeology" comparing how these online resources have been edited and changed, and ensure a record is kept of this too
Should these pages come back, pay careful attention to the changes that have been made & how they are being used to construct a fantasized, national identity. Heritage, incl. history, are powerful parts of identity, & they are going to be rewritten into fantasized, & likely nativist, narratives.
Every archaeologist in the US needs to be proactively organizing against the erasure of cultural heritage 🏺
February 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We could do a "code archaeology" comparing how these online resources have been edited and changed, and ensure a record is kept of this too
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My paper on the entangled relationship between architecture and burial practices at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Türkiye is finally out! (open access)🏺
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bodies in buildings: Human remains and the life histories of houses at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
At Neolithic Çatalhöyük (7100–6000 cal BCE), where evidence of monumental architecture and large communal spaces and structures is lacking, the house …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My paper on the entangled relationship between architecture and burial practices at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Türkiye is finally out! (open access)🏺
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
library.gamehistory.org — Now in early access
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
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🏺 If you're curious to see some examples of potentially unexpected pottery finds from the ancient world, check out our latest archaeology video 🏺
youtu.be/tknGiqtlB_I
youtu.be/tknGiqtlB_I
Surprising Pottery from the Ancient World
YouTube video by Dr. Smiti Nathan
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🏺 If you're curious to see some examples of potentially unexpected pottery finds from the ancient world, check out our latest archaeology video 🏺
youtu.be/tknGiqtlB_I
youtu.be/tknGiqtlB_I
More progress on the parish church model. I think it was the right call to extend it one more bay. Now to start on textures...
Do archaeological visualizations of places in the past count as #SciArt ?
Do archaeological visualizations of places in the past count as #SciArt ?
January 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
More progress on the parish church model. I think it was the right call to extend it one more bay. Now to start on textures...
Do archaeological visualizations of places in the past count as #SciArt ?
Do archaeological visualizations of places in the past count as #SciArt ?
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The Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social will open its digital library system to the public next week.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-vid...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-vid...
The Video Game History Foundation makes its digital library available to the public next week | VGC
The library will include promotional artwork and more than 1500 out-of-print magazines…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social will open its digital library system to the public next week.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-vid...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-vid...
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The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
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I will note that pulpit from which the Bishop gave her sermon is not only the one from which Martin Luther King Jr gave his last sermon on the Sunday before he was killed, it also contains a panel of a man being martyred, paired with an exhortation for God to open the eyes of a tyrannical leader.
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I will note that pulpit from which the Bishop gave her sermon is not only the one from which Martin Luther King Jr gave his last sermon on the Sunday before he was killed, it also contains a panel of a man being martyred, paired with an exhortation for God to open the eyes of a tyrannical leader.
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One thing before tomorrow:
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
January 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One thing before tomorrow:
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
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Also fun fact:
There's a new Technically Art issue out today! ✨
There's so much cool, insightful, and juicy shader-y, tech-artsy, and VFX-y stuff in there, you definitely don't want to miss it! 👀
Check it out here:
halisavakis.com/technically-...
#gamedev #indiedev #vfx
There's a new Technically Art issue out today! ✨
There's so much cool, insightful, and juicy shader-y, tech-artsy, and VFX-y stuff in there, you definitely don't want to miss it! 👀
Check it out here:
halisavakis.com/technically-...
#gamedev #indiedev #vfx
January 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Also fun fact:
There's a new Technically Art issue out today! ✨
There's so much cool, insightful, and juicy shader-y, tech-artsy, and VFX-y stuff in there, you definitely don't want to miss it! 👀
Check it out here:
halisavakis.com/technically-...
#gamedev #indiedev #vfx
There's a new Technically Art issue out today! ✨
There's so much cool, insightful, and juicy shader-y, tech-artsy, and VFX-y stuff in there, you definitely don't want to miss it! 👀
Check it out here:
halisavakis.com/technically-...
#gamedev #indiedev #vfx
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More job opportunities with ADS and HSDS - now two technical roles.
🏺 Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising two fantastic new roles: Systems Officer and Database Developer!
👉To find out more visit the University of York jobs page or visit: https://buff.ly/3PG2FxW
📣 The deadline is 4th February
👉To find out more visit the University of York jobs page or visit: https://buff.ly/3PG2FxW
📣 The deadline is 4th February
January 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
More job opportunities with ADS and HSDS - now two technical roles.
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Hidden medieval regalia rediscovered in Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania. www.medievalists.net/2025/01/medi...
Medieval Treasures of Lithuania Unearthed in Vilnius Cathedral - Medievalists.net
A cache of medieval royal regalia, hidden for over 80 years, has been uncovered in Vilnius Cathedral, revealing the splendour of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
www.medievalists.net
January 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Hidden medieval regalia rediscovered in Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania. www.medievalists.net/2025/01/medi...
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Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
December 11, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
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Hi! My colleagues and I are conducting a survey to understand archaeological field experiences. If you are a current/former archaeologist with field work experience, please take this short survey to help us understand how experiences differ across demographics.
Link: lnkd.in/gBts28qr
Link: lnkd.in/gBts28qr
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
January 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hi! My colleagues and I are conducting a survey to understand archaeological field experiences. If you are a current/former archaeologist with field work experience, please take this short survey to help us understand how experiences differ across demographics.
Link: lnkd.in/gBts28qr
Link: lnkd.in/gBts28qr
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before artifacts are artifacts
January 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
before artifacts are artifacts
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#gamingthepast & #DigitalHistory folk. If this winter it'd be helpful for me to give a 30/45 min remote talk to your class on video games as a historical medium / games as historical problem spaces, I'm super happy to do that. It's quite easy for me, I enjoy it, & I think it helps. (pls amplify) 🗃️
January 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#gamingthepast & #DigitalHistory folk. If this winter it'd be helpful for me to give a 30/45 min remote talk to your class on video games as a historical medium / games as historical problem spaces, I'm super happy to do that. It's quite easy for me, I enjoy it, & I think it helps. (pls amplify) 🗃️
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
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Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
Historian
Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
January 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
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"The goal of century-scale storage must be to preserve that which we have created so that...those we will never meet, may experience their intricacies & ecstasies, their capacities for enlightenment." Great deep piece on principles&practice of archiving at scale.
lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal...
lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal...
Century-Scale Storage
If you had to store something for 100 years, how would you do it?
lil.law.harvard.edu
January 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"The goal of century-scale storage must be to preserve that which we have created so that...those we will never meet, may experience their intricacies & ecstasies, their capacities for enlightenment." Great deep piece on principles&practice of archiving at scale.
lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal...
lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal...
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Vacancy for a key colleague: Associate Professor in Reformation and Early Modern Christianities in the Faculty of Theology & Religion, and Tutorial Fellow at Keble College, University of Oxford. Deadline 4 Feb, interviews 4 March. FT/TT.
Job Details
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December 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Vacancy for a key colleague: Associate Professor in Reformation and Early Modern Christianities in the Faculty of Theology & Religion, and Tutorial Fellow at Keble College, University of Oxford. Deadline 4 Feb, interviews 4 March. FT/TT.
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Great thread
“am not arguing that the humanities should adopt scientific norms, but that they should have the financial means to complement, contest, or rival science in explaining people, societies, and cultures. To do this properly today, they need a step-function increase in funding.”
Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
December 31, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Great thread
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This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It’s Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It's Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years
The interactive tool enables users to home in on a specific location and visualize how it has evolved between the Cryogenian period and the present
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:06 AM
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It’s Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...