Emilio Rodríguez-Álvarez, Ph.D.
@archaeostuff.bsky.social
Galician Archaeologist. Expert on Greek ceramics and ancient divers. Nerdiest part of The Ocean Below, where we try to recover the stories of those who preceeded us below the waves.
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Another comment worth sharing (one of many really) from my latest video. This one really emphasizes the impacts of both the doomsday aspect of fake archaeology AND the importance of revealing it to the public
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Another comment worth sharing (one of many really) from my latest video. This one really emphasizes the impacts of both the doomsday aspect of fake archaeology AND the importance of revealing it to the public
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
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✨ICYMI✨
We have released a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first book of its kind, and it’s FREE to download.
Please share!
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
We have released a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first book of its kind, and it’s FREE to download.
Please share!
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
National 5 Classical Studies — Working Classicists
www.workingclassicists.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
✨ICYMI✨
We have released a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first book of its kind, and it’s FREE to download.
Please share!
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
We have released a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first book of its kind, and it’s FREE to download.
Please share!
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
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✨ We are SO delighted to release our guide to National 5 Classical Studies. ✨
It's completely free (unless you'd like to make a donation) and is the first Classics textbook written for the Scottish education system in two generations! ✊⚡
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
It's completely free (unless you'd like to make a donation) and is the first Classics textbook written for the Scottish education system in two generations! ✊⚡
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
September 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
✨ We are SO delighted to release our guide to National 5 Classical Studies. ✨
It's completely free (unless you'd like to make a donation) and is the first Classics textbook written for the Scottish education system in two generations! ✊⚡
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
It's completely free (unless you'd like to make a donation) and is the first Classics textbook written for the Scottish education system in two generations! ✊⚡
www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...
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Calling all #EAA past and present members! A lot of us are not happy with the events of last week, and with EAA's bleak attitute towards the ongoing genocide. Sign this petition for a special meeting, so we can call a vote of confidence against the current board. Thanks!
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA
Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...
forms.gle
September 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Calling all #EAA past and present members! A lot of us are not happy with the events of last week, and with EAA's bleak attitute towards the ongoing genocide. Sign this petition for a special meeting, so we can call a vote of confidence against the current board. Thanks!
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
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Free version if you are paywalled: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Super-Weird Origins of the Right’s Hatred of the Smithsonian
The Trump administration has stepped up its antagonism of America’s treasured museums. But conservative antipathy toward the institution began long ago—with the bones of Bible giants.
www.yahoo.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Free version if you are paywalled: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Now that podcasting is "video-oriented," in a year we'll see the shift to live studio audiences, and then podcasting will achieve its final form, becoming the rebirth of 1990s daytime talk shows, but with crappier production values.
As podcasting becomes video-oriented, Amazon is shuffling Wondery into Audible and a new “creator services” team while cutting approximately 110 staff members
Amazon to Shut Down Wondery Podcast Studio, Reorganize Audio Business
As podcasting becomes video-oriented, Amazon is shuffling Wondery into Audible and a new “creator services” team while cutting approximately 110 staff members
bloom.bg
August 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Now that podcasting is "video-oriented," in a year we'll see the shift to live studio audiences, and then podcasting will achieve its final form, becoming the rebirth of 1990s daytime talk shows, but with crappier production values.
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When we stop clicking on clickbait
at what point do we think denisovans stop being enigmatic
July 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
When we stop clicking on clickbait
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Protocorinthian Aryballos (Oil Flask) https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.532
June 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Protocorinthian Aryballos (Oil Flask) https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.532
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New research from the Ceibal Project (human remains content warning ☠️) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺💀
A Preceramic–Preclassic transition cemetery at the Lowland Maya site of Ceibal, Guatemala | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
A Preceramic–Preclassic transition cemetery at the Lowland Maya site of Ceibal, Guatemala
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New research from the Ceibal Project (human remains content warning ☠️) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺💀
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Is it really feedback if no one reads it? The students who did not write their papers are certainly not reading the feedback. Indeed, most evaluations and feedback only exist so administrators can justify grades if sued and can meet arbitrary accreditation guidelines.
Numerous teachers told me that they are wasting many hours of their lives giving thoughtful feedback to robots
June 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Is it really feedback if no one reads it? The students who did not write their papers are certainly not reading the feedback. Indeed, most evaluations and feedback only exist so administrators can justify grades if sued and can meet arbitrary accreditation guidelines.
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I’ve signed up to audit this class for free, and you should too.
May 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’ve signed up to audit this class for free, and you should too.
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Let me help you "do your own research" on vaccines. I spend an unhealthy amount of time in cemeteries all over the world (they are often atop or on ancient sites in part). Pre 1920-1950s, they are FULL of small children. Post, there but rare. I wonder what happened from the 20s-50s?
an illustration of dolly parton playing a guitar with the words " vaccine vaccine vaccine " above her
Alt: an illustration of dolly parton playing a guitar with the words " vaccine vaccine vaccine " above her
media.tenor.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Let me help you "do your own research" on vaccines. I spend an unhealthy amount of time in cemeteries all over the world (they are often atop or on ancient sites in part). Pre 1920-1950s, they are FULL of small children. Post, there but rare. I wonder what happened from the 20s-50s?
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Three standard misperceptions about universities:
1. Professors’ main job is teaching. 🧑🏫
2. We get four months off in the summer. 🍹
3. Upper admin’s main focus is protecting academic freedom rather than increasing profits. 💸
1. Professors’ main job is teaching. 🧑🏫
2. We get four months off in the summer. 🍹
3. Upper admin’s main focus is protecting academic freedom rather than increasing profits. 💸
Turns out many of the "elite" universities stand for nothing except their administrators" comfort
Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
March 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Three standard misperceptions about universities:
1. Professors’ main job is teaching. 🧑🏫
2. We get four months off in the summer. 🍹
3. Upper admin’s main focus is protecting academic freedom rather than increasing profits. 💸
1. Professors’ main job is teaching. 🧑🏫
2. We get four months off in the summer. 🍹
3. Upper admin’s main focus is protecting academic freedom rather than increasing profits. 💸
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Publication news! 🎉 Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences is NOW AVAILABLE for everybody to read! We are so excited to share this work with you all: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past... 🎉
Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!
Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Publication news! 🎉 Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences is NOW AVAILABLE for everybody to read! We are so excited to share this work with you all: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past... 🎉
Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!
Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!
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Listen this IS in fact how it’s done.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Listen this IS in fact how it’s done.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
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This is what Plato would have wanted
February 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is what Plato would have wanted
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We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone
Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
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Cultural heritage is on here. This is censorship
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Cultural heritage is on here. This is censorship
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🔍Científicos del #CSIC llevan sus investigaciones en la comarca leonesa de Babia a los colegios
El CSIC inicia un programa de educación patrimonial en centros escolares ligado a sus investigaciones arqueológicas en Babia
CSIC/DICYT .- La comarca leonesa de Babia es un ejemplo excepcional de los valores culturales de la Montaña Leonesa. El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
leon.portaldetuciudad.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🔍Científicos del #CSIC llevan sus investigaciones en la comarca leonesa de Babia a los colegios
For any of you interested in the archaeology of freediving, we are
organizing a session on freediving and underwater landscapes (both mental and physical) for the next IKUWA conference. Throw me a message if you want to know about the call for abstracts!
#archaeology #freediving #underwater
organizing a session on freediving and underwater landscapes (both mental and physical) for the next IKUWA conference. Throw me a message if you want to know about the call for abstracts!
#archaeology #freediving #underwater
January 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For any of you interested in the archaeology of freediving, we are
organizing a session on freediving and underwater landscapes (both mental and physical) for the next IKUWA conference. Throw me a message if you want to know about the call for abstracts!
#archaeology #freediving #underwater
organizing a session on freediving and underwater landscapes (both mental and physical) for the next IKUWA conference. Throw me a message if you want to know about the call for abstracts!
#archaeology #freediving #underwater
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So why are they opening an overseas campus in Kazakhstan if they have no money? Ridiculous.
Cardiff University jobs under threat due to funding black hole
Cardiff University jobs under threat due to funding black hole
Meetings are being held amid concern that hundreds of jobs are under threat at Cardiff University.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So why are they opening an overseas campus in Kazakhstan if they have no money? Ridiculous.
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Is your archaeological research related to remote but resource-rich landscapes? Join us at the EAA annual meeting in Belgrade #EAA2025 at session #174. Call for papers will remain open until the 6th of February at the conference's website: www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025
January 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Is your archaeological research related to remote but resource-rich landscapes? Join us at the EAA annual meeting in Belgrade #EAA2025 at session #174. Call for papers will remain open until the 6th of February at the conference's website: www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025
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In the ARPA and ANDALUSIL research projects, we are studying various aspects of the acquisition, manufacture, and circulation of polished fibrolite axes. This includes the experimental reproduction of these artifacts. youtu.be/OASg0Dc4Zr8?... #archaeology #lithics #prehistory
Reproducción experimental del proceso de fabricación de útiles pulidos en fibrolita.
YouTube video by Proyecto ARPA
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In the ARPA and ANDALUSIL research projects, we are studying various aspects of the acquisition, manufacture, and circulation of polished fibrolite axes. This includes the experimental reproduction of these artifacts. youtu.be/OASg0Dc4Zr8?... #archaeology #lithics #prehistory