Tout le monde le sait, les gens malades sont irresponsables...!

Il faudrait rappeler à madame la ministre que pour beaucoup de malades chroniques, leur maladie pèse déjà sur le porte-monnaie, et que c’est très peu étudié ! (Ex. endometriose:
www.doctissimo.fr/sante/maladi... )

Original photos to be found in Open Archaeology in our September paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Also some foraminifera observed in the SEM photos!

En mode violet.

Someone said this to my face (“but not like you”), then started giving me the numbers for immigrants entering the UK every year and the non-British UK residents… and I was like, “well yeah, I am part of those numbers -.-”

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funders, colleagues, the DMME (University of Malta), students, and heritage institutions and authorities (HM, SCH) who provided authorisation, access to collections and equipment.

📂 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮
All catalogues, photographs, and XRD raw data are freely available on Zenodo and can be reused (CC BY):
zenodo.org/me/uploads?q...
#openscience #opendata

We also discussed the challenges in dating the Għar Dalam and Skorba phases ⏳🏺
➡ Overlaps, residual material & site redeposition complicate the picture
➡ Raises questions about how these facies relate, and their connections with Sicilian traditions

Using petrography, XRD and SEM-EDX, we: 🔹 Identified 3 main fabric groups for each phase 🔹 Documented differences in temper & firing regimes 🔹 Proposed that all raw materials were locally sourced (no imports!)

We focused on pottery from Skorba (Malta) & Santa Verna (Gozo).
This paper provides a systematic fabric classification for the Għar Dalam and Skorba phases 🏺 — a foundation for future comparative work in the Maltese Islands and central Mediterranean.

#Archaeology #Neolithic #Pottery #ceramics #Malta

Original images available on Open Archaeology.

📂 All datasets (catalogues, photos, raw XRD) are open access via Zenodo 🏺🌍 zenodo.org/me/uploads?q...

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funders, colleagues, the DMME (University of Malta), students, and heritage institutions and authorities (HM, SCH) who provided authorisation, access to collections and equipment.

We also discussed the challenges in dating the Għar Dalam and Skorba phases ⏳🏺
➡ Overlaps, residual material & site redeposition complicate the picture
➡ Raises questions about how these pottery facies relate, and their connections with Sicilian traditions