Charles Sturge
@charlesjsturge.bsky.social
Cretan pottery enthusiast. Gentleman archaeologist, pot measurer and amateur. Minoanist, Prehistorian, Aegean Prehistory.
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In other news, is the cat Mycenaean?
What would a Mycenaean cat look like?
Are cats artefacts?
What would a Mycenaean cat look like?
Are cats artefacts?
This week's activities involved finding a gardener to mind my plants when I am out of town, and looking at workstations for when I'm in London next year. I am getting far too adult.
June 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This week's activities involved finding a gardener to mind my plants when I am out of town, and looking at workstations for when I'm in London next year. I am getting far too adult.
Well guess I'm back here. Need to think of some pottery stuff to whatever it is we do here about.
Anyone got Minoan pottery questions?
Anyone got Minoan pottery questions?
June 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Well guess I'm back here. Need to think of some pottery stuff to whatever it is we do here about.
Anyone got Minoan pottery questions?
Anyone got Minoan pottery questions?
The ideology of Knossos is that of Mycenae, but only if one looks backwards. Mycenae was invented at Knossos.
January 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The ideology of Knossos is that of Mycenae, but only if one looks backwards. Mycenae was invented at Knossos.
@jonathanliew.bsky.social I enjoyed your piece on Jomel Worrican today but it contained an error "you cannot crack open a beer and watch the West Indies four day Championship".
Like the County Championship, it's been on youtube for years.
Can you amend and perhaps *advertise* that fact?
Like the County Championship, it's been on youtube for years.
Can you amend and perhaps *advertise* that fact?
January 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
@jonathanliew.bsky.social I enjoyed your piece on Jomel Worrican today but it contained an error "you cannot crack open a beer and watch the West Indies four day Championship".
Like the County Championship, it's been on youtube for years.
Can you amend and perhaps *advertise* that fact?
Like the County Championship, it's been on youtube for years.
Can you amend and perhaps *advertise* that fact?
So, anyone still believe in "Mycenaean Crete"?
Or the "Mycenaean Invasion"
Or that (ethnic) "Mycenaeans" (Or "Minoans") exist?
Why?
Or the "Mycenaean Invasion"
Or that (ethnic) "Mycenaeans" (Or "Minoans") exist?
Why?
January 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, anyone still believe in "Mycenaean Crete"?
Or the "Mycenaean Invasion"
Or that (ethnic) "Mycenaeans" (Or "Minoans") exist?
Why?
Or the "Mycenaean Invasion"
Or that (ethnic) "Mycenaeans" (Or "Minoans") exist?
Why?
Right, back in Greece, time for a final push on this thesis.
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right, back in Greece, time for a final push on this thesis.
Oh great, now to edit as much as I can out of the 40k word soup that I am euphemistically calling a 'chapter'. It's really two in one, maybe even 3, but still time to trim the flab.
December 6, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Oh great, now to edit as much as I can out of the 40k word soup that I am euphemistically calling a 'chapter'. It's really two in one, maybe even 3, but still time to trim the flab.
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Colin Renfrew has passed away. A hugely influential figure in archaeology throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.
Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.
November 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Colin Renfrew has passed away. A hugely influential figure in archaeology throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.
Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.
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This might be of interest to #maritimehist folks, a great video about how braking windlass technology shaped sea chanty rhythms. The Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport Museum where I work has this kind of windlass, which was a major innovation that made sailors' lives easier. vimeo.com/809286479
Songs of the Windlass: Singing Chanties on Gazela
Songs of the Windlass: Singing Chanties on Gazela Gibb Schreffler, dir., 2023 Premiered June 9, 2023 *For a SUBTITLED version of this film, see here: https://vimeo.com/809413092 PRODUCER,…
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November 22, 2024 at 1:11 PM
This might be of interest to #maritimehist folks, a great video about how braking windlass technology shaped sea chanty rhythms. The Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport Museum where I work has this kind of windlass, which was a major innovation that made sailors' lives easier. vimeo.com/809286479
One of the best things about mastering your data is you can spot transcription mistakes in pot dimensions a mile off, but the worst thing is then finding, fixing and dealing with them...fortunately not too common but there goes the last hour re-calculating LM I bell cup capacities...
November 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM
One of the best things about mastering your data is you can spot transcription mistakes in pot dimensions a mile off, but the worst thing is then finding, fixing and dealing with them...fortunately not too common but there goes the last hour re-calculating LM I bell cup capacities...
One of the interesting things about Minoan (and other) pottery are the unwritten, but often pretty rigid, 'rules' about what shapes receive what surface treatment, and certain motifs.
It's something I'd like to explore cross culturally as people must have thought about iy. Anyone want to team up?
It's something I'd like to explore cross culturally as people must have thought about iy. Anyone want to team up?
November 21, 2024 at 11:16 AM
One of the interesting things about Minoan (and other) pottery are the unwritten, but often pretty rigid, 'rules' about what shapes receive what surface treatment, and certain motifs.
It's something I'd like to explore cross culturally as people must have thought about iy. Anyone want to team up?
It's something I'd like to explore cross culturally as people must have thought about iy. Anyone want to team up?
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November 20, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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The greatest moment in our history was arguably the first ever game of cricket in 911 CE, documented in Egil's Saga. The match ended in a huge battle between the fans, in which 7 were killed. In recent years, we have stamped out violence in our matches. Nobody has been killed in a match since 2019.
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
The greatest moment in our history was arguably the first ever game of cricket in 911 CE, documented in Egil's Saga. The match ended in a huge battle between the fans, in which 7 were killed. In recent years, we have stamped out violence in our matches. Nobody has been killed in a match since 2019.
About to submit my first 'real' job application, wish me luck.
November 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
About to submit my first 'real' job application, wish me luck.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57BT...
Surely one of the most adorable videos I've ever seen. I wish they had made more.
Surely one of the most adorable videos I've ever seen. I wish they had made more.
De Herinacio. On the Hedgehog
YouTube video by obrazkinunu
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November 20, 2024 at 1:15 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57BT...
Surely one of the most adorable videos I've ever seen. I wish they had made more.
Surely one of the most adorable videos I've ever seen. I wish they had made more.
So today, writing about monochrome bowls at Knossos. An interesting shape, present throughout the Neopalatial period, possibly in some numbers....but of course never particularly published. Typically have a capacity between 300-500ml, suggesting they were for individuals.
November 20, 2024 at 11:11 AM
So today, writing about monochrome bowls at Knossos. An interesting shape, present throughout the Neopalatial period, possibly in some numbers....but of course never particularly published. Typically have a capacity between 300-500ml, suggesting they were for individuals.
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A hulk possibly a recieving ship with a in commission ship of the line moored alongside.
Ship of the line is flying a White ensign and the hulk seems to be flying a Union from her stern.
©️John Salmon
#NavalHistory
#MaritimeArt
Ship of the line is flying a White ensign and the hulk seems to be flying a Union from her stern.
©️John Salmon
#NavalHistory
#MaritimeArt
November 19, 2024 at 8:05 PM
A hulk possibly a recieving ship with a in commission ship of the line moored alongside.
Ship of the line is flying a White ensign and the hulk seems to be flying a Union from her stern.
©️John Salmon
#NavalHistory
#MaritimeArt
Ship of the line is flying a White ensign and the hulk seems to be flying a Union from her stern.
©️John Salmon
#NavalHistory
#MaritimeArt
I don't know how your day's been, but I'm currently wondering if a picture of a chicken that I have has apotropaic powers. So...there's that...
November 19, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I don't know how your day's been, but I'm currently wondering if a picture of a chicken that I have has apotropaic powers. So...there's that...
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Landlord really is a top beer. Traditional ale, better than most 'craft' beer, and one to drink if you happen to be in the UK.
Something utterly magical for you today. Rachel Hendry on @timothytaylors.bsky.social Landlord 🍺
Weaving dreamlike visions into a well-researched and personal piece on one of the North's most favourite beers.
Have a moment and give this a read: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10...
Weaving dreamlike visions into a well-researched and personal piece on one of the North's most favourite beers.
Have a moment and give this a read: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10...
Timothy Taylor’s Landlord — A Polyptych of a Pint — Pellicle
I. “I’m told you serve the best pint of Landlord in Sheffield,” I say to the person behind the bar of The Sportsman on Benty Lane. “Well we definitely serve enough of it,” they reply with a smirk a...
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November 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Landlord really is a top beer. Traditional ale, better than most 'craft' beer, and one to drink if you happen to be in the UK.
The feeling when ideas go 'bing' in your head but they're for the next chapter, and you still have to slog through two less inspiring sections of the previous one first....
November 19, 2024 at 1:29 PM
The feeling when ideas go 'bing' in your head but they're for the next chapter, and you still have to slog through two less inspiring sections of the previous one first....
Ah yes, hello again graph day. The day where you work several hours and progress the text by about 2 paragraphs, but still feel exhausted.
November 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Ah yes, hello again graph day. The day where you work several hours and progress the text by about 2 paragraphs, but still feel exhausted.
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Starter package for everyone and everything #BronzeAge related! Added the few I found with BA interest, please share and joine: go.bsky.app/6mN5nxr
November 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Starter package for everyone and everything #BronzeAge related! Added the few I found with BA interest, please share and joine: go.bsky.app/6mN5nxr
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This is so true, and yet there are sadly so many unpublished or unarchived sites and datasets which end up being part of archaeologist's legacies 😔🏺
When someone retires or passes away, I don't think many of us think as scientists "I wish they published another hypothesis test using xyz data", but instead "the unpublished information about site xy is now lost forever". That primary descriptive information is more valuable than modelling work.
November 18, 2024 at 5:34 PM
This is so true, and yet there are sadly so many unpublished or unarchived sites and datasets which end up being part of archaeologist's legacies 😔🏺
Fascinating thread. I'm struck by how little highly decorated or figural pottery I've otherwise seen from Egypt, compared to the Aegean. Is this pottery unusual or a knowledge lacuna on my part? #archaeology #pottery #egypt
An #Archaeology flamingo thread in 16 skeets
One day, I saw this Egyptian pot 🏺 from 5000+ years ago (now @metmuseum.bsky.social ). Maybe it represents the famous Dance of the Flamingos?
Wanting to see if that hunch was true, I dug in. The research-hole didn’t take me where I thought it would…
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One day, I saw this Egyptian pot 🏺 from 5000+ years ago (now @metmuseum.bsky.social ). Maybe it represents the famous Dance of the Flamingos?
Wanting to see if that hunch was true, I dug in. The research-hole didn’t take me where I thought it would…
/1
November 18, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Fascinating thread. I'm struck by how little highly decorated or figural pottery I've otherwise seen from Egypt, compared to the Aegean. Is this pottery unusual or a knowledge lacuna on my part? #archaeology #pottery #egypt