Officially Dr. Parrott!

3 years ago I completely uprooted my life and moved to Denmark, to begin my PhD. Yesterday I handed in my thesis for examination. These have been some of the most challenging and rewarding years of my life, and it’s hard to believe it’s over.

(Thanks to
@izzywisher.bsky.social for the brooch cake)

A good friend (@nateswitzer.bsky.social) recently pointed out to me that the gripping beasts adorning early 9 c. oval brooches are essentially just the Grateful Dead bears and now it’s all I can see

📸 me (brooch is from the Danish Island of Fyn)

I guess I should introduce myself- I’m an archaeology PhD researcher at Aarhus who’s project focuses on the intersections between craft and art in the Viking Age, 3D scanning, and oval brooches from the early Viking Age (early 9th c) (like this gorgeous example from western Norway)