Dr Hannah Russ FSA
@dr-fishbones.bsky.social
❤️🌟 Archaeologist 🌟❤️
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I work on assemblages from sites across Britain, the Med, and SW Asia. px@archaeology.biz
www.archaeology.biz
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I work on assemblages from sites across Britain, the Med, and SW Asia. px@archaeology.biz
www.archaeology.biz
I've been contemplating leaving archaeology in a very serious way.
26 years in and I'm all out of fight. Fight I shouldn't ever have needed.
I can't encourage anyone into our discipline in good conscience. It's a snake pit.
Maybe there's improvements. Hard won. But still. I'm broken.
26 years in and I'm all out of fight. Fight I shouldn't ever have needed.
I can't encourage anyone into our discipline in good conscience. It's a snake pit.
Maybe there's improvements. Hard won. But still. I'm broken.
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I've been contemplating leaving archaeology in a very serious way.
26 years in and I'm all out of fight. Fight I shouldn't ever have needed.
I can't encourage anyone into our discipline in good conscience. It's a snake pit.
Maybe there's improvements. Hard won. But still. I'm broken.
26 years in and I'm all out of fight. Fight I shouldn't ever have needed.
I can't encourage anyone into our discipline in good conscience. It's a snake pit.
Maybe there's improvements. Hard won. But still. I'm broken.
Life is pretty challenging right now 😓
My daughter took this pic of a little friend that comes visit us around 7pm each evening. I hope it makes you smile as much as it did us.
❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔
My daughter took this pic of a little friend that comes visit us around 7pm each evening. I hope it makes you smile as much as it did us.
❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔
June 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Life is pretty challenging right now 😓
My daughter took this pic of a little friend that comes visit us around 7pm each evening. I hope it makes you smile as much as it did us.
❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔
My daughter took this pic of a little friend that comes visit us around 7pm each evening. I hope it makes you smile as much as it did us.
❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔
Took these quick pics today to help someone out with an ID, so if you've ever wondered what the quadrate bone of the allis shad (Alosa alosa) looks like, wonder no more! ❤️🐟🦴
May 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Took these quick pics today to help someone out with an ID, so if you've ever wondered what the quadrate bone of the allis shad (Alosa alosa) looks like, wonder no more! ❤️🐟🦴
I made a cake for my daughter's birthday tomorrow 🎂🌻
Well, a tiny cake and 7 buns technically, I guess!
11 years old, gifted with SATs exams all week! 😅
Well, a tiny cake and 7 buns technically, I guess!
11 years old, gifted with SATs exams all week! 😅
May 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I made a cake for my daughter's birthday tomorrow 🎂🌻
Well, a tiny cake and 7 buns technically, I guess!
11 years old, gifted with SATs exams all week! 😅
Well, a tiny cake and 7 buns technically, I guess!
11 years old, gifted with SATs exams all week! 😅
😍🦴💮 On first glance, I thought this was intricately decorated bone, but the surface pattern is almost certainly caused by fungal growth! 🍄🟫🍄
So beautiful! ❤️🦴
So beautiful! ❤️🦴
May 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
😍🦴💮 On first glance, I thought this was intricately decorated bone, but the surface pattern is almost certainly caused by fungal growth! 🍄🟫🍄
So beautiful! ❤️🦴
So beautiful! ❤️🦴
A level archaeology no longer exists 😢 But I had so much fun and this 2-year course gave me an amazing head start for my degrees in archaeology, which focussed on plants and animals ❤️
May 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A level archaeology no longer exists 😢 But I had so much fun and this 2-year course gave me an amazing head start for my degrees in archaeology, which focussed on plants and animals ❤️
Oh a bird skull! 🤩🐦💀
Nope, nope, wait. It's gum. 😂
Nope, nope, wait. It's gum. 😂
May 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Oh a bird skull! 🤩🐦💀
Nope, nope, wait. It's gum. 😂
Nope, nope, wait. It's gum. 😂
Petrosal bones of domestic cattle (left) and equid (right, probably domestic horse).
As well as being species diagnostic, they are also a good element to note because of their dense bone structure that preserves genetic material well 🐄🐎🦴🧬
As well as being species diagnostic, they are also a good element to note because of their dense bone structure that preserves genetic material well 🐄🐎🦴🧬
April 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Petrosal bones of domestic cattle (left) and equid (right, probably domestic horse).
As well as being species diagnostic, they are also a good element to note because of their dense bone structure that preserves genetic material well 🐄🐎🦴🧬
As well as being species diagnostic, they are also a good element to note because of their dense bone structure that preserves genetic material well 🐄🐎🦴🧬
Well hi there wee fella 🙂🦴
I'm glad one of us is smiling.
I'm glad one of us is smiling.
April 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Well hi there wee fella 🙂🦴
I'm glad one of us is smiling.
I'm glad one of us is smiling.
I've been told for 30+yrs that I'm "too soft" I need to "toughen up" 🙄
I don't need to "grow thicker skin". People need to stop being bullies. Stop gate keeping. Stop abusing their positions.
I'm done changing so that ppl can continue to think their shit behaviour is ok.
I don't need to "grow thicker skin". People need to stop being bullies. Stop gate keeping. Stop abusing their positions.
I'm done changing so that ppl can continue to think their shit behaviour is ok.
April 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I've been told for 30+yrs that I'm "too soft" I need to "toughen up" 🙄
I don't need to "grow thicker skin". People need to stop being bullies. Stop gate keeping. Stop abusing their positions.
I'm done changing so that ppl can continue to think their shit behaviour is ok.
I don't need to "grow thicker skin". People need to stop being bullies. Stop gate keeping. Stop abusing their positions.
I'm done changing so that ppl can continue to think their shit behaviour is ok.
❤️🐟 @nhm-london.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Tring
Natural History Museum Tring
April 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
❤️🐟 @nhm-london.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Tring
Natural History Museum Tring
Yup, I feel like that too, sheep/goat maxillary M3 tooth roots.
I feel ya 🐑🐐🦷🥴
I feel ya 🐑🐐🦷🥴
April 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Yup, I feel like that too, sheep/goat maxillary M3 tooth roots.
I feel ya 🐑🐐🦷🥴
I feel ya 🐑🐐🦷🥴
Unexpected iridescence
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April 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Unexpected iridescence
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Beautiful example of oak (Quercus) wood charcoal (x40 magnification). Rocking the ring-porous.
You can compare with English oak wood (Quercus robur) here:
www.wood-database.com/wp-content/u...
and with English oak charcoal here:
www.wsl.ch/land/product...
Beautiful example of oak (Quercus) wood charcoal (x40 magnification). Rocking the ring-porous.
You can compare with English oak wood (Quercus robur) here:
www.wood-database.com/wp-content/u...
and with English oak charcoal here:
www.wsl.ch/land/product...
April 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Beautiful example of oak (Quercus) wood charcoal (x40 magnification). Rocking the ring-porous.
You can compare with English oak wood (Quercus robur) here:
www.wood-database.com/wp-content/u...
and with English oak charcoal here:
www.wsl.ch/land/product...
Beautiful example of oak (Quercus) wood charcoal (x40 magnification). Rocking the ring-porous.
You can compare with English oak wood (Quercus robur) here:
www.wood-database.com/wp-content/u...
and with English oak charcoal here:
www.wsl.ch/land/product...
Because no one owns the copyright on archaeological objects!
"The Great Norton Disney Dodeca-Bake Off" is go!
Only two rules: your entry must be *100% edible* & a dodecahedron - so get those aprons on and get making!
No prizes, just the warm glow of having some fun! 😊
Get ready to show off your creations on 21st April!
Please share! 😊
#Archaeology ⚱️
Only two rules: your entry must be *100% edible* & a dodecahedron - so get those aprons on and get making!
No prizes, just the warm glow of having some fun! 😊
Get ready to show off your creations on 21st April!
Please share! 😊
#Archaeology ⚱️
April 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Because no one owns the copyright on archaeological objects!
Sometimes it's sacral 💕🦴🐐🐑
April 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sometimes it's sacral 💕🦴🐐🐑
Right occipital condyle of a horse of course! 💀🐎🦴
(well, equid, but that doesn't rhyme. It's most likely a horse, but donkey or mule can't be ruled out!)
The only Equid bone for this context!
www.archaeology.biz
(well, equid, but that doesn't rhyme. It's most likely a horse, but donkey or mule can't be ruled out!)
The only Equid bone for this context!
www.archaeology.biz
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Right occipital condyle of a horse of course! 💀🐎🦴
(well, equid, but that doesn't rhyme. It's most likely a horse, but donkey or mule can't be ruled out!)
The only Equid bone for this context!
www.archaeology.biz
(well, equid, but that doesn't rhyme. It's most likely a horse, but donkey or mule can't be ruled out!)
The only Equid bone for this context!
www.archaeology.biz
Baaaaaaayybeeeee pig, du doo, du do du doo 😂🦴🐖👶
Humerus of a young pig. Archaeological example on the left, recent reference specimen on the right ❤🦴
Humerus of a young pig. Archaeological example on the left, recent reference specimen on the right ❤🦴
March 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Baaaaaaayybeeeee pig, du doo, du do du doo 😂🦴🐖👶
Humerus of a young pig. Archaeological example on the left, recent reference specimen on the right ❤🦴
Humerus of a young pig. Archaeological example on the left, recent reference specimen on the right ❤🦴
I share my office with a #sherdnerd My favourite thing is his reference collection. Wee snips of pot, 100s, nay 1000s of them, sorted by ware type & location! This is only part of his reference collection just for Roman period York 🤩😱
I'm just jealous. His collection smells way better than mine 😆🦴
I'm just jealous. His collection smells way better than mine 😆🦴
March 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I share my office with a #sherdnerd My favourite thing is his reference collection. Wee snips of pot, 100s, nay 1000s of them, sorted by ware type & location! This is only part of his reference collection just for Roman period York 🤩😱
I'm just jealous. His collection smells way better than mine 😆🦴
I'm just jealous. His collection smells way better than mine 😆🦴
Reposted by Dr Hannah Russ FSA
Reposted by Dr Hannah Russ FSA
"Hello! I'm at #AstonOnClun this morning for @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social ... and everything on the table is dead! No idea how that happened; don't tell my boss!"
March 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Hello! I'm at #AstonOnClun this morning for @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social ... and everything on the table is dead! No idea how that happened; don't tell my boss!"
Friends! Please take your seats!
The turkey is ready
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The turkey is ready
🦃❤️🦴🍽😅
March 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Friends! Please take your seats!
The turkey is ready
🦃❤️🦴🍽😅
The turkey is ready
🦃❤️🦴🍽😅
Reposted by Dr Hannah Russ FSA
Once widespread, now critically endangered: New study shows kākāpō are the 4th most common bird in NZ's late-Quaternary deposits (>1351 individuals from 274 sites), and occupied all forests and adjacent habitats, on the NZ mainland prior to human settlement
authors.elsevier.com/c/1klUo-4PSD...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1klUo-4PSD...
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Once widespread, now critically endangered: New study shows kākāpō are the 4th most common bird in NZ's late-Quaternary deposits (>1351 individuals from 274 sites), and occupied all forests and adjacent habitats, on the NZ mainland prior to human settlement
authors.elsevier.com/c/1klUo-4PSD...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1klUo-4PSD...
Left dentary of a bluefish and a right premaxilla of an angler/monkfish ❤️🦴🐟
Except for the tall vertebra, here are some close ups. Thanks, I really appreciate it!!
March 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Left dentary of a bluefish and a right premaxilla of an angler/monkfish ❤️🦴🐟
I demand teeth of the finest walrus ivory!
Past folks of Whitby - You got it!
❤️🦷🤩
#Whitby #WhitbyMuseum #Walrus #CoolTeefs
Past folks of Whitby - You got it!
❤️🦷🤩
#Whitby #WhitbyMuseum #Walrus #CoolTeefs
March 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I demand teeth of the finest walrus ivory!
Past folks of Whitby - You got it!
❤️🦷🤩
#Whitby #WhitbyMuseum #Walrus #CoolTeefs
Past folks of Whitby - You got it!
❤️🦷🤩
#Whitby #WhitbyMuseum #Walrus #CoolTeefs