Dr Elissia Burrows
@elissiaburrows.bsky.social
Osteoarchaeologist
Director of Invicta Archaeological Services Ltd
Director of Invicta Archaeological Services Ltd
A fresh repost for this amazing conservation research project! Please support it if you can, even a little goes a long way!
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March 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A fresh repost for this amazing conservation research project! Please support it if you can, even a little goes a long way!
Reposted by Dr Elissia Burrows
Every little helps! Funds go towards the conservation/further research on a 6th-7th century Anglo Saxon sword from Kent (featured on Digging for Britain) and may also help fund further work on 4 other high status Anglo Saxon swords from Kent.
Donate to Swords from Kingdom of Kent: Conservation & Micro-Stories, organized by Dana Goodburn-Brown
Hi, my name is Dana Goodburn-Brown and I am part of a team of… Dana Goodburn-Brown needs your support for Swords from Kingdom of Kent: Conservation & Micro-Stories
www.gofundme.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every little helps! Funds go towards the conservation/further research on a 6th-7th century Anglo Saxon sword from Kent (featured on Digging for Britain) and may also help fund further work on 4 other high status Anglo Saxon swords from Kent.
Every little helps! Funds go towards the conservation/further research on a 6th-7th century Anglo Saxon sword from Kent (featured on Digging for Britain) and may also help fund further work on 4 other high status Anglo Saxon swords from Kent.
Donate to Swords from Kingdom of Kent: Conservation & Micro-Stories, organized by Dana Goodburn-Brown
Hi, my name is Dana Goodburn-Brown and I am part of a team of… Dana Goodburn-Brown needs your support for Swords from Kingdom of Kent: Conservation & Micro-Stories
www.gofundme.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every little helps! Funds go towards the conservation/further research on a 6th-7th century Anglo Saxon sword from Kent (featured on Digging for Britain) and may also help fund further work on 4 other high status Anglo Saxon swords from Kent.
This is a fascinating read. Really exciting work! Particularly as all my work takes place in the South East.
This is the exciting paper drop. New aDNA science out of Dublin.
Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset.
Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset.
Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain - Nature
An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.
www.nature.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a fascinating read. Really exciting work! Particularly as all my work takes place in the South East.
Car parks seem to be the place to excavate!
Abingdon: Human burial site discovered beneath car park
Human burials and remains of a stone wall were discovered beneath a cattle market car park.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Car parks seem to be the place to excavate!
I love to see finds like this! A small but meaningful snapshot into their lives. Would love to see more examples of fingerprinted/handprinted finds!
Well these finger smears preserved in the clay lining by a roman potter when constructing their kiln c.AD270 are rather lovely #pottery #archaeology
November 26, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I love to see finds like this! A small but meaningful snapshot into their lives. Would love to see more examples of fingerprinted/handprinted finds!
Reposted by Dr Elissia Burrows
Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe
archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs...
#archaeology #anthropology
archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs...
#archaeology #anthropology
Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe
New discoveries at Château des Milandes in France have revealed embalming practices in early modern Europe,
archaeologymag.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe
archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs...
#archaeology #anthropology
archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs...
#archaeology #anthropology
Reposted by Dr Elissia Burrows
[chef's kiss] get a load of this fence
Today @butserancientfarm.co.uk we were mostly doing wattling.
November 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
[chef's kiss] get a load of this fence
Reposted by Dr Elissia Burrows
There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
November 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM
There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...