John Hoopes
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Archaeologist.
https://hoopes.academia.edu/
I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
https://hoopes.academia.edu/
I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
That other platform is getting really weird today.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
That other platform is getting really weird today.
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Death as the great equaliser? - A cultural-historical approach to #Neanderthal / #HomoSapiens funeral customs:
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
Archaeologists May Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Burial Ground
The 100,000-year-old site contains the remains of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Death as the great equaliser? - A cultural-historical approach to #Neanderthal / #HomoSapiens funeral customs:
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social
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Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
theconversation.com/were-neander...
The answer is YES! @inrap.fr @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @archeonationale.bsky.social Ou sont passes nos freres/ missing our brothers Neanderthals? @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
theconversation.com/were-neander...
The answer is YES! @inrap.fr @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @archeonationale.bsky.social Ou sont passes nos freres/ missing our brothers Neanderthals? @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
Art has sometimes thought to be exclusive to modern humans.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
theconversation.com/were-neander...
The answer is YES! @inrap.fr @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @archeonationale.bsky.social Ou sont passes nos freres/ missing our brothers Neanderthals? @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
theconversation.com/were-neander...
The answer is YES! @inrap.fr @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @archeonationale.bsky.social Ou sont passes nos freres/ missing our brothers Neanderthals? @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
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Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt reut.rs/4oo11ky
Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt
The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture that turned up at a Dutch art fair to Egypt, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Sunday during a visit to the country, where he met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
reut.rs
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt reut.rs/4oo11ky
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
Know the difference. 😉
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Know the difference. 😉
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@jwhoopes2.bsky.social what did they even call “art” and “symbols” in their language? We might never know.
archaeologymag.com/2025/10/ochr...
archaeologymag.com/2025/10/ochr...
42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior
Study reveals Neanderthals shaped and used ochre crayons for symbolic and artistic purposes 70,000 years ago.
archaeologymag.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social what did they even call “art” and “symbols” in their language? We might never know.
archaeologymag.com/2025/10/ochr...
archaeologymag.com/2025/10/ochr...
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#Indigenous artifacts held in #VaticanMuseums finally heading back to Canada:
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
After a century in Vatican Museums, Indigenous sacred objects heading back to Canada | CBC News
Sources tell CBC News the Vatican and the Canadian Catholic Church are making good progress toward an agreement to return Indigenous cultural objects before the end of the year, in a handoff facilitat...
www.cbc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#Indigenous artifacts held in #VaticanMuseums finally heading back to Canada:
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
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I need people to understand that you are not going to Jamaica for spring break.
You are not going to the Bahamas/Turks and Caicos on your cruise.
You are not going to scream about this on social media.
You are going to donate to relief efforts if you ever want to go these countries again.
You are not going to the Bahamas/Turks and Caicos on your cruise.
You are not going to scream about this on social media.
You are going to donate to relief efforts if you ever want to go these countries again.
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I need people to understand that you are not going to Jamaica for spring break.
You are not going to the Bahamas/Turks and Caicos on your cruise.
You are not going to scream about this on social media.
You are going to donate to relief efforts if you ever want to go these countries again.
You are not going to the Bahamas/Turks and Caicos on your cruise.
You are not going to scream about this on social media.
You are going to donate to relief efforts if you ever want to go these countries again.
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The reproduction Middle Woodland (ca. 1-400 CE) raccoon effigy platform pipe carbon shell finish came out perfect. 100% coverage. #ceramics #archaeology
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The reproduction Middle Woodland (ca. 1-400 CE) raccoon effigy platform pipe carbon shell finish came out perfect. 100% coverage. #ceramics #archaeology
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
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The reproduction Weeden Island (ca. 200-1000 CE) sleeping crane effigy pipe came out a dull red-brown. A little more red than I had hope, but still acceptable. I need more switch cane, the reed stem should be about 2.5x longer than what I have in it for the photo. #ceramics #archaeology
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The reproduction Weeden Island (ca. 200-1000 CE) sleeping crane effigy pipe came out a dull red-brown. A little more red than I had hope, but still acceptable. I need more switch cane, the reed stem should be about 2.5x longer than what I have in it for the photo. #ceramics #archaeology
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Are you an SAA member who wants to get more involved?
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October 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Are you an SAA member who wants to get more involved?
There is currently an open call for SAA Committee Service!
Application Period: October 10th - November 10th
Eligibility and application information here:
There is currently an open call for SAA Committee Service!
Application Period: October 10th - November 10th
Eligibility and application information here:
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The still drying reproduction Parkin Punctated variety Parkin (Late Mississippian period ca. 1400-1650 CE) bowl is currently 9 cm dia. & 5 cm tall. Here is a similar but much larger Parkin pot illustrated in Phillips (1970). #ceramics #archaeology
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The still drying reproduction Parkin Punctated variety Parkin (Late Mississippian period ca. 1400-1650 CE) bowl is currently 9 cm dia. & 5 cm tall. Here is a similar but much larger Parkin pot illustrated in Phillips (1970). #ceramics #archaeology
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Oh, the caption in the image reads:
"Every evening, before going to bed, Pater and Materfamilias set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire."
"Every evening, before going to bed, Pater and Materfamilias set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire."
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Oh, the caption in the image reads:
"Every evening, before going to bed, Pater and Materfamilias set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire."
"Every evening, before going to bed, Pater and Materfamilias set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire."
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What a Zoom call might have been like in 1878. The telephone and the phonograph were recent inventions at this time, so George du Maurier imagined this is what Edison might have invented next. A sort of "Victorian Zoom." The Telephonoscope!
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
What a Zoom call might have been like in 1878. The telephone and the phonograph were recent inventions at this time, so George du Maurier imagined this is what Edison might have invented next. A sort of "Victorian Zoom." The Telephonoscope!
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Albert Robida’s 1890 novel "Le Vingtième siècle: la vie électrique" was truly a sci-fi story of the Victorian age. He included the telephonoscope like some Zoom/Netflix hybrid but also predicted biological warfare, flying cars, a hyperloop train, and a version of the Ring doorbell.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Albert Robida’s 1890 novel "Le Vingtième siècle: la vie électrique" was truly a sci-fi story of the Victorian age. He included the telephonoscope like some Zoom/Netflix hybrid but also predicted biological warfare, flying cars, a hyperloop train, and a version of the Ring doorbell.
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@jwhoopes2.bsky.social This is so fantastic!!! globalnews.ca/news/1148957...
Vatican says it will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada - National | Globalnews.ca
Negotiations on returning the Vatican items accelerated after Pope Francis in 2022 met with Indigenous leaders who had traveled to the Vatican.
globalnews.ca
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social This is so fantastic!!! globalnews.ca/news/1148957...
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Solidarité ! ✊
DECLARATION DU COLLECTIF HERODOTE
concernant la situation de l'universitaire étatsunien Mark Bray
concernant la situation de l'universitaire étatsunien Mark Bray
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Solidarité ! ✊
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In Trump's America, you're an order of magnitude more likely to get attacked on the street by ICE and the National Guard than by any foreign gang member.
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In Trump's America, you're an order of magnitude more likely to get attacked on the street by ICE and the National Guard than by any foreign gang member.
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In Trump's America, you're a hell of a lot more likely to be kidnapped off the street and beaten by masked goons cosplaying as ICE agents than you are to be assaulted by an immigrant.
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In Trump's America, you're a hell of a lot more likely to be kidnapped off the street and beaten by masked goons cosplaying as ICE agents than you are to be assaulted by an immigrant.
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Anthony Scaramucci lasted longer than Trump's Middle East peace plan.
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Anthony Scaramucci lasted longer than Trump's Middle East peace plan.
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I don't know about you, but what I get from Trump's social media posts is that he could easily be replaced by AI slop and literally no one, including his wife and kids, would notice the difference.
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I don't know about you, but what I get from Trump's social media posts is that he could easily be replaced by AI slop and literally no one, including his wife and kids, would notice the difference.