Vixen
@ladyofvix.bsky.social
Archaeologist
Iron Age apologist / data contortionist / professional hater but friend of many
Queer and anonymous - she/her
Iron Age apologist / data contortionist / professional hater but friend of many
Queer and anonymous - she/her
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BOYCOTT EAA-ATHENS 2026 🏺
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BOYCOTT EAA-ATHENS 2026 🏺
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
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"The idea that historic preservation is best left to wealthy nations that make money putting the spoils of their imperial conquests on display has already aged poorly. The failures of security exposed by Sunday’s events just make that defense that much more hollow."
The Louvre jewel heist needs a better explanation than greed
Crown jewels or not, we don't need to see another rich person getting away with crime.
www.salon.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The idea that historic preservation is best left to wealthy nations that make money putting the spoils of their imperial conquests on display has already aged poorly. The failures of security exposed by Sunday’s events just make that defense that much more hollow."
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Und mir fallen auf Anhieb übrigens sehr, sehr viele Kolleginnen ein, von denen mir irgendwelche männlichen Kollegen irgendwann mal gesagt haben, sie seien „schwierig“. Diese meist raunende & nicht näher erläuterte Abwertung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft ist so verbreitet wie normalisiert.
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Und mir fallen auf Anhieb übrigens sehr, sehr viele Kolleginnen ein, von denen mir irgendwelche männlichen Kollegen irgendwann mal gesagt haben, sie seien „schwierig“. Diese meist raunende & nicht näher erläuterte Abwertung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft ist so verbreitet wie normalisiert.
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
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🔹 On 10 October, a ceasefire entered into force across the Gaza Strip.
🔹 Since the olive harvest began on 9 October, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their farms in the West Bank have continued unabated.
Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank:
www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
🔹 Since the olive harvest began on 9 October, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their farms in the West Bank have continued unabated.
Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank:
www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🔹 On 10 October, a ceasefire entered into force across the Gaza Strip.
🔹 Since the olive harvest began on 9 October, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their farms in the West Bank have continued unabated.
Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank:
www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
🔹 Since the olive harvest began on 9 October, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their farms in the West Bank have continued unabated.
Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank:
www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
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Me (to The Internet, everybody listening, or just looking my way for more than 5 sec): „Look what we did!“
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.
October 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Me (to The Internet, everybody listening, or just looking my way for more than 5 sec): „Look what we did!“
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.
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It took some time but our reflection on #gender #stereotypes in #archaeology is now out @springernature.com
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
What Is Wrong with This Image? Reflecting on Past Diversity Through Visual Representations of Gender Stereotypes in Archaeology
Gender and feminist archaeologists have fought for decades against gender stereotypes through academic writing, museum exhibitions, and popular literature, among other mediums. Despite their efforts, many of these stereotypes—e.g. depictions of men only as...
link.springer.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It took some time but our reflection on #gender #stereotypes in #archaeology is now out @springernature.com
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
www.cambridge.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
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Hello hello, please share ⚠️ 17 hours left—these families, with very little internet connection, are relying on us in the dark to help them pay for transportation & shelter to flee Gaza City.
They need to book trucks and buy tents. You can help. 36/1000
They need to book trucks and buy tents. You can help. 36/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hello hello, please share ⚠️ 17 hours left—these families, with very little internet connection, are relying on us in the dark to help them pay for transportation & shelter to flee Gaza City.
They need to book trucks and buy tents. You can help. 36/1000
They need to book trucks and buy tents. You can help. 36/1000
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EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...
Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...
September 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...
Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...
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#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
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EXCLUSIVE: EAA PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF HELPING ORCHESTRATE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER OWN EXECUTIVE BOARD’S GAZA VOTE
thePipeLine with the extraordinary story of how the President of the European Association of Archaeologists is accused of helping orchestrate a campaign to overturn its Gaza vote.
thePipeLine with the extraordinary story of how the President of the European Association of Archaeologists is accused of helping orchestrate a campaign to overturn its Gaza vote.
EXCLUSIVE: EAA PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF HELPING ORCHESTRATE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER OWN EXECUTIVE BOARD’S GAZA VOTE
thePipeLine can reveal allegations that the President of the beleaguered European Association of Archaeologists [EAA], Professor Eszter Bánffy, was instrumental in organising a covert campaign to p…
thepipeline.info
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
EXCLUSIVE: EAA PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF HELPING ORCHESTRATE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER OWN EXECUTIVE BOARD’S GAZA VOTE
thePipeLine with the extraordinary story of how the President of the European Association of Archaeologists is accused of helping orchestrate a campaign to overturn its Gaza vote.
thePipeLine with the extraordinary story of how the President of the European Association of Archaeologists is accused of helping orchestrate a campaign to overturn its Gaza vote.
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Please share 🚨 our giving circle evacuation drive continues—four families helped, two more to go!
A donor is matching *$2,050* to help get life-saving transport & tents for two young women & their families.
First half goal: 189/4000 by Sunday
A donor is matching *$2,050* to help get life-saving transport & tents for two young women & their families.
First half goal: 189/4000 by Sunday
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Please share 🚨 our giving circle evacuation drive continues—four families helped, two more to go!
A donor is matching *$2,050* to help get life-saving transport & tents for two young women & their families.
First half goal: 189/4000 by Sunday
A donor is matching *$2,050* to help get life-saving transport & tents for two young women & their families.
First half goal: 189/4000 by Sunday
Would anyone have pointers for the ornamentation on this (presumably) neolithic sherd? Sadly no site of origin recorded... 🏺
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Would anyone have pointers for the ornamentation on this (presumably) neolithic sherd? Sadly no site of origin recorded... 🏺
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🚨 Now only 23 hours for us to help trapped siblings and their mom 🚨 @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social has been vetted a million different ways on here. Now it's our job to save his family's lives as they're besieged in Gaza City.
Funds are for transportation + shelter south: 1031/3000 by Wednesday
Funds are for transportation + shelter south: 1031/3000 by Wednesday
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 Now only 23 hours for us to help trapped siblings and their mom 🚨 @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social has been vetted a million different ways on here. Now it's our job to save his family's lives as they're besieged in Gaza City.
Funds are for transportation + shelter south: 1031/3000 by Wednesday
Funds are for transportation + shelter south: 1031/3000 by Wednesday
Getting horrible panic attacks today because of well *gestures vaguely* the state of things.
Wishing for some more hopeful feelings soon - my colleagues being a bit more supportive and empathetic would help as well. Alas...
Wishing for some more hopeful feelings soon - my colleagues being a bit more supportive and empathetic would help as well. Alas...
September 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Getting horrible panic attacks today because of well *gestures vaguely* the state of things.
Wishing for some more hopeful feelings soon - my colleagues being a bit more supportive and empathetic would help as well. Alas...
Wishing for some more hopeful feelings soon - my colleagues being a bit more supportive and empathetic would help as well. Alas...
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EVACUATION DRIVE - shares needed 🚨 Akram, his young siblings, and their mom are trapped in Gaza City. The whole area is evacuated—they need to get out. At least two other families in the circle also need this support.
We have to try—ANYTHING helps. 730/3000 by WEDNESDAY chuffed.org/project/hope...
We have to try—ANYTHING helps. 730/3000 by WEDNESDAY chuffed.org/project/hope...
September 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
EVACUATION DRIVE - shares needed 🚨 Akram, his young siblings, and their mom are trapped in Gaza City. The whole area is evacuated—they need to get out. At least two other families in the circle also need this support.
We have to try—ANYTHING helps. 730/3000 by WEDNESDAY chuffed.org/project/hope...
We have to try—ANYTHING helps. 730/3000 by WEDNESDAY chuffed.org/project/hope...
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A database of archaeology Codes of Ethics.
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Archaeological Ethics Database – A project by the Register of Professional Archaeologists & the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
archaeologicalethics.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A database of archaeology Codes of Ethics.
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Today we highlight single mom Mai, who wrote to me yesterday that she is "besieged in every way" in the north of Gaza. She desperately needs funds for shelter, food, supplies.
YOU CAN HELP. Give/find her link here. It HELPS. 5/3000 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
YOU CAN HELP. Give/find her link here. It HELPS. 5/3000 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today we highlight single mom Mai, who wrote to me yesterday that she is "besieged in every way" in the north of Gaza. She desperately needs funds for shelter, food, supplies.
YOU CAN HELP. Give/find her link here. It HELPS. 5/3000 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
YOU CAN HELP. Give/find her link here. It HELPS. 5/3000 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
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Real learning is hard. It’s a slow, confusing process where you sometimes have to read long books with dreadful covers, and look at footnotes and shit. It requires us to recognize and then overcome our biases as best we can.
theoutline.com/post/6709/de...
theoutline.com/post/6709/de...
Resolved: Debate is stupid
Wow, that is correct and there is no counterargument. Debate is indeed very stupid.
theoutline.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Real learning is hard. It’s a slow, confusing process where you sometimes have to read long books with dreadful covers, and look at footnotes and shit. It requires us to recognize and then overcome our biases as best we can.
theoutline.com/post/6709/de...
theoutline.com/post/6709/de...
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Students are STILL studying in Gaza! Here’s how to help them!
Over a hundred kids are taking their secondary exams for the first time in two years, and the Spark volunteers are helping with shelter & electricity—WE help with the cost.
36 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
Over a hundred kids are taking their secondary exams for the first time in two years, and the Spark volunteers are helping with shelter & electricity—WE help with the cost.
36 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken…
chuffed.org
September 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Students are STILL studying in Gaza! Here’s how to help them!
Over a hundred kids are taking their secondary exams for the first time in two years, and the Spark volunteers are helping with shelter & electricity—WE help with the cost.
36 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
Over a hundred kids are taking their secondary exams for the first time in two years, and the Spark volunteers are helping with shelter & electricity—WE help with the cost.
36 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
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You’re used to me saying we have a day to save Spark Space, but this time, we have a day to save the rare and PRECIOUS opportunity of over a hundred kids taking secondary exams in the space.
Any boldness welcome to keep the lights on. 34 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
Any boldness welcome to keep the lights on. 34 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken…
chuffed.org
September 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You’re used to me saying we have a day to save Spark Space, but this time, we have a day to save the rare and PRECIOUS opportunity of over a hundred kids taking secondary exams in the space.
Any boldness welcome to keep the lights on. 34 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
Any boldness welcome to keep the lights on. 34 hours left—0/500 chuffed.org/project/spar...
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I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Sitting out on the balcony, drinking tea, having a smoke, rain as background noise. Today's been a better one.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sitting out on the balcony, drinking tea, having a smoke, rain as background noise. Today's been a better one.