Martin Porr
@martinporr.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Archaeology
University of Western Australia
Centre for Rock Art Research + Management
Frobenius Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)
Universität Tübingen
http://uwa.academia.edu/MartinPorr
University of Western Australia
Centre for Rock Art Research + Management
Frobenius Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)
Universität Tübingen
http://uwa.academia.edu/MartinPorr
Just published in the EAZ in open access!
Please have a look at this great new paper by @shumon.bsky.social on "Zoo-Ontologies: Materiality and Visuality in the Multispecies Tangle".
This paper is now free to download via the EAZ website.
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
Please have a look at this great new paper by @shumon.bsky.social on "Zoo-Ontologies: Materiality and Visuality in the Multispecies Tangle".
This paper is now free to download via the EAZ website.
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just published in the EAZ in open access!
Please have a look at this great new paper by @shumon.bsky.social on "Zoo-Ontologies: Materiality and Visuality in the Multispecies Tangle".
This paper is now free to download via the EAZ website.
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
Please have a look at this great new paper by @shumon.bsky.social on "Zoo-Ontologies: Materiality and Visuality in the Multispecies Tangle".
This paper is now free to download via the EAZ website.
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
Coming in April 2026!
This truly fabulous volume will be published early next year and putting this together was just a great journey. It allowed working together with many amazing scholars from different parts of the world and I profited so much from reading and engaging with all the chapters.
This truly fabulous volume will be published early next year and putting this together was just a great journey. It allowed working together with many amazing scholars from different parts of the world and I profited so much from reading and engaging with all the chapters.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Coming in April 2026!
This truly fabulous volume will be published early next year and putting this together was just a great journey. It allowed working together with many amazing scholars from different parts of the world and I profited so much from reading and engaging with all the chapters.
This truly fabulous volume will be published early next year and putting this together was just a great journey. It allowed working together with many amazing scholars from different parts of the world and I profited so much from reading and engaging with all the chapters.
Please have a look at this new open access paper by Benjamin Alberti that was just published in the EAZ. This is part of a special issue on ontological approaches in archaeology with more great papers to follow! #archaeology
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
September 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Please have a look at this new open access paper by Benjamin Alberti that was just published in the EAZ. This is part of a special issue on ontological approaches in archaeology with more great papers to follow! #archaeology
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
It is a great pleasure to announce that our new book on Palaeolithic art and what we can learn from it has just been published by Heidelberg University Publishing! The volume is OA and can be downloaded via the link below! @deeptimeheritage.bsky.social 🤩😎
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
August 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It is a great pleasure to announce that our new book on Palaeolithic art and what we can learn from it has just been published by Heidelberg University Publishing! The volume is OA and can be downloaded via the link below! @deeptimeheritage.bsky.social 🤩😎
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
Come work with us!! Job opportunity!!
We just advertised a 5-year full-time T/R Archaeology Lecturer position at Level B.
This will suit an early career researcher with a teaching and research profile that is relevant to Australia.
Full details below!
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
We just advertised a 5-year full-time T/R Archaeology Lecturer position at Level B.
This will suit an early career researcher with a teaching and research profile that is relevant to Australia.
Full details below!
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
August 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Come work with us!! Job opportunity!!
We just advertised a 5-year full-time T/R Archaeology Lecturer position at Level B.
This will suit an early career researcher with a teaching and research profile that is relevant to Australia.
Full details below!
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
We just advertised a 5-year full-time T/R Archaeology Lecturer position at Level B.
This will suit an early career researcher with a teaching and research profile that is relevant to Australia.
Full details below!
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
Coming back from an inspiring WAC-10 in Darwin, it was a very lovely surprise to find my author copies of this amazing volume at home. The book should be in the shops from tomorrow. It is very much worth your time and attention!
June 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Coming back from an inspiring WAC-10 in Darwin, it was a very lovely surprise to find my author copies of this amazing volume at home. The book should be in the shops from tomorrow. It is very much worth your time and attention!
In the summary document, the figures all look like this...
May 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In the summary document, the figures all look like this...
CFP! At the upcoming AAA/AIMA conference in Fremantle (2 -5 December), I am co-hosting a session together with Gretchen Stolte and Sven Ouzman with the title "Understanding, Critiquing, and Communicating Time in Archaeology and Beyond".
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
May 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
CFP! At the upcoming AAA/AIMA conference in Fremantle (2 -5 December), I am co-hosting a session together with Gretchen Stolte and Sven Ouzman with the title "Understanding, Critiquing, and Communicating Time in Archaeology and Beyond".
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
CFP! Together with @lauramayer.bsky.social and Rebecca Corps, I am co-hosting a session at this year's AAA/AIMA conference in Fremantle on intersections between heritage, history, and tourism. If you are at the conference this year, consider contributing!
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
May 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
CFP! Together with @lauramayer.bsky.social and Rebecca Corps, I am co-hosting a session at this year's AAA/AIMA conference in Fremantle on intersections between heritage, history, and tourism. If you are at the conference this year, consider contributing!
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
www.aaaconference.com.au/call-for-abs...
Coming soon your way in online open access! 😁
May 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Coming soon your way in online open access! 😁
Postdoc opportunity at the University of Cologne, Germany, to support the ECOLITHIC project: A Radical Ecosystems View of Lithic Macro-Evolution!
ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunities
ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunities
May 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Postdoc opportunity at the University of Cologne, Germany, to support the ECOLITHIC project: A Radical Ecosystems View of Lithic Macro-Evolution!
ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunities
ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunities
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Re. Australia Day, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party continues the tradition of writing Aboriginal people out of history, arguing that the establishment of the British colony in the late 18th century was just the acquisition of a depopulated, natural landscape. Terra nullius all over again...
January 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Re. Australia Day, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party continues the tradition of writing Aboriginal people out of history, arguing that the establishment of the British colony in the late 18th century was just the acquisition of a depopulated, natural landscape. Terra nullius all over again...
Just found out that we didn't have this very interesting volume available in our university's library...
January 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Just found out that we didn't have this very interesting volume available in our university's library...
In late 2023, there has also been a new publication (in English!) on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman in this Open Access volume that provides some information on the results of the new excavations of the burial! /31
books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//propylaeum/...
books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//propylaeum/...
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In late 2023, there has also been a new publication (in English!) on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman in this Open Access volume that provides some information on the results of the new excavations of the burial! /31
books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//propylaeum/...
books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//propylaeum/...
Unfortunately, the performance did not happen as originally planned and was cancelled in 2024. However, the team has declared that they won't give up and I am looking forward to further updates! /29
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Unfortunately, the performance did not happen as originally planned and was cancelled in 2024. However, the team has declared that they won't give up and I am looking forward to further updates! /29
More information on different aspects (story, team, cast, etc.) of this ambitious project can be found here. /28
www.cantus-mitteldeutschland.de/projekt/die-...
www.cantus-mitteldeutschland.de/projekt/die-...
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
More information on different aspects (story, team, cast, etc.) of this ambitious project can be found here. /28
www.cantus-mitteldeutschland.de/projekt/die-...
www.cantus-mitteldeutschland.de/projekt/die-...
Together with Frank Paetzold, she has also published a children's book on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman and the history of its discovery. It can be ordered globally as a print-on-demand book. /26
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Together with Frank Paetzold, she has also published a children's book on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman and the history of its discovery. It can be ordered globally as a print-on-demand book. /26
But beyond these considerations it is also important to acknowledge that the burial of Bad Dürrenberg has significant meaning to the local people living in the town today. Petra Paetzold, for example, has offered guided tours for a long time, educating children about its importance. /25
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
But beyond these considerations it is also important to acknowledge that the burial of Bad Dürrenberg has significant meaning to the local people living in the town today. Petra Paetzold, for example, has offered guided tours for a long time, educating children about its importance. /25
And here is another screenshot... from the same episode of Barbarians, Season 2. As I said earlier in the thread, it is interesting how an image that is based on a Mesolithic burial that is ca. 9,000 years old can inspire the depiction of a Germanic 'priestess' during Roman times. /23
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
And here is another screenshot... from the same episode of Barbarians, Season 2. As I said earlier in the thread, it is interesting how an image that is based on a Mesolithic burial that is ca. 9,000 years old can inspire the depiction of a Germanic 'priestess' during Roman times. /23
in 2022, the second season of Barbarians was also released on @netflix.com and it seems that the use of Bad Dürrenberg-inspired costume has been continued (not surprisingly). Here are a couple of screenshots from the first episode. /22
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
in 2022, the second season of Barbarians was also released on @netflix.com and it seems that the use of Bad Dürrenberg-inspired costume has been continued (not surprisingly). Here are a couple of screenshots from the first episode. /22
This here was another miniature of the Bad Dürrenberg shaman from a German company but the figure has now disappeared from the web. /20
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This here was another miniature of the Bad Dürrenberg shaman from a German company but the figure has now disappeared from the web. /20
Another image from the British Museum exhibition courtesy of @sally-annspence.bsky.social. /19
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Another image from the British Museum exhibition courtesy of @sally-annspence.bsky.social. /19
In 2022, the burial of Bad Dürrenberg featured in the exhibition The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum. @sally-annspence.bsky.social put together this great thread, you can find it below. /18
x.com/SallyAnn_Spe...
x.com/SallyAnn_Spe...
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In 2022, the burial of Bad Dürrenberg featured in the exhibition The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum. @sally-annspence.bsky.social put together this great thread, you can find it below. /18
x.com/SallyAnn_Spe...
x.com/SallyAnn_Spe...
Here is another case how the shaman of Bad Dürrenberg continues to inspire people! It is a variation of the original reconstruction and a small painted sculpture. On the website, the original artwork is also properly acknowledged. Fantastic work! /17
www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/10781
www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/10781
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here is another case how the shaman of Bad Dürrenberg continues to inspire people! It is a variation of the original reconstruction and a small painted sculpture. On the website, the original artwork is also properly acknowledged. Fantastic work! /17
www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/10781
www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/10781