Mastarchaeo
@mastwoodside.bsky.social
Archaeologist, running YACs, Castle bothering nowadays but my heart is still Neolithic and Underwater. Ancient textiles, fibre production, organics, residue analysis. Here with a sense of humour and a bit of hope. | She/her |
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Pottery sherds from Neolithic sites along the Syria-Turkey border may have been part of ceramic pans used to bake focaccia-like breads, which likely were first enjoyed some 8,400 years ago in Mesopotamia.
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/world/?location=syria-3
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/world/?location=syria-3
March 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pottery sherds from Neolithic sites along the Syria-Turkey border may have been part of ceramic pans used to bake focaccia-like breads, which likely were first enjoyed some 8,400 years ago in Mesopotamia.
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/world/?location=syria-3
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/world/?location=syria-3
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Great fun with #AyrshireYAC this afternoon looking at Roman mosaics and creating our own designs 🖼️
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Great fun with #AyrshireYAC this afternoon looking at Roman mosaics and creating our own designs 🖼️
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Earphones with the capacity to be adapted into hearing aids - including Apple's AirPods Pro 2 - have been given the all-clear to be sold 'over-the-counter' in the UK, under new guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care this week.
Apple hearing aid feature to come to UK in ‘coming weeks’ as government gives the green light
Earphones with the capacity to be adapted into hearing aids - including Apple's AirPods Pro 2 - have been given the all-clear to be sold 'over-the-counter' in the UK, under new guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care this week.
liamodell.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Earphones with the capacity to be adapted into hearing aids - including Apple's AirPods Pro 2 - have been given the all-clear to be sold 'over-the-counter' in the UK, under new guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care this week.
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In case you missed the latest discoveries of a private bathhouse and occupants of a house in #Pompeii
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In case you missed the latest discoveries of a private bathhouse and occupants of a house in #Pompeii
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wow so teeny. Good spot! Fond memories of post-ex hours spent 'sorting'. Surprisingly relaxing once you were in the zone.
Spot the microlith... perfectly formed with retouch on each edge but just 5mm long! This is why #Mesolithic sites are sieved! Found in Worcestershire by @robhedge
January 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wow so teeny. Good spot! Fond memories of post-ex hours spent 'sorting'. Surprisingly relaxing once you were in the zone.
Op is fun but the comments are the true 'gold nuggets' waiting to be read, as ever...
December 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Op is fun but the comments are the true 'gold nuggets' waiting to be read, as ever...
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1/ My good friend @ronimore.bsky.social finally saw the actual Nebra Sky Disc, and not just my necklace, so it's a good opportunity for a short archaeological #thread. Let's start. >>
November 23, 2024 at 8:45 AM
1/ My good friend @ronimore.bsky.social finally saw the actual Nebra Sky Disc, and not just my necklace, so it's a good opportunity for a short archaeological #thread. Let's start. >>
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1/ On the eve winter solstice, a fairly crazy archaeological story. A #thread.
In 1915, the Englishman Cecil Chubb, went to an auction to buy curtains for his wife, instead, he ended up buying a tract of land and the monument that stood on it, Stonehenge. >>
In 1915, the Englishman Cecil Chubb, went to an auction to buy curtains for his wife, instead, he ended up buying a tract of land and the monument that stood on it, Stonehenge. >>
December 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
1/ On the eve winter solstice, a fairly crazy archaeological story. A #thread.
In 1915, the Englishman Cecil Chubb, went to an auction to buy curtains for his wife, instead, he ended up buying a tract of land and the monument that stood on it, Stonehenge. >>
In 1915, the Englishman Cecil Chubb, went to an auction to buy curtains for his wife, instead, he ended up buying a tract of land and the monument that stood on it, Stonehenge. >>
Smashing! The Serenity fits the Ring of Brodgar beautifully! This going to spice up #StandingStoneSunday 🏺
December 22, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Smashing! The Serenity fits the Ring of Brodgar beautifully! This going to spice up #StandingStoneSunday 🏺
Me on the flip side of the year in 1997. A summer solstice photo from a conference trip, when they let a bunch of archaeologists loose into #Stonehenge and we didn't need dress in flowing robes either. Walked up the avenue approach mostly running to coincide with sunset #standingStoneSunday 📸 my own
December 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Me on the flip side of the year in 1997. A summer solstice photo from a conference trip, when they let a bunch of archaeologists loose into #Stonehenge and we didn't need dress in flowing robes either. Walked up the avenue approach mostly running to coincide with sunset #standingStoneSunday 📸 my own
For #FlintFriday A seasonal decorated tree that reminds me of a knapped hand axe. #archaeology 🏺
December 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM
For #FlintFriday A seasonal decorated tree that reminds me of a knapped hand axe. #archaeology 🏺
Early photo capture of Damascus. Love this forest of apricot trees. It reminds me of times past digging in northern Syria, where the Arabic phrase "tomorrow there will be apricots" was used lots.
■ A distant photograph of the city of Damascus in the middle of a forest of apricot trees, taken in 1857 #damascus #syria #ottomanempire #history #oldphoto
December 14, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Early photo capture of Damascus. Love this forest of apricot trees. It reminds me of times past digging in northern Syria, where the Arabic phrase "tomorrow there will be apricots" was used lots.
Nålbinding textile using probable woad blue dyed yarn made from hemp. #ancientBlueSky #ancienttextiles #archaeology
NEW Analysis of two surviving textile fragments from Bronze Age Beycesultan Höyük, Anatolia, finds they were made with unique techniques and dyed blue, providing a rare example of the textile industry and luxury fabrics in ancient Türkiye.
A stylish #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
A stylish #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
December 10, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Nålbinding textile using probable woad blue dyed yarn made from hemp. #ancientBlueSky #ancienttextiles #archaeology
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Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire (Scotland) my watercolour reconstruction from 1990s of Oblong Plan Keep built by the Stewart family over the stump of an earlier slighted building. #DundonaldCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting #MedievalSky
December 10, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire (Scotland) my watercolour reconstruction from 1990s of Oblong Plan Keep built by the Stewart family over the stump of an earlier slighted building. #DundonaldCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting #MedievalSky
Was such a beautiful but brief end to the day at 3:30 pm in Scotland! Then you realise so much dark at this time of the year, just as well we get nature's light show to keep us going. #Scotland
December 8, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Was such a beautiful but brief end to the day at 3:30 pm in Scotland! Then you realise so much dark at this time of the year, just as well we get nature's light show to keep us going. #Scotland
Standing stone above Fairlie, North Ayrshire at Diamond hill. Intriguing name may relate to globular quartz inclusions in rock. Close proximity to cup ring panel of rock art. Check out Canmore for more details and wider landscape context canmore.org.uk/site/41223/d...
#neolithic #standingstonesunday
#neolithic #standingstonesunday
December 8, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Standing stone above Fairlie, North Ayrshire at Diamond hill. Intriguing name may relate to globular quartz inclusions in rock. Close proximity to cup ring panel of rock art. Check out Canmore for more details and wider landscape context canmore.org.uk/site/41223/d...
#neolithic #standingstonesunday
#neolithic #standingstonesunday
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First evidence of early neolithic archery from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Granada) revealed through combined chemical and morphological analysis
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First evidence of early neolithic archery from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Granada) revealed through combined chemical and morphological analysis - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - First evidence of early neolithic archery from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Granada) revealed through combined chemical and morphological analysis
www.nature.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:42 AM
First evidence of early neolithic archery from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Granada) revealed through combined chemical and morphological analysis
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Remember the Sanday Wreck (Orkney 🏴) revealed by storms last winter? Wessex Archaeology & Dendrochronicle’s @hamishdarrah recorded & sampled it then.
Delighted HES are now funding the dendro-analysis -aims to date & provenance the timbers.
🌳💍⚓️🏴💚 #findsfriday
www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-...
Delighted HES are now funding the dendro-analysis -aims to date & provenance the timbers.
🌳💍⚓️🏴💚 #findsfriday
www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-...
Sanday Wreck
Rising from the intertidal deposits on Sand o’Erraby, a beach in Sanday, Orkney Islands, winter storms exposed a single large section of a wooden ship hull. The wreck has now been transferred into a f...
www.wessexarch.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Remember the Sanday Wreck (Orkney 🏴) revealed by storms last winter? Wessex Archaeology & Dendrochronicle’s @hamishdarrah recorded & sampled it then.
Delighted HES are now funding the dendro-analysis -aims to date & provenance the timbers.
🌳💍⚓️🏴💚 #findsfriday
www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-...
Delighted HES are now funding the dendro-analysis -aims to date & provenance the timbers.
🌳💍⚓️🏴💚 #findsfriday
www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-...
My daughter is Deaf and volunteers with the excellent Friends of Dundonald Castle FODC,(who aren't over here just yet but I'm working on that!) FODC just won the Thriving communities National award Scotland in recognition of all that we do to support and enhance lives providing acess to heritage 1/2
December 2, 2024 at 2:49 PM
My daughter is Deaf and volunteers with the excellent Friends of Dundonald Castle FODC,(who aren't over here just yet but I'm working on that!) FODC just won the Thriving communities National award Scotland in recognition of all that we do to support and enhance lives providing acess to heritage 1/2
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⭐ New on Bluesky: The 'Scottish Archaeology' Starter pack! ⭐
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
November 19, 2024 at 9:35 AM
⭐ New on Bluesky: The 'Scottish Archaeology' Starter pack! ⭐
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
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New study of Scotland's ancient burial monuments www.bbc.com/news/article...
New study of monuments built by Scotland's first farmers
Some of the stone structures found in Argyll, Highlands and the Western Isles could be 6,000 years old.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 AM
New study of Scotland's ancient burial monuments www.bbc.com/news/article...
This starter pack is so packed full of fabulous prehistorians it's a treasure trove.
December 2, 2024 at 11:09 AM
This starter pack is so packed full of fabulous prehistorians it's a treasure trove.
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Eating together is a social act. Sharing food brings people together, builds links between individuals, makes groups more resilient.
So does drinking beer, made with the same grains used to make bread...
phys.org/news/2024-11...
So does drinking beer, made with the same grains used to make bread...
phys.org/news/2024-11...
Focaccia: A Neolithic culinary tradition dating back 9,000 years ago
A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Cr...
phys.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Eating together is a social act. Sharing food brings people together, builds links between individuals, makes groups more resilient.
So does drinking beer, made with the same grains used to make bread...
phys.org/news/2024-11...
So does drinking beer, made with the same grains used to make bread...
phys.org/news/2024-11...
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It's out - paper by Mark Hall (mainly), myself and James Graham-Campbell on the Lindisfarne playing pieces (amongst other examples). Archaeological Journal. Open Access From Durham Uni / DigVentures excavations on Holy Island www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2024 at 9:58 AM
It's out - paper by Mark Hall (mainly), myself and James Graham-Campbell on the Lindisfarne playing pieces (amongst other examples). Archaeological Journal. Open Access From Durham Uni / DigVentures excavations on Holy Island www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....