Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
@mialem.bsky.social
Archaebotanist, Ph.D
at the University of Turku, Finland. I love seeds, plants and archaeology.
at the University of Turku, Finland. I love seeds, plants and archaeology.
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Scots pine trees in northern Fennoscandia are under risk from deforestation #WorldConservationDay 🏺 🌲
They are also incised with markings of cultural significance to the Indigenous Sámi, making their preservation both ecologically and archaeologically vital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
They are also incised with markings of cultural significance to the Indigenous Sámi, making their preservation both ecologically and archaeologically vital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
July 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Scots pine trees in northern Fennoscandia are under risk from deforestation #WorldConservationDay 🏺 🌲
They are also incised with markings of cultural significance to the Indigenous Sámi, making their preservation both ecologically and archaeologically vital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
They are also incised with markings of cultural significance to the Indigenous Sámi, making their preservation both ecologically and archaeologically vital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible
Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...
loom.ly
July 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg
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Current work/fun: lots of 12th c. English medical manuscripts, both for an essay on medical charms and a conference paper on monastic infirmaries.
One of the stars: Durham Cathedral MS Hunter 100, made in or near Durham Priory.
Shown here, fol. 85r & 118r, start and end of the medical texts.
One of the stars: Durham Cathedral MS Hunter 100, made in or near Durham Priory.
Shown here, fol. 85r & 118r, start and end of the medical texts.
June 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Current work/fun: lots of 12th c. English medical manuscripts, both for an essay on medical charms and a conference paper on monastic infirmaries.
One of the stars: Durham Cathedral MS Hunter 100, made in or near Durham Priory.
Shown here, fol. 85r & 118r, start and end of the medical texts.
One of the stars: Durham Cathedral MS Hunter 100, made in or near Durham Priory.
Shown here, fol. 85r & 118r, start and end of the medical texts.
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Job alert! Open Research position in our group on "Tree line ecology in mountain regions" at @slfdavos.bsky.social Apply and become my colleague 😊
apply.refline.ch/273855/1731/...
apply.refline.ch/273855/1731/...
May 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Job alert! Open Research position in our group on "Tree line ecology in mountain regions" at @slfdavos.bsky.social Apply and become my colleague 😊
apply.refline.ch/273855/1731/...
apply.refline.ch/273855/1731/...
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Lampeter is such an important part of Cultural, Academic, Scientific and Theological life.
Sign, Share and Help save it.
We call on UWTSD & the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the future of the campus
petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
Sign, Share and Help save it.
We call on UWTSD & the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the future of the campus
petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
January 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lampeter is such an important part of Cultural, Academic, Scientific and Theological life.
Sign, Share and Help save it.
We call on UWTSD & the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the future of the campus
petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
Sign, Share and Help save it.
We call on UWTSD & the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the future of the campus
petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
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New discovery: A 50,000-year-old female baby #mammoth found in Sibiria, expert say it's the best-preserved mammoth ever found
www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...
www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...
December 23, 2024 at 9:20 PM
New discovery: A 50,000-year-old female baby #mammoth found in Sibiria, expert say it's the best-preserved mammoth ever found
www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...
www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...
My latest article with an amazing team! #archaeobotany #barley #shipwreck #cargo
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Witte Swaen from 1636. The Discovery and Archaeological Survey of an Intact Fluit in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea
In 2020, the diving group Badewanne discovered an exceptionally well-preserved wreck in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Researchers and divers from several different institutions collaborated to s...
www.tandfonline.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:00 AM
My latest article with an amazing team! #archaeobotany #barley #shipwreck #cargo
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Yet another starter pack! This one is for archaeobotany as I've not seen one around so far! I am sure I've missed many of you so please share it and comment to be included :) go.bsky.app/5fRwi48 #archaeobotany #palaeoethnobotany #carpology #phytoliths #ancientstarch #anthracology #palynology
November 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Yet another starter pack! This one is for archaeobotany as I've not seen one around so far! I am sure I've missed many of you so please share it and comment to be included :) go.bsky.app/5fRwi48 #archaeobotany #palaeoethnobotany #carpology #phytoliths #ancientstarch #anthracology #palynology
Our article with a great international team has just been published! My role was to analyze food plants from the cargo of Witte Swaen!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Witte Swaen from 1636. The Discovery and Archaeological Survey of an Intact Fluit in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea
In 2020, the diving group Badewanne discovered an exceptionally well-preserved wreck in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Researchers and divers from several different institutions collaborated to s...
www.tandfonline.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Our article with a great international team has just been published! My role was to analyze food plants from the cargo of Witte Swaen!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....