Michael Lewis
@michael-lewis.bsky.social
Archaeology. Mesopotamia. Ceramics. Petrography. 🏺🔬
Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 🇵🇹
Former Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 🇵🇹
Former Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
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The main rule of excavation is, however big the area of investigation, there's always an interesting archaeological feature disappearing under the edge of the trench
#Durotriges25
#Durotriges25
May 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The main rule of excavation is, however big the area of investigation, there's always an interesting archaeological feature disappearing under the edge of the trench
#Durotriges25
#Durotriges25
New paper 📝 ✨in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal (OpenAccess). I highlight #Glocalisation as a model to explain the regional nuances of the #Uruk Phenomenon in southern Iraqi #Kurdistan
#archaeology #globalisation #Mesopotamia
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#archaeology #globalisation #Mesopotamia
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Reframing the Uruk Expansion: Glocalization and Local Dynamics in the Late Chalcolithic Adhaim-Sirwan Drainage Basin, Iraqi Kurdistan | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Reframing the Uruk Expansion: Glocalization and Local Dynamics in the Late Chalcolithic Adhaim-Sirwan Drainage Basin, Iraqi Kurdistan
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March 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New paper 📝 ✨in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal (OpenAccess). I highlight #Glocalisation as a model to explain the regional nuances of the #Uruk Phenomenon in southern Iraqi #Kurdistan
#archaeology #globalisation #Mesopotamia
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#archaeology #globalisation #Mesopotamia
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📝✨ Newly published article from my PhD is out now! Investigating the firing temperature of 4th millennium pottery from Kurdistan region of Iraq using FTIR
#archaeology #Mesopotamia
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#archaeology #Mesopotamia
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📝✨ Newly published article from my PhD is out now! Investigating the firing temperature of 4th millennium pottery from Kurdistan region of Iraq using FTIR
#archaeology #Mesopotamia
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#archaeology #Mesopotamia
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#Jobalert! I am looking for a #postdoc to join my team in Warsaw for 2 years. The project focuses on Material Religion in #Mesopotamia. You'll be working with Rafał Solecki, two research assistants, and me. The application deadline is coming up soon: 14 Jan wnhs.uksw.edu.pl/.../employme...
Employment of Post-doctoral researcher – Wydział Nauk Historycznych UKSW
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January 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#Jobalert! I am looking for a #postdoc to join my team in Warsaw for 2 years. The project focuses on Material Religion in #Mesopotamia. You'll be working with Rafał Solecki, two research assistants, and me. The application deadline is coming up soon: 14 Jan wnhs.uksw.edu.pl/.../employme...
A few #Mesopotamian - #Iranian favourites from the Brussels Art & History museum. The choir of figurines is definitely the pick of the bunch!
#archaeology
#archaeology
December 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
A few #Mesopotamian - #Iranian favourites from the Brussels Art & History museum. The choir of figurines is definitely the pick of the bunch!
#archaeology
#archaeology
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The #PaperOfTheMonth from @antiquityj.bsky.social is 'There and back again: local institutions, an Uruk expansion and the rejection of centralisation in the Sirwan/Upper Diyala region' by Claudia Glatz et al., available #openaccess!
📚 cup.org/3W6zFn1
#archaeology
📚 cup.org/3W6zFn1
#archaeology
December 18, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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Looking forward to reading this one!
Our new paper in Current Anthropology summarises a joyfully collaborative project to protect cultural heritage in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by engaging a wider public and making archaeology as a form of cultural heritage more accessible and enjoyable.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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December 13, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Looking forward to reading this one!
Reposted by Michael Lewis
Israel has obliterated the mausoleum of Simon Peter, the Apostle of Christ, in Shama, southern Lebanon.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
December 1, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Israel has obliterated the mausoleum of Simon Peter, the Apostle of Christ, in Shama, southern Lebanon.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
A really exciting site, and pleasure to be part of such a wonderful team!
Our paper on Late Chalcolithic Shakhi Kora was just published. A rather amazing site with an intriguing occupation history that suggests the development of local institutional households, an Uruk one, and then the rejection of this type of centralised organisation/power.
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
December 4, 2024 at 11:55 AM
A really exciting site, and pleasure to be part of such a wonderful team!
Since I missed #NationalIllustrationDay2024 , here is my contribution - a selection of unpainted late 4th millennium Uruk sherds from Kani Shaie, #Kurdistan and some beautiful painted cups from the early 3rd millennium there. A lot changed in only 300 years! #archaeology
November 30, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Since I missed #NationalIllustrationDay2024 , here is my contribution - a selection of unpainted late 4th millennium Uruk sherds from Kani Shaie, #Kurdistan and some beautiful painted cups from the early 3rd millennium there. A lot changed in only 300 years! #archaeology
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) app submitted! Bit of a whirlwind 🌪️ Now to wait (and rest!)
🤞🏼💪🏼 #archaeology
🤞🏼💪🏼 #archaeology
November 30, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) app submitted! Bit of a whirlwind 🌪️ Now to wait (and rest!)
🤞🏼💪🏼 #archaeology
🤞🏼💪🏼 #archaeology
Really makes me happy to see the #archaeology community reassembling here after a far too long hiatus!
November 15, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Really makes me happy to see the #archaeology community reassembling here after a far too long hiatus!
A brief introduction to me and my research, and throw-back to an exciting summer of Early Bronze Age #archaeology at Kani Shaie, #Kurdistan
November 14, 2024 at 8:07 AM
A brief introduction to me and my research, and throw-back to an exciting summer of Early Bronze Age #archaeology at Kani Shaie, #Kurdistan