Dr Rowan English
@rowane.bsky.social
Archaeologist, PhD on the ivory trade in late antiquity. Also interested in early medieval northwest Europe, circular economies, funerary archaeology, and long-distance interactions of all kinds.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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For example, a supposed surge in economic inactivity has generated a long and often agonised political debate over getting people into work, but it may be a mirage, a statistical phantom driven by bad survey data. How many other things are we seeing wrongly or not at all? www.ft.com/content/f800...
Faulty data overstates surge in UK economic inactivity, finds report
Problems with ONS labour market survey have given ‘overly pessimistic picture’, says Resolution Foundation
www.ft.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For example, a supposed surge in economic inactivity has generated a long and often agonised political debate over getting people into work, but it may be a mirage, a statistical phantom driven by bad survey data. How many other things are we seeing wrongly or not at all? www.ft.com/content/f800...
I’m finishing up an article this week on trade to early medieval England and how it’s shows extreme connectivity across the late antique world. Garnets especially seem to have extreme intentionality in their crafting and movement.
February 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m finishing up an article this week on trade to early medieval England and how it’s shows extreme connectivity across the late antique world. Garnets especially seem to have extreme intentionality in their crafting and movement.
For most of the the past people make pretty mundane stuff from it, but I think it’s because it’s pretty tactile in a way that nothing else is, and not much to do with the elephant. Probably what attracted me to a PhD in it 🐘
February 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
For most of the the past people make pretty mundane stuff from it, but I think it’s because it’s pretty tactile in a way that nothing else is, and not much to do with the elephant. Probably what attracted me to a PhD in it 🐘