Scott D. Haddow
@sdhaddow.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
Unintentional collage art on these public noticeboards in Turin.
September 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Unintentional collage art on these public noticeboards in Turin.
Really pathetic statement on their part as well. What information could they possibly be lacking? They certainly seem to have missed yesterday's announcement by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide”.
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Really pathetic statement on their part as well. What information could they possibly be lacking? They certainly seem to have missed yesterday's announcement by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide”.
Last photo of Copenhagen before heading to the airport.
July 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Last photo of Copenhagen before heading to the airport.
Last day in Copenhagen. After six years, it's time to start a new adventure in Torino.
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Last day in Copenhagen. After six years, it's time to start a new adventure in Torino.
Then I used Artifact3-D, a software developed to analyze stone tools, to visualize and measure it. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Then I used Artifact3-D, a software developed to analyze stone tools, to visualize and measure it. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This morning I thought it would be fun to scan the Beidha artifact using our (slightly rickety) structured-light 3D scanner. You can see the model here at Sketchfab: skfb.ly/pwYzJ
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This morning I thought it would be fun to scan the Beidha artifact using our (slightly rickety) structured-light 3D scanner. You can see the model here at Sketchfab: skfb.ly/pwYzJ
Archaeologist Gary Rollefson has argued that these objects are the prehistoric predecessors of well-known board games that emerged during the Bronze and Iron Ages such as senet, mehen and later mancala.
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Archaeologist Gary Rollefson has argued that these objects are the prehistoric predecessors of well-known board games that emerged during the Bronze and Iron Ages such as senet, mehen and later mancala.
Since these first finds, many similar objects have been found at Neolithic sites across the Levant, including this one from 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan.
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since these first finds, many similar objects have been found at Neolithic sites across the Levant, including this one from 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan.
The artifact (one of four found at Beidha) was originally interpreted by Kirkbride as a cup-hole mixer (perhaps to grind seeds for oil or minerals for pigment) and in later publications as a game board.
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The artifact (one of four found at Beidha) was originally interpreted by Kirkbride as a cup-hole mixer (perhaps to grind seeds for oil or minerals for pigment) and in later publications as a game board.
A follow-up to an earlier post on the Diana Kirkbride Beidha archive at Copenhagen University. One of the most interesting objects in the collection is this strange worked sandstone artifact, roughly 28cm x 18cm x 7 cm.
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A follow-up to an earlier post on the Diana Kirkbride Beidha archive at Copenhagen University. One of the most interesting objects in the collection is this strange worked sandstone artifact, roughly 28cm x 18cm x 7 cm.
Copenhagen marathon running past our apartment this morning.
May 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Copenhagen marathon running past our apartment this morning.
Or why not head down to the pub for a pint of Doom Bar.
April 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Or why not head down to the pub for a pint of Doom Bar.
The 2022 paper claims to have identified a large number of previously unidentified chambers and passageways. They seem to be making even wilder claims for Khafre's pyramid now, but there doesn't seem to be any publication as yet.
March 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The 2022 paper claims to have identified a large number of previously unidentified chambers and passageways. They seem to be making even wilder claims for Khafre's pyramid now, but there doesn't seem to be any publication as yet.
Finally got my hands on Diana Kirkbride's original excavation reports for Beidha🏺
March 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Finally got my hands on Diana Kirkbride's original excavation reports for Beidha🏺
Beyond the archaeological data itself, the archive contains fascinating behind-the-scenes detail related to the running of foreign archaeological missions in the Middle East in the period between the late 1950s and the early 1980s 🏺
February 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Beyond the archaeological data itself, the archive contains fascinating behind-the-scenes detail related to the running of foreign archaeological missions in the Middle East in the period between the late 1950s and the early 1980s 🏺
The material from Beidha is just a small part of the larger Diana Kirkbride-Helbæk Archive held at the University of Copenhagen, which includes documentation from her various Middle Eastern archaeological projects, as well as much of her personal correspondences 🏺 cseas.ku.dk/shkaratmsaie...
February 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The material from Beidha is just a small part of the larger Diana Kirkbride-Helbæk Archive held at the University of Copenhagen, which includes documentation from her various Middle Eastern archaeological projects, as well as much of her personal correspondences 🏺 cseas.ku.dk/shkaratmsaie...
I'm running a "project-based" course this semester in which our MA students learn to work with archival material from Diana Kirkbride's archaeological excavations at the Neolithic site of Beidha, Jordan (1958-67 and 1983)🏺
February 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm running a "project-based" course this semester in which our MA students learn to work with archival material from Diana Kirkbride's archaeological excavations at the Neolithic site of Beidha, Jordan (1958-67 and 1983)🏺
Extremely happy a ceasefire deal appears to have been reached in Gaza, but if it simply means a return to the status quo ante (i.e. occupation, apartheid and land theft), there will be no lasting peace.
January 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Extremely happy a ceasefire deal appears to have been reached in Gaza, but if it simply means a return to the status quo ante (i.e. occupation, apartheid and land theft), there will be no lasting peace.
"You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
"You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
From the "Goddesses and Wives: Women in Ancient Myth" exhibition at the Altes Museum, Berlin. 🏺
December 7, 2024 at 6:57 AM
From the "Goddesses and Wives: Women in Ancient Myth" exhibition at the Altes Museum, Berlin. 🏺
Passing through Hamburg on my way to Berlin for a couple of days.
December 5, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Passing through Hamburg on my way to Berlin for a couple of days.
Here's a picture I took in 2021 when it will still on display in Copenhagen.
November 26, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Here's a picture I took in 2021 when it will still on display in Copenhagen.
Sad to hear of the passing of Colin Renfrew. Here's a picture I took during a 2017 workshop on Neolithic archaeology at Cambridge University. I was terrified when he asked me a couple of questions after my own presentation, but I think I managed to give a semi-coherent response 😬🏺
November 25, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Sad to hear of the passing of Colin Renfrew. Here's a picture I took during a 2017 workshop on Neolithic archaeology at Cambridge University. I was terrified when he asked me a couple of questions after my own presentation, but I think I managed to give a semi-coherent response 😬🏺
🏺 I love coming across examples of ad hoc storage solutions from old excavations. When you're in the field you sometimes run out of proper bags or boxes to store everything and you have to use whatever you can get your hands on. In this case Danish cigar & shoeboxes from (I think) the 60s and 70s.
November 20, 2024 at 10:37 AM
🏺 I love coming across examples of ad hoc storage solutions from old excavations. When you're in the field you sometimes run out of proper bags or boxes to store everything and you have to use whatever you can get your hands on. In this case Danish cigar & shoeboxes from (I think) the 60s and 70s.
The cover art for this one is great. Reminds me of the screen titles for one of those Rankin Bass Christmas TV specials from the 1960s.
November 20, 2024 at 8:59 AM
The cover art for this one is great. Reminds me of the screen titles for one of those Rankin Bass Christmas TV specials from the 1960s.