Paul Montgomery
@stonefishweirs.bsky.social
Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group.
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The stone fish weirs of the island of Taiwan are some of the most complex and elaborate fishing structures known locally as “shi hu”(石滬) has been structured to fit into the deal with the pressure of the current and tide pushing across the foreshore area.
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The stone fish weirs of the island of Taiwan are some of the most complex and elaborate fishing structures known locally as “shi hu”(石滬) has been structured to fit into the deal with the pressure of the current and tide pushing across the foreshore area.
Attend the first online event of the newly founded Council for Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage (CAUCH) was held. The online talk was given by Dr Sila Tripati's one of the "founding fathers" of #maritimearchaeology in #India. #MaritimeHeritage #CAUCH #maritimearchaeology #coastalhistory
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Attend the first online event of the newly founded Council for Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage (CAUCH) was held. The online talk was given by Dr Sila Tripati's one of the "founding fathers" of #maritimearchaeology in #India. #MaritimeHeritage #CAUCH #maritimearchaeology #coastalhistory
Traditional Conger eel Conger oceanicus fishing and conservation by air drying on the shore of #MuxíaTown. #Muxía, #ACoruña #Spain. The history of this type of fisheries has been active for over five centuries, documented in historical records. #coastalhistory
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Traditional Conger eel Conger oceanicus fishing and conservation by air drying on the shore of #MuxíaTown. #Muxía, #ACoruña #Spain. The history of this type of fisheries has been active for over five centuries, documented in historical records. #coastalhistory
The coast of Swale Estuary in Kent, a mix of flotsam and jetsam washed up. Some examples of the colourfully unique or in life of the intertidal, Orange (Suberites sp), also called estuary sponge. A common find on the #swaleestuary, #Kent and the Lower #ThamesEstuary.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The coast of Swale Estuary in Kent, a mix of flotsam and jetsam washed up. Some examples of the colourfully unique or in life of the intertidal, Orange (Suberites sp), also called estuary sponge. A common find on the #swaleestuary, #Kent and the Lower #ThamesEstuary.
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The Shackleton Polar Museum in Athy is amazing!!! Superb architectural design, exhibits, recreations, movies - the reconstruction of the James Caird rescue voyage alone is terrific - one of the best museums I’ve been in. Get to Athy, Co Kildare, Ireland!!!
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Shackleton Polar Museum in Athy is amazing!!! Superb architectural design, exhibits, recreations, movies - the reconstruction of the James Caird rescue voyage alone is terrific - one of the best museums I’ve been in. Get to Athy, Co Kildare, Ireland!!!
Fishing tackle and traditions in local Irish (Gaeilge) traditional names for fishing traditions.
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Fishing tackle and traditions in local Irish (Gaeilge) traditional names for fishing traditions.
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
21st November #worldfisheriesday! Historical & ecologically central to world. The fisheries of our planet one of the touchstones of the health of our oceans and the health of our entire planet as one of the great ecological resources that we've depended on and one of the most fragile.
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
21st November #worldfisheriesday! Historical & ecologically central to world. The fisheries of our planet one of the touchstones of the health of our oceans and the health of our entire planet as one of the great ecological resources that we've depended on and one of the most fragile.
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Finally finished the video showing the creation of a diorama of the #WaterlooUncovered excavations! Check it out here youtu.be/WIwUeOjwUjY?...
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
When Curiosity Wins - An Archaeological Diorama from Waterloo's Battlefield
YouTube video by ArchaeoSquid
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November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Finally finished the video showing the creation of a diorama of the #WaterlooUncovered excavations! Check it out here youtu.be/WIwUeOjwUjY?...
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
Image of a man fisheing from small boat, from a book of hours (Douce 62, fol. 76v Hours of the Virgin), c. 1400. Book of Hours, Use of Paris [Latin and Middle French]. Using a rod and line, fishing from small almost round boat. #coastalhistory #fisingheritage
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Image of a man fisheing from small boat, from a book of hours (Douce 62, fol. 76v Hours of the Virgin), c. 1400. Book of Hours, Use of Paris [Latin and Middle French]. Using a rod and line, fishing from small almost round boat. #coastalhistory #fisingheritage
Picture of fish trap belonging to
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Picture of fish trap belonging to
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
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Don't forget to submit and join us next year at the @oceanspast.bsky.social XI conference! 🐟
Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Don't forget to submit and join us next year at the @oceanspast.bsky.social XI conference! 🐟
Drawing of #Māoripeople #fishing on #LakeTaupo around 1847. The lake is a crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of #TaupōVolcano. #Maori fished the lakes, lagoons, swamps, rivers, and streams provided fish, shellfish, crayfish, and waterfowl, but not eels.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Drawing of #Māoripeople #fishing on #LakeTaupo around 1847. The lake is a crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of #TaupōVolcano. #Maori fished the lakes, lagoons, swamps, rivers, and streams provided fish, shellfish, crayfish, and waterfowl, but not eels.
Images Roman Cape Trafalgar Garum sites, a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment.. the tomato ketchup of its day. The sites of a Roman fishing town near Barbata in Andalusia, Spain. The coast of Spain close to the mouth of the Mediterranean. #fishing #archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Images Roman Cape Trafalgar Garum sites, a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment.. the tomato ketchup of its day. The sites of a Roman fishing town near Barbata in Andalusia, Spain. The coast of Spain close to the mouth of the Mediterranean. #fishing #archaeology
A collection of images of one of the unique features of Brazil's Atlantic coastline. Camboa in Brazilian Portuguese from São José de Ribamar, #Maranhão, #Brazil. The area was home to the Gamela #indigenouscommunity found in the northeastern region of Brazil. 1/3 #coastalhistory
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A collection of images of one of the unique features of Brazil's Atlantic coastline. Camboa in Brazilian Portuguese from São José de Ribamar, #Maranhão, #Brazil. The area was home to the Gamela #indigenouscommunity found in the northeastern region of Brazil. 1/3 #coastalhistory
A letter In The Maritime Times. A letter to the editor raises the issue of heritage fisheries in Ireland and its lack of attention and care in the past. Pointing out the loss of cultural and historical heritage that was, at one time, a big part of identity of our island.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A letter In The Maritime Times. A letter to the editor raises the issue of heritage fisheries in Ireland and its lack of attention and care in the past. Pointing out the loss of cultural and historical heritage that was, at one time, a big part of identity of our island.
Drawing of wood #fishweir drawn in 1916 by Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian between 1907/1930 pictures of the life of the fading past of #indigenouspeoples of North America.
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Drawing of wood #fishweir drawn in 1916 by Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian between 1907/1930 pictures of the life of the fading past of #indigenouspeoples of North America.
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
Wishing a very happy birthday to our team member from South Korea, Prof. 이혜연 (Yi Hye-Yeon). "생일 축하합니다" (saeng-il chukha-hamnida)!
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wishing a very happy birthday to our team member from South Korea, Prof. 이혜연 (Yi Hye-Yeon). "생일 축하합니다" (saeng-il chukha-hamnida)!
Shingle to be moved to protect Folkestone's coastal communities - BBC News share.google/VTjH8hKcq6aF...
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Shingle to be moved to protect Folkestone's coastal communities - BBC News
The work is the most cost-effective way of protecting the district from flooding, the council says.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shingle to be moved to protect Folkestone's coastal communities - BBC News share.google/VTjH8hKcq6aF...
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Some wonderful pictures taken/posted on the Fijian radio(BULA FM 'Naba Dua Ena Sere') station FB page. Showing the tradition of Yavirau (Fish drive): A large community effort where a circle of vines is used to surround a lagoon. #IndigenousPeoples #Fiji #oceanspast #oceandecadeheritage
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Some wonderful pictures taken/posted on the Fijian radio(BULA FM 'Naba Dua Ena Sere') station FB page. Showing the tradition of Yavirau (Fish drive): A large community effort where a circle of vines is used to surround a lagoon. #IndigenousPeoples #Fiji #oceanspast #oceandecadeheritage
Drawing from 1885 of local fisherman fishing with spear and #fishtraps on shores of Lake Tana/Tsana, the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the #BlueNile, a highland of #Ethiopia. There are 27 fish species in Lake Tana, and 20 of them are endemic.1/4 #coastalhistory
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Drawing from 1885 of local fisherman fishing with spear and #fishtraps on shores of Lake Tana/Tsana, the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the #BlueNile, a highland of #Ethiopia. There are 27 fish species in Lake Tana, and 20 of them are endemic.1/4 #coastalhistory
A new blog looking at some of the intertidal features and archaeological monuments that can be found in the intertidal zone of the Swale Estuary. Follow link cim.mola.org.uk/blogs/the-in...
#coastsinmind #MaritimeHeritage #swaleestuary #intertidalarchaeology #heritage
#coastsinmind #MaritimeHeritage #swaleestuary #intertidalarchaeology #heritage
The intertidal gems of the Swale | CiM
The intertidal gems of the SwaleBy Paul Montgomery, PhDPicture of a hulk on the shore side of the Faversham Creek. Source Coasts in Mind/MOLA In this week's blog, we focus on some of the intertidal fe...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A new blog looking at some of the intertidal features and archaeological monuments that can be found in the intertidal zone of the Swale Estuary. Follow link cim.mola.org.uk/blogs/the-in...
#coastsinmind #MaritimeHeritage #swaleestuary #intertidalarchaeology #heritage
#coastsinmind #MaritimeHeritage #swaleestuary #intertidalarchaeology #heritage
Attend the University of Kent Archaeology Campus for the Fieldwork Day 2025. Talk was given by Harry Farmer (MOLA) and Andy Ward (Kent Archaeology Society), Coasts in Mind – Community Memories of Change around Faversham Creek out into the wider Swale Estuary.
#coastsinmind #kentarchaeologysociety
#coastsinmind #kentarchaeologysociety
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Attend the University of Kent Archaeology Campus for the Fieldwork Day 2025. Talk was given by Harry Farmer (MOLA) and Andy Ward (Kent Archaeology Society), Coasts in Mind – Community Memories of Change around Faversham Creek out into the wider Swale Estuary.
#coastsinmind #kentarchaeologysociety
#coastsinmind #kentarchaeologysociety
Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi has revealed the remains of a centuries-old wooden merchant shipwreck along Tan Thanh Beach in Hoi An, Vietnam’s UNESCO-listed ancient port town.
17 metres long.
youtu.be/9or-TkNPdRY?...
17 metres long.
youtu.be/9or-TkNPdRY?...
Typhoon UNCOVERS 600-Year-Old Shipwreck in Vietnam’s Ancient Port Town
YouTube video by The Financial Express
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi has revealed the remains of a centuries-old wooden merchant shipwreck along Tan Thanh Beach in Hoi An, Vietnam’s UNESCO-listed ancient port town.
17 metres long.
youtu.be/9or-TkNPdRY?...
17 metres long.
youtu.be/9or-TkNPdRY?...
The multiphases stone and wattle #fishweirs of #SwanseaBay, #Wales have been dated to at least the 17th century or earlier. A mix of early stone 1-2m width and wooden traps used later into 20th century until replaced by stake-netting. 1/4
#coastalhistory #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory #coastsinmind
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The multiphases stone and wattle #fishweirs of #SwanseaBay, #Wales have been dated to at least the 17th century or earlier. A mix of early stone 1-2m width and wooden traps used later into 20th century until replaced by stake-netting. 1/4
#coastalhistory #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory #coastsinmind
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Today I’m at Pembrokeshire archaeology day representing MOLA and @coastsinmind.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking later about a project run in conjunction with PCNPA and FutureWorks jobs growth programme, but we also have a stand with a demo of the CIM map!
#PCNPA #Pembrokeshire #CiM #archaeology
I’ll be speaking later about a project run in conjunction with PCNPA and FutureWorks jobs growth programme, but we also have a stand with a demo of the CIM map!
#PCNPA #Pembrokeshire #CiM #archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today I’m at Pembrokeshire archaeology day representing MOLA and @coastsinmind.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking later about a project run in conjunction with PCNPA and FutureWorks jobs growth programme, but we also have a stand with a demo of the CIM map!
#PCNPA #Pembrokeshire #CiM #archaeology
I’ll be speaking later about a project run in conjunction with PCNPA and FutureWorks jobs growth programme, but we also have a stand with a demo of the CIM map!
#PCNPA #Pembrokeshire #CiM #archaeology