Phil Riris
@thearchaeologist.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Archaeological & Palaeoenvironmental Modelling. Tropical Americas, Indigenous history, computational modelling & rock art. 🇳🇴
Wonderful gesture from my Arch&Anth colleagues after recent successes
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Wonderful gesture from my Arch&Anth colleagues after recent successes
Very saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Morkot, my singular and unique introduction to the world of Ancient Egypt as an undergraduate. My enduring memory of him is his clever German translation of 'The Jabberwocky' displayed in his office as a subtle test for students. RIP to a real one.
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Very saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Morkot, my singular and unique introduction to the world of Ancient Egypt as an undergraduate. My enduring memory of him is his clever German translation of 'The Jabberwocky' displayed in his office as a subtle test for students. RIP to a real one.
Oh you know, the usual. Walk into it, let it land on you, stare dumbly while you try to work out if it's venomous or not, freeze on the spot, the works.
September 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh you know, the usual. Walk into it, let it land on you, stare dumbly while you try to work out if it's venomous or not, freeze on the spot, the works.
Foreground: Mesolithic
Middle ground: Iron Age
Background: modern overburden
Middle ground: Iron Age
Background: modern overburden
August 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Foreground: Mesolithic
Middle ground: Iron Age
Background: modern overburden
Middle ground: Iron Age
Background: modern overburden
We doing the iron age
August 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We doing the iron age
Time to indoctrinate the kids
August 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Time to indoctrinate the kids
Pining for the Adriatic
July 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Pining for the Adriatic
Off to my kid's nursery today to read Cave Baby and make some rock art!
July 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Off to my kid's nursery today to read Cave Baby and make some rock art!
An extremely successful multi-day, multi-disciplinary workshop in sunny Göttingen last week. Very grateful for our awesome participants and all their exciting research on the past and present of the Atlantic Forest
June 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An extremely successful multi-day, multi-disciplinary workshop in sunny Göttingen last week. Very grateful for our awesome participants and all their exciting research on the past and present of the Atlantic Forest
The stick of truth is mighty and terrible
June 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The stick of truth is mighty and terrible
Project PhD student Antonia giving us 70,000 years of vegetation history from a new core!
June 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Project PhD student Antonia giving us 70,000 years of vegetation history from a new core!
Starting the day strong with historical ecological perspectives on cultural niche construction in the Atlantic Forest, led by Aline Pereira Cruz
June 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Starting the day strong with historical ecological perspectives on cultural niche construction in the Atlantic Forest, led by Aline Pereira Cruz
Opening with a Mbyá Guaraní blessing of the workshop
June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Opening with a Mbyá Guaraní blessing of the workshop
Beautiful morning on the way to Göttingen for our project workshop
June 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Beautiful morning on the way to Göttingen for our project workshop
Happy birthday or whatever Norway
May 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy birthday or whatever Norway
I picked up Tempest Rising, a throwback to the 90s RTS. You can tell it's a fictional sci-fi setting by the mission text saying "Keep the archaeologists alive at ALL costs!"
May 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I picked up Tempest Rising, a throwback to the 90s RTS. You can tell it's a fictional sci-fi setting by the mission text saying "Keep the archaeologists alive at ALL costs!"
April 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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