Great @archaeological.org talk looking at new analyses of cattle material from Çatalhöyük by @uncertainarch.bsky.social from @harvard.edu. Modelling shows skew towards female cattle in later periods, shifts to Konya(?) plain, and the suggestion of garden hunting as a strategy. Lots to think about.

does anyone know what happened to the website Digitised Diseases? I wanted to run a paleopathology lab in my archaeology class but it doesn't seem to be working. Any good alternatives for looking at 3D models of skeletal pathologies?

Anyone know what is up with the excavations.ie website? It was down all weekend. Came back for a bit but sometime loaded random ad pages instead and now seems to be down again?

Slightly humored by how my job applications folder really shows the roller coaster of postdoc precarity.

How many books should one have for the field? Currently have a pile of 10 but you never know what you’re going to want to read!

Please, for the love of Pete, make the monies look different. Sincerely, someone trying to sort their field wallet.

This is the kind of mischief I LIVE to get up to on site.

Aww! I talked way too fast and flubbed what I was going to say but the good people at @dri.ie were kind and sent something. Love working w/ colleagues who know it’s not just about output but about the environment created around research! Thanks @bethknazook.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy for everything!

This weekend we've travelled across the County testing the new community collection app for 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage'. Thanks to those who approached to ask about the project and how they can get involved @heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @limerickcouncil.bsky.social

"Most of the fighting in palaeoanthropology is simply a function of the wild imbalance between the number of palaeoanthropologists, which is large, and the number of objects available for them to study, which is very much not." Lots of choice quotes in this piece on the Toumaï remains... 1/3 🦣🧪🏺

The desktop of someone applying for jobs - 🎶4 cover letters, 3 CVs, 2 employment apps, and a comfort show on repeat🎵

Such a cool piece and so glad to see actual space archaeologists getting some love! @drspacejunk.bsky.social @jstpwalsh.bsky.social www.bbc.com/future/artic...

This was a really great workshop to attend. It’s always great to see others research AND roll up your sleeves and have a frank conversation about tackling sustainability. Many thanks to the @dri.ie and particularly @bethknazook.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy for organizing this!

a thing i find unrealistic in movies is villain origin stories. i just think the reason the scientist went rogue is more likely: -another update to the online learning environment or -ordering catering for a meeting for 8 people. honestly makes ME want to move into the field of death ray research

We're all set for the Conference of Irish Geographers starting tomorrow 😍 @irelandmapped.bsky.social exhibition in place and all set up ready

Wow the cover of the 1973 Hew Report (precursor to 1974's Data Privacy Act) is *wild*. ia601702.us.archive.org/8/items/reco...

Shoutout 2 @lisagriffith.bsky.social 4 doing the hard work of herding the authorial cats & to Stuart for being so involved in creating great tech he’s not on the social techs. And to @profkdlilley.bsky.social & @catsporter.bsky.social for their brilliant contributions here and the entire project!

I’ve seen a lot of people especially in admin and corporate worlds advocate for using AI to handle email. And my question is, if a person isn’t needed, why does that email even need to exist?

Downloading firmware updates at the bus stop.

Every repository has its own storage challenges am I right? @dri.ie

Excited to be lecturing on place-making and archaeology for @catsporter.bsky.social in @ulgeog.bsky.social Historical Geography module!

The only snakes left in Ireland on this St Patrick’s Day seem to be these radiocarbon ranges slithering across the page.

If anyone sees or knows of any GIS, archive, research, or archaeology jobs in the Limerick or Dublin era please send them my way!

“Digital Management” in archaeology

Playing with color coding and temporal organization (4D in 2D honestly hurts) for DA stratigraphy. What a Sunday! #irisharchaeology

Spending Saturday evening doing Harris matrices.

Great opportunity here and I can attest that the experience for me has been great! please share! #archaeology #heritage #archives #history #digitalhumanities #humanities

Grant rejection included comment I don’t have enough conferences. I get they need reasons to exclude but I average 3 a year, don’t have a research fund to pay the fees, and don’t have a car to pop up for a day. So how many should I have and do I worry about sustainability after I get the $$$?

Granting body three months late on making an announcement: “We aim to issue notifications by the end of January.” The aim:

neandertal.eu/pages/about slightly obsessed with the idea of this collision of anthropology and parfumerie….

I've been trying to figure out what online profiles are worth maintaining professionally. I'm curious if and how my fellow researchers etc. use Academia, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, and Research Gate. I am willing to maintain ones for searchability but not sure all are useful (LinkedIn?) Let me know!

Thought it might be useful to ask if anyone has any leads on jobs in Ireland for an out-of-contract post-doc good with data, but maybe I should be asking if anyone has any bananas? 🤣

Things I love about being back in Ireland. On the bus from the airport down to Limerick and a passenger asks so we’ll be down there about 10? Bus driver: Not a hope! The M50 just there is a car park. Not. A. Hope! 😂

I’ve tried my hand at creating my first custom feed! Irish Archaeology will (I think!) collect any post with the words Irish and archaeology / archeology or Ireland and archaeology / archeology as well as any post tagged IrishArchaeology or IrishArcheology (not case sensitive) feel free to improve!

This is a very useful guide and I particularly liked learning about creating custom feeds!

@domsball.bsky.social - a few folks you may know here - go.bsky.app/VDXWKgk

There’s an app that captures the fun of old twitter and the bus home is playing New Kids on the Block…have I actually time travelled?

Next Thursday an afternoon of Ordnance Survey talks hosted by PRONI on the theme of 'Marking Maps' including the launch of @irelandmapped.bsky.social OS200 project exhibition 😍👇 archaeology2030.org/archaeology-... archaeology2030.org/archaeology-...

Since we’re covering story maps in @ulgeog.bsky.social labs today, I thought I’d share this story map I created of the #archaeology work we’ve been doing at Dún Ailinne in Co Kildare! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/88f6...

As someone on the job market again I cannot tell you how much I just want to live in one place long enough to get a dog.

My Odinesque nickel. #nerdmunistics