Currently in Portugal and a heatwave is hitting… I guess 40c+ is not the ideal time to finish the last weeks of my couch to 5K programme 🥵

Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺

I had a great morning cooking some projects with interesting people! Fingers crossed they will happen! 🤞

Burnham looks like a Keir Starmer lookalike impersonator that Tim & Eric hired for a skit

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Did you miss my talk for Archaeology Scotland on the risks that affect rock art? Fear not! Now you can catch up and watch it in your own time. Link below!

About today…

Tomorrow I am delivering a talk for the series European Archaeology Day organized by Archaeology Scotland and discussing some of the risks affecting rock art. Rock art is a very vulnerable type of heritage, and in Scotland alone we know of more than 3000 sites distributed across the country.

This is a personal one from me. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 27. I was vaccinated a few years earlier, privately, but it was too late for me. I had surgery 1 week after my wedding. It was caught early and I was lucky but the outcome could have been different. Get checked & vaccinated!

When you have a difficult day and high levels of stress and irritability and keep being met with love and kindness from a little human. How humbling ❤️

Recently, I have been thinking about the vulnerability of rock art and the risks that impact this very specific and quite ubiquitous type of heritage. I was kindly invited by @archscot.bsky.social to deliver a talk on this subject for their 'European Archaeology Day talks'. See you there?

My friend (and mentor) died last year. There is a publication being prepared in her honour and I was asked to write something for her. I have started, but every time I pick it up, my heart feels so tight and I can't keep my emotions at bay...

“There’s a big event coming” - super-El Nino driven by the climate crisis.

We’re not thinking seriously about the impact of wildfires to heritage in the U.K. yet, but we should. Wildfires are becoming more common and persistent. This week has been warm and the Pentlands in Edinburgh have been burning for days.

they do look like diaphragms...

This week was full of nice meetings and exciting talks about possible future projects! My brain is bubbling and happy! Can’t wait for everything to materialize! ☺️

Every single archaeologist (everybody really) needs to get their skin checked.

Given this data I wonder why Labour leaders try so much harder to appeal to RefUK voters than Green voters? It’a almost like they want to 🤔

Last Saturday I was back in Kilmartin for the Rock Art Gathering event at Kilmartin Museum. For a few years now, Kilmartin is a yearly pilgrimage for me and every time I go back it feels like a warm hug. It is a place for smiles, laughter and friendships. 1/

Soon we'll be ditching computers as we know them. Young people are a lot less familiar with computers and the basics, being more familiar with tablet type gadgets...

A new postdoctoral position is being advertised at Nottingham Trent University! For more information about the project, see the associated website: jamiewhitehouse.github.io/mappingconne...

But this is the best thing about today!

In-person attendance is sold out, but there are still a few online tickets available for Scotland's Archaeological Research in Progress Conference - Saturday 23 May - hosted this year by @archscot.bsky.social. Programme and booking details: www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/get-involved...

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Now this one I was surprised about!

Yes... a country that has always been proud of its fight against fascism... here we are...

Hey England, what the hell?

Join us on the 16th of May to celebrate all things rock art and think about its future!

🏺🧪Preprint of 1039(!) whole ancient human genomes from Britain, mainly dating to 1st Millennium CE, representing the best part of 7 years of my life. Herculean effort by @marinasdsilva.bsky.social to get this over the line. 'Migration Period' is more migrationy than we could have possibly imagined.

It turns out I'm most productive to the sound of Jazz

25th April 1974 25 de Abril SEMPRE Fascismo NUNCA MAIS!!!! #Portugal #RevolucaoDosCravos #FascismoNuncaMais

Moved to Edinburgh in 2017 for Scotland's Rock Art Project. It turns out I'm still here. This week marks the anniversary of our move. That's 9 years of Edinburgh. The second place I've lived the longest in my life.

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Looks like this person blocked me 🤷‍♀️ So much for female solidarity...

An UG lecturer of mine posted on FB about a panel she was involved with composed of 7 people, with her being the only woman. I commented that parity was still overlooked in Portugal and she told me off. Apparently I should have informed myself better... 1/

Archaeology is not just about the past, but the entanglements of multi-temporal lived experiences across landscapes. In the last 2 weeks I learned a lot about sheep from a farmer who uses the same landscapes that in the Neolithic was being carved. There was much distress over pregnant sheep.... 1/

Come along to our seminar TODAY to hear more about this astounding discovery

Some days I am just really so done with archaeology and everything about it

About today ☀️ 🌥️ ☁️ 🌧️ ❄️ 🌬️ 🥶 ⛅️ Four seasons in a day, typical Scotland

What do you make of this?

Primavera! Que venha ela em todas as formas!

“Inside the Manosphere”… is it worth watching? Sounds a bit scary… 🙄

Do you work in shared documents with your colleagues? What do you use?

This video is about the last "wild" river in Portugal, before a dam was built and changed its landscape. In 2010 I surveyed this river, both the higher slopes and the river banks. Access is restricted so we had to use a rubber boat, hop along the boulders and swim - it was quite an adventure!

Are you interested in Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art? Join us at Kilmartin Museum on the 16th of May for a free, hybrid event led by the wonderful Tertia Barnett and @joanavaldez.bsky.social. In-person places are limited, so book soon if you're interested! More information: bit.ly/4s85XMi

That feeling of being immensely proud of your students 🥹🤩

This aged well #NotSarcasm

Throw back to this amazing Minecraft video on Atlantic Rock Art by Heather Christie of @archaeoplays.bsky.social who will today deliver a talk at the University of York. I am so happy this video exists!! Always makes me feel like doing some Minecraft(ing) myself!

"Air raids are not only wrong. They are loathsome and disgusting. If you had ever seen a child smashed by a bomb into something like a mixture of dirty rags and cat’s meat you would realize this fact as intensely as I do." - J.B.S. Haldane, 1938.