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.

We're doing it again!! ☺️ As part of the work that Tertia Barnett and I are doing with @scarf-scot.bsky.social, we'll be running another event to celebrate rock art research and launch brand-new sections of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework. 1/

Trade Union Unite is seeking a Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) to raise pay for Archaeologists working in development in Ireland to €45k pa, a level broadly equivalent to building workers in skilled trades.

Something happened today and now when I open a PDF this is what I get, and I can't find an option to maximize the window. Please SEND HELP!!!! I've tried all options I could find when searching for solutions. 😭 😭 Do you have a fix??

Between 2017-22 I was a Post-doc researcher with Scotland's Rock Art Project. The project was funded by the AHRC and recently the @ukri.org invited us to feature their new Future Makers series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPsR... 1/

Scrap equality laws?? Could they be more idiotic??

Until the 2010s, new tech seemed to be about enabling humans: ideas to celebrate. Now, with AI, synthetic biology etc, many techno-optimists are describing a dehumanised future that makes most of us pawns in someone else’s game. I think the first option is still there, but we have to make it so.

Today Democracy and Freedom won! 25 de ABRIL SEMPRE FASCISMO NUNCA MAIS!!

We did it!! 💪💪

Done! 💪 Fascismo NUNCA MAIS!!!

Today I’m travelling to Manchester - where our closest consulate is - to vote for the second round of the presidential elections in Portugal. 3h30 journey each way + £100 train tickets but this election is in person only. I’ll be voting against fascism #NaoPassarao

Have you registered? Open to all, free and easy🙂 check out all the events happening at the 6th VCWAP and share it with tu colleagues and students 🙂

Images in this video don’t even begin to translate the degree of destruction that the recent storms brought to Portugal. 200 km/h winds, massive floods… my hearts broken 💔 #Portugal

#Portugal was struck by a massive storm last Wed and some areas are massively destroyed. There’s still no water, electricity or comms. The government inactivity is infuriating.Have you heard of it? My guess is not. If you can, here’s a link to help out and where you can know more gofund.me/c09c59e7c

🏺 Just like modern goths, ancient goths came in all different kinds of shapes and sizes. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sunday today but I completed all my marking, reviewed a paper for a volume I’m co-editing, a paper for publication, wrote 3 case studies for the rock art research framework I’m doing with ScARF, planned for my son’s birthday party and planned my trip to Manchester to vote next week…

Snowdrop season makes me happy!

O Povo Unido Jamais será Vencido!!

Are you a heritage consultant? Do you carry out impact assessments? Have you come across rock art sites in your studies? And if you do, how do you incorporate these sites into your assessments and what mitigation to you consider? Do you feel that you know enough about it to mitigate risks? Thanks!

I’m leaving Spotify. What streaming apps have you been using and recommend?