Dr R. Helen Farr
@helenfarr.bsky.social
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Maritime Archaeologist, sailor, commercial diver, writer, mum. @University of Southampton.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/arch...
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Scientists Used Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe, Then Paddled Across 140 Miles of Ocean
Researchers and expert seafarers teamed up to re-create an ocean journey from more than 30,000 years ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/archaeologists-recreate-prehistoric-tools-to-build-a-canoe-for-140-mile/
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I paid a visit to the
#NewportMedievalShip
and wow! I Managed to combine two of my favourite things with the fantastic preservation of this leather
#shoe
that was found on board! (Iโm holding a lovely replica- very small and narrow!)
6 months ago
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Dr Kiki Kuijjer
7 months ago
Check out Before Us podcast by
@helenfarr.bsky.social
and Erich Fisher! I'm featured in their latest episode, talking about early seafaring, ocean currents and winds ๐๐
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Going with the Flow - Before Us
There is unambiguous agreement that early humans had to cross open water when they traveled from Sundaland to Sahul before 40,000 years ago. How were they able to do this and would ocean winds and cur...
https://beforeus.buzzsprout.com/2430825/episodes/16998594-going-with-the-flow
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Just the usual Sunday: want to take the kids paddling on the River Itchen: check the weather, tides andโฆ sewage levels.
theriverstrust.org/key-issues/s...
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Raw sewage in our rivers
Sewage is discharged into rivers across the UK and Ireland on a daily basis. This isnโt an isolated problem; it occurs up and down the country, affectingโฆ
https://theriverstrust.org/key-issues/sewage-in-rivers
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Thank you all for supporting and listening! Our podcast @BeforeUs is ranking 15th in UK in socSci and itโs only been a few weeks. Thank you ๐ฉต๐๐
beforeus.buzzsprout.com
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Before Us
Every living person can trace their ancestry back to Africa, where modern humans evolved some 300,000 years ago before expanding out of Africa and around the world. Those early humans lived lives fill...
https://beforeus.buzzsprout.com/
7 months ago
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Dr R. Helen Farr
MSDS Marine & MSDS Heritage
8 months ago
Calling all
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
archaeology students! We've just posted a year in employment opportunity on the jobs board... and the best bit is its paid! Come and join us for a valuable year of on the job training ๐
@danpascoe79.bsky.social
@fsturt.bsky.social
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Dr R. Helen Farr
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9 months ago
๐ ๐ฌ ๐ This International Day of
#WomenAndGirlsInScience
, we recognize the achievements and contributions of women and girls in science and technology. Swipe to meet a few of the incredible scientists making waves here at Scripps Oceanography (and around the world!) with their innovative research.
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Women in Science - YouTube
A playlist featuring women in science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHy4NEP75tDl6dO20zpgTmnqp4M-HStGx
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Before Us Episode 2 this week: something fishy? ๐๐ ๐.
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Before Us
Social Sciences Podcast ยท 3 Episodes ยท Updated weekly
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/before-us/id1784950257
9 months ago
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Caroline Dodds Pennock
10 months ago
Itโs physically impossible to write a grant application without using some of these terms. And did you notice that โfemaleโ and โwomanโ are on the list, but not โmaleโ or โmenโ? ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
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Scheduled a work thing this morning and thought: Feb 14th? That rings a bell. Just realised why ๐คฆโโ๏ธ ๐
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New podcast series: Before Us explores human origins and the sea!
open.spotify.com/show/5vhsP8f...
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Before Us
Podcast ยท Erich Fisher and Helen Farr ยท Every living person can trace their ancestry back to Africa, where modern humans evolved some 300,000 years ago before expanding out of Africa and around the wo...
https://open.spotify.com/show/5vhsP8flAWxTMUfodyLPmG?si=pAjOZQF6RYihomaLexPlGg
10 months ago
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So great to see so many familiar friends in here now! Waving!
12 months ago
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Dr R. Helen Farr
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
12 months ago
At
#AGU24
? Stop by the
#WHOI
booth (126) for great swag and conversation! You can also check out all the academic opportunities we offer online:
whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/
P.S.
@mitofficial.bsky.social
-WHOI Joint program
#gradschool
applications are due on Dec. 15! ๐
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Iโm remembering
#ProfLordRenfrew
tonight. Such a formative presence in my undergraduate and then later in my PhD at Cambridge University. He leaves a huge legacy in archaeology and heritage.
12 months ago
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Ok so it may all be green out, but snow flurries, on the south coast, in Nov! So unusual. Do I have to go and teach now? Surly just having snow flakes on the forecast constitutes a snow day?!
about 1 year ago
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Dr R. Helen Farr
Sean Ulm
about 1 year ago
Excavations in Boodie Cave on Barrow Island off northwest Western Australia in Thalanyji Country recovered 27 scaphopod segments in deposits dating between 13,500 and 10,600โyears ago.
#australianarchaeology
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Sean Ulm
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Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
theconversation.com/aboriginal-p...
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Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
Pottery made more than 1800 years ago by Aboriginal communities on Jiigurru in the Lizard Island group in the Great Barrier Reef is the oldest ever found in Australia.
https://theconversation.com/aboriginal-people-made-pottery-and-sailed-to-distant-offshore-islands-thousands-of-years-before-europeans-arrived-226391
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Great talk by
@rewildarch.bsky.social
tonight, anything that brings together
#MustFarm
#skylarks
#pike
and The incredible work of @roseferraby is a win!
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'Rewilding' Later Prehistory Project (@rewildarch.bsky.social)
UKRI project led by Anwen Cooper, exploring 'the wild' in Bronze & Iron Age Britain. Oxford Archaeology with University of Oxford, Historic England, Archaeology Data Service, Knepp Estate & University...
https://rewildarch.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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I always love popping up from the tube, to see the Cutty Sark like this.
#RoyalMuseumsGreenwich
about 1 year ago
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Hello BlueSky people! Just made the overdue move across- follow me for
#MaritimeArchaeology
#Ocean
and
#Heritage
plus just general boats, ships, diving news (and anything that captures my imagination) ๐ฉต๐๐
about 1 year ago
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