More publication news: "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by @drhelenroche.bsky.social and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/abusing-a...

I promised more photos from our vacation to Malta, so for #StandingStoneSunday today: we did a short trip to Gozo to visit Gigantjia. The best known megalithic structure on the smaller island, it’s also the one on the archipelago who is preserved with the highest walls (husband for scale). 🏺

Remember, remember the 9th of November. #OnThisDay in German #history🗃️: 1918: Kaiser dethroned, #WeimarRepublic proclaimed. 1923: Hitler's #BeerHallPutsch coup d'état in Munich fails. 1938: #Kristallnacht. Anti-Jewish Pogroms, synagogues burning. 1989: #BerlinWall falls.

What we do for „the art“: got up at 5:50 to wait two hours in line for tickets for the Hypogeum. I tried to get some online ten weeks ago, and they have been sold out, so the pricey last minute ones are my only chance. Fingers crossed, I’m third in line already.

I‘m currently on a short vacation in Malta, and we visited the National Museum of Archaeology today. While the exhibition about the Neolithic temples is the star of the show, I also loved the comics contextualising the later periods presentation. 🏺

There is no ceasefire. There never was.

Dear bubble, please help me out: I’m searching literature about the exhibition and handling of of human remains in museum contexts under religious and/or cultural settings of Islamic beliefs. Can someone point me towards relevant publications?

After 7 paragraphs musing about potential Hamas 'ceasefire violations' like 'not finding bodies under all the rubble quickly enough' we get a casual mention that the IDF has killed 38 people in paragraph 8

Wenn Vergangenheit ideologisch vereinnahmt wird, um Machtverhältnisse in der Gegenwart zu reproduzieren, sollten Altertumswissenschaftler:innen das durchaus einordnen. Meine ich in einem #IdeeArchäologie​-Beitrag​ für @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de: lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...

I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do... please share!

As I received another call for sessions for the next EAA meeting: as of today, has there been ANY reaction following the Business meeting or the following election? Or are we just back to business as usual? @archagainstaparth.bsky.social

Seeing as @oxbowbooks.bsky.social sought to cherry pick my review of Snettisham, I thought I would add from the rest of my review. You might also wish to read longer review here, which goes into detail about my significant issues with the books: bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t... #Archaeology 🏺

Me (to The Internet, everybody listening, or just looking my way for more than 5 sec): „Look what we did!“ I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.

We need to utterly transform how we protect our heritage: more funding for museums, more education and disrupting our equation of heritage with monetary value. This isn't a one off. From our fiekds to our museum cases, antiquities are seen as objects for personal acquisition and monetary gain. 🏺

Global Sumud Flotilla illegally intercepted & boarded. All contact with the Flotilla is lost (globalsumudflotilla.org)

#RepresentationMatters is published! Jo Zalea Matias, @archaeologiskop.bsky.social and I, together with our fantastic authors, are happy and proud that we finally made it! For more info and to order: link.springer.com/book/9783031... 🏺

It took some time but our reflection on #gender #stereotypes in #archaeology is now out @springernature.com link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Please share—3,000 match for two families trapped under fire 🚨 I’m still here every hour because these families are out of time. @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social can’t get online but the news is not positive. Help our friend & his family flee Gaza City. It’s life and death. 93/7000 by Tuesday night

We're looking for a palynologist to work within our environmental archaeology team 🦠 The position is open for all of our office locations and you'll be working on a range of sites from prehistoric Poulton-le-Fylde to Roman Somerset & beyond. Closing date - 19th October 📋 tr.ee/OA-Palynologist

This is shocking and concerning for the EAA and its membership. As a signatory of the open letter asking the EAA to act responsibly and ethically, the way @archagainstaparth.bsky.social and EAA members were treated is appalling. More thoughts later.

I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR Deadline: 30.09.2025. Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21") @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social

I had a first day back at work yesterday after eight weeks post op, and feel like a wrought out wet towel. Also artemisia pollen are kicking my brain today.

Halle bleibt stabil! 💪🥳

Remember: archaeology is never and can’t never be unpolitical.

If you're overwhelmed by the amount of Gaza fundraisers flooding your TL just imagine how overwhelmed they are getting the 25th evacuation order while being starved to death and terrorized with bombs paid by our tax money. Choose 3 fundraisers and give $5 to each...even that can save lives. 🙏🏼

In Gaza, Emergency Evacuation of the EBAF Archaeological Repository The day before, the 13-story tower, where 180 cubic meters of artifacts and history are stored, received an evacuation order prior to bombing #archaeology #🏺 www.terresainte.net/2025/09/a-ga...

Ok, 3rd time's the charm, eh? Google took down original #EAA meeting petition due to complaints & 2nd went same way. Old signatures have been saved, but if you've ever been a member of EAA & haven't filled this out yet, then please do. #Archaeology 🏺 #EAA2025 ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/QInTdoHZ

Great job opportunity here in Vienna at the Natural History Museum. @nhmwien.bsky.social jobs.nhm.at/Curator-for-...

We are starting to move an initiative from concerned EAA members, mainly from Spain… if you are/were and are interested to support it, sign and share! forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...

#EAA2025 Anyone able to join the virtual closing ceremony? For me, the join button disappeared, regardless of what device I try.

popping my head in to post this on behalf of and at the request of my very dear friend and colleague matt walsh who is not very online. #eaa2025

I just donated, please consider in doing so, too. I also have a weekly contribution to the Giving circle, an easy and effective way to send help.

Dear colleagues, some concerning news has been circulating this week in relation to the 2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Annual Meeting (Belgrade Virtual). We, the IAI Board, believe it is important to acknowledge & share this info. Please see the full statement, with links, here: buff.ly/8YG0WmV

Response from the BDS-movement (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) on the EAA. If you are a member, go to the AMBM today and voice your opinion!

This open letter is still open to signatures - you don't have to be an EAA member to sign 👇🏼

Archaeologists Against Apartheid urgent call for action! We are not anonymous. We are members of both the EAA&global archaeological community and more committed than ever to holding our representative organisations to account and anti-democratic influences. aaaeaastatementseptember3rd.tiiny.site

If you're an #archaeologist whether in #EAA or not, please email (politely & respectfully) to voice concerns about #EAA2025. This is our discipline, our sector, & we don't have to be members of an org to voice concern about what it does in our name. #Archaeology 🏺 www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/EA...

In case anyone wants to use it… we are adding this (along other stuff) in our PPT today (alt text available):

New announcement of #EAA just dropped.

I'm not in EAA, or a member, but if you are, people are being advised to attend the meeting on Friday. It would seem the board was not aware of the email or statement and it was not agreed by the board. 1/2 #Archaeology 🏺

Given what’s unfolding with the EAA & their attempt to silence @archagainstaparth.bsky.social, I find it salient to share my @aljazeera.com Op-Ed from last year.

Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss. www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza. Archaeologists: Cancel membership | Speak up | Share Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b... #EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza