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Edward González-Tennant @archaeosquatch@fediscience.org

· 2w ago

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‪For #FindsFriday a pendant dating to the Viking Age: a woman is pulling her pretzel-like braids. The hair pulling gesture can be compared to the gesture of mourning known from classical antiquity. It’s unknown if there is a connection to the Viking age imagery.It has been suggested that the figurine may depict a Valkyrie or a representation of Freya. From Tissø. On display at National Museum of Denmark. 📷️ me #archaeology

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· 2w ago

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I moved to a new Mastodon Server (this one!). So, here's my new #Introduction post. I'm an assistant professor of #archaeology at #TXST in San Marcos, Texas. My research focuses on the use of various technologies (#3D, #GIS, #remotesensing) for historical archaeology. I'm also a big advocate for open source software! You can often find me working with #photogrammetry and 3D (https://sketchfab.com/edgonzaleztennant/models) creating tutorials (@ArchaeoSquatch@www.youtube.com), and using technology to explore and share how the past informs the present.

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Edward González-Tennant @archaeosquatch@fediscience.org

· 2w ago

Boosted by @welcome@friends.deko.cloud

I moved to a new Mastodon Server (this one!). So, here's my new #Introduction post. I'm an assistant professor of #archaeology at #TXST in San Marcos, Texas. My research focuses on the use of various technologies (#3D, #GIS, #remotesensing) for historical archaeology. I'm also a big advocate for open source software! You can often find me working with #photogrammetry and 3D (https:// sketchfab.com/edgonzaleztennant/models), creating tutorials ( https://www youtube.com/@ArchaeoSquatch), and using technology to explore and share how the past informs the present.

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· 2w ago

Eye inlays from an Egyptian coffin. 👁👁 👀 The frame is made of bronze, the eye of calcite and obsidian. Dating ca 1500-1200 BC. On display at Staatliches Museum für Ägyptische Kunst. 📷️ me #egyptology #archaeology

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· 3w ago

This made my day #archaeology

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· 3mo ago

7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway’s mountains centuries before farming Seven thousand-year-old wooden fish traps found in southern Norway are changing views of life before farming. The finds show Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers moved brown trout into mountain lakes around 5000 BCE.... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/hunter-gatherers-brought-fish-to-norways-mountains/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #mesolithic #huntergatherer

7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway's mountains centuries before farming | Archaeology News Online Magazine

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7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway's mountains centuries before farming | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Ancient fish traps in Norway show hunter-gatherers introduced brown trout to mountain lakes around 5000 BC, long before farming.

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· 4mo ago

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I am rather partial to the traditional use of the term "artefact". For example, ceramic artefacts are very durable: they can last for thousands of years. Occasionally and with luck, one finds a six-thousand-year-old (say) pot that is almost as good as new. Ceramics is the oldest artificial material, and still going strong. Note that it is silicon-based. P.S. For examples of ceramic text storage media, see Mesopotamian clay tablets from about the Third Millennium and later. See also the Tartaria tablets and the Gradeshnitsa tablet for older examples of proto-writing. #Archaeology #Prehistory @pkw @screwlisp@gamerplus.org @inscript@merveilles.town

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· 1mo ago

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Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line. The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes. Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland. On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld 📷me #archaeology

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· 1mo ago

More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage A huge pile of rusted iron bars found beside the Danube in Austria is the largest such find in Europe. Workers uncovered the mass of iron in 2019 during gravel extraction at Deinham in Upper Austria. The find lay in a silted-up branch of the Danube River. Researchers have now dated the bars to the Late Iron Age... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/1-tonne-of-iron-age-iron-bars-found-in-austria/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #ironage

More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage | Archaeology News Online Magazine

More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage | Archaeology News Online Magazine

More than 1,000 kg of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria reveal the scale of Late Iron Age production and trade.

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· 1mo ago

Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building A medieval castle long thought to have vanished has been found inside a modern building at University College Dublin. Researchers identified substantial remains of Roebuck Castle, a Norman fortress once located along one of the main roads into medieval Dublin... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/medieval-castle-inside-dublin-university-building/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #medieval #castle

Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A Norman castle thought lost for centuries has been found beneath a modern building at University College Dublin.

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· 1mo ago

1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland A Roman building linked to craft work and farming has emerged at an archaeological site in Ligornetto, where excavations are underway near Via Mastri. The main find is a Roman building dating from the second and third centuries CE. The structure stood beside a small road and formed part of a wider area used for craft work and farming... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-building-and-metalworking-site-in-ligornetto/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology

1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland | Archaeology News Online Magazine

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1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A Roman building, iron slag and bronze waste reveal craft activity at a 2nd to 3rd century CE site in Ligornetto, Switzerland.

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· 1mo ago

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I came across this piece of restored flooring recently. It's a 1,000-year-old stretch of medieval tiling from a Benedictine abbey. What makes it especially interesting is that the monks made their floor from repurposed Roman tiles and hypocaust bricks that they found on site. This seems, to me, to have been a practical, attractive, and environmentally sound arrangement, and I was much taken with it. #Photography #History #Archaeology #Church #Tiles #Romans

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Andy Postantiquarian @postantiquarian@archaeo.social

· 1mo ago

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A #Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as drinking cups? Further information on glass boats: https://web.archive.org/web/20221013071226/https://www.cmog.org/article/roman-glass-boats?s=09 or https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/23687699 📷 GDKE Rheinland-Pfalz #archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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· 1mo ago

A quick heads up to the #rstats and #archaeology types out there. If you are teaching or learning R for archaeology, avoid this book. I just bought it, opened it up and it is 100% AI generated (and laid out by the looks of it) slop. I paid 35 Euro for the bloody thing too! (refunded now of course)

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· 2mo ago

400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland A 400-year-old grave in northern Poland has given archaeologists a rare look at how fear shaped burial practices in the 17th century. The remains of a young woman were found with an iron sickle across her neck and a padlock attached to her left big toe... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/grave-of-woman-anti-vampire-ritual-in-poland/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropology #vampire #bioarchaeology

400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland | Archaeology News Online Magazine

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400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A 400-year-old Polish grave reveals a rare anti-vampire ritual, with a sickle across a young woman's neck and a padlock on her toe.

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· 1mo ago

Fragment of world’s oldest peace treaty unearthed in Turkey Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite c... #ancient-egyptians #archaeology

'We have found traces of peace, thousands of years old': Fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey

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'We have found traces of peace, thousands of years old': Fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey

Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha have uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest peace treaty, signed around 1269 B.C.

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