I wrote an article for the #WalesCentreForPublicPolicy about infrastructure and well-being https://clubb.cymru/2022/05/30/may-22-infrastructure-and-well-being-in-wales/
A hectic week at work. Lots going on, all (hopefully) leading towards positive outcomes. Even so it’s nice to take a step back sometimes, and breathe.
Luckily this tranquil spot is five minutes walk from the office.
@ArchaeoBasti Congratulations!
Lovely after-work bike ride, along the Montgomery Canal near our office in #Welshpool. You can see Beacon Ring - an Iron Age #hillfort - in the distance.
I should really be finishing the book about our excavations there but sometimes it’s good to have a break!
Wow! Here is a really exciting #opportunity to lead the development of a new #museum in #Shrewsbury dedicated to #CharlesDarwin. The museum will be at Darwin's birthplace, which is currently being restored.
https://careers.shropshire.gov.uk/vacancy/darwins-house-project-officer-480417.html
#heritage #shropshire #history #evolution #science #sciencecommunication #education #darwin
@huhche9 Nice to meet you too! There aren’t many archaeologists here yet, but hopefully we will see more as we learn to ‘excavate’ in this medium. Good luck with your MA. Where and what are you studying?
This stone #window is a small fragment of #medieval #architecture surviving in the walled port town of #Chepstow.
Almost hidden in the side wall, this medieval feature was retained when this town house was rebuilt in the 1700s.
@ArchaeoBasti Enjoy it... it is a rare opportunity to explain the details of your work to a captive audience. You are the world expert on your dissertation! Remember also what you chose not to include, and why. Good luck!
Cultural heritage workers and institutions are being specifically targeted by Russian troops, Ukrainian museum professionals have said: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/04/russian-troops-targeting-cultural-workers-and-looting-collections/ #archaeology #culture #art #heritage #museums #ukraine
@kensanata Please add me to Archaeology, History. #Trunk
Dear #Archaeology and #digitalarchaeology people! I am happy to announce also here, that the University of Cologne will organise the Joint Chapter Meeting of the CAA in Germany, Netherlands and Flanders.
🗓️ 5-7 October 2022
👉 http://caa-de2022.uni-koeln.de/
📫 Deadline for submissions is 1 July 2022
Please share this over all instances! Mastodon go!
#Archaeology hashtag time: Today is #FindsFriday!
This is a penny of King Æthelberht II of East Anglia (r. AD 779-794), This coin dates from the time when there were multiple kingdoms in England (and indeed Wales). There was frequent competition between them, even warfare. At this time, Offa of Mercia was overlord of much of England south of the River Humber, so an underking issuing coins styling himself 'Rex' (King) was an unforgivable show of insubordination, so Offa ordered him killed.
Academic and research Mastodon servers https://fediscience.org/server-list.html #OpenScience
@whysofurious Thanks for your welcome! The charity model is used in the UK for a variety of ‘services’ which in other parts of Europe might be delivered by the state, or in the US might be done by private enterprise. So it’s a not-for-profit organisational model that sits between the two. My organisation is the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (www.cpat.org.uk) and we deliver services in Wales for Welsh Government, local government and private-sector developers. Hope that helps!
Ok setting up here. Seems like a nice new place to settle. Any #archaeology nerds out there? #digitalarchaeology perhaps? Well, we'll meet
@ritualdust @detondev I would definitely agree about Sci-Hub, a really useful resource. Also, most of the archaeologists I know are more than happy to send copies of their papers to people who ask them directly.
A bit more by way of #introduction.
My #archaeology career has taken me along some interesting paths - focussing #historical #medieval and #urban archaeology. Interested in archaeological #practice and #ethics. Currently CEO of an archaeological charity in #Wales.
I also volunteer as #Trustee of a leading independent #museum in the English midlands, and as a Trustee of an #environmental #charity in Wales.
Cultural heritage • archaeology • landscape • environment •
#archaeology #history #heritage #museums #environment #climate #deforestation #cycling #Wales #Shropshire