Left-leaning, Dublin-based prehistorian. Associate Prof at UCD. All opinions my own.
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Absolutely harrowing testimony from speakers Georgia Andreou, whose students have been displaced and killed, and Fadel Al Utol, who travelled some distance in Gaza to get signal to report on the destruction and looting of Gaza's heritage, and that he's not slept in three days.
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If Iron Age torcs float your boat, you might also enjoy @nomadic_treads' upcoming book 'Iron Age Wetland Deposition'. Available soon!
This is the debut title in our new Archaeology of Prehistoric Ireland and Britain series 🎉 @NWilkinBM
@JessHSmyth @pre_historian
#FindsFriday
ALT Front cover of the book 'Iron Age Wetland Deposition: Case studies from Wales and Scotland'. The title appears on a blue banner, which also shows it is volume 1 of the Archaeology of Prehistoric Ireland and Britain Series. The rest of the cover shows an artefact photo of 4 gold Iron Age torcs.
The fabulous poster for the Norwich Castle Museum Snettisham exhibition in 1991. Behold just one of the torc hoards. Iron Age pits don’t get much better than that 🤩 (I’m assuming this is a @PhotoWebb snap??)
#FindsFriday #BoudicaFriday #Echolands
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One of the world’s most cited scientists, Rafael Luque, suspended without pay for 13 years
The prolific chemist, who has published a study every 37 hours this year, has been sanctioned by the University of Córdoba
@manuelansede reports english.elpais.com/science-t…
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New 'Passage Tomb People' open access paper: first evidence for cattle traction in Ireland (& Britain) c.3600BC. What were they used for?! journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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This week, we've been taking samples from some of our bog butter collections with @KarenOT101 and @JessHSmyth from UCD.
Among the first examples of bog butter from Northern Ireland to be sampled, they will help us date these objects and find out more about their uses!
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Reading the news coverage of the @UCU #FourFights strike, I get the impression that many people don’t know what University lecturers do (and why would they?), so here’s a thread on it. I’m a psychologist, so let’s start with the work of the average psychology lecturer. 🧵👇1/18
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The motion on annexation in Palestine has passed making Ireland the first country to recognise the Israeli settlement as De facto annexation.
LOVE YOU IRELAND ♥️🇮🇪♥️🇵🇸♥️
Graduated UCD in 2000, contemplating an MA in Landscape Archaeology. Had a scholarship to stay but a lecturer whispered to me "Go to @UniShefArch instead. It's the best one". They weren't wrong! Amazing course, amazing staff, transformative. #ArchaeologistMadeInSheffield
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Following the sell-out success of our Official @edinburghcastle Tartan Paint, we're delighted to bring even more of the colours of Scotland into your home!
Pick your favourite historic hue and let those retro-renovations begin!
ALT A paint brush covered in what appears to be a tartan paint based on a pattern of black, blue and orange. The brush is resting on the top of two tins of paint, also containing the tartan colour.
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🧵 I have a series of posts on my website (alisongarden.com/) offering advice for #ECRs & #PhDs about my experience of applying for grants, postdocs & fellowships. But I absolutely do not want to perpetuate #SurvivorshipBias so I wanted to address this here.
"You can't get Absolution from a bad confession"
The Gist: A bad confession on Mother & Baby Homes by @Tupp_Ed thegist.substack.com/p/the-g…
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Our Research Day recognises the difficult year we have all had during this global pandemic, as well as the need to keep connected. We welcome old and new connections to this celebration of our research activities!
Please register in advance for free:
bit.ly/VirtualResearchDay202…
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Course outline: Digital Digging.
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Delighted to see my book on pilgrimage Journeys of faith feature in todays @IrishTimes @ColumbaBooks @MartinDoyleIT
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Several @ucddublin academics are included in the @DeptJusticeIRL monitoring of social media users who are critical of Direct Provision. #EndDirectProvision. @MuireannNiR @LTlaw_ and saw @MaryMcAuliffe4 there.
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R is our school's top English student. She got 9 at GCSE. She got A at AS. She is studious, precise, deeply thoughtful. She has just had her A Level grade reduced from A* to C, apparently just because she goes to a disadvantaged school. It might help if you liked her poem.
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While the hoard may be in the lab for now, you can still check out this fantastic 3D model of the objects in situ: sketchfab.com/3d-models/late…
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Our postponed seminar series A Research Framework for Archaeology in Ireland moves online from 10 Sept with @JessHSmyth School of Archaeology UCD "The Brú na Boinne, World Heritage Site Research Framework a decade on".
Book a place & view the schedule @ bit.ly/38OfoZs
