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ArchPoints began in 2009 on Facebook, providing archaeology lifestyle tips from a team of experts, each with their own specialist area. Overspill account.

[Sidestone Press @sidestonepress]

COMING SOON:
Under the Mediterranean II
Studies in Maritime Archaeology
edited by Stella Demesticha, Sara Rich, Athena Trakadas & Lucy Blue

Series: Honor Frost Foundation Research Publication

Pre-order now for discount!
https://t.co/4qlfjYF8lF

#maritimearchaeology

[Archaeology News Online Magazine @Archaeology_Mag]

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal humanity’s earliest geometric designs

More than 60,000 years ago, groups of Homo sapiens in southern Africa carved patterns into ostrich eggshells...

More info: https://t.co/pGJv8bIbYf

#archaeology #stoneage

[Archaeology News Online Magazine @Archaeology_Mag]

7,000-year-old beaver bone pit discovered in Germany reveals Neolithic fur hunting practices

Archaeologists in central Germany have uncovered an unusual 7,000-year-old pit packed with beaver bones, offering a rare look at hunting practices and

More info: https://t.co/o6PX7WpGp2

[ArchPoints @ArchPoints]

List of liqueur coffees pt 1: Irish coffee (Irish whisky); Highland/Cup o' Evening (scotch whisky); French coffee (Grand Marnier); English coffee (gin); Monk's coffee (Benedictine); Friar's coffee (Frangelico); Seville coffee (Cointreau). #cocktails #catering #party #hospitality

[ArchPoint2 @ArchPointII]

The original Dune books by Frank Herbert are, in order, Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune. #archaeology #anthropology #books #fieldwork #Reads #desert #scifi #fiction

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The tools used with cannons in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were known as side arms, such as rammers, worms and linstocks. #archaeology #civilwar #cannons #history #artefacts #FindsFriday #archaeologist #gunfire #artillery #warfare

[Archaeology News Online Magazine @Archaeology_Mag]

3,400-year-old Nördlingen bronze sword reveals advanced metalworking techniques

In 2023, archaeologists excavating a grave in Nördlingen, Swabia, recovered a bronze sword dating to the Middle Bronze Age, more than 3,400 years ago...

More info: https://t.co/Wz2ynvhO8k

[Archaeology News Online Magazine @Archaeology_Mag]

Ancient Roman shipwreck reveals hidden secrets of waterproofing and Mediterranean repairs

A Roman ship that sank about 2,200 years ago off the coast of present-day Croatia has offered new evidence about how ancient crews protected their vessels at sea...

https://t.co/d9vJsOxDpk

[Sidestone Press @sidestonepress]

OUT NOW!
Mediterranean Horizons
Archaeological Studies in Honour of Søren Dietz
edited by Pernille Bangsgaard, John Lund, Peter Pentz & Lasse Vilien Sørensen

📚 Read online for free or purchase a printed copy at https://t.co/PBGP2Z1sVA

#Mediterranean #prehistory

[ArchPoint2 @ArchPointII]

@AUSegyptology @ArchPoints I would accept Flat Earth Theory if it stopped people asking if I am digging to China or Australia every time I dig a deep trench.

[ArchPoint2 @ArchPointII]

There is no such thing as a drop bear. #Australia #travel #cryptid #survival #outdoors #archaeology #PredatorReport #fieldwork #anthropology #geology

[Archaeology News Online Magazine @Archaeology_Mag]

Rich buried ‘closer to God’ even with leprosy or tuberculosis, archaeologists find

Medieval cemeteries in Denmark show how social rank shaped burial choices. Plots near church walls or inside church buildings cost more and signaled wealth

https://t.co/OUKrM4ayfV

#archaeology

[Sidestone Press @sidestonepress]

OUT NOW!
Living with Flint
Lithic biographies and daily life in the Rhine-Meuse Delta during the Vlaardingen Culture period (3400–2500 BCE)
by Lasse van den Dikkenberg

📚 Read online for free or purchase a printed copy at https://t.co/iqohwKP00k

#prehistory #flint

[CIfA @InstituteArch]

CIfA has published the fourth in a series of blogs, devoted to last year’s Annual Conference Plenary on Wicked Problems, based on ideas in the book Wicked Problems for Archaeologists by John Schofield. This blogs explores workplace culture in #archaeology: https://t.co/gc3cbsdleF

[ArchPoints @ArchPoints]

Normal pencils can be used underwater, the only problem is that they will float away. #archaeology #scuba #shipwreck #Roman #medieval #diving #underwater #TREASUREMAP #diving

[ArchPoint2 @ArchPointII]

@xamyofyork23 It's actually called The Order not The Sin Eater.

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@xamyofyork23 Not a bad film, must be 20 years since I saw it at the cinema. Set in the 15th century and present day.

[ArchPoint2 @ArchPointII]

The McKellar Hypothesis, put forward by Judith McKellar, states that small items are more likely to become primary refuse. #archaeology #ancientfortfaps #Roman #medieval #FindsFriday #artefacts #anthropology #prehistory #lithics #Mesolithic

[ArchPoint2 @ArchPointII]

@AdamMIbbotson Is that in Huttons Ambo?