Dr. Chris Motz

Archaeologist working on digital methods @kelseymuseum. Projects (urbanism, knowledge, infrastructure, industry): @UCPompeii | @UCTharros.

[UCPompeii @UCPompeii]

Very grateful to Marcello Mogetta for his thoughtful, detailed, and positive review of our Porta Stabia volume.

https://t.co/yX8HDpyGkR

[Nicolo' Dell'Unto @nicolo_dellunto]

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 @DARKLab_LU teams up with @UCTharros, using the AIR system for real-time, high-detail 3D archaeological data. Embracing Open Science for transparency and accessibility. Explore: https://t.co/riNe40mUkl more here: https://t.co/PBRmNPmGjk

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

So very grateful to our friends at @MuseodiCabras and Fondazione Monte Prama for hosting our team for a Sunset with the Giants. Unforgettable evening.

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

Now into the second week of our 2024 excavation season at Tharros, with trenches in the monumental centre of the city, and up on the hill.

More updates soon…

[UCPompeii @UCPompeii]

So delighted - and flattered - to see our Porta Stabia book reach the shortlist for the EAA Book Prize!
#EAA2024
@StevenEllis74 @AllisonEmmerson @dicus_kevin @Pompeiana79 @j_re @ChrisMotz @Ivo_vdG @Admiror_paries @CatKBaker @pompeii_sites @uofcincy @AmAcademyRome @OUPAcademic

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

Very happy to see this in print! It’s the result of many years of hard work by a talented team that I’m privileged to be a part of.

[UCPompeii @UCPompeii]

Now out! The first volume of our excavations at the Porta Stabia Neighborhood at Pompeii...!

@ClassicsUC @pompeii_sites @AmAcademyRome @OUPAcademic @uofcincy

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@pompei79 Hold up, what is that huge above ground drain doing on the right? The main drain through the gate is on the other side of the road

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@AntiqueThought Also Rebay-Salisbury, “Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient World”

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@AntiqueThought Aw shucks! Yes, there’s good work on knowledge networks in the Bronze Age. Also people working on construction, like @MarcelloMogetta , and there’s always JP Oleson

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

We don’t often find chunks of a mosaic in the fills to level a floor, but when we do…
#Tharros
#mosaic

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

It’s a joy to work with such a fantastic team. Here you see just a couple results (drone photo, photogrammetric model) of the many ways we use digital tools to record our excavations.

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

Closing out one of our excavations in the temple area at Tharros.

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

Sun beginning to set on our trench on the Murru Mannu hill at Tharros.

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

We’re gonna need a bigger finds tray for this Punic amphora… #Tharros

[Tharros Archaeological Research Project @UCTharros]

The difference 24 hours makes…

[Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79]

It has been really poignant and a privilege to witness firsthand the excavation of the room with the two newly discovered skeletons in #Pompeii and to follow the piecing together of the story of their tragic and violent deaths told through painstaking archaeological work.

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@ArtHistoryElon @KRingelberg @elon_cas @elonuniversity Congratulations!!! 🎉 Very well deserved!!

[UCPompeii @UCPompeii]

Coming soon...!

@ClassicsUC @pompeii_sites @AmAcademyRome @OUPAcademic

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@rj_maupin @KRingelberg @ArtHistoryElon @BardGradCenter @evangatti @JacobHLeveton Congratulations!!! Wonderful news!

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@DLibatique10 @pompei79 has interesting insights into the making of that video game

[Dr. Chris Motz @ChrisMotz]

@KRingelberg @evangatti @ArtHistoryElon @MockPhoebe @CUClassics Congratulations!