David Nash

Geographer. Born at 322.50 ppm CO2. Geomorphology, archaeology, climate history, West Ham. He/him.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@pittsmike Yep, JQS, though from the way it was written, it was fairly obvious it had been passed down the journal food chain.

[Greening Chiddingly @GreeningChidd]

Everyone who lives, works or plays in Chiddingly parish is invited to pop by the Village Hall from 10-4 on Saturday 28 February and help us build a community map of the “special spaces“ around the parish. Details at: https://t.co/llcJtEEolh

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@pittsmike The stuff on glaciation is bizarre. Shows a total lack of understanding of British/Irish glaciation. That set alarm bells ringing over the review process. Good news with Archaeometry is they use transparent peer review, so you can read reviews. Not a silcrete specialist in sight.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@pittsmike As far as I can tell they are a group focusing mainly on archaeological ceramics (where their geochemical approaches work fine), so quite why they decided to dabble in silcrete is a mystery. Hancock has a beef that we normalise our data, but you need to for silcrete.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@pittsmike We are try to publish a further reply, as Hancock basically doubles down on his (incorrect) approach in his response. Our reply was submitted last July and desk-rejected without going to review in December. I’m in a very slow email discussion with Archaeometry. Very frustrating.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@pittsmike Unsure quite where to post a comment but here will do. Unfortunately, Hancock’s analysis is flawed. They use raw concentration data to compare samples which, as we argue, you should NEVER do for silcrete/sarsen. Really basic geochemical error. Not sure how it got through review.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

I don't post here often these days but folks might be interested in a new open access paper where we present a novel arithmetic method for comparing the chemistry of artefacts and outcrops. We test it on data for sarsens, bluestones and other lithologies. https://t.co/LBQCIHeVkE

[Lorna Linch @LornaLinch]

QRA ADM in Brighton, abstract submission deadline 10th November!!! Submit your abstracts for a talk or a poster @QuaternaryRA_UK https://t.co/Ll9jSvSG8f

[David Nash @davidjnash]

I suspect that whoever manages the football league tables for the BBC is a @afcbournemouth supporter.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

In other news, @nineinchnails were absolutely incredible at @TheO2 this evening. Totally blown away.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

Nine Inch Nails at the O2 tonight. The queue at the merch shop is hilarious. Hoards of pale people in black NiN T-shirts waiting to buy almost identical black NiN T-shirts from pale people in black NiN T-shirts. Wish I’d worn my black NiN T-shirt.

[Greening Chiddingly @GreeningChidd]

Save the date for the Greening Chiddingly “Green Weekend”, our annual festival of sustainable living, on Saturday 12th July. Events include a Green Jamboree and the chance to visit Open Farms around the parish. Details at: https://t.co/YfzXfjCkbe.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

Last year, a paper was published in Archaeometry questioning our suggestion that the majority of the extant sarsens at Stonehenge came from West Woods. Our response is published open access here. In short, West Woods remains the most likely sarsen source. https://t.co/6hxvjNpHZt

[David Nash @davidjnash]

Last year, a paper was published in Archaeometry questioning our suggestion that the majority of the extant sarsens at Stonehenge came from West Woods. Our response is published open access here. In short, West Woods remains the most likely sarsen source. https://t.co/6hxvjNpHZt

[David Nash @davidjnash]

I do wonder whether these predatory journals ever stop and think how ridiculous they look.

[Greening Chiddingly @GreeningChidd]

Hi there everyone. Just a reminder that our Annual General Meeting takes place this Thursday (27th February) at 19:30 at @ChiddinglyShop. Agenda and papers are available on our website. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/ER0lHLK1fX

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@Weather_Extreme Managed to track down some early images of Nashvale (also known as Suurkloof) online. https://t.co/lGDydfr4aW

[David Nash @davidjnash]

M’colleague Stefan Grab was reading the Graaff Reinet Herald from 13 May 1961 and came across this. I now need to find out more about the history of the South African Nashes of Nashvale.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@timdaw I should add, especially *large numbers of large sarsens with a chemistry the same as those at West Woods*.

[David Nash @davidjnash]

@timdaw I wouldn’t go as far as saying that *no* large sarsens were ever near Stonehenge but I doubt that *large numbers of large sarsens* were there. It would need a very special alignment of geological factors for it to be the case.