S. M. Porter

Full time commercial #Archaeologist, part time #Author of #ArchaeologicalAdventures

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Ever fancied a career in #Archaeology?
Training the Archaeologists of the Future: Opening access routes into commercial archaeology https://t.co/vM2ZG7lyUu

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@KevinColley1987 very cool!

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@MrP_Kevin A good secret to have kept and I'm very jealous, I've never had anything like that on one of my sites! Congrats to the team that worked on it and managed to keep such and exciting discovery a secret.

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@Donal_Lucey @Kopparbergy To the best of my knowledge there wasn't a LIDAR survey.

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@Donal_Lucey @SwilliamTafford Yes I was the PO, biggest site of my career so far and not an easy one! I would have to check with the society on whether the talk will be streamed. Saxon pottery was recovered in a few areas and we had several sunken featured buildings.

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@SwilliamTafford @Donal_Lucey I'm due to give a talk about it to the Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society on 9th March

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@SwilliamTafford @Donal_Lucey That was my monster of a site and there was plenty of archaeology there! Lots of Roman and IA settlement activity in south, separate settlement to north, ltd Saxon activity to the east. Mitigation works are planned so can't say more, matched really well with the geophys though.

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@KevinColley1987 @AntCoulls That is awesome, perhaps it's time I bought new ducks!

[Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 @FlintDibble]

In his new Netflix “documentary” #AncientApocalypse, @Graham__Hancock has declared war on archaeologists

His rhetoric sows distrust in experts, and #Atlantis conspiracy theories promote white supremacy

Buckle up, it’s time for an #ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD 🧵
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@MrP_Kevin I believe it has something to do with accessibility, though I could be wrong. Personally I very much prefer a 'justified' text, but I think some folks fine left or right aligned easier to read.

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

“We all recognise it would not have happened without the tireless enthusiasm of Philippa, but equally it would not have happened without the university team... Tension makes a good story but it doesn’t necessarily make it true"
https://t.co/wwaMkplE2a

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This makes for sad reading, I love my job but so many of us are struggling to live if we want to maintain archaeology as a career. I've seen so many good archaeologists just give up, it's not right

[David Connolly @BAJRjobs]

Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – BAJR Survey 2022 https://t.co/nDsaW3bfoQ

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@KevinColley1987 Enjoy the show!

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@MrP_Kevin Look after yourself out there MrP, it's been a tough week with the heat, I try and keep an umbrella close to me for shade. 🥵

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@KevinColley1987 Sounds awesome, I say go for it!

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@MrP_Kevin It's a lovely place, I lived there for a year when I got first archaeology job. Go back for the Christmas markets, I remember them being great, though rather expensive!

[Quenby Olson @QEisenacher]

So here's the thing about the "hahaha I'll just buy and return this ebook because I'm a dick" trend going around.

Yes, we pay for it. WE. The authors.

Last month, someone in France bought a copy of Miss Percy. And returned it.

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[UAUK @UAUK_Matters]

UAUK stands for Archaeology as an inclusive, welcoming and accessible discipline. As such, we are very disappointed to see reports in some media outlets this week which target individuals, and which grossly over-simplify complex aspects of teaching this subject.

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@adamarchaeology Happy birthday, hope you're feeling better soon.

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Amazing find by the #Endurance22 team. The photos of the Endurance are amazing.
https://t.co/NG7TwGMwP9