Adam Parker

Curator of Archaeology @YorkshireMuseum. ACIfA AFHEA.
Archaeology & Curatorial stuff plus occasional invertebrates.

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Free #Mesolithic talks?
I got you.

The next talk in support of Star Carr: Life after the Ice is at the @YorkshireMuseum on Wednesday 4 December 2024, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm.

Join Dr Sophy Charlton (@UniOfYork) for "Exploring Mesolithic lives using archaeological science"

Info👇

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

https://t.co/JnVIIRju34

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Free #Mesolithic talks?
I got you.

The next talk in support of Star Carr: Life after the Ice is at the @YorkshireMuseum on Wednesday 4 December 2024, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm.

Join Dr Sophy Charlton (@UniOfYork) for "Exploring Mesolithic lives using archaeological science"

Info👇

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Another reason to be horrified: This excellent paper by @YArchaeology identified the presence of microplastics in archaeological soil samples from York now and in hsitoric samples taken in the 1980s.

Microplastics found c.3m down in Roman layers. 😶

https://t.co/KJHaCIjF0Z

[York Romans Project @YMT_YorkRomans]

Inscribed #Roman stone sarcophagus, found during the railway construction of Scarborough Bridge, York, in 1877. The inscription reads "To Julia Fortunata of Sardinia, faithful wife to her husband Verecundius Diogenes." #YorkRomans #archaeology

[York Romans Project @YMT_YorkRomans]

Complete #Roman glass unguent bottle, probably for storing oils, perfumes, or ointments. Found in 1872, during the York Railway Excavations of a large Roman cemetery site. #YorkRomans #archaeology

[Archaeology UoYork @UoYArchaeology]

Malin Holst, Pragya Vohra (@yorkmedieval) and Steve Ashby have collaborated with local artist Sarah Schiewe in building a #sculpture to draw attention to the Coppergate woman, a #Viking-Age 'trailblazer' for York...

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

@R1100GSBlueNose @ArchPoints @SocMedArch @Medievalists Oh it could be Torksey? I just assumed it wouldn't be as all that I've seen in York is the less exciting forms or the thumb-impresses stuff

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Calling Medieval sherd nerds! Help me out - this is a frag of early med pottery from York. I don't recognise this lattice pattern on the rim. Hard, gritty, grey fabric that feels a bit Torksey-ish. What ware is it?

@SocMedArch @Medievalists

[York Romans Project @YMT_YorkRomans]

#Roman silver denarius coin, issued 109-108 BC. On one side is the head of the god Sol, the god of the sun, with a crown of solar rays. On the reverse is the goddess of the moon, Luna, driving a two-horse chariot through the night sky. #YorkRomans #numismatics

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Some iconic engagement on Star Carr going on in the museum gardens right now!

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

More house! More activities!

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

More house! More activities!

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Over the next few days a team from the @UoYArchaeology with specialist support are building a replica Mesolithic House in @MuseumGardens ! Activities and talks throughout the month.

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

I do so enjoy walking through this entrance to @MuseumGardens. St Mary's Lodge has got such a character with it's architectural history. It's definitely seen things!

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Over the next few days a team from the @UoYArchaeology with specialist support are building a replica Mesolithic House in @MuseumGardens ! Activities and talks throughout the month.

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

The way finding grief present in this homemade sign is truly shared by everyone involved in York tourism and the complicated little streets and names we have for everything here. @VisitYork

Kings Manor colleagues - I see you.

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

@UoYArchaeology @UniOfYork
Missed opportunity for "Down t'lane" right here from Kings Manor.

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

@lucyajmmoore @LULGalleries @Moneymedalsnet @BritNumSoc @RoyalNumSoc @UniversityLeeds Many congratulations and sending the best of wishes!

[Frances McIntosh @wallcurator]

Excellent to see the wonderful Star Carr exhibition today @YorkshireMuseum, thanks so much for the tour @YMT_Adam. Some stunning objects and lovely supporting interpretation

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Some lovely leaf mines in @MuseumGardens today. All common finds of tiny fly larvae munch through leaf tissues.
1) Agromyza anthracina on nettle.
2) Phytomyza chaerophylii on Cow parsley.
3) Phytomyza minuscula on Aquilegia.

[Adam Parker @YMT_Adam]

Mystery mine on what I think is Ligularia sp. In York @AgromyzidaeRS I'll get the gardens manager to confirm plant, but if so seems to be not present on the website. A new host for someone?