Julia Farley

Curator of the British and European Iron Age collections at the British Museum. All views my own.

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@TactileArchaeol @DrChittock @LtrPrehistFinds @mgknight24 @Tess_Machling Yes, it went so well, thanks all for helping bring it together, and for the great papers :)

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@wallcurator @IDsfinds4food @RomanFindsGrp You probably already have this one from Elsenham?
https://t.co/oxWXs4erok

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@catrionacurator @JoMortimer2903 @mgknight24 @britishmuseum Thanks! Your boar also reminds me a bit of this (sadly corroded) little chap: https://t.co/lJPSHuyEc2

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

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[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

I recently had the great pleasure of working with @HENITalks to put together this talk on the Witham shield - one of my favourite objects @britishmuseum - and all its curious creatures. So much fun to do! You can check out the video here:
https://t.co/GzBRHEe1El

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https://t.co/KPu5JZeDAv
@julia_farley @theAliceRoberts @andy_sawford @rwupstream It’s coming home #desboroughmirror

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@catrionacurator @JoMortimer2903 @mgknight24 Apologies for shockingly slow reply, he is very like one of the ones from Hounslow:
https://t.co/01pgZCYqOB
But he is actually a find from Hallstatt in Austria:
https://t.co/j1GjlHkEbc

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@PrimitiveMethod @PoppyPorter @Tess_Machling There are indeed. I'll see if I can rustle one up from the publications when I'm back in the office on Monday!

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@PoppyPorter @PrimitiveMethod @Tess_Machling I love this picture! The Bronze Age drawplates from Isleham are quite small, so I've often wondered how they would actually have been used, given the force involved...

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@Tess_Machling @sallypointer @PoppyPorter @bodgit_bendit I just Google-imaged 'torc-shaped cake', and the results were very disappointing - we must fix this! :)

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@preshitorian @NWilkinBM Awesome! Although why do they not have a painted sign with the cape on it?!

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@PrimitiveMethod @PoppyPorter @Tess_Machling Yes, although there do seem to be prehistoric drawplates - e.g in the Late Bronze Age Isleham hoard, see this article and the Northover 1995 ref: https://t.co/vra8jAGPlG

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@PoppyPorter @Tess_Machling For the Iron Age Ilyas has found drawn iron wire, but the gold-alloy wire from Snettisham all seems to be forged. A smith called John Fenn has done a lot of experimental work on this, and found it quite fast. But I would not be surprised if some of the wires below 2mm were drawn.

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@PoppyPorter @Tess_Machling There is evidence of wire-drawing as far back as the Bronze Age in Britain, thanks to new research by Ilyas Özsen https://t.co/C4C0050XfF

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

@PoppyPorter @britishmuseum Yes, the 8-wire 'ropes' are hollow, and neck-ring that they create is itself hollow too. Creates great volume with little wire. It's surprisingly springy! You might also like to speak to @Tess_Machling who is doing research with @bodgit_bendit into how the terminals were made.

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@thecelticfrog In all seriousness, it's always ok to take some time off and look after yourself, *especially* during stressful times like the end stage of a PhD. Take care, and good luck. Here is a picture of a duck with horns to remind you that all is well with the world.

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@PeterReavill @mgknight24 @LMWStuttgart I wish we were in that universe. And yet...

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This is my favourite object in all Deutschland: the 2000-year old Trichtingen torc from @LMWStuttgart.
Left-hand bull: You are my everything. I just want to stare longingly into your eyes for all eternity.
Right-hand bull: Dude... you're making this *awkward*.

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@PeterReavill @mgknight24 @LMWStuttgart Sadly they don't. I wish they did!

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@LMAWpodcast @LMWStuttgart This led me down a Google rabbit-hole of which this was definitely the highlight...
https://t.co/qhd88p5lEC

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

From the nineteenth-century excavations at Hallstatt cemetery, Austria (1100-450 BC), I bring you:
The. Best. Axe. Ever.