“It just felt very American. Great beauty and great stories. And also, great tragedy.”

Kori Suzuki for High Country News: https://longreads.com/2025/04/07/the-murder-the-museum-and-the-monument/

LiDAR For Rapid Geomorphological Assessment In Relict Periglacial Landsystems
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https://doi.org/10.1144/egsp30-2024-46 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #LiDAR #A21 #transportation #motorway #UK #England #Kent #geology #engineeringgeology #earthworks #massmovement #risk #hazard #slope #failure #construction #groundworks #excavation #forensic #periglacial #landforms #glacial #deposition #landsystem #geohazards #geomorphology #model #spatialanalysis #casestudy

Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217 <-- shared paper
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#archaeology #excavation #neolithic #sunstone #denmark #island #Bornholm #sacrificed #sun #field #agriculture #volcanic #eruption #model #modeling #humanimpacts #weather #climate #volcaniceruption #ash #sulfur #atmosphere #stratosphere #farming #agriculture #crop #cropyields #failed #harvest #foodsecurity #famine #disease #prehistory #icecore #reconstruction #Vasagård #Vasagard #ritual #spiritual #reconstruction #spatiotemporal

BLOG POST:

3D-Scans, Orthophotos for Profile documentation on excavations.

german:
https://blog.praehist3d.de/3d-scans-fuer-bessere-profilbilder/

english:
https://blog.praehist3d.de/en/3d-scans-for-better-profile-pictures/

Trench — Terracotta Army Museum, Xi’an, China. May 2014, iPhone 5s.

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/748180604839645700

Perperikon, an ancient Thracian city in Bulgaria, reveals new discoveries, including Roman-era altars possibly dedicated to underworld gods. Excavations uncover connections to Dionysus worship, mystery cults, and possibly psychopomps and underworld deities.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/09/new-findings-from-perperikon-an-ancient-center-of-dionysus-veneration.html

Mission impossible - Apidima season 3 @NorwInst
#excavation #archeology #fieldseason

17th-century #wakizashi found in #excavation of #Berlin basement: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/08/17th-century-samurai-sword-discovered-in-berlin-excavation/153289 #science #archaeology #archeology #japanese #sword #germany

Here are some of this year’s finds from the Lower Pleistocene (ca. 1.7 Ma) paleontological site Tsiotra Vryssi (TSR, northern Greece), with the joint University of Tübingen-University of Thessaloniki team!

The excavation finished last week and the team is now preparing the fossils at the lab! The fauna is rich and includes, among others, hyaenas, sabertooths, wolves, horses, bisons, giraffes, rhinoceroses and mammoths!
#fossils #excavation #fieldseason #Paleontology

Gus, Oliver, and I have been busy! This week, we've Declassified a groundbreaking case - literally. We could use your help too. Can you provide manufacturing date information on the #artifact we discovered? https://www.catdetectivecases.com/year8-casefile06/ #excavation #archaeology #cats #treasure #mystery

Ein kleiner Gigant aus Bad Cannstatt? Bei Ausgrabungen im Römerkastell staunten die Archäolog*innen nicht schlecht: da taucht eine Figur auf, die ihnen vertraut vorkommt...es handelt sich um ein „weiteres Puzzleteil der reichen römischen Vergangenheit Stuttgarts“ https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.ausgrabungen-im-stuttgarter-roemerkastell-archaeologen-machen-seltenen-fund-roemischer-gigant-entdeckt.b50491c3-94ef-4ac3-aa1a-e5f8e1ab4147.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR18aE1DSW0ens7hgtWGAiEBxidRUdozVnGheDuPZLVyjfWxUQF9Wi85JqA_aem_ATpzRtv67O9JRoz_Xm1k2MznaR3mWxkOXJ2U8YuFIUrBwulW08GIX0bVKYXatIxr4dwIv4C7V4NWg-uUHJ-YdBcV

#BadCannstatt #Archäologie #LMWStuttgart #Römisch #roman #excavation #Ausgrabung @archaeodons @antiquidons #StuttgarterZeitung @histodons

There is still time to apply for the Montpelier Archaeology Field School! The Field school is five week intensive program providing training in archaeology field and lab methods, and a critical engagement in public and community based archaeological and museum practice.

The deadline for applications is March 15th!

https://buff.ly/431XrCz

This is Noor and Xav excavating at our project in Hili Archaeological Park. It is a joint project between the university of York and the UAE Department of Culture and Tourism. Noor is one of the amazing DCT workers who have been excavating around d the park for many years. In this photo they’re working on what we think is a threshold for a Bronze Age house.