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This map of the Caribbean shows the complex pre-colonial exchange networks between its diverse societies. These were ravaged by European contact but continued to influence Caribbean culture
From our North #AmericanArchaeology collection 🆓 for #SAA2022 🔗 https://t.co/NzMgfcZAUm
Grave robbing was thought to be rife in early medieval Europe. However, it turns out to have been people returning to graves to remove emotionally significant objects as a regular part of burial practices.
🔗 to some of 2021's most-read research (🆓) https://t.co/Y84YugQyBY
Climate change after 2000 BC reduced the areas rice could grow in China & Southeast Asia, forcing early farmers to adapt, migrate, trade (or a mixture) 🍚
🔗 to work by @JadeArchaeobot et al. on how this impacted 🇹🇭 (🆓) https://t.co/AiprDvW5bB
📷: Rice's niche over time
🆕 #archaeology: People in early medieval Europe kept reopening graves. What was thought to be isolated events, like grave robbing, is actually a regular part of funerary traditions from the 5th – 7th c. AD
Here's an #AntiquityThread on the work (🆓) https://t.co/Y84YugyXdo 1/🧵
It's #MayThe4thBeWithYou so here's your yearly reminder that whilst Star Wars is cool, we ♥ Star Carr.
The ~9,000-year-old #Mesolithic site is exceptionally well preserved, including >20 red deer skulls that may have been headdresses.
📷: Headdress reconstruction for a stamp
Over 10 years ago, archaeologists warned >10,000 sites are at risk from erosion & storms in 🏴 alone
With #StormJorge, 'Practising archaeology at a time of climatic catastrophe' remains relevant (£) https://t.co/rrEebPYWDi
📸: The 15 storms of the season so far