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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Re: Society for the Study of the Past “emergency meeting” on the classics listserv: : archaeologists are well aware of the ways archaeology is politicized & have long been working to combat it. The meeting feels performative & like virtue signaling.

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NEH has posted updates to the funding restrictions for some grant programs.

Screenshot of grant guidelines with highlighted funding restrictions that include promotion of gender ideology, promotion of discriminatory equity ideology, promotion of dei or deia activities or initiatives, and environmental justice initiatives or activities.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Please consider helping my sister's friend, Ash Bradley, who is a single mother whose house burned down in Altadena. "She and her daughter were out of town, and her sister was only able to flee with her cat. Any donation you can make will be so appreciated." gofund.me/3a38c2c7

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Donate to Help Ashley's family recover from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, organized by Ashley Bradley

Hello friends, We are Seanne Winslow and Lizzie Sam, and we … Ashley Bradley needs your support for Help Ashley's family recover from the Eaton Fire in Altadena

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Please consider helping my sister's friends Nancy Kiu and Angela Alba, along with their young daughter, who are without a home because of the Eaton Fire. "If you have anything extra to give, this beautiful family would be so appreciative." gofund.me/30ec54c2

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Donate to Support Angela, Nancy, and Amaya After the Eaton Fire, organized by Rachel Johnston

Our dear friends Angela, Nancy, and Amaya (plus pets!) lost thei… Rachel Johnston needs your support for Support Angela, Nancy, and Amaya After the Eaton Fire

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Please consider helping my sister's friend, Luke Passmore, who she worked with and who lost his house in Altadena. "He's the sweetest, most generous guy, and such a talented writer." gofund.me/eadbd3ac

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Donate to Summer and Luke lost their home, organized by Amy tenowich

My name is Amy Tenowich, in Los Angeles, and one of my best friends and her husband lost … Amy tenowich needs your support for Summer and Luke lost their home

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Nadine Jolie Courtney @nadinecourtney.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

If you are looking for a GoFundMe which has barely received any love, please consider my babysitter’s friend. While her boyfriend was busy saving animals (most were saved thanks to their hard work!), their home burned down and all their belongings were destroyed. 💔 www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-o...

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Donate to Help the Ortega Navarro family Rebuild After Fire Loss, organized by Xochitl Loza

Dear family, friends and kind strangers At 8 pm on Tuesday, my … Xochitl Loza needs your support for Help the Ortega Navarro family Rebuild After Fire Loss

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George Samir Nader @mutarada.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#StarTrek fam: Star Trek: Voyager writer Raf Green and his daughter lost their home in the #PalisaadesFire. I’ve worked with Raf on 2 different shows & he’s one of the best people I know. Please consider donating to help them out in their hour of need. Thank you. gofund.me/e6d69d8a

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Donate to Help Raf and Daisy Rebuild After Fire, organized by Daisy Green

In the recent Palisades fire the apartment building that my dad, Raf and I lived in … Daisy Green needs your support for Help Raf and Daisy Rebuild After Fire

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Jørgen Holm @jholm.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

In a remarkable feat of ancient DNA analysis, researchers have reconstructed the genetic story of a baby boy who lived over 17,000 years ago in Ice Age Europe. The findings reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived ...

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The Life of a 17,000-Year-Old Infant from Ice Age Italy

A Glimpse into the Past: DNA Unveils a Young Life

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Prof Carmen M. Mangion @carmenmangion.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Can you help a fellow women's historian with her Birkbeck MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences and ambitions of those who practice history. Fill in her 10-question survey to add your experience (and please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The story of Yusra, the Palestinian archaeologist, who discovered Tabun 1, the skull of a neanderthal, on Mount Carmel, has always stuck w/ me. I'm excited someone made a documentary about her. I hope it gets the support it needs. #archaeology #history www.palestinefilminstitute.org/en/sheffield...

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Yusra — Palestine Film Institute

After discovering a photo from the 1930s featuring an Arabic woman and a British archaeologist, director Salim Abu Jabal becomes intrigued: the Palestinian woman in the picture appears to have discove...

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Support @workingclassicists.bsky.social • repost their articles • donate to their running costs • point enthusiasts/students in their direction Put your money where your mouths are and support the most genuinely inclusive group there is. Enough champagne socialism. www.workingclassicists.com

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Working Classicists

Working Classicists is a hub of information, support, resources, and articles, designed to support the working class in Classics.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

👀. @amchristensen.bsky.social I would be ok if we found a mosaic like this ;)

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#RomanSiteSaturday This is the Roman site of Libarna. Founded in 148BCE, it lay in Liguria along a major trade route across Northern Italy. The area was home to the Ligures, peoples who shared some cultural links w/ the Celts. Follow our excavations there @libarnaulp.bsky.social #AncientBlueSky

Photo shows the remains of two square city blocks and the elliptical amphitheater. Between the two city blocks is the ancient road that led directly to the amphitheater. The walls are only preserved enough to show the footprints of the buildings. Green grass covers parts of the site and there is a line of pine trees behind the amphitheater. In the background there are the foothills, with the sanctuary of Monte Spineto on the top of one. The sky is blue and cloudless.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#FortressFriday This is the medieval fort of Gavi in Italy. It was used as a POW prison in WWII. The only escapee: Capt. John Pringle. He survived the fall from the battlements & steep slope to make it to the Swiss border, but was caught before he could cross. He survived the war & passed in 2000.

An image of the side of the fort from inside the fortifications that shows the three levels that the fort is built on.

View of the town of Gavi from a tower. The window frames the image of roofs with red tile surrounded by green trees.

Stone steps leading up inside the rock-hewn entrance to the fort. There is a railing to the right side and a modern door letting in light at the top of the stairs.

A view from the fort high up on the hill from a car park in Gavi.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#AdoorableThursday A small wooden shrine for household gods from the #Roman city of Herculaneum, Italy, 1st cent. CE. The shrine is in the form of a temple with double doors. Incredible preservation due to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the town. #AncientBluesky #Archaeology

Carbonized wooden shrine in the form of a temple. A double door, slightly open is flanked by two corinthian columns. Above the columns is a architrave with diamond shapes carved into it. The doors each have two large depressed panels on them.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#Woodensday A rocking cradle discovered in the #Roman city of Herculaneum, which was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD. It was made of oak & discovered in the House of M. Pilus Primigenius Granianus. Excavation records reveal there were the remains of a mattress & infant. AncientBluesky

Black and white image of a carbonized wooden cradle for an infant. It as a slatted bottom and curved runners that would have allowed it to be rocked.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

#MuseumMonday If you like old curio museums & find yourself in Turin, Italy, consider stopping by the Museo della frutta that has the lab & work of botanist Francesco Garnier Valletti. He was interested in biodiversity & made hundreds of wax models of different varieties of fruit. #history

Photo of the laboratory with a large dark wooden table in the center with a tile top. On it are various glass vessels and other instruments. To the left is a tall, dark wood and glass display with various glass instruments. Next to it is a radiator with a shelf above it. In the back a large window lets light into the room.

A museum display case with some of Valletti's moulds, predominantly ones for pears. They are white and have a single hole to pour in the hot wax. Some are lying in halves to show the shape inside. There are also some long instruments with wooden handles for removing and shaping the model.

A tall, dark wood and glass display case with 3 rows. They display wax models of different varieties of peaches and pits. The bottom row has glass vessels with samples in them. In the center of the case is a large sign with gold lettering that reads in Italian "Collezione di Frutti Artificiali Modellati Dal Prof. Fr. Garnier Valletti," which translates to "The Collection of Artificial Fruit Models from Professor Francesco Garnier Valletti." Above the sign is an old clock with Roman numerals.

A dark wood and glass display case with three rows and three columns. The top row has models of different varieties of apples, mostly ones that are a mix of red and green in color. The middle row has models of cherries. And the bottom row has models of various types of mushrooms.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

#SculptureSunday The archaeological museum of Cremona, Italy, has done a fabulous job with the display of this Ancient Roman sculpture fragment from the 1st-2nd cent. CE. Sadly we will probably never know who the own of this lovely derrière was. AncientBluesky #archaeology

A white marble sculpture fragment of an individual's posterior. It is set on a grey stand against a black background.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#FindsFriday A prehistoric (Early Bronze Age 1A) plow from Northern Italy. Known as the Lavagnone Plow, it was discovered in 1978. It dates to ca. 2000 BCE and is made of oak. It is the oldest plow that has been discovered. In the Museo Civico Archeologico G. Rambotti in Desenzano del Garda.

A large oak plow in a museum display case with in image of a man using the plow from a prehistoric pot. The plow itself has three parts: the plow stock, that works through the soil; the plow beam that fastens to a yoke; and the plow-stilt, a shaft that controls the direct and depth of the furrow.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

We must never underestimate the power of protest! The plebeians demonstrated this, but so did Roman women. Despite lacking political authority, they also successfully protested what they saw as injustices. Here's a short article I wrote about them a while back: www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/n...

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Nevertheless, They Persisted

Katie Huntley (Boise State) researches Roman material culture, particularly related to daily life, women, gender...

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut Hello, I'm eitäk, an artificial begonia, 4 3/4", in a stylish modern glazed pot.

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New from Cambridge University Press, and free to read and download until Xmas eve: Health and the Body in Early Medieval England www.cambridge.org/core/element... #History #MedievalHistory 🗃️

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Health and the Body in Early Medieval England

Cambridge Core - European Studies - Health and the Body in Early Medieval England

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is the mansion of archaeologist Gaetano Poggi near Arquata Scrivia, Italy. Poggi excavated part of the forum of Libarna in the early 20th century. A beautiful building, but sadly in a state of disrepair. #archaeology #history

Four storey house with green window shutters and door. Painted a rust red with a terracotta tile roof. There is a round marble tub in the foreground. There is green grass in front of the house.

The interior room of the house with large windows on the left. The wall has some red decoration though it is greatly faded and damaged. The floor is covered in debris and trash.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

While Cremona is known for its violin makers & the amazing Museo del violino, it also has a fantastic archaeological museum. Here is a display of Roman roof tiles, some featuring prints from various animals. We had the joy of finding a dog & cat print on fragments at Libarna! AncientBlueSky

Roman roof tiles with prints from dogs, a cat, and a deer.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A perfume bottle in the shape of a bird with the perfume still inside. Dates to the second half of the first cent. CE. In the Museo di antichità in Turin. The bottle would need to be broken to access the perfume, so this beautiful object is primarily packaging. AncientBlueSky

Clear glass perfume bottle in the shape of a bird in a museum display case. Inside the bottle is the remains of the perfume, that has separated into a clear liquid with blocks of purplish debris. A signed identifies it as dating to the second half of the first century CE.

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

14 figurines from the Grimaldi Caves, Liguria. From White and Bisson (1998)

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Owen Exie Hurcum 💜🤍💙🍉 @owenexiehurcum.com · 25/11/2024

I realised I hadn't shared this link here, so for those that haven't seen this on the other place, here it is. I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️! york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Perceptions of a Transgender Archaeology: A Questionnaire

A short 10-15 Questionniare on perceptions of a Transgender Archaeology being undertaken for a PhD research project at the University of York on trans inclusion in archaeology.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Here is a starter pack of archaeologists & historians researching households, houses, families, domestic life, etc. Reply if you want to be added! There is plenty of room! If I've added you mistakenly, just let me know & I'll remove you. AncientBlueSky #archaeology #history go.bsky.app/RzgCjVH

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I was thinking about making a starter pack of archaeologists & historians whose work has to do w/ households, domestic life, families, houses, etc. Not sure how many of us are out there & I haven't seen such a starter pack yet. Reply if you want to be included. #archaeology #history AncientBluesky

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Dr. Ryan K. McNutt @ryankmcnutt.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Some of my favorite artifacts from the SEAC tour of Jamestown. Starting off with the this wee 1st/2nd century Roman oil lamp. Curation of past objects in the past. historicjamestowne.org/collections/...

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Gavi is a beautiful Medieval town not far from Libarna. This church is gorgeous. Should you ever find yourself there, I definitely recommend Beer & Co. and Osteria Piemontemare for great food. They both host our team every year and we appreciate them putting up with us! The Gavi wine is delicious.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 20/11/2024

The wonderful Samnite hillfort of Monte Santa Croce-Cognolo 🇮🇹 #HillfortsWednesday There is very little evidence for permanent habitation here. Instead, it is likely that the hillfort was used for pasturing animals. 🆓 buff.ly/3Yv2CdA

Aerial photograph of two hills with structures on top of them and a modern settlement at the bottom of the hills.

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Post a ship that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek From the Casa della Nave Europa, Pompeii

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 19/11/2024

November 19th is: #WorldToiletDay. 🚽🏺 Roman latrine in form of a chariot, marble 2nd-3rd century CE, Baths of Caracalla, Rome. 🤝 Training potty in form of a racing car plastic, 21st century CE.

Ancient Roman marble toilet in form of a chariot to the left.
Kids potty seat in form of a racing car to the right.

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Christian Rollinger @drcrollinger.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I'm currently doing a teaching project with a colleague from Early Modern History about historical memes, which we want to turn into something more down the road ... #classics and #history peeps, post your dankest memes in the replies! I'll go first...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 my own #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

A mosaic fragment from a Roman villa in Spain depicting a stylised, octopus using red, yellow, and black limestone tesserae. The front facing octopus has bulging eyes and eight tentacles

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Dr Sonja B Grimm @sonja-grimm.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Regarding non-avian dinosaurs, those most people think about when mentioning dinosaurs. I just recently learned from my archaeozoology colleague that Aves (that's birds) are actually a line of dinosaurs. So flamingo or eagle do not descent from dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs that still live today. 😯

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School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have discovered a shaft filled with 12th c. bodies in central Leicester, thought to represent 5% of the town's population at the time. Were they the victims of an undocumented pandemic or of starvation? www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

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Mystery surrounds 800-year-old Leicester burial pit containing 123 bodies

Researchers are baffled by 12th-century corpses uncovered at a heritage learning centre built in the garden of Leicester Cathedral after discovery of Richard III’s remains

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