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Nic Terrenato

@terrenato.bsky.social
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I study Roman imperialism and first millennium BCE Italian archaeology. I teach at UMich. I direct the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. I am originally from Roma. Pronouns: is/eum (he/him)

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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
With archaeology, it was love at first site...
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
TFW you see your name adjectivized for the first time....
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Lovely to hear @pompei79.bsky.social on BBC news on the way to work this morning!
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Salvini says, aiutiamolo a casa sua!
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Righteous Amsterdam disagrees...
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
exciting news at our museum! lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-eve...
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Kelsey Museum to Receive $1.15M Gift From Alum and Donor Steve Klinsky | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA
The major gift will support five archaeological expeditions around the world as well as educational programming for K-12 students in Michigan.
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Cool black ride, man!
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David Roberts @davidrobertsarch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
go.bsky.app/NBGDhH I've started a - very incomplete so far! - Roman Archaeology starter pack as I couldn't find one! Let me know who I need to add as I've not found lots of people here yet who I'm sure will have joined the Xodus :-)
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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal @traj-journal.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
📣 Hey all you #Roman theory people, come join us on the #TRAJ Editorial Board! We are looking for new members to join our international editorial board, applications are welcome from all researchers within the field of Roman #archaeology Apply by 31 Dec 👉 traj.openlibhums.org/news/769/
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TRAJ Call for Editorial Board Members
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (TRAJ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Open Library of Humanities, providing a venue for innovative and interdisciplinary research in...
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Caroline Goodson @cjg70.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Come to Rome! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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The British School at Rome invites applications for awards tenable in 2025-2026 | H-Net
The British School at Rome is pleased to invite applications for the 2025-2026 academic year for the following award competitions, all with a deadline of 2 December 2024:
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Wonderful publication of our marbles from two UM PHD alumnae!
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Kelsey has one of the most extensive collections of Egyptian plant remains outside Egypt!
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My personal favorite Renfrew anecdote: at the SAA 75th Antiquity anniversary party, fending off hotel security that was trying to prevent him from pouring generous shots of Jesus College whisky. May the topsoil be light on him.
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
This video is for open minded people interested in the truth youtu.be/KR9_oLmoQVI?...
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A Public Letter to Joe Rogan from Flint Dibble
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
After all, central Italy, unlike many other parts of the Mediterranean, had no prior experience with settlements bigger than 1-2 ha. There was no template or paradigm to follow. Rome in particular is very illustrative of the tentative and progressive nature of the process.
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Building on our Iron Age results at gabiiproject.org, I argued that key decisions in the zoning of these centers were taken quite late, centuries after their first occupation. We need to consider that graveyards, fortifications and cult places had newly become communal to the whole settlement
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Was delighted to be recently invited to the 2024 Larissa Bonfante workshop, whose theme was Shaping Spaces. bonfanteworkshop.org/2023-2024/ My paper was on "Zoning decisions in early central Italian urbanism". I tried to reflect in a non-teleological way on how areas were defined in early cities.
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Shaping Spaces The shaping of space can be conceived by way of buildings and other physical means that altered, directed and carved the environment. It also involves far more (and more complex) pro…
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
No, anyone witha serious interest in archaeology can apply
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
No prior dig experience is required. Must be over 18.
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Come dig with us at Gabii
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thrilled to have been in London recently for a lecture at the Society of Antiquaries (@antiquaries.bsky.social) to which I have recently been elected. If you are curious about the origins of the Roman Forum, check it out on YouTube. www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-... www.sal.org.uk/event/urban-...
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Urban borehole surveys and the origins of the Roman Forum - Society of Antiquaries of London
Hear about the Urban borehole surveys and revised chronology which has major implications for our understanding of early urbanism in central Italy.
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Nic Terrenato @terrenato.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Ok so we're meeting here instead of on Threads? As long as we make up our minds...
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