New book out now! 🏺Available to order or read online (for free!): Tracing Transitions and Connecting Communities in the Archaeology of Southwest Asia: Papers in Honour of Roger Matthews www.sidestone.com/books/tracin...
Amy Richardson
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Co-Investigator on the States of Clay project. Archaeology of prehistoric and protohistoric Southwest Asia. Interested in human connections through everyday objects. https://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/amy-richardson
🏺Out today! A systematic review of the evidence for the development of bureaucratic practices in Iran:
Information Revolutions and Information Transitions: Counting, Sealing, Writing in Iran 10,000–300 BC
In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of counting, sealing, and writing practices in ancient Iran, spanning approximately 9000 years from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. The survival of cl...
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Attention Assyriologists & Mesopotamian archaeologists! The IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar is open for submissions until March 31, 2025. Win €1,000 and gain recognition for your work! Details & submission: iaassyriology.com/iaa-prize/ #Assyriology #Archaeology #EarlyCareer
IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar - The International Association for Assyriology
The IAA awards a prize for the best article in Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology Rules and Regulations Eligibility Requirements The article must be written in one of the official RAI language...
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Fabulous new evidence for Bronze Age textiles, weaving techniques, and even for blue dyes.
Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk · 2y agoNEW Analysis of two surviving textile fragments from Bronze Age Beycesultan Höyük, Anatolia, finds they were made with unique techniques and dyed blue, providing a rare example of the textile industry and luxury fabrics in ancient Türkiye. A stylish #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
Hi Bluesky folks! I’m a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the University of Reading. I work on material culture and human connections in Southwest Asia from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. My research focuses on: