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Christian Thomas

@christiandthomas.bsky.social

If they hunt, I gather / Archaeologist into cultural landscapes, Ice Patches, Arrows and Atlatls, traditional economies / Father / appreciator of loud music / Yukon Territory, Canada. #gohabsgo

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Karly Kingsley@karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24h ago

RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline

Christian Thomas@christiandthomas.bsky.social · 6d ago

There are a proper shit ton of sites in Canada older than the pyramids. Most of them get no love because they aren’t 10-minutes-before-Clovis-old and are absent a vaguely artifacty illustration of a rock in the lowest level.

GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦@brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 6d ago

Archaeologists excavating on Triquet Island—a remote island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada—uncovered a settlement dated to 13,600–14,086 years ago. ​

Carolyn Petit@carolynmichelle.bsky.social · last wk.

From pages 38-45 of this remarkable book is a section on journalism that is so urgent, so compelling, so precise in identifying some of the major flaws and failures of mainstream journalism as an industry at this moment in time, that I wish I could make all American journalists read it.

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad, as held by me on an NYC subway car.
Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · 2w ago

Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought, study finds ->Live Science | More on "Inca Capacocha child sacrifice research" at BigEarthData.ai

Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought, study finds

Inca boys and girls chosen for human sacrifice trekked through Inca communities for thousands of miles on sacred pilgrimages before their ritual deaths, often near high peaks in the Andes Mountains, a new analysis of their mummies reveals. The research also looks again at the manners of their deaths and found that none of three children in the Inca ritual, known as Capacocha, died in the ways that scientists previously thought. "Capacocha was not limited to the final act of offering at the mountain," study first author Verónica Silva-Pinto, an archaeologist at Diego Portales University in Santiago, Chile, told Live Science in an email. "It was an extended ritual process that began months earlier and involved mobility, dietary changes, the participation of different communities, and the creation of sacred landscapes." But some other experts, while welcoming the study, are cautious about some of its details. The new study is based on new examinations of three Capacocha mummies from two sites: The "Niño de El Plomo" or El Plomo Boy, who was about 8 or 9 years old in the 15th century when he was sacrificed near the 17,700 foot (5,400 meter) summit of Cerro El Plomo, now in central Chile;...

livescience.com

Steph Halmhofer@cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 3w ago

I do find it concerning that part of the justification for shrinking Bears Ears protected areas is that archaeological materials there have no "historic or scientific interest" because you can find that stuff (e.g. lithic scatters, petroglyphs, projectile points, etc.) anywhere. 🏺 1/

Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes@lemoustier.bsky.social · 3w ago

🏺 While writing #Matriarcha it's been striking that there isn't a general assumption European Iron Age people were enslavers. Clearly they didn't reach the Romans' hideous heights (see #Servus by @emmasouthon.bsky.social), but historical texts & archaeology do hint that it may have been widespread.

Kristina Killgrove@killgrove.bsky.social · 3w ago

Archaeologists in France have found some iron shackles from around the 3rd century BC, possibly used on women or children based on their size. 🏺🧪

Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes@lemoustier.bsky.social · 3w ago

🏺 Tune in for this, I have a feeling it will not only be musical but also magical 🎵 ✨

Brenna Hassett@brennawalks.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am soooo excited for #tx of my little radio show! First ep tonight, starting with the beautiful voice of my uncle chris hassett. it’s #prehistory it’s #voice it’s #archaeology and just a bit family. What a joy to make ❤️ on bbc radio 3 every night this week at 21:45! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Taylor Mitchell Brown@tmitchellbrown.bsky.social · 3w ago

Scientists just found the first-ever name of a Maya astronomer. His name was Sak Tahn Waax, meaning “White-chested Fox.” Maya astronomers have long lived in obscurity, uncredited for their work. Now we finally have a name. #Archaeology #AncientMaya @antiquity.ac.uk 🧪🏺 New at #NationalGeographic

Archaeologists decipher the name of a Maya astronomer for the first time

His moniker translates to "White-chested Fox."

nationalgeographic.com