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Bill Finlayson

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Mix of hunter-gatherer and Neolithic archaeology with cultural heritage management. Currently running the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project at Oxford and researching the Neolithic in SW Asia.

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It's not really the sort of weather to be rushing about. This is Mathilda, another #CatsOfPrehistorians

16.12.2024 13:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

will it be recorded? On my way to Jordan tonight

05.12.2024 11:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy to welcome colleagues from the Jordanian Department of Antiquities and Palestinian Ministry of Tourism for a training session in #Oxford

02.12.2024 17:58 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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From Beirut to Khartoum, the Arab world is changing beyond our recognition | Nesrine Malik The Arab world is increasingly divided between those who are losing everything, and those who have everything, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Interesting opinion piece on the damage current conflicts are causing to Arab heritage in its widest sense www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

02.12.2024 09:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This important project with Palestinian partners is both establishing a baseline context and recording damage - supported by the #BritishCouncil's Cultural Protection Fund

28.11.2024 15:07 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Current ruins for future archaeologists? | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core The Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Current ruins for future archaeologists?

A thoughtful open-access article on the role of archaeology and memorialization amidst Israel's current war on Gaza 🏺https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/archaeological-dialogues/article/baptist-hospital-in-gaza-current-ruins-for-future-archaeologists/C775E3465587591B2B60C139E8AD90B6

27.11.2024 08:12 — 👍 21    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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The November Arches Project bulletin is here! This issue highlights the release of Arches for HERs & the public launch of GLHER Online, plus a new Arches demo site, the October virtual developer meeting, upcoming events, community presentations & more: bit.ly/arches-bulle...

21.11.2024 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Hi BlueSky! We are EAMENA based @universityofoxford.bsky.social, University of Durham & @archanchistleic.bsky.social. We use remote sensing technologies to record & map #endangered #archaeology & #heritage data in the MENA region in our #database. Follow us to discover more about what we do!

22.11.2024 12:29 — 👍 18    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

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