Matthias Hoernes

15. Tagung des österreichischen CVA-Arbeitskreises: Keramik und Kontext: Produktion – Konsum – Rezeption Tagung

If you are in Vienna in January, you are warmly invited to attend the Austrian CVA Conference on pottery and its many contexts. It will be one of my highlights of the new year. Many thanks to the KHM and @oeai.bsky.social @uni-graz.at @univie.ac.at #Archaeology 🏺
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Interdisziplinäres Ausgrabungsprojekt um Archäolog*innen von #UniFreiburg & @unimainz.bsky.social entdeckt gut erhaltene griechische Skulptur in etruskischer Stadt Vulci 🇮🇹. Fund rückt kulturellen Austausch zw. Griechen&Etruskern in neues Licht. ➡️ ufr.link/vulci-skulptur @vulcicityscape.bsky.social

Trowel and Error A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology

New report on how people engage with archaeology is out - Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey. Lots to digest but key conclusions are: 1) archaeologists risk undervaluing and hiding ourselves, our practices and the role we play in society... www.archaeologyuk.org/our-work/tro...

Model of the The Nola Tomb, attributed to Domenico Padiglione The three models of tombs in the collection have traditionally been described as replicating Etruscan sepulchres. In reality, they are loosely based on tombs of the pre-Roman Italic peoples that inhab...

Cork models SM M1078, SM M1085, and SM M1088 © Sir John Soane's Museum. Photos: Hugh Kelly. collections.soane.org/object-m1078 collections.soane.org/object-m1088 collections.soane.org/object-m1085

This is a tomb from Nola with an extremely accurate miniature skeleton and less accurate vases.

This is a generic model of a fourth-century tomb at Paestum. It shows a skeleton lying on its back with miniature greaves and other pieces of armour, as well as pottery on the ground and paintings on the walls.

The model depicts the Monterisi Rossignoli tomb in Canosa. It features a miniature skeleton lying on a bench, the relief decoration of the tomb on the wall behind, and vases placed around the bench.

I am passionate about southern Italian tombs, the history of archaeology, and all things miniature. When these interests overlap – as in the three 1820s cork models of tombs from Nola, Paestum, and Canosa – it feels like a perfect convergence. @soanemuseum.bsky.social #Archaeology 🏺 #Museum

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Unterwegs zum Workshop "Sammlungen historischer Gipsabgüsse zwischen physischer Präsenz und digitaler Repräsentanz" am 6.-7.11. im Antikenmuseum @unileipzig.bsky.social - der krönende Abschluss unseres gemeinsamen Projekts zum Farnesischen Stier.

Ich freue mich sehr und bin gespannt!

The Aphaia Temple pediment sculptures are getting a fresh clean – round two of our plaster-cast restoration is underway. #Archaeology 🏺 #Museum

Jeder Punkt ist in unbedingter Klarheit auch in Österreich zu fordern. @nuwiss.bsky.social

A terracotta plate bearing terracotta fruit, such as grapes and figs, as well as a mouse nibbling on a tartlet.

A sweet tooth caught in the act – a mouse ignores the fruit and goes straight for the tartlet. Terracotta plate from Taranto, 3rd century BCE. Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig #Archaeology 🏺

I admit that this marvellous sandwich gold glass bowl, which travelled from the eastern Mediterranean to Canosa in Apulia, is a clickbait image. Please take a look at the CfP for our 2026 conference on mobility and networks in pre-Roman Italy. #Archaeology 🏺London, BM 1871,0518.2.

Tomorrow, I present my research on quantitatve trends in teaching "Classical" archaeology in German-speaking countries. And this is how AI imagines us... So much irritation – where do I start? The gender, the clothing, the pose, the torch, this military-style leather thingy? #Archaeology 🏺

Thank you so much, Leah! It was actually your question about whether we would continue working on those vessels years ago that inspired us to launch this little project. I will email you asap.

Here is another glimpse into our progress: 3D printing is advancing steadily, while high-resolution RTI imaging is successfully detecting and documenting fine painted details. It is rewarding to see the different parts of the project aligning so well. #Archaeology 🏺

📣 It is always a bit conceited to advertise a paper publication, but this project was great fun thanks to the fabulous team involved. If you are interested in miniature pottery, please take a look. doi.org/10.1177/1469... #Archaeology 🏺

Of course, the job takes priority, but I am sure there will be another opportunity to discuss research.

CFP: Digital Methods as the Key to Open Archaeological Collections for Research and Teaching

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157981

Wien, 31.03.2026-04.04.2026, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10.2025

Save the Date: Am 30. Oktober startet die digitale Veranstaltungsreihe "Neue Wege alter Fächer: Lehre gestalten in den Altertumswissenschaften"! Programm und Infos unter www.kleinefaecher.de/beitraege/bl... @univie.ac.at @kleinefaecher.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AncientBlueSky

Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Fixed term for 12 months £36,396 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025

Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇

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Hi Leah, thank you so much for your interest. If you would like to present a paper, we would be happy to have you join us online. However, the time difference may be inconvenient, and we cannot yet confirm whether you will be able to attend all the papers.

📣 In February next year, the "Etruscan and Italic Communities" network will meet in Vienna to discuss various forms of networks and mobilities in pre-Roman Italy. We would love to hear your paper, so please check out the Call for Papers. ➡️ www.academia.edu/143782531/Ca... #Archaeology 🏺

Did the Romans Like Swearing? It is one of the great incongruities of the English language that, despite being one of the most versatile and malleable forms of linguistic communication among the world's great tongues, it is also, ...

#Ancientbluesky #Skystorians #history #swearing #archaeology

This article is cool because I can legitimately say 'fuck' a lot and claim that this is all part of academic discourse.

So fucking read it, please. Oh, and please fucking subscribe to my shit. Thanks!

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Black-glazed vessel shaped like an African elephant. There is a refill mouth on its back, and the upraised trunk is the pouring spout. A handle is on the other side. Etruscan, from Etruria, Italy, 300-200 BCE. British Museum (1849,0620.4)

This Etruscan guttus - a vessel used to store and pour liquids in small amounts, or to refill oil lamps - is shaped like an elephant. It may have been inspired by the elephants first seen in Italy during the invasions of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal of Carthage in the 3rd c. BCE. 🏺

300-200 BCE.

Author-Paid PublicationFees Corrupt Science and Should Be Abandoned Thomas J. H Morgan & Paul E. Smaldino

As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...

CFP: Workshop Fluid Communities Einladung zum Workshop Fluid Communities: Concepts of Social Mobility and Identity Construction between textual evidence and materiality in Antiquity am 5.–6. Dezember 2025

CfP for early career researcher ➡️ Fluid Communities: Concepts of Social Mobility and Identity Construction between textual evidence and materiality in Antiquity, December 5-6, 2025 @univie.ac.at

#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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You, Robot: Experiencing Robotics First-Hand at General Laser - HEAS By: Dominik Hagmann As part of the University of Vienna’s course “AI and Interdisciplinary Research” held at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in the summer term of 2025, students from diver...

We have a new #HEASBlog on our website!

Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.

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Me neither. 😄 Thank you Fabien.

Thank you. I will keep you posted.

It was fascinating to see the 3D printer in action. This support structure will soon be proudly carrying the fragments of the Polygnotos Krater in the @univie.ac.at Archaeological Collection. Many thanks to www.archaeo-perspectives.at for their enthusiasm. #Archaeology 🏺

A Canosa il viaggio nell’aldilà del giovane Artau - Il Giornale dell'Arte A Canosa il viaggio nell’aldilà del giovane Artau

I thought I had a vague idea of Hellenistic Apulia, but this new tomb painting surpasses all expectations. Seized from the infamous Symes collection, it is now on display in Canosa. Its vivid colours and striking scene are breathtaking. #Archaeology 🏺
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Sapevate che nei parchi archeologici italiani vivono delle colonie di gatti? Dopo Paestum e il Colosseo, è la volta del Parco di Ercolano: qui i gatti sono diventati, negli anni, una presenza simbolica e amatissima negli spazi di accoglienza dei visitatori

A high-impact article on the employment situation of essential staff members in Italian archaeological parks. #Archaeology 🏺 #cats www.artribune.com/arti-visive/...