Juliet Samson-Conlon

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Thanks Alison!

Thank you!

The Ruins that Remain. Remembering Dura-Europos in Salhiyeh | Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future The legacy of Dura-Europos is well known through hundreds of scholarly publications and continuing work in the archives of the excavations held by Yale University Art Gallery. The absences in the trad...

What are the relationships between local communities and major heritage sites in Syria, and why do they matter? Adnan Almohamad and I attempt to begin to answer -- out now, open access.

www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...

Massive congrats to Juliet, of @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, on her first publication, documenting the important corpus of bone dolls from Dura-Europos. Juliet's PhD is exploring the archaeology of childhood from the archives of the site. 🥳

Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future | Studies in Classical Archaeology Abstract:This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary host of scholars to reflect on the complicated legacies of exploration at the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, situated on the western bank of the Euphrates River near modern Salihiyeh (Syria). A chance discovery after World War I kicked off a series of excavations that would span the next century and whose finds are today housed in collections worldwide, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Louvre, and the National Museum in Damascus. Dura-Europos exemplifies a multiethnic frontier town at the crossroads of major trade routes. Its textual remains and remarkably-preserved Christian, Jewish, and polytheist religious sanctuaries provide key resources for the study of antiquity and attest to the cross-cultural interconnectivity that was demonstrably central to the ancient world but which has been too often obscured by Eurocentric historiographic traditions and siloed disciplinary divisions.Foreign-run, large-scale archaeological campaigns of the early twentieth century, like those at Dura-Europos, have created narratives of power and privilege that often exclude local communities. The significance of these imbalances is entangled with the destruction the site has experienced since the 2011 outbreak of conflict in Syria. As a step toward making knowledge descendant of early excavations more accessible, this volume includes Arabic summaries of each paper, following up on the simultaneous Arabic interpretation provided at the 2022 hybrid conference whose proceedings form the core of this publication. The papers address topics connected to essential themes in relation to Dura-Europos: long-distance trade relations and cross-border interactions in antiquity, including the exchange of technologies, people, and materials; Christianity, Judaism, and other religious practices, and their relations to one another; contemporary trafficking of looted artifacts; cultural heritage and the Islamic State; and the evolving role of museum collections, technologies, and archival materials for research.

I’m delighted that my chapter, ‘The Bone Dolls from Dura-Europos: Embodying Childhood Experience’, has been published by Brepols in ‘Dura-Europos:Past,Present,Future’,available open access, www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10..... Special thanks to Lisa Brody,Anne Hunnell Chen, @jenbaird.bsky.social

Join us in Aarhus for RAC/TRAC 2026!

Rubina Raja and I have organised a session on "Archival Fieldwork" in archaeology and welcome submissions

Details on how to apply and attend here: www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk/ractrac-2026... (Deadline October 10)

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Archaeology of Children and Childhood Starter Pack

The Festival of Archaeology logo

Friday July 24 is the #AskTheArchaeologist day of the #FestivalOfArchaeology. You ask, archaeologists on Bluesky 🦋 try to answer.

And I can’t wait to hear all about it! Well done to all of you!

This is very exciting news!

This is very exciting news!

So pleased that we have MA funding available this year for our MA Archaeology & Heritage Programme. Please spread the word (or get in touch if you have questions)!
www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

Photograph of book on Scultpures from Roman Syria with grey cover, featuring a broken marble sculpture of a female

Out today, my review of a recent two volume work on Sculptures from Roman Syria.

TL; DR -- Important, but frustrating, work.

The words that will stick with me are "current location unknown".

*Master's funding claxon*

Did you know that we have a range of scholarships for our MA programmes, including funding specifically for Archaeology, Heritage, and History of Art? Links below!

I hope you are all as excited about #SSCIP2025 as we are!? Make sure to share your conference snaps, including any conference preparations using the hashtag #SSCIP2025 and tagging us - see you in Aarhus 👀

Enjoyed writing this for @sscipchildhood.bsky.social #sherdnerd #archaeology #pottery #roman #childhood

📢 NEWS 📢 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 SSCIP Annual Conference will take place in Aarhus, Denmark from 24th - 26th June 🥳

The conference theme is 'Children and Climate Change' 🌏 Call for Papers and further information will be circulated soon #childhood #archaeology #history Please RT!

A Starter Pack for the Archaeology of Children and Childhood. Please share!

Hello Bluesky! We're the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal aka #TRAJ published by @openlibhums.bsky.social
We are peer-reviewed & open access, publishing innovative & interdisciplinary research in #Roman #Archaeology

That means we are ENTIRELY free to read!

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I have started to compile a Starter Pack for those researching children and childhood in the past 👋 Do let me know if you’d like to be included! Hopefully we can grow this list as more people move to BlueSky🦋 #Archaeology #ChildhoodArchaeology @sscipchildhood.bsky.social go.bsky.app/TyZAyQ8

Search the collection | Yale University Art Gallery Search over 180,000 objects in our collection

They are available online: artgallery.yale.edu/collection

Search the collection | Yale University Art Gallery Search over 180,000 objects in our collection

I’m envious of your visit there! Most of the material that I research is held by Yale University Art Gallery and is available online:

artgallery.yale.edu/collection

They are not on display, they are stored in the Collections Study Centre - a fantastic place I’ve visited a couple of times.

Always happy to chat more about bottles!

It’s great isn’t it. Much calmer!

I will also be looking at graffiti and funerary evidence from the site, under the expert supervision of @jenbaird.bsky.social

Seeing as there are lots of introductions on here: my PhD research is looking at the material culture of Roman children, focussing on the site of Dura-Europos. Here are a couple of examples from the corpus of articulated bone dolls. I’m also looking at infant feeding bottles & terracotta toys.

If you're into archaeology, the ancient world, and related fields, here are some starter packs you will like 🧵 1/?

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