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@davidebb.bsky.social

Tolerated by some well-known archaeologists and historians. Iron Age, Roman, Early medieval; Late Antiquity; PAS; heritage (metal detecting, museums). 'Briefing' editor/designer. Facebook https://tinyurl.com/3jhemcns

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Imagine a land with a dozen political parties who all have to work together to make things work, instead of two.

Britain leads the world once more.

22.02.2026 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not, incidentally, do we know the conversations the professor may have had with the landowner.

It is, I think, unwise to set up such inter-disciplinary conflicts.

The system we have is half-good - unless we can set up something better we need to make it work.

15.02.2026 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As we both know, this isnโ€™t an archaeological research project. And I donโ€™t think either of us know the terms of the professorโ€™s agreement with the landowner.

But regardless of that, objects in the ground belong to the owner of that ground, until that law is changed.

15.02.2026 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember, the finder doesnโ€™t own these staters and has no legal control over what happens to them.

15.02.2026 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, if you have the right to a well regulated militia, is anyone going to set it up?

15.02.2026 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThe Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not in the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to bootโ€ฆโ€

07.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5734    ๐Ÿ” 1287    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mates looking after mates.

07.02.2026 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Numerous trepanned skulls have been recorded in Brittany.

07.02.2026 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful indeed. Thereโ€™s some wonderful photography in this - beautiful things make beautiful pictures, but they still need skilful camera work to bring it out.
And then, of course, good editing to choose the right pics!

07.02.2026 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, look at everyone rushing to help.

07.02.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In future, no one will understand the Greenland problem.

They wonโ€™t believe that the leader of the free world could be so evil.

20.01.2026 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And your problem is?

20.01.2026 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing to do with all those โ€˜aching menโ€™ then?

17.01.2026 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Theyโ€™re living in their own little box, arenโ€™t they? They think murderers on the streets are acceptable, if trained.

16.01.2026 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking good, magister!

15.01.2026 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder why the publishers choose to use a tiny online platform? Apparently Webex has only about 5% of the market in online presentation.

14.01.2026 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Leon! I hadn't heard about this.

30.12.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐—— ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ
๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด

This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400โ€“1100.

doi.org/10.1080/0076...

29.12.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paul Lindsay Dawson throws new light on the so-called 'Battle' of Wakefield in late December 1460.

The article comes from the Spring 2025 issue of 'Briefing', the magazine of the Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society.

www.academia.edu/145647137/Th...

29.12.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi Beans from Eric!

25.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Better not be. Iโ€™ve got one on the way.

25.12.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Report
appgarchaeology.wordpress.com/.../appag-in....
All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group
appgarchaeology.wordpress.com/inquiry/

25.12.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Merry Christmas everyone!

25.12.2025 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It wasnโ€™t a target, it was a commitment, and it wasnโ€™t ambitious.

It was just a failure. And itโ€™s journalism like this that does the damage.

21.12.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No one cares enough about this to solve it.

21.12.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry, I hadnโ€™t appreciated the artistry! Lovely stuff.

21.12.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Combs Do you remember Nitty Nora, the school nurse who came to check small heads for head lice? Vindolanda has a large collection of boxwood hair combs which look remarkably like our nit combs of today.

Hereโ€™s another Roman boxwood comb, again very fine, from Vindolanda near Hadrianโ€™s Wall. www.vindolanda.com/comb-with-case

21.12.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hereโ€™s a report on lice found on a Roman comb historicengland.org.uk/research/res... but the gaps look much smaller than the early medieval combs Iโ€™ve seen.

21.12.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I keep talking about bone, but antler was much stronger, and therefore probably better to work with once you got a technique.

21.12.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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