Dr Helen Dawson

Big thanks to Peter Hargreaves for reporting on the Islands and Island Studies conference in the Jersey Evening Post! #wedoislands

Bones of Contention: Why are so many human remains locked up in Berlin museums? - The Berliner Thousands of skulls and skeletons from victims of German colonialism are lying in Berlin museums. Why is it so hard to give them back?

www.the-berliner.com/politics/bon...

aDNA study of the "Phoenicians" is a "striking example of culture spreading without mass migration to reinforce it".
www.science.org/.../most-pho....
aDNA study of the "Vikings" reveals it was a way of life rather than an ethnicity (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Why is this even surprising?

Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies. Research and inquiry in the Channel Islands.

Apply now!! for our 2025 Island Archaeology Field School - Jersey! w/ the fantastic @mattpope.bsky.social @helendawson.bsky.social and @duvalrv.bsky.social

info@jicas.ac.je / www.jicas.ac.je

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Yay indeed! Your first book was key for my PhD research on the archaeology of island colonisation and abandonment!

exactly my thoughts, archaeologists should not just dig and then leave, without thinking of the consequences

It sounds like a great example of valorising local traditional knowledge, is there a paper?

Great example... I am getting hungry!

"scarpetta" in Italian, is there a Maltese word for the mopping up?

I see you’re using CatGPT ;-)

I think this is a good example of inclusion: maa.cam.ac.uk/news/decolon...

Thanks! How do you envisage that inclusion in practical terms? I think it could also mean considering the effects of research on local communities (e.g. will uncovering an archaeological site impact tourism and is that good/bad for the locals?) and developing research questions together.

The Hoa Hakananai’a statue from Easter Island, displayed in the British Museum in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA (source: The Guardian)

I'd like to put together a set of priorities or a "decolonisation manifesto" for researchers focusing on the study of islands as a means to ensure accountability. Please help me by posting your suggestions, including any relevant examples or practical tips. What should be in it? #wedoislands

DIG2025 "Developing International Geoarchaeology," or simply "DIG," is a biennial conference series that began in 2005 and has since been hosted across the world. It aims to bring together a wide variety of i...

The next DIG conference (Developing International Geoarchaeology) will take place in beautiful Tübingen in May! For more info, see: sites.google.com/view/dig2025...

Thrilled about all the speakers and especially the island archaeology session at the Islands and Island Studies conference in Jersey!
shimajournal.org/conferences....
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game tokens maybe?

‘Like a horror movie’: Ice detaining German tourist in California indefinitely Jessica Brösche has spent more than a month in detention center after being denied entry at San Diego from Mexico

Not safe full stop, regardless of skin colout, I'd say. There was another case in the news recently: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Grinding Stone Deposits of the Linear Pottery Culture in Central Germany In recent years, three deposits of grinding stones have been discovered in Central Germany, resembling a phenomenon known from the Paris Basin and Bel…

Thought-provoking paper on the life cycles of Neolithic grinding stones - what I don’t get is the association with women in particular, given that only one was found in a female burial. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

March is Women’s History Month: to learn about pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology, and geology, check out trowelblazers.com

Important new initiative to promote ethical development in the field of island archaeology: Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage cocah.net

Back to the field, working of the wild macrofauna from #Grotta120 #Lampedusa #SILVA @iphes-cerca.bsky.social

who needs ChatGPT when you have... CatGPT!

NVIS: Islands and environmental change Join us for the next quarterly meeting of SICRI's New Voices in Island Studies network. In this session we will focus on islands and environmental...

SICRI's New Voices in Island Studies meeting

Tuesday 11th March
Athens 9am | Antananarivo 10am | Jakarta 2pm | Manila 3pm | Tokyo 4pm | Hobart 6pm | Wellington 8pm

Open to all new and emerging scholars and practitioners in the field of Island Studies

To book your spot www.trybooking.com/uk/EMNR

Join us online for our 2025 #Island #Archaeology #FieldSchool open event, Thursday, 27 February, 6pm.

info@jicas.ac.je for Zoom invite

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Naval power and textile technology: sail production in ancient Greece Sails and textile technology played a key role in enabling mobility and thus shaping historical phenomena such as migration, trade, the acquisition and maintenance of imperial power in the ancient ...

Paper recommendation: We rarely, if ever, think about sails in ancient maritime travel.
Naval power and textile technology: Sail production in ancient Greece ⛵ #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us online for our next Cafe Scientifique! 'Protected Areas in Small #Island Developing States: The Case Study of Nelson's Dockyard, National Park, #Antigua and #Barbuda, #Caribbean'.

info@jicas.ac.je for Zoom invite.

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Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online? On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears

#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”

Beyond "islanders": we often talk in abstract terms about groups and populations but who were the people who settled the world's islands, how many women, men, children, and elders? Are there any up-to-date studies that look into founder populations and sustainable island demographics? #wedoislands

Rising seas endanger maritime heritage

In Science (p. 462) this week, my colleagues--Scott Fitzpatrick, Kristina Gill, Patrick Kirch, John Ruiz, Victor Thompson, Jason Younker--and I warn of the dire threat rising seas (0.81 cm in 2024!) and marine erosion pose for coastal archaeological sites worldwide.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The cost of attending the EAA is really high, when you factor in the compulsory EAA membership as well