2026-05-01T15:19:25Z https://yabu.me Joe Roe https://yabu.me/npub1yyhpl57vehe0e0cygfe94wgvt52mcpa6cdc3nulr9vxhva77kz9qc7fk7p https://mstdn.archaeo.social/accounts/avatars/000/000/002/original/54f95f7766666700.jpg https://mstdn.archaeo.social/accounts/avatars/000/000/002/original/54f95f7766666700.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvla5mgr7ts29ntqv0xcyv5zcg3jkt3g0y8e0x63080w5lwdwwlsqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5n8yrw4 So they say #Eurosky proves that #ATproto really is decentralised and can be independent of #Bluesky (the company) and by extension American Big Tech.<br/><br/>Curious, I asked for an account and after waiting a few days received the instructions to create one:<br/><br/>&#34;1. Go to Bluesky and click the ‘Create account’ button [...]&#34;<br/><br/>Err...<br/><br/>#EuropeanAlternatives #Fediverse 2026-03-02T10:01:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2aks40y6uc8k4t6gd5unuggkg7m5erqd05y9lecacw04d688s3qczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5tgvzs2 ‘AltMetric’-style services, which track citations to academic papers outside of academic literature—so in the news, social media, etc.—have been quick to incorporate #BlueSky posts, but I’ve yet to see one that includes the #fediverse<br/><br/>I can see that (real) decentralisation makes it harder to find citations to papers in the Fediverse, but it ought to be possible.<br/><br/>Is there anybody out there working on some sort of FediMetric service?<br/><br/>#AcademicPublishing #Science #Publishing 2026-02-09T08:43:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvf4pj8whanqqyl49pc5h7z0yah38n3pvetpu3hu0vs49y9j7pn3qzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5x5m6t7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvg772c5r7d8scl34qd6czvglsel3g69jenu6vfuw7kjr0l4spg2ql22t3c'>nevent1q…2t3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember talking to my (Danish) wife about this. When we first met she thought I used singular &#39;they&#39; because I was very progressive. Actually it just comes naturally to me as a native English speaker for people whose gender I don&#39;t know, and from there it&#39;s not a big step to extend it to nonbinary people.<br/><br/>Now I have to remind myself that you can&#39;t do the same in Danish. Constructions like &#34;Kunden har altid ret, har han ikke?&#34; sound as weird to me as singular they does to you. 2026-02-04T16:30:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0dfrk2p59j48wgvftpcd5ruce2gvse4wg8m66sdp3wj9y3wuclaczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5wcq4y0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsguyeqlpj6scl0n3645z5ghzx7ts2nf9gyhfcrlz5ey6zssuly56cv0rdeg'>nevent1q…rdeg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The obvious solution is to go out with chisels and disrobe the fellas. 2026-02-02T08:19:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrr8p9zq433huyq8cvt30ckrdfakrnseufjl3zknw3z6vze6m8npczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg50gmafl Bitter vetch might have been food after all, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17x47t64ds83pr9rt44wuhx8fv6y3jnzs875pn9t24fzdmjegjz9sycu7yh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Martin Rundkvist</span> (<span class="italic">npub17x4…u7yh</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14614103.2025.2610045">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14614103.2025.2610045</a><br/><br/>#Archaeology #Food 2026-01-29T08:31:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdc2tkge58wz3a6a898w5tzf66c5k44rsz938t2m5u3ygrj2gyw0gzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5xzstq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqu6njxh4g8n4m5c45mcxkzy60zqz5nklcec70y8kmdp7n7jzzpls0vx02p'>nevent1q…x02p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The end of the month deadlines are upon me so what I *should* be doing today is finishing marking last semester&#39;s papers, finishing preparing next semester&#39;s teaching, finishing the edits to a manuscript my coauthor asked for, asking for permission to apply for a grant to do fieldwork next winter...<br/><br/>What I *have* been doing is wrestling the toddler into his winter clothes and then getting distracted by the idea of using geospatial AI to find and classify desert archaeological sites. 2026-01-29T08:09:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8z7f64u0g5038p8934yqasquu4l2e8l67325095a2xcqwzyyygrczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg57g982c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2c48y4w6ajelxn5us4k5xlhy7ngqvw2cjtcysnaccykp2s5d5smqspvr8a'>nevent1q…vr8a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds like the machine whipped up something that uses #Rstats under the hood, since that&#39;s a common R error message! 2026-01-23T15:35:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr6342t2y86vru6sexj0cgt7gdx9thecwn264lmn9l29uskvet4gzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg50upnlt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyc439hvh7yqxhfrp8ehxgf2ysmvyee86r0t7mq88ked77ae6rf5sh3e8g9'>nevent1q…e8g9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amazing what massive government subsidies and systematic sabotage of the competition can do! 2026-01-22T09:52:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs022tkhhh8wh60xj7s8hq3599jxchl7ft54ygsv46gkkd6s2xevfszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5dfqykv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9sahzl6784d5fylt8q0hx8mhqhaqkayr8l3hz0u2uj7dg73mchfg0q7mqg'>nevent1q…7mqg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you take the Vancouver rules, for example, I can&#39;t see why a student or hired excavator isn&#39;t considered to have &#34;contributed substantially to [...] the acquisition [...] of data for the work&#34;. Honestly I don&#39;t include them as coauthors either—I&#39;ve never heard of a project that does—but I couldn&#39;t give a reason other than &#34;tradition in the field&#34;.<br/><br/>This only applies to the first publication of excavation data, of course – you don&#39;t get put on every paper that uses it. 2026-01-07T04:34:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcan04awtew7vdzckqcqkxe62nd8e97fc8qww7sr04t4gqml3p9qzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5typacz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgq5m6dt2df0sh6x0sxp4rl3tspyfvt7cqfc8nhfsw6xjxwyh2hjsgnwmm6'>nevent1q…wmm6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is archaeology still fitting the humanities trend in that regard? The mean number of authors on my papers is 6, for example.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve always thought that we&#39;re quite stingy with authorship. Routinely excluding the people who physically excavated a site from the primary publication of it, for example... it&#39;s not like the research could have been done without them! 2026-01-06T19:41:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8u7fhnw747na3rfs4j3zjqkmmp76z8kqfvqyzpxvgf0pgvlakeqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5nndft2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwrlsuv67a2me267n8nqfmhp4sfhfyax7yyn7s4924h4z2287v2cmf2f6r'>nevent1q…2f6r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And makes them no less effective bartenders after graduation! Just more indebted and dissatisfied ones. 2026-01-01T10:13:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88z8zz2f0a3wl7tf8fus3zcvuwgzx320yjkmd0vjped75twvlgrszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5shqr8l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyphqy8fum2n9qkrhk3ltnye9w78mahv4wmry5hz0ramadeyx9xnc8qq350'>nevent1q…q350</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My university recently announced that external funding will be de-emphasised in hiring and promotion from now on (part of a long-running controversy in which the university claims grants end up costing them money), but let&#39;s see if that&#39;s what actually happens in practice. 2026-01-01T10:11:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsztq9qxx3dsrdz2sa384r3pjyfjjre0f0psppf9snjyn8wpgmjelszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5ya998q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpz2qs5tywprwg0zjgmpd6fees7pdgd57w038j7xdlu3u455p0msnj5kzt'>nevent1q…5kzt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Plus the vast majority of humanities PhD positions today have nothing to do with reproducing the discipline, they&#39;re a byproduct of getting Big Grants on their supervisors&#39; CVs. Because the Big Grant system was designed for natural science and the only way we can spend remotely comparable sums of money is with junior researcher salaries. But that&#39;s a whole other discussion. 2026-01-01T09:50:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpz2qs5tywprwg0zjgmpd6fees7pdgd57w038j7xdlu3u455p0mszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5ac2sxu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr4nydl0eyff72twnj5mrlrpffgkqul7cqaujsppwa3yx6d5tsms9f4c0n'>nevent1q…4c0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a good point that would go down like a lead balloon with most of my colleagues. To have a realistic discussion about the humanities job market within universities, we have to remove the existential dread. We fight tooth and nail for education in Niche Studies because if there&#39;s no students, there&#39;s no positions. If society acknowledged that it&#39;s good to have expertise in a niche even if there&#39;s no jobs in it, most humanities profs would happily go back to one student a decade. 2026-01-01T09:43:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf56k06y8g8x80fyhzhy563eugdl4z2kps6nsndx2pxgscwtthx7czyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5cxpate In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsws6vmvtv8gcg6xsaet24gr4tjaw0h8lfuxaq4qck3j8zdk8lwsvcc3jq57'>nevent1q…jq57</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Entrenched snobbiness distorts the graduate job market in the UK. British Widgets Co. would prefer to hire someone who studies Latvian poetry from Oxford than one in Applied Widgetometry from Oxford Brookes. &#39;Transferable skills&#39; might be the fig leaf invoked but really it&#39;s about maintaining elite access to good jobs, exacerbated by the overexpansion of universities.<br/><br/>Scandinavia has fewer universities with less pronounced differences in prestige, so this doesn&#39;t happen. 2026-01-01T08:59:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxrldyemu2q0mc4kllgylufqtha2a54rvfkqzsvy8xjrawe50yrngzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg58x7x48 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg4tj4ytpf3geprqmk9chutwdsqznxyy3e8d39zmm5umlkrevyr7ge4ypgy'>nevent1q…ypgy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I won&#39;t post the actual list because it includes people with follower-only accounts, but—measured by the number of posts in the last six months—you are indeed the talkiest user here, posting about six times more frequently than the next runner up.<br/><br/>So thank you for keeping things lively! :) The stats show that we have a lot of active users who (like me) read often but rarely post. 2025-11-07T22:46:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpz2lzmtl76x5j8d60hwaxeund0x6x80yuxljvj3euphzyejj9wczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5ar78s2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5rjvwqwhntpsn43ju6tessz8plpmt6p8crfrpwjqupfvr25x63q77jq2x'>nevent1q…jq2x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Honestly not a bad description of early colonial archaeology though… 2025-10-17T14:58:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gh5exwh55e9zn7c7lpcmsgu09l6mrpwrd00ec8hh4rtqz5f0zqszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5ew0gfn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8w97qu70s5jhqfy332vqgtnk8j9tvhtq04p4es7rgvhkpv4n7puqzfhv38'>nevent1q…hv38</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ooh that&#39;s fantastic. I&#39;ve also heard that a lot of that data for Denmark is available, it&#39;s just not been put together and/or made public. Hopefully the new version of F&amp;F will take some lessons from across the Öresund! 2025-10-09T08:25:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxe0yc3g527x2xxz2n3spx5rvuygus7t2t6nfucy3tlk95vqr2ldszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5g67n4s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyz9asz2mz4kzsezztezkzvhtad9xsyyghjtpgzf2yf02mu7s2acqxhcr3x'>nevent1q…cr3x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve always been impressed by Fund og Fortidsminder. Haven’t looked at the Swedish equivalent, though — what extra info does it give? 2025-10-09T07:25:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs82xgyj2upqv7n802eaxcp9nhh2cye8yj6uxgv7exjef5vxt4nkzszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5cl0dsv Can anyone point me to literature on static websites in open science/open data? I feel like the advantages are obvious and I&#39;m sure I&#39;ve read bits here and there, but I&#39;m struggling to find a good reference for a grant application...<br/><br/>#staticweb #smallweb #indieweb #OpenData #OpenScience 2025-10-02T05:58:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvxshm082a6t3c68ty88qtkhyzq925wznpcajkng4spv6amymsvgzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5pzn6x2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydyxcjympx8cgc2vsds6328vdgy6qg4fm8jtucju02w85ymagv7g7ayxtt'>nevent1q…yxtt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a funny one. But I suppose we have to bear in mind that at that time, the other options available (cereals, etc.) weren&#39;t nearly as palatable as they are today. People were used to having to heavily process plant foods to get a decent meal.<br/><br/>It also wasn&#39;t actually one of the first to be cultivated or domesticated (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-023-00917-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-023-00917-1</a>). It comes in relatively late; late enough that there probably were domestic cattle around to feed. 2025-09-30T11:51:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89lvgnsl4e5ap8xxx875p0lkcadajtmw7sh4skj0l0xrga9lqv6gzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5mm4vrh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2sn5g9udccshyleqjzfj3acykkmdqtjz2mu73mhegd5dglze69zc92j5hq'>nevent1q…j5hq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One at least should be seen as a positive mental health development! 2025-09-26T15:01:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0dh6vnyxc0t6v5x25flsdxlsrk26vtnaluh7pnuectsyzgc05hrczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg557eg5u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva28gs56y546ec3mxfsktsv9nvcm9s96rhj64vapww9rxkt4qmpqx4cq89'>nevent1q…cq89</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s very sad. When I visit contract excavations (in Europe) I&#39;m always blown away by the amount of manpower, resources, and tech they can bring to them. Meanwhile in research excavations (in the Middle East) we&#39;re squeezing what we can out of shoestring budgets or else writing yet another paper on a site excavated 50+ years ago. It&#39;s quite a mismatch. 2025-09-05T08:27:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7dw5a2crcvlgf3kqax85438els3nxe7k2xcwp9c7fnuumvafpgszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg59wynyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8r9guvsvyav99uuaw9w9vu3kv202cnkjwarjad2t2hz4c7ywzahgwdwe34'>nevent1q…we34</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Many of the smaller Danish islands have been depopulated in the last fifty years. They tend to be bought up by the state or charitable funds for nature reserves or by rich people for luxury resorts. Withdrawal of public services speeds things along... 2025-08-31T07:21:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgy2scsppcdlgnkudwt2sslrtll4e8accdywx5355qcn2ks36rckgzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5m4wk2z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyu532ujfcelu2cygppr0druhp92gxd3p3ntpaalrpadcd663f6hq94hqny'>nevent1q…hqny</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are also great FOSS options there: Krita instead of Photoshop for digital painting; QGIS instead of ArcGIS for maps; Inkscape instead of Illustrator for vector graphics. 2025-08-21T08:54:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fnmkvfncnd4flgzdf04ys67tz7466afxeetrc0zpdpdll26hakczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg573etd0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7pexvlgszdf440k5t97xgsj2ajdrqvlclpal3fyz9djjyz86snqzl6xsu'>nevent1q…6xsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if this is why self-conscious &#39;paradigm shifts&#39; in archaeology dried up after the 90s. Young scholars from Binford&#39;s and Hodder&#39;s day were in a position to stick around and follow through on their manifestos, later generations weren&#39;t? 2025-08-17T11:45:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0hk7xvz4lsmuw5avjclhgeetzf754ymxv3kk2z0t4w74pw7j73szyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg593eqmy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2r34q0z3ckucuphrz4vzj7em6x60u8c8ttmtnglyxjtv7hgvyg3c0dpfjl'>nevent1q…pfjl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Especially when that &#39;pattern&#39; is only seen at &lt;insert famously weird site here&gt;! 2025-08-04T14:01:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswnaxxvspfdzj72gle8fa79hkedl74yjny0x8azkts40p9mhxk6dszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5hqhgl2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxrtq88cel8s704l8mxvaww6rjeev7cq3kar25u3e4rs85pujxxgq30fzc'>nevent1q…0fzc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Err, more like 15 mins :) 2025-07-17T06:56:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsztqmheeeg5dl5rt2zc90yk34t07ee7nqey8kgmtg3ptkgfww0kqqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5rx05dl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxv40jhqw80erjwkfy776ma7may9aawtd3xcssv2ga6pdchsz6g0g4lp7vw'>nevent1q…p7vw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes exactly! This would let you estimate the &#39;population&#39; of finds in the ploughzone as a whole and therefore what fraction of it you recover in any given survey. It&#39;s mark and recapture, essentially (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_and_recapture">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_and_recapture</a>). We rarely get to use it in archaeology because we rarely put things back. 2025-04-15T10:27:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0q6jc8k885nnxkw35584h4y44wmw997zkj3uhmhw9ns828euaa0czyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5fu8p95 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzx9gyrq58uy0jjln2wmap7ml8t0fhf5547tu357un5t03rpxjkqkstnvt'>nevent1q…tnvt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you mark them in some way? Would be cool to do that then try surveying the same spot again in a few years, see how many marked objects you get and so estimate your detection rate. 2025-04-15T08:16:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszu3v4wudmzyfnq66zz4p0kag3lxvrv252qkvnnn86qx743ehpqlczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5q27j2j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99azp8zejwdxffqqzm89xvf7cdpslnvhcdgkg4mjmp832ms7dg4cmpw9s4'>nevent1q…w9s4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, not me... I can barely tell the difference between a flake and a blade. But yes in general; they are Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic. We have one site (Shubayqa 1) that has been fully excavated and mostly published, then several more that are in progress. <br/><br/>Some summaries:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781789201574-029/pdf">https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781789201574-029/pdf</a><br/><a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.5615/neareastarch.80.2.0094?casa_token=boVag_LCEmkAAAAA:A79g04CNMi6NzIkkes3MYFBEm5Fof3htQzL9qbRhWn2FimGL0FD80SOl81Y4F7kfWgWwtYLSusSQ">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.5615/neareastarch.80.2.0094?casa_token=boVag_LCEmkAAAAA:A79g04CNMi6NzIkkes3MYFBEm5Fof3htQzL9qbRhWn2FimGL0FD80SOl81Y4F7kfWgWwtYLSusSQ</a><br/><a href="https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/da/publications/first-inhabitants-the-early-prehistory-of-north-east-jordan">https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/da/publications/first-inhabitants-the-early-prehistory-of-north-east-jordan</a> 2025-04-03T06:52:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrndm6y9ncjkqxs2r40jsqz4erauedrlgr4vd6yz3t6hc3gza5p8szyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5t46aqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2ely78ea6t37937x2patsl7rv8uwnfmewvggq2s9e6h2exhktjqkpwu4h'>nevent1q…wu4h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think so too! It&#39;s a good point of comparison to Europe, where you rarely get such clear signals of climate impact ­– shows that when a society is *really* &#39;climate-sensitive&#39;, it&#39;s not hard to spot.<br/><br/>Shubayqa in eastern Jordan. Hopefully the paper with this analysis will be out before the end of the year. 2025-04-03T06:43:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgyqq8s4w9xmr5cr0v66ajj2wg0jhztuc4mh09afaq3jj0auck0szyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg59na5nq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0q7wq7emydhg88llgqqlr8q2m35vrrn2rdf4jz28fn07czqrep2q2g3eqc'>nevent1q…3eqc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well it&#39;s Palaeolithic sites around a transitory desert wetland, so more like dry climate = no people. And it can be hot dry or cold dry, depending on what the precipitation is doing. 2025-04-03T06:40:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nftc4cz78jksst9xx9p34uzxapwffm0frxr54nz4l4u9c3xay4czyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5zwfch2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93y5yvekum5f0sf8kdtzwaypzzer8udl8k8hcxptl3r559mumqxq4h4zf0'>nevent1q…4zf0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I finally got my last paper off my desk earlier this week, so now I can focus on the data analysis for the next one – which is always my favourite part. It&#39;s still a work in progress but it looks like the palaeoclimate data lines up pretty much perfectly with the presence/absence of archaeology, which is nice, for once! 2025-04-03T06:31:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2v99hlg670afakvagua9z3yyeetxyvrd2x9u8j8ym0cw53rj9e5czyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg50q8jxu <a href="https://archaeo.social">https://archaeo.social</a> has defederated <a href="https://social.freysa.ai">https://social.freysa.ai</a>, which is flooding hashtags such as #Archaeology and #History with repetitive LLM-generated posts.<br/><br/>#MetaArchaeoSocial #MastoAdmin 2025-03-19T10:24:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz48h92jskhxknyffvf7zcfc2q75ltal4xtry6w5lfrkerc2apyqqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5l69jvl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmt99sul6w6p2eyvl8ld99pfwrrxkzw8wt89vh8xknvucmn9x4nqpmeatq'>nevent1q…eatq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He didn&#39;t preserve any of the surface of the headstones, as far as I know, so they were effectively destroyed. I think it is that or gravel, like Sweden, unfortunately. 2025-03-13T07:41:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hrsd84e6ndjhucxerq48t0v7f0skhl8ugad5jjszp9z4l55zzzqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5vxd3k7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4v369me4yp0ggxjlvgca5cu4sqarvxcc7pd6mze657d9n7uaehs9xnhjr'>nevent1q…nhjr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In Switzerland I had a neighbour who was a sculptor. He&#39;d buy old headstones in bulk – they were a cheap source of good stone for smaller pieces.<br/><br/>In eastern Jordan we tend to see settlements and monuments from successive places being built on top of each other, right back to the Palaeolithic, but I suspect that&#39;s more to do with each layer creating a more and more prominent topographic feature in an otherwise flat landscape than an understanding of them as &#39;heritage&#39;. 2025-03-13T07:31:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6gh2vd75rhvad8mk9de9v6kq29m6c35ceflhs40a256rt2qqwcszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5jthk3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxva42c7qn0yzn05wfy3w43a3xdv9aglauzsc82v7u2872nr90w8s4knuk9'>nevent1q…nuk9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sad. But they&#39;ve been trailing this for a while by making letters absurdly expensive. It cost us thousands of krone to send our wedding invitations out last year!<br/><br/>I suppose there&#39;s nothing stopping you putting a letter in a box and sending it as a parcel... 2025-03-07T10:01:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2vd9slq4hcfqkkg9yladcza2wytx3w42555yr40yk2p67cmzc8szyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg53pm9sm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspcesarkhqtg6r4lkey4k24pypurp736m8z26k4zeup6gt6evz2gq97a9ka'>nevent1q…a9ka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there&#39;s an interview somewhere or other where Sid Meier said he based the first Civ on his high school world history textbook, which was clearly a product of 40s/50s American social (neo)evolutionism. <br/><br/>I love the games but in terms of their theory of history they&#39;re an absolute horror show: evolutionist, essentialist, environmentally determinist, techno-utopian... etc. etc. 2025-02-26T15:50:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4qhuvlk0gkg9h85y5f4z26qvxnzdndawywn6g99ktgr889y8frszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg52dmzu2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpn0lwq4cfqngvzlyk38rhc9mszh9xgc2x6zjyzameq9ge2q7utq874zc8'>nevent1q…4zc8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh no, we understood it all too well – Raichu is clearly not a tale of progress. 2025-02-26T14:39:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9dmjlff6r87elx5j6ycesgvcdn3jyf3qh0rvm6rkvgkdnggp6y0czyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5wv469z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtu8hpmgpu64thyl9g46xa2kptmkm3h6470vn9pn9as9e5y39v6c0tgrk3'>nevent1q…grk3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The main use seems to be writing things that people don&#39;t want to write, which is funny because the output is something that people don&#39;t want to read. 2025-02-18T18:48:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvw7j2sw7fwdvuzd7l2l4r5897mwm9z8rjjx2gy2djclyrea8evkczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5swwkr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8thvkfk42n7ma4maq60h7e2fkmz9r5jgkfcj59f7e9jgk76whhmqfmtrgy'>nevent1q…trgy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The single biggest expense we have is storage of media files attached to Mastodon posts. To reduce these costs, I&#39;m considering the following options. It would be very helpful to know which (if any) you would be okay with.<br/><br/>NB. This is just to gauge what people think – there&#39;s no concrete plans to do any right now. Assuming income doesn&#39;t improve (see above), there are other technical measures we could try to reduce storage costs.<br/><br/>#MastoAdmin 2025-02-04T12:52:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8thvkfk42n7ma4maq60h7e2fkmz9r5jgkfcj59f7e9jgk76whhmqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5pgxx9n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspr74v2g6pcqkj2090eyz5gvj4c4ngvmrxjls2dux4qwex4rk6dusuwxscl'>nevent1q…xscl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We&#39;re not in any immediate danger but clearly we need to adjust the model. I have a few ideas and would love to hear more.<br/><br/>There are three ways you could help to raise our income right now:<br/><br/>1. Contribute financially at <a href="https://opencollective.com/archaeosocial">https://opencollective.com/archaeosocial</a><br/><br/>2. Consider whether your lab/society/etc. could use our #Matrix server (<a href="https://about.archaeo.social/services/">https://about.archaeo.social/services/</a>) for its internal communications and build a regular contribution into its budget<br/><br/>3. If you know of any grants that we might be eligible for, let me know. 2025-02-04T12:47:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspr74v2g6pcqkj2090eyz5gvj4c4ngvmrxjls2dux4qwex4rk6duszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg55vrgx0 So there&#39;s a bit of a difficult conversation to be had about this instance&#39;s finances. #MetaArchaeoSocial<br/><br/>From the start we&#39;ve run entirely on a collective, pay-what-you-can model through <a href="https://opencollective.com/archaeosocial">https://opencollective.com/archaeosocial</a>. <br/><br/>Since our operating costs are modest (c. €1 per active user per month), my hope was we could be sustainable this way. Two years in, it is clear this is not happening. The gap between costs and contributions is widening and we are now running a €190 per month deficit. 2025-02-04T12:47:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgzn0g6htyclumqxu5ap2qrpl99mlzycty7ymrd0zh5mw9tcsusqgzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5gfhg4c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxyt5jwhuhgxamzsfu9luaztvqvk26p53ffr2j9n6403fc82xl0tgw6742h'>nevent1q…742h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are some (e.g. <a href="https://fedidb.org/network/instance/archaeo.social">https://fedidb.org/network/instance/archaeo.social</a>) - but they&#39;re at a more aggregate level. You could get a lot more detail from the API (<a href="https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/guidelines/">https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/guidelines/</a>), but I don&#39;t know of a tool that compiles user-level stats automatically.<br/><br/>We don&#39;t collect info on where people are accessing the site from (for good reason, I think) but the most active languages last month were English (67% of posts), French (11%), German (11%), Spanish (6%), Italian (5%), Dutch (2%), and Polish (1%). 2025-02-04T07:36:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy42232255pgmezl8yz3as5lyardp9m65xqgxsak0xqnjnu5ks8pqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5stsw8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvxshh7r4yszz0fy8jp72j8xavele2gyl2xtqndsyg390hvhs7ycgckt7d'>nevent1q…kt7d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Much appreciated :) 2025-01-31T09:06:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdm8585jm3c95g5xvnpxw3nmhw9xc78vg7cluu7hct4xxvtrr3lqszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5hjt2vl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyr384tcfkxj7rngsu8z8ypmlel9x58t8secuwagckggznxylrxpqm227gk'>nevent1q…27gk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you see <a href="https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=163014">https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=163014</a> ? 2024-12-31T21:43:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstl674tm5d2rzac5eyhgnel2djj90t8hjhlyhw68fagu3rc70mj0qzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5e22cuz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrjpujq8gsuzpgw2ptgjjndydtg7szunf97hp3uk6l0l25a5edtslhvlud'>nevent1q…vlud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is... hard to believe! 2024-12-13T14:30:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdt0hmwtw0wmhs08s7797sl8kfkg9ga85uk2p66dvpkhj87yyr0rczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg59e8ear In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrx8jg9nhh4eeqj2jk9aljlzapsehgvcx4lua78g9n2tdkse7kugqa0j2y3'>nevent1q…j2y3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting, I&#39;ve never though about assessing the probability that way around before. It would be quite straightforward to do it with a date calibrated in R or Python (like the one in the image). For example, in R:<br/><br/>Ua75650 &lt;- c14::c14_calibrate(1116, 30)<br/><br/>Ua75650[[1]] |&gt;<br/> dplyr::filter(age &lt;= 1060, age &gt; 970) |&gt; # 890–980 AD<br/> dplyr::pull(pdens) |&gt;<br/> sum()<br/>#&gt; [1] 0.8014018<br/><br/>So 80.1%<br/><br/>OxCal is great software, but people do tend to treat it as a black box... 2024-11-20T08:18:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ukghsgz44wde5cmxjvlrmtsevr8vl7xrgmns0dml8e23yljq9yczyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg54m52ty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvek5e66sy2w5p523vtmjer2ghvk6wwjup22sfeymc2l64f73khrqd63du5'>nevent1q…3du5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know if it&#39;s so much a difference of era but a difference between HE in Scandinavia vs. HE in the Anglosphere. &#34;Graduate jobs&#34; that don&#39;t depend on a specific degree are just not as big a thing here (in Denmark), which combined with more specialised and less flexible degree programmes make it much harder to advise students they should approach education for its own sake, even if I agree with it in theory... 2024-11-19T07:11:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkdc0anddkl4r8ed2dd0334uxtczrzg60a36kgplm32g2sd0qxaqzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5lgeawc Can&#39;t satisfy #GitHub&#39;s increasingly invasive requirements for verifying academic affiliation for free access to features like private repositories (&#34;Take a picture of (not upload) a dated ID&#34; / &#34;Why aren&#39;t you on campus?&#34; / &#34;Upload an image explaining why you&#39;re not on campus&#34;) so I guess I&#39;m paying $4 a month for GitHub Pro now. Is this a win for Microsoft?<br/><br/>I really need to get around to moving to #forgejo... 2024-09-19T07:30:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8f4xqj2cvsnzzg5s2z4kksxj2leymfr9vclyj9hujw86w5fzgzszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5x079eu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxv8x7d4r0f97yxxtr2y75jrd2wtvkn74dn0hlmapce0tg0d52drqcyau33'>nevent1q…au33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s when the action involves multiple actions and elements. You &#34;prepare&#34; a meal when you don&#39;t just cook it, but also cut up the ingredients and put it on a plate. You &#34;prepare&#34; a figure when you don&#39;t just draw it, but also make measurements and format it for printing.<br/><br/>&#34;Made&#34; doesn&#39;t quite work as a substitute, but I can&#39;t put my finger on why – maybe because it implies something more physical? 2024-09-04T09:56:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswrc8fqfq85v80q8zlftey52767ue0waeqjuvzp5qrqdwlexyl2eszyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg5tdmtrw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmresuzpzcaksp4c489vjn0uxns09vk4j7wzpd3xewr0fa3symhq9a9dxr'>nevent1q…9dxr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Best I&#39;ve managed is a couple of sneaky Star Trek (<a href="https://joeroe.io/posters/2019/caa2019_qcontinuum.html">https://joeroe.io/posters/2019/caa2019_qcontinuum.html</a>) and Firefly (<a href="https://joeroe.io/talks/2019/caa2019_fieldwalkr.html">https://joeroe.io/talks/2019/caa2019_fieldwalkr.html</a>) references :) 2024-08-03T09:19:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyqmferpa2kpct4azyk9w6nrcdwenscccasml6r3fnmfmyw07p0gzyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg56000wr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdw8vrupt5gzt37p8sun2efhf203q9ya3w48fzwpjxyam76ezgxqad4k7n'>nevent1q…4k7n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you tried the reverse? 2024-08-03T08:21:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdq8pqszmv27r34tprst8ksgckl9z0dq5jjjq8tmskkadkw03hd5czyqsju87nenxl9l9lq3p8yk4ep3w3t0q8htphzx0nuv4s6anhm6cg500p3tr What did the first farmers actually #farm? <br/><br/>Eight &#39;founder crops&#39;—emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, barley, lentil, pea, chickpea, bitter vetch, and flax—have long been thought to have been the bedrock of #Neolithic economies. <br/><br/>But early #prehistoric sites in Southwest Asia keep turning up more &#39;exotic&#39; (to us) species, like the sedge tubers mixed into the earliest known breads (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801071115">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801071115</a>) or the &#39;new glume wheat&#39; (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105258">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105258</a>), an important ancient crop that&#39;s now extinct.<br/> <img src="https://mstdn.archaeo.social/media_attachments/files/110/186/473/580/639/963/original/4c0281b448a219f6.png"> <br/> 2023-04-12T15:10:17Z