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@billcaraher@indieweb.social @cdwren @admin

I mean, I use social media to share not just #archaeology but how #archaeological knowledge is produced

That's impossible to do for human remains if they can't be shown. I think a blanket ban means that we relegate a fairly important component of archaeological research to academic journals

Which leaves the actual study of human remains on social media to racist craniometry types. I don't know a perfect solution, but I think too strict of a ban is a problem

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@billcaraher@indieweb.social @cdwren @admin

I mean, I use social media to share not just #archaeology but how #archaeological knowledge is produced

That's impossible to do for human remains if they can't be shown. I think a blanket ban means that we relegate a fairly important component of archaeological research to academic journals

Which leaves the actual study of human remains on social media to racist craniometry types. I don't know a perfect solution, but I think too strict of a ban is a problem

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@cdwren @billcaraher@indieweb.social @admin Yes, that's a good point. For cultures where the remains should be #repatriated in the first place, then we should not be posting images at all

But not all recent cultures ask us not to show images of their ancestors. In Greece, they have a very different attitude towards displaying and seeing human remains, and so I would argue that showing them is fine (with content warning and behind sensitive mask)

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@cdwren @billcaraher@indieweb.social @admin Yes, that's a good point. For cultures where the remains should be #repatriated in the first place, then we should not be posting images at all

But not all recent cultures ask us not to show images of their ancestors. In Greece, they have a very different attitude towards displaying and seeing human remains, and so I would argue that showing them is fine (with content warning and behind sensitive mask)

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@allisdoggy yup, #AncientAliens is definitely racist

Unfortunately so is so much real archaeology. Racism is embedded in our society, that's why we need to work to share how we can do real archaeology that isn't racist and is anti racist

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@allisdoggy yup, #AncientAliens is definitely racist

Unfortunately so is so much real archaeology. Racism is embedded in our society, that's why we need to work to share how we can do real archaeology that isn't racist and is anti racist

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@billcaraher@indieweb.social @admin

I would be against an outright ban of human remains. They're an important component of #archaeology #research and #pedagogy. It's not possible to share how archaeologists research certain aspects of the past w/o visual evidence

That said, I fully support a content warning and images or other media marked as sensitive if they contain human remains. People can decide whether to engage with that aspect of archaeology or not, as suits their ethics and culture

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@billcaraher@indieweb.social @admin

I would be against an outright ban of human remains. They're an important component of #archaeology #research and #pedagogy. It's not possible to share how archaeologists research certain aspects of the past w/o visual evidence

That said, I fully support a content warning and images or other media marked as sensitive if they contain human remains. People can decide whether to engage with that aspect of archaeology or not, as suits their ethics and culture

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I'll be sure to share research from my Marie Sklowdowska-Curie fellowship at Cardiff. It's called #ZooCrete and focuses on ancient animals on Crete

For now, you can read an essay of mine: "In Defense of (Studying) Food" (https://medium.com/eidolon/in-defense-of-studying-food-41201d904c10), translated in French as "Éloge de l’os de poulet" (https://medium.com/eidolon/%C3%A9loge-de-los-de-poulet-913d597bf62c)

Or check out my latest YouTube video, "Elite Mycenaean Tombs" reflecting on my experience excavating the Griffin Warrior Tomb (https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=ukv0ga-QAW c)

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I'll be sure to share research from my Marie Sklowdowska-Curie fellowship at Cardiff. It's called #ZooCrete and focuses on ancient animals on Crete

For now, you can read an essay of mine: "In Defense of (Studying) Food" (https://medium.com/eidolon/in-defense-of-studying-food-41201d904c10), translated in French as "Éloge de l’os de poulet" (https://medium.com/eidolon/%C3%A9loge-de-los-de-poulet-913d597bf62c)

Or check out my latest YouTube video, "Elite Mycenaean Tombs" reflecting on my experience excavating the Griffin Warrior Tomb (https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=ukv0ga-QAW c)

/end #introduction

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Photograph of a collection of archaeological animal remains. Horn cores to the left side. Worked bone to the right (includes sawn ends of long bones and a few tools like styluses)

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With the recent changes to #Twitter, it's highlighted that I need to diversify my approach to #PublicEngagement

I'll be migrating and creating new #archaeology content here on #Mastodon, will give a revamp of my #YouTube, write some essays on #Medium, and perhaps even explore crowdfunding via #Patreon (important for an early career scholar like myself)

We will see how it all goes
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With the recent changes to #Twitter, it's highlighted that I need to diversify my approach to #PublicEngagement

I'll be migrating and creating new #archaeology content here on #Mastodon, will give a revamp of my #YouTube, write some essays on #Medium, and perhaps even explore crowdfunding via #Patreon (important for an early career scholar like myself)

We will see how it all goes
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Photograph of a goat herd on Crete. One male goat with long horns and a black coat is in the center of the shot. The other goats are grazing around him

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Much of my #archaeology public engagement had focused on #Twitter as a useful tool for reaching students, colleagues in other fields, and the general public

Twitter threads were a useful medium that could incorporate beautiful archaeology #photos or #videos and tell a quick, but nuanced narrative that shared real archaeology with people

You can check out one of my old #TwitterThreads here: https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1046750239892406274

/3 #introduction
(drone footage of the site of #Azoria, shared with permission)

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Much of my #archaeology public engagement had focused on #Twitter as a useful tool for reaching students, colleagues in other fields, and the general public

Twitter threads were a useful medium that could incorporate beautiful archaeology #photos or #videos and tell a quick, but nuanced narrative that shared real archaeology with people

You can check out one of my old #TwitterThreads here: https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1046750239892406274

/3 #introduction
(drone footage of the site of #Azoria, shared with permission)

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Drone footage from the excavation of an archaeological site. Shows excavators (small, cannot make out who is who) working on the slope of a hill excavating the remains of an ancient Greek settlement. The foundations of walls are visible all throughout

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I firmly believe in using #SocialMedia to engage with the public and will continue to do so here on #Mastodon

The online world is filled with #pseudoarchaeology and #FakeHistory, which promotes an outdated, racist, and nationalistic view of #archaeology and #history

So, my goal is to fill the internet with real #archaeology and #history and share how scholars investigate these fields in the 21st century

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I firmly believe in using #SocialMedia to engage with the public and will continue to do so here on #Mastodon

The online world is filled with #pseudoarchaeology and #FakeHistory, which promotes an outdated, racist, and nationalistic view of #archaeology and #history

So, my goal is to fill the internet with real #archaeology and #history and share how scholars investigate these fields in the 21st century

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Photograph of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Stone foundations in foreground with a few columns still standing. The photograph includes the rugged and green landscape around Delphi with a stony summit directly behind the temple foundations and a lush valley filled with olive trees off to the side

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Hello world,

I've migrated to the archaeo.social server, so time for a pinned #Mastodon #Introduction!

I'm an #archaeologist whose research focuses on #AncientGreek animals from the landscape to the altar to the plate. To do so, I study the bones and teeth from ancient #animals.

It's a mixture of humanities and science: history and art meets biomolecules and skeletal anatomy

I believe that #archaeology is relevant to our own world and we need to be #inclusive (alt-text added now)

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Hello world,

I've migrated to the archaeo.social server, so time for a pinned #Mastodon #Introduction!

I'm an #archaeologist whose research focuses on #AncientGreek animals from the landscape to the altar to the plate. To do so, I study the bones and teeth from ancient #animals.

It's a mixture of humanities and science: history and art meets biomolecules and skeletal anatomy

I believe that #archaeology is relevant to our own world and we need to be #inclusive (alt-text added now)

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Photograph of a working table in an archaeological laboratory. Computer on foreground, with animal skeletal remains strewed around. Skulls from sheep and goats in background. Some bones being weighed on a scale. Calipers and archaeological labels to side