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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham

@archaeoamanda.bsky.social

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Archaeologist & anthropologist. Koori. 🖤💛❤️ ANU PhD & Flinders MA. My day job= Aboriginal archaeology + human osteology 💀+ zooarchaeology 🦘 & herding cats. Research: Comingled, fragmentary remains | Faunal assemblages| UV taphonomy. Ngaiawang Country 🇳🇿

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 10d

I am writing articles on #AboriginalArchaeology, my own Aboriginal culture, my work with comingled-fragmentary human remains, faunal assemblages and occasional book/reading related posts here: comingledremains.substack.com

Comingled Remains | Amanda Markham | Substack

I write about Aboriginal archaeology, human osteology, zooarchaeology and bone taphonomy. I'm a Koori (NSW Aboriginal) archaeologist and anthropologist. Also posts about books and reading. Click to re...

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve just seen some stats that confirm that something I knew was a social fad is indeed a social fad. Good riddance to this nonsense. Can’t wait to see the cringe factor when Vox et al start reporting “Remember that time we were all ****?” Now, can high waisted jeans bugger off, too?

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 1d

@albomp got rid of professor Andrew Leigh because he cares about inequality, isn’t aligned to a faction, knows what he’s doing and isn’t a populist control freak like the PM

The result, 1 in 7 are living in poverty, not 1 in 8. 1 in 6 are children - 757,000

www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Poverty in Australia increases to 1 in 7 people: new report

The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to 1 in 7, according to a new report released today, at the start of Anti-Poverty Week.

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 9h

Good morning

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 19h

Remembering former dressmaker Martha Ann, daughter of John and Sarah Wadsworth, who died on this day in 1865 at the age of 20.

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 19h

Have noticed some interesting 🧐 social media experiments. Meanwhile, here’s a picture of my current field bag engaged in (human remains) excavation.

Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 19h

Eek! Better set a mousetrap

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 19h

I’m fairly sure this is going to tear my heart out when I read it: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 19h

I wrote a review of A Canticle for Leibowitz in my private reading journal, I definitely didn’t do the book justice.

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Gardens Of The Silent @gardensofthesilent.bsky.social · 1d

Eternal Guardians: Two Crosses Frame a Lone Pine Beneath a Cloudy Sky.

Berri Cemetery, Sth Australia, Sep 25

Photo by Bron, edit by Kev

© All Rights Reserved - Gardens of the Silent.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #gravestone #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography

A black and white photograph showing two marble Christian crosses flanking a tall, dark coniferous tree (possibly a pine or cypress) in the center.

The cross on the right features a small figure of Christ (a crucifix). Both crosses are mounted on headstones that display the surname "TSONIS" in bold letters.

The scene is set against a dramatically cloudy sky. The bottom left corner is signed "© Bron Peirce."

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 1d

Trust me, I did not 🤣

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 1d

Where is the anger and activism about domestic violence, poverty in remote communities, cost of living, housing affodability, environmental destruction, big business paying no tax?

Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few more terms I'm going to block on here.

Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 1d

How depressing is this? "PayPal’s terms of service agreement was, at 50,000 words, longer than Shakespeare’s Hamlet." - James Marriot, The Times, 6 October 2025.

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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 2d

Some good news!

Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time

Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time

Power from solar, wind hydro and biomass totals 9.24 terawatt hours, compared with 8.8 terawatt hours from burning the fossil fuel

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 2d

…umm for a bit of fun?

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 3d

Lanyon Quoit in Penwith, Cornwall, is the remains of a prehistoric chamber tomb with a mound some 30m long. The monument consists of a huge capstone, 5.3m long, supported on four upright stones, standing about 3m high. It collapsed in 1815 and was re-erected. #StandingStoneSunday

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 2d

Tingwall Standing Stone on Shetland. The stone is also known as the ‘Murder Stone’, and is connected with the death of Lord Skaldale by his cousin the Earl of Orkney in the late 14th century. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Shetland

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 2d

For #StandingStoneSunday, remembering a wonderfully atmospheric visit to the incomparable Castlerigg stone circle recently. The wisps of cloud in the valley added to the mystique.

Part of a stone circle curving from right foreground to left centre. The stones are mostly upright with a few lying down. They are in a grassy setting with mountains and clouds in the distance. Some of the clouds are dipping into a valley just above left of centre.

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Dr Amanda 💀 Markham @archaeoamanda.bsky.social · 3d

My husband bought this skeleton for Halloween. So I’ve corrupted it

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 3d

Tooth Study Suggests Syria’s Early Farmers Welcomed Newcomers.
archaeology.org/news/2025/10...

News - Tooth Study Suggests Syria’s Early Farmers Welcomed Newcomers - Archaeology Magazine

DURHAM, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by Durham University, a team of researchers led by […]

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 3d

While listening … am washing cave bones from our July excavation… holding a partial ulna (front leg) bone in my hands of an Ice Age Spotted Hyena (the larger ancestor to modern spotted hyena in Africa). Yes, Ireland has these top predators/scavengers some 40,000 years ago! #PALAEOIreland 🏺

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Thisistheforestsuccessional @thereinthedistance.bsky.social · 3d

hope for numbats ❤️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you to @scibeliever1998.bsky.social for sharing your fox encounter , today's #FoxOfTheDay

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Gardens Of The Silent @gardensofthesilent.bsky.social · 6d

The Silent Keeper: Cross and Angel.

Kingston On Murray Cemetery, South Australia, September 2025.

© All Rights Reserved by Gardens of the Silent.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography

A focused, close up photograph of a small, white marble statuette of a weeping angel resting on a low pedestal in the Kingston on Murray Cemetery.

The sculpture shows the kneeling angel with its head bowed in sorrow, partially obscured by its wings and the base of a simple white Latin cross that rises directly above it.

The white statue is sharply focused against a soft, dark, and blurred background of dry foliage and eucalyptus branches, creating a solemn, contemplative mood.

The image is signed Kev Peirce.

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Australian Archaeological Association @austarchaeology.bsky.social · 6d

The next instalment of the Flinders Archaeology Seminar Series will be tomorrow with Dr Shinatria Adhityatama presenting (remotely) "The Lost World Beneath the Waves: Homo erectus and Fauna from Submerged Sundaland" @3pm (Adelaide time) teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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