Serena Love
@drserenalove.bsky.social
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Archaeologist, educator, researcher. I live in the past to protect the future. Director, 4 Corners Heritage
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Any gamers out there? Archaeo gaming is a powerful storytelling platform. I am keen to attend this session at WAC 10 in Darwin this year
archaeoplays.bsky.social
Announcement time: I am co-organising an archaeogaming session at this year's World Archaeology Congress in Darwin, Australia!

We're looking for papers that explore how archaeogames are used for storytelling and interpretation of archaeological data: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Theme 08 Sessions – WAC-10
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com
drserenalove.bsky.social
Hurrah for the sweet potato!
antiquity.ac.uk
Do you prefer potato or sweet potato fries? Early people in Aotearoa/New Zealand were definitely sweet potato pioneers! #NationalChipWeek
The crop's hardiness helped in the harsher climate of southern Polynesia, facilitating Māori colonisation of Te Waipounamu/South Island

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Precontact Māori pā/fort, Puponga headland, northwestern Te Waipounamu, about one kilometre south of study site (credit: Ian Barber).
drserenalove.bsky.social
Most likely but it is of outstanding quality 👍
drserenalove.bsky.social
And a second session of First Nation content to compliment the new Deep Time Australia unit. Increasing awareness at a young age is crucial
drserenalove.bsky.social
Excited to talk all things #ancientegypt for Year 7 students today, bringing my collection of replicas for an artefact handling session
#Egyptology 🏺
drserenalove.bsky.social
Or possibly from his successor, Thutmose IV
www.artic.edu/artworks/134...
drserenalove.bsky.social
From this photograph, it looks like a replica of a scarab from Thutmose III (Menkheperre)
This image is from the Petrie Museum in London
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-stat...
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Interesting. Please send me a photo of the back side, with the hieroglyphs. That will give me an idea if it is authentic or not
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Happy holidays, everyone. Spend time with people you love, rest, relax, and look after yourself. ❤️
drserenalove.bsky.social
I've instructed my staff not to answer any work calls or even open their emails until our offices re-open in January. #culturalheritage is important but not at the cost of our #wellbeing
drserenalove.bsky.social
It's time to switch off, and I mean properly disconnect, for the holidays. I've suffered #burnout too many times to neglect #selfcare ever again
leadership.bsky.social
We are all better leaders if we’re in a good place physically and mentally, than if we’re tired or approaching burn-out. Exercising self-care, in whatever form that takes, really pays dividends. #leadership #selfcare #burnout
Practicing self-care as a leader
We are all better leaders if we’re in a good place physically and mentally, than if we’re tired or approaching burn-out
elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
Such a great thread
adancingferret.bsky.social
🧵 Let’s talk about this nonsense and why it’s nonsense, with a particular focus on Amarna art
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jensnotroff.com
Was there a time "before history"? And what does the focus on written "history" say about our understanding & appreciation of Indigenous oral histories?

In their sapiens.org op-ed @stephenacabado.bsky.social et al. suggest to replace #prehistory with #DeepHistory:

🏺 www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
SAPIENS - Anthropology Magazine
SAPIENS is an editorially independent digital magazine about everything human, told through the stories of anthropologists.
sapiens.org
drserenalove.bsky.social
These are the cutest! 😍
archaeocarrie.bsky.social
A very merry holidays from me and my gingerbread pharaohs! Aren’t they adorable?! I have a bunch of amazing cookie cutters from Bakerology - bakerlogy.com/collections/... #Egyptology
Gingerbread men in the shape of pharaoh mummies
drserenalove.bsky.social
I ran a field school for years, targeting university students and teachers but now I'm considering a new angle, one that includes the broader public to promote positive mental health
drserenalove.bsky.social
#Archaeology as a social prescribing program has the potential for positive benefits, simply being outdoors, connecting with people and places, and doing something new.
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I loved The Dig. Probably the only archaeology movie where I didn't shout at the TV
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Total game changer being able to directly date stone artefacts or stone features (fish traps, stone circles) with robust luminescence dating 👍
##aaa47 🏺
drserenalove.bsky.social
Thank you Luke Gliganic for a very exciting talk on rock surface and burial dating. Mind is reeling with the potential for dating archaeological sites in Australia
#AAA47 🏺
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theotherkim.bsky.social
Best paper of #AAA47? Joshua Willsher presenting on a new archaeological board game called Cultivaria.
Hand drawn landscape with mountains in the background and different food plants and a chicken in the foreground. Cultivaria: Harvest, cultivate, grow