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Catherine Frieman
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D.Phil. Archaeologist. Co-Editor Current Anthropology. Previously Editor European Journal of Archaeology. Educator. Tattoo Enthusiast. World Traveller. Accident Prone.

Catherine J. Frieman is an archaeologist and associate professor at the Australian National University. Her research investigates conservatism and innovation, and she is a specialist in material culture and technology. .. more

History 25%
Environmental science 16%

Fwiw Japanese pumpkins cook down sweet enough for pie puree. The trick is to roast them before you puree then let the puree sit in a seive with a weight on it overnight to get most of the water out
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Also delicious

Big nom

I just love port and orange

3/4 c Port
3 c Cranberries
2/3 c Sugar
Bit of orange peel
Cinnamon stick

Put all in a sauce pan, bring to boil on medium high
Reduce to low and simmer until cranberries start popping
Allow to cool
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every year i say it: homemade cranberry sauce is the biggest reward to effort ratio item on a thanksgiving table and too many people ignore it
every year i say it: homemade cranberry sauce is the biggest reward to effort ratio item on a thanksgiving table and too many people ignore it

Thanks! Always appreciate your insights

Lol no never

I brought home the first packet of mince pies in October

This feels European in vibe but i have no expertise or inside knowledge
Former #ANU Vice-Chancellor, Genevieve Bell, will receive remuneration of more than half a million a year for the next five years - despite taking 12 months off.

For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social

My mom does an unsweetened cranberry and orange relish that's somehow too bitter and too sour but also impossible to stop eating
We have no answers from our institutions as to why Go8 universities endorsed BCA's regressive EPBC recommendations

But 90 of us have signed an 'Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms'

🙏 Prof Justine Bell-James for writing & coordinating the independent statement

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Smoked Turkey is the best Turkey I've had. Also turkey mole which is the ideal turkey but does not take the form of a large intact bird carcass

Fully incorrect opinion

Mincemeat is fucking delicious

Yeah in EU/UK the importance of the digger as knowledge maker has changed drastically since mid 20th. Not so much in other (colonised) places.

As a key transitional/ confirmatory text, i offer this 1956 bbc doco
BBC - Buried Treasure, The Walls of Jericho
Film of the archaeological excavations at Jericho. (1956)
www.bbc.co.uk

Yes exactly

I'm sure you've twigged this but i think there's a clear parallel here to the employment of local diggers in e.g. S. America, Anatolia, SW Asia. Clear hierarchy in what is perceived as skilled work and so who does that work

Yesssss
Oh you’d like me to undertake a gendered analysis of excavation tasks in the 10 excavation shots I have from four 1930s excavations? I hear you.

As someone who flies super long haul in cattle class: wear whatever makes it bearable. The whole thing is undignified and uncomfortable enough as it is without worrying about the fashion police.

My go to: 2 pairs of socks, winter leggings, 2 v. soft shirts a hoodie, a scarf and fingerless gloves
It's acceptable, but I always feel like I'm being gaslit by the people who strip off on planes. It's cold up there!
Is it acceptable to wear pyjamas on a flight?

61% of Brits say no, echoing US transport secretary Sean Duffy who criticised PJ-clad passengers yesterday

However, generations differ: 71% of 18-24yr olds say it is acceptable, compared to 11% of over-65s

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Honestly i wish i had your optimism but i genuinely don't think this would improve things. Judges also are members of society with all the same baked in misogyny
Excited to share the news that pre-orders for, "Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future," by WG Workshop grantees Felicia J. Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike S. de Waal are now available! floridapress.org/978081307950...

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Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology
This book will be freely available in an open access edition thanks to generous support from the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Wenn...
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Seconded!! Waiting for gen alpha to bring ska back
Last year‘s Archaeological Conference of Central Germany was on „A Stone Age History of Clothing“. We had the honour to welcome great colleagues to Halle - roughly one year later, the proceedings are hot off the press!

Soon available also in OA on books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/c...
“exiting the market”
I get not wanting to look ignorant, but as I've gotten older, I've learned that people freakin' love to teach other people. Wanna become better friends with someone? Ask them to show you how to do something.
It's acceptable, but I always feel like I'm being gaslit by the people who strip off on planes. It's cold up there!
Is it acceptable to wear pyjamas on a flight?

61% of Brits say no, echoing US transport secretary Sean Duffy who criticised PJ-clad passengers yesterday

However, generations differ: 71% of 18-24yr olds say it is acceptable, compared to 11% of over-65s

yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...