Colleen Morgan
@clmorgan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of York. Director of the Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab & Centre for Digital Heritage.
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
She/her 🏴
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
She/her 🏴
I wrote a little follow-up on this excellent post with some artefacts of this prehistory. 🤓
middlesavagery.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...
middlesavagery.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...
February 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I wrote a little follow-up on this excellent post with some artefacts of this prehistory. 🤓
middlesavagery.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...
middlesavagery.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...
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This whole discourse revolves around being able to define what is and is not a technology. I'm a technology maximalist. Cooking is a technology. Reading is a technology. Mutual aid organising is a technology. Technologies are systems where people and things interact to reshape the world.
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This whole discourse revolves around being able to define what is and is not a technology. I'm a technology maximalist. Cooking is a technology. Reading is a technology. Mutual aid organising is a technology. Technologies are systems where people and things interact to reshape the world.
I wish I had more of these today 😭
Oh my god where have you been all of my life I am obsessed
February 18, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I wish I had more of these today 😭
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مبارك عليكم الشهر، وكل عام وانتم بخير 🌙
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
مبارك عليكم الشهر، وكل عام وانتم بخير 🌙
Oh my god where have you been all of my life I am obsessed
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Oh my god where have you been all of my life I am obsessed
"how" not "ways in which"
And do so 'daily", not 'on a daily basis'.
Don't utilize "utilize". Use "use".
February 17, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"how" not "ways in which"
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🚨 Please Share
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via [email protected]. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via [email protected]. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🚨 Please Share
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via [email protected]. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via [email protected]. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
tbh I have enough fires at the moment thank you
a man is using a vacuum cleaner to clean a fire pit
Alt: a man is using a vacuum cleaner to clean a fire pit
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
tbh I have enough fires at the moment thank you
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The second union of archaeologists in Greece taking a stance on the EAA saga. They represent the contract archaeologists, the largest sector; they call for a boycott: the majority of the local archaeological community in Greece does not support the Athens EAA meeting, under the current leadership.
Greek archaeologists' trade union also calling for a boycott of EAA Athens
www.seka.net.gr/boycotteaa/
www.seka.net.gr/boycotteaa/
#boycottEAA
Ο Σύλλογος Εκτάκτων Αρχαιολόγων παρακολουθεί με ιδιαίτερη ανησυχία και λύπη τις εξελίξεις στο εσωτερικό της European Association of Archaeologists (EAA). Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση Αρχαιολόγων (EAA) από το 199...
www.seka.net.gr
February 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The second union of archaeologists in Greece taking a stance on the EAA saga. They represent the contract archaeologists, the largest sector; they call for a boycott: the majority of the local archaeological community in Greece does not support the Athens EAA meeting, under the current leadership.
They were the best combo of both. Absolutely lovely. 🖤
I'm meeting with a bunch of academics who study anarchism this afternoon and I'm super curious to see if they'll act like anarchists or academics or an arcane mixture of both
February 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
They were the best combo of both. Absolutely lovely. 🖤
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New post: A Prehistory of Digital Archaeology
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/02/01/a...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/02/01/a...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
A Prehistory of Digital Archaeology - Introspective Digital Archaeology
As a species, we are fascinated by origins – as Maya Angelou, the American poet and civil rights activist is attributed as saying, “You can't really know where you are going until you know where you h...
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
New post: A Prehistory of Digital Archaeology
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/02/01/a...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com/2026/02/01/a...
#digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities
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No gods, no masters, no time, no energy...?
February 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
No gods, no masters, no time, no energy...?
I'm meeting with a bunch of academics who study anarchism this afternoon and I'm super curious to see if they'll act like anarchists or academics or an arcane mixture of both
February 16, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I'm meeting with a bunch of academics who study anarchism this afternoon and I'm super curious to see if they'll act like anarchists or academics or an arcane mixture of both
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Anthropology the Gathering #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition (plus Star Wars and power, democracy, anthro community, coastal anthropology, and the value of drawing cell phones): anthropologia.org/2026/02/15/a... #anthrosky #anthropology #roundup
ATG #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition
Scene from Blade Runner 2049. Copyright Warner Brothers, 2017. Image found via this post. After a bit of a fall hiatus due to all the stuff that’s happening everywhere, here’s another i…
anthropologia.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Anthropology the Gathering #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition (plus Star Wars and power, democracy, anthro community, coastal anthropology, and the value of drawing cell phones): anthropologia.org/2026/02/15/a... #anthrosky #anthropology #roundup
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‘I used to be a mountain’ by Maarten Inghels onboards.be/nl/product/m...
📷 Maarten Inghels/Onboards Biennale
#urbangeology
📷 Maarten Inghels/Onboards Biennale
#urbangeology
February 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
‘I used to be a mountain’ by Maarten Inghels onboards.be/nl/product/m...
📷 Maarten Inghels/Onboards Biennale
#urbangeology
📷 Maarten Inghels/Onboards Biennale
#urbangeology
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Happy Valentine’s Day, I got you this rather pedestrian perfume bottle in the shape of a foot with painted sandals and white toenails from the 6th century BCE. 👣 You’re welcome.
February 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, I got you this rather pedestrian perfume bottle in the shape of a foot with painted sandals and white toenails from the 6th century BCE. 👣 You’re welcome.
More surprised at people who are not anarchists these days tbh
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
More surprised at people who are not anarchists these days tbh
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Yay! It's a new series of Digital Lunch, hosted by the DAH Lab at the @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social. Check out the fantastic series of speakers we have below. To sign up for the zoom link, fill out this form:
forms.gle/GkbwzVZwBH3G...
forms.gle/GkbwzVZwBH3G...
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Yay! It's a new series of Digital Lunch, hosted by the DAH Lab at the @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social. Check out the fantastic series of speakers we have below. To sign up for the zoom link, fill out this form:
forms.gle/GkbwzVZwBH3G...
forms.gle/GkbwzVZwBH3G...
Hey my Worldbuilding paper has made it to an official CAJ issue, alongside super cool work on semiotics & archaeology and @evamol.bsky.social's paper on English language normativity in archaeological theory.
Fabulous company!
Fabulous company!
Cambridge Archaeological Journal Vo. 36, No. 1 (2026) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @cam-archaeology.bsky.social @clmorgan.bsky.social @matthewj.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Hey my Worldbuilding paper has made it to an official CAJ issue, alongside super cool work on semiotics & archaeology and @evamol.bsky.social's paper on English language normativity in archaeological theory.
Fabulous company!
Fabulous company!
For the seminar I had them do the cellphone drawing exercise. Afterwards a student told me:
“This is the most chaotic thing I’ve ever done.”
Mission accomplished
“This is the most chaotic thing I’ve ever done.”
Mission accomplished
Good morning!
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
For the seminar I had them do the cellphone drawing exercise. Afterwards a student told me:
“This is the most chaotic thing I’ve ever done.”
Mission accomplished
“This is the most chaotic thing I’ve ever done.”
Mission accomplished
NOT TODAY (tiny, adorable, be-crowned) SATAN
okay, maybe today 🥹
okay, maybe today 🥹
Did you spot this detail too? There is a tiny, tiny dragon with a crown, symbolising Satan or evil forces in general, included into the noble riding scene.
February 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
NOT TODAY (tiny, adorable, be-crowned) SATAN
okay, maybe today 🥹
okay, maybe today 🥹
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Still time to register for this talk this afternoon. Papoli-Yazdi is an important and exciting thinker about how archaeological practice intersects with extremism and a vibrant garbology researcher docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Archaeology in the Age of Extremism: Garbology and Archaeological Practice
In the context of rising extremism and reduced research funding, Dr Leila Papoli-Yazdi explores how archaeological practice can adapt to political and material constraints. The talk focuses on garbolo...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Still time to register for this talk this afternoon. Papoli-Yazdi is an important and exciting thinker about how archaeological practice intersects with extremism and a vibrant garbology researcher docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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In 2005 a Museum of London community archaeology project excavated a WW2 bombsite beneath Shoreditch Park in Hackney. I volunteered on the dig and recorded interviews with local residents about their memories of the area in wartime.
February 12, 2026 at 8:22 AM
In 2005 a Museum of London community archaeology project excavated a WW2 bombsite beneath Shoreditch Park in Hackney. I volunteered on the dig and recorded interviews with local residents about their memories of the area in wartime.
Good morning!
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Good morning!
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Tiara
You all would have been in BIG trouble
Tiara
You all would have been in BIG trouble
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Ursula
Very sweet meaning (little girl bear) but I think I might have struggled in life
Ursula
Very sweet meaning (little girl bear) but I think I might have struggled in life
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you: Angharad. Which is a lovely Welsh name but I am quite sure that it would have been a massive millstone growing up in the US and Canada in the 70s where none of the kids in the playground would know how to pronounce it.
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Tiara
You all would have been in BIG trouble
Tiara
You all would have been in BIG trouble