Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️
@graveyardarch.bsky.social
Adjunct prof, PhD in Historical Archaeology ✨️
Mortuary Archaeologist & Museum Educator. I like graves, the C17th, landscapes, & protective magic. I preserve gravestones, write books, & paint pictures (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/RLacy
Mortuary Archaeologist & Museum Educator. I like graves, the C17th, landscapes, & protective magic. I preserve gravestones, write books, & paint pictures (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/RLacy
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Friends, the book is out!! If you are interesed in #deathstudies from an interdisciplinary perspective, please consider checking it out:
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
ALSO we have a 50% off discount code! Use SPIN2909 for 50% off the print version of the book, til Jan 31st! Yay! 🏺
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
ALSO we have a 50% off discount code! Use SPIN2909 for 50% off the print version of the book, til Jan 31st! Yay! 🏺
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It's really not that hard to draw a line from brushing off memeified social media Nazi content as "hahaha it's just a joke, lighten up, nobody takes this seriously," to murdering people in the street.
This is a good article about how pseudoarchaeological & pseudohistorical content can soften & spread extremist viewpoints. Extremists know how to weaponize & exploit this point:
"Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck."
"Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck."
Wrote about how the teens are sharing Nazi occult memes w/ @willgottsegen.com This isn’t an exaggeration. Lots of them are doing this www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It's really not that hard to draw a line from brushing off memeified social media Nazi content as "hahaha it's just a joke, lighten up, nobody takes this seriously," to murdering people in the street.
My editor copy is finally here from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social ! I'm so happy to see it irl, & I'm so proud of everyone's hard work! 🎉
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
My editor copy is finally here from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social ! I'm so happy to see it irl, & I'm so proud of everyone's hard work! 🎉
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
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A PhD student very politely asked me for an interview about magic and AI for their thesis. I declined due to health and moral objections. Here's the moral objection.
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
A PhD student very politely asked me for an interview about magic and AI for their thesis. I declined due to health and moral objections. Here's the moral objection.
Guys I got sucked into book writing this evening & what was meant to be a short blurb on a site in Carbonear became a whole thing about a Rev's wife because she was cool & has a sick gravestone 💁♀️ She filled in for her husband when he was away on his preaching circuit! 🏺
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Guys I got sucked into book writing this evening & what was meant to be a short blurb on a site in Carbonear became a whole thing about a Rev's wife because she was cool & has a sick gravestone 💁♀️ She filled in for her husband when he was away on his preaching circuit! 🏺
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Knitters! A protest hat pattern with anti-fascist history! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #knitsky
Melt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMN
n the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal ...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Knitters! A protest hat pattern with anti-fascist history! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #knitsky
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This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!
Let's get this party started!🏺🇨🇦
Looking for papers for #CAA2026
How do you share archaeology?
What has been your experience navigating the muddy waters between pseudoarchaeology and real research?
How can we do better as a field, a discipline, and community to combat anti-intellectualism?
Looking for papers for #CAA2026
How do you share archaeology?
What has been your experience navigating the muddy waters between pseudoarchaeology and real research?
How can we do better as a field, a discipline, and community to combat anti-intellectualism?
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!
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A 🧵 about Canada’s second First Minister (a stonemason), Ottawa’s tallest tower (for 50 years), and the awkward, unlikely pairing of dour characters and exuberant structures, of banality and bombast, of statecraft and the building trades.
January 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A 🧵 about Canada’s second First Minister (a stonemason), Ottawa’s tallest tower (for 50 years), and the awkward, unlikely pairing of dour characters and exuberant structures, of banality and bombast, of statecraft and the building trades.
Wasps are coming into my basement because the warm weather woke them up 😭😭
It happens occasionally in the winter months; today is one of those occasions! #nlwx
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Wasps are coming into my basement because the warm weather woke them up 😭😭
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🏺 Oh hey, now that #AnimalCrossing is back and I’ve got a better means of decompressing from the Hellscape that is our current reality, I can also reshare some of my previous writing on the connections between Animal Crossing, archaeology, and museums. ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
🏺 Oh hey, now that #AnimalCrossing is back and I’ve got a better means of decompressing from the Hellscape that is our current reality, I can also reshare some of my previous writing on the connections between Animal Crossing, archaeology, and museums. ⬇️
Oh my god, I just suddenly remembered when I surveying a historic home in 2017 at work, after a mystery animal charged me in a dark attic & I slammed a door shut...that my colleague was outside & I heard feet on the stairs & a RANDOM MAN appeared in the house!!!
January 15, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Oh my god, I just suddenly remembered when I surveying a historic home in 2017 at work, after a mystery animal charged me in a dark attic & I slammed a door shut...that my colleague was outside & I heard feet on the stairs & a RANDOM MAN appeared in the house!!!
Friends, we had to take our darling kitty Giles to the vet for some tests this morning after he was lethargic & not eating for the last few days. The tests were really expensive, but looking clear so far! We are struggling with the bill, so I once again ask for your help ❤️
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January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Friends, we had to take our darling kitty Giles to the vet for some tests this morning after he was lethargic & not eating for the last few days. The tests were really expensive, but looking clear so far! We are struggling with the bill, so I once again ask for your help ❤️
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Exciting new job opportunity with the Nunavut Government!
There is an opening for a Project Assessment Archaeologist is accepting applications now! Check out the link below for more information! 🏺 #archaeology #nunavut #jobs
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/proj...
There is an opening for a Project Assessment Archaeologist is accepting applications now! Check out the link below for more information! 🏺 #archaeology #nunavut #jobs
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/proj...
www.gov.nu.ca
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Exciting new job opportunity with the Nunavut Government!
There is an opening for a Project Assessment Archaeologist is accepting applications now! Check out the link below for more information! 🏺 #archaeology #nunavut #jobs
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/proj...
There is an opening for a Project Assessment Archaeologist is accepting applications now! Check out the link below for more information! 🏺 #archaeology #nunavut #jobs
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/proj...
I've typed emails for the last hour, replying to people clearly also at their desks because they reply again within minutes. And now it's 3pm?? Unclear how this has happened.
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I've typed emails for the last hour, replying to people clearly also at their desks because they reply again within minutes. And now it's 3pm?? Unclear how this has happened.
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Don’t miss out! Applications for the position of Heritage Science Manager at the BFI’s Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL) close on 26th January 2026.
Find out more and apply here: bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrec...
#HSCommunity
Find out more and apply here: bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrec...
#HSCommunity
Job profile
bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Don’t miss out! Applications for the position of Heritage Science Manager at the BFI’s Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL) close on 26th January 2026.
Find out more and apply here: bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrec...
#HSCommunity
Find out more and apply here: bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrec...
#HSCommunity
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Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
So excited to receive my contributor copy of @drmaryclary.bsky.social & @carolyndillian.bsky.social 's new edited volume! My first PhD work to see publication is inside! 😍🏺 #Pubarch #archaeology #publication
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
So excited to receive my contributor copy of @drmaryclary.bsky.social & @carolyndillian.bsky.social 's new edited volume! My first PhD work to see publication is inside! 😍🏺 #Pubarch #archaeology #publication
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January 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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reminding myself there is good in the world and it is right here
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
reminding myself there is good in the world and it is right here
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A National Treasure: England's Best-Preserved Medieval Wooden Effigy
St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk) houses the oak effigy of Sir Robert du Bois (d.1333), carved c.1340 and retaining its original paint.
St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk) houses the oak effigy of Sir Robert du Bois (d.1333), carved c.1340 and retaining its original paint.
January 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
A National Treasure: England's Best-Preserved Medieval Wooden Effigy
St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk) houses the oak effigy of Sir Robert du Bois (d.1333), carved c.1340 and retaining its original paint.
St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk) houses the oak effigy of Sir Robert du Bois (d.1333), carved c.1340 and retaining its original paint.
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Help please! I'm putting together a big research proposal that will involve investigating C19th-early C20th burials in Liverpool, Dublin and NYC. If anyone knows of anyone in Dublin & NY who would be helpful for me to talk to/work with, or specific locations of interest, pls drop them here?! 🪦
January 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Help please! I'm putting together a big research proposal that will involve investigating C19th-early C20th burials in Liverpool, Dublin and NYC. If anyone knows of anyone in Dublin & NY who would be helpful for me to talk to/work with, or specific locations of interest, pls drop them here?! 🪦
Sending a professional email like
"Thanks! :)"
And then backspacing the :) so they know I mean Business
"Thanks! :)"
And then backspacing the :) so they know I mean Business
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Sending a professional email like
"Thanks! :)"
And then backspacing the :) so they know I mean Business
"Thanks! :)"
And then backspacing the :) so they know I mean Business
Ok, we are 5 days into 2026 & I have 3 papers on my to-write list, a book proposak for my PhD, & another book to finish up this month 💁♀️ (who planned this)
Fingere crossed for postdoc funding, so I can get paid for this work!! #academia 🏺
Fingere crossed for postdoc funding, so I can get paid for this work!! #academia 🏺
January 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Ok, we are 5 days into 2026 & I have 3 papers on my to-write list, a book proposak for my PhD, & another book to finish up this month 💁♀️ (who planned this)
Fingere crossed for postdoc funding, so I can get paid for this work!! #academia 🏺
Fingere crossed for postdoc funding, so I can get paid for this work!! #academia 🏺
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This is like that CBC cross country check-up in which they wanted to discuss what Canada as a 51st state would actually look like...
STEP 1: DO NOT LEGITIMIZE THE FASCISTS AND TYRANTS!
It's not "can the USA run Venezuela" it should be "it was wrong for the USA to attack a foreign nation".
STEP 1: DO NOT LEGITIMIZE THE FASCISTS AND TYRANTS!
It's not "can the USA run Venezuela" it should be "it was wrong for the USA to attack a foreign nation".
January 5, 2026 at 6:27 AM
This is like that CBC cross country check-up in which they wanted to discuss what Canada as a 51st state would actually look like...
STEP 1: DO NOT LEGITIMIZE THE FASCISTS AND TYRANTS!
It's not "can the USA run Venezuela" it should be "it was wrong for the USA to attack a foreign nation".
STEP 1: DO NOT LEGITIMIZE THE FASCISTS AND TYRANTS!
It's not "can the USA run Venezuela" it should be "it was wrong for the USA to attack a foreign nation".
Annual archaeology report is coming together! I'm writing about some of our bigger projects, public events, and a huge survey we did for future conservation work!
Feels good to be back at my keyboard 🎉🏺
Feels good to be back at my keyboard 🎉🏺
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Annual archaeology report is coming together! I'm writing about some of our bigger projects, public events, and a huge survey we did for future conservation work!
Feels good to be back at my keyboard 🎉🏺
Feels good to be back at my keyboard 🎉🏺