Dr Helen Dawson
@helendawson.bsky.social
Archaeologist and researcher in island cultures, because there's no better place to work than islands #wedoislands
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Are you doing research in island archaeology and heritage?Contact us if you would like to publish your next book or edited volume as part of this exciting new series! #wedoislands
Big thanks to Peter Hargreaves for reporting on the Islands and Island Studies conference in the Jersey Evening Post! #wedoislands
June 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Big thanks to Peter Hargreaves for reporting on the Islands and Island Studies conference in the Jersey Evening Post! #wedoislands
aDNA study of the "Phoenicians" is a "striking example of culture spreading without mass migration to reinforce it".
www.science.org/.../most-pho....
aDNA study of the "Vikings" reveals it was a way of life rather than an ethnicity (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Why is this even surprising?
www.science.org/.../most-pho....
aDNA study of the "Vikings" reveals it was a way of life rather than an ethnicity (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Why is this even surprising?
www.science.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
aDNA study of the "Phoenicians" is a "striking example of culture spreading without mass migration to reinforce it".
www.science.org/.../most-pho....
aDNA study of the "Vikings" reveals it was a way of life rather than an ethnicity (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Why is this even surprising?
www.science.org/.../most-pho....
aDNA study of the "Vikings" reveals it was a way of life rather than an ethnicity (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Why is this even surprising?
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Apply now!! for our 2025 Island Archaeology Field School - Jersey! w/ the fantastic @mattpope.bsky.social @helendawson.bsky.social and @duvalrv.bsky.social
[email protected] / www.jicas.ac.je
#wedoislands
[email protected] / www.jicas.ac.je
#wedoislands
Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies
Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies. Research and inquiry in the Channel Islands.
www.jicas.ac.je
March 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Apply now!! for our 2025 Island Archaeology Field School - Jersey! w/ the fantastic @mattpope.bsky.social @helendawson.bsky.social and @duvalrv.bsky.social
[email protected] / www.jicas.ac.je
#wedoislands
[email protected] / www.jicas.ac.je
#wedoislands
I'd like to put together a set of priorities or a "decolonisation manifesto" for researchers focusing on the study of islands as a means to ensure accountability. Please help me by posting your suggestions, including any relevant examples or practical tips. What should be in it? #wedoislands
March 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I'd like to put together a set of priorities or a "decolonisation manifesto" for researchers focusing on the study of islands as a means to ensure accountability. Please help me by posting your suggestions, including any relevant examples or practical tips. What should be in it? #wedoislands
The next DIG conference (Developing International Geoarchaeology) will take place in beautiful Tübingen in May! For more info, see: sites.google.com/view/dig2025...
DIG2025
"Developing International Geoarchaeology," or simply "DIG," is a biennial conference series that began in 2005 and has since been hosted across the world. It aims to bring together a wide variety of i...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The next DIG conference (Developing International Geoarchaeology) will take place in beautiful Tübingen in May! For more info, see: sites.google.com/view/dig2025...
Thrilled about all the speakers and especially the island archaeology session at the Islands and Island Studies conference in Jersey!
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@lettyingrey.bsky.social
#wedoislands
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Conference: Islands and Audiovisual Media - Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057)
Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057) is a double blind, peer-refereed open-access journal published by Shima Publishing (Australia). Shima is SCOPUS indexed has been registered with the Directory of Open Access Jo...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thrilled about all the speakers and especially the island archaeology session at the Islands and Island Studies conference in Jersey!
shimajournal.org/conferences....
@mattpope.bsky.social
@duvalrv.bsky.social
@jicasjsy.bsky.social
@pmesneyflo.bsky.social
@lettyingrey.bsky.social
#wedoislands
shimajournal.org/conferences....
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@duvalrv.bsky.social
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@lettyingrey.bsky.social
#wedoislands
Thought-provoking paper on the life cycles of Neolithic grinding stones - what I don’t get is the association with women in particular, given that only one was found in a female burial. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grinding Stone Deposits of the Linear Pottery Culture in Central Germany
In recent years, three deposits of grinding stones have been discovered in Central Germany, resembling a phenomenon known from the Paris Basin and Bel…
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March 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thought-provoking paper on the life cycles of Neolithic grinding stones - what I don’t get is the association with women in particular, given that only one was found in a female burial. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March is Women’s History Month: to learn about pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology, and geology, check out trowelblazers.com
Trowelblazers - Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology — past & present.
Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology — past & present.
trowelblazers.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
March is Women’s History Month: to learn about pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology, and geology, check out trowelblazers.com
Important new initiative to promote ethical development in the field of island archaeology: Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage cocah.net
<a href="https://cocah.net/es-inicio/" data-type="page" data-id="485">Coalición para el Patrimonio Arqueológico del Caribe (CoCAH) </a> – Community
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February 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Important new initiative to promote ethical development in the field of island archaeology: Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage cocah.net
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Back to the field, working of the wild macrofauna from #Grotta120 #Lampedusa #SILVA @iphes-cerca.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Back to the field, working of the wild macrofauna from #Grotta120 #Lampedusa #SILVA @iphes-cerca.bsky.social
SICRI's New Voices in Island Studies meeting
Tuesday 11th March
Athens 9am | Antananarivo 10am | Jakarta 2pm | Manila 3pm | Tokyo 4pm | Hobart 6pm | Wellington 8pm
Open to all new and emerging scholars and practitioners in the field of Island Studies
To book your spot www.trybooking.com/uk/EMNR
Tuesday 11th March
Athens 9am | Antananarivo 10am | Jakarta 2pm | Manila 3pm | Tokyo 4pm | Hobart 6pm | Wellington 8pm
Open to all new and emerging scholars and practitioners in the field of Island Studies
To book your spot www.trybooking.com/uk/EMNR
NVIS: Islands and environmental change
Join us for the next quarterly meeting of SICRI's New Voices in Island Studies network. In this session we will focus on islands and environmental...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
SICRI's New Voices in Island Studies meeting
Tuesday 11th March
Athens 9am | Antananarivo 10am | Jakarta 2pm | Manila 3pm | Tokyo 4pm | Hobart 6pm | Wellington 8pm
Open to all new and emerging scholars and practitioners in the field of Island Studies
To book your spot www.trybooking.com/uk/EMNR
Tuesday 11th March
Athens 9am | Antananarivo 10am | Jakarta 2pm | Manila 3pm | Tokyo 4pm | Hobart 6pm | Wellington 8pm
Open to all new and emerging scholars and practitioners in the field of Island Studies
To book your spot www.trybooking.com/uk/EMNR
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Join us online for our 2025 #Island #Archaeology #FieldSchool open event, Thursday, 27 February, 6pm.
[email protected] for Zoom invite
#wedoislands
[email protected] for Zoom invite
#wedoislands
February 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Join us online for our 2025 #Island #Archaeology #FieldSchool open event, Thursday, 27 February, 6pm.
[email protected] for Zoom invite
#wedoislands
[email protected] for Zoom invite
#wedoislands
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Paper recommendation: We rarely, if ever, think about sails in ancient maritime travel.
Naval power and textile technology: Sail production in ancient Greece ⛵ #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Naval power and textile technology: Sail production in ancient Greece ⛵ #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Naval power and textile technology: sail production in ancient Greece
Sails and textile technology played a key role in enabling mobility and thus shaping historical phenomena such as migration, trade, the acquisition and maintenance of imperial power in the ancient ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Paper recommendation: We rarely, if ever, think about sails in ancient maritime travel.
Naval power and textile technology: Sail production in ancient Greece ⛵ #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Naval power and textile technology: Sail production in ancient Greece ⛵ #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Join us online for our next Cafe Scientifique! 'Protected Areas in Small #Island Developing States: The Case Study of Nelson's Dockyard, National Park, #Antigua and #Barbuda, #Caribbean'.
[email protected] for Zoom invite.
#wedoislands
[email protected] for Zoom invite.
#wedoislands
February 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Join us online for our next Cafe Scientifique! 'Protected Areas in Small #Island Developing States: The Case Study of Nelson's Dockyard, National Park, #Antigua and #Barbuda, #Caribbean'.
[email protected] for Zoom invite.
#wedoislands
[email protected] for Zoom invite.
#wedoislands
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#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online?
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”
Beyond "islanders": we often talk in abstract terms about groups and populations but who were the people who settled the world's islands, how many women, men, children, and elders? Are there any up-to-date studies that look into founder populations and sustainable island demographics? #wedoislands
February 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Beyond "islanders": we often talk in abstract terms about groups and populations but who were the people who settled the world's islands, how many women, men, children, and elders? Are there any up-to-date studies that look into founder populations and sustainable island demographics? #wedoislands
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In Science (p. 462) this week, my colleagues--Scott Fitzpatrick, Kristina Gill, Patrick Kirch, John Ruiz, Victor Thompson, Jason Younker--and I warn of the dire threat rising seas (0.81 cm in 2024!) and marine erosion pose for coastal archaeological sites worldwide.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rising seas endanger maritime heritage
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In Science (p. 462) this week, my colleagues--Scott Fitzpatrick, Kristina Gill, Patrick Kirch, John Ruiz, Victor Thompson, Jason Younker--and I warn of the dire threat rising seas (0.81 cm in 2024!) and marine erosion pose for coastal archaeological sites worldwide.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
So many great island sessions at the next EAA in Belgrade!
69 Wayfaring and place-making in the Mediterranean Sea
108 Adaptations and Responses to Climate Change on Islands and in Coastal Areas around the Mediterranean
#wedoislands
69 Wayfaring and place-making in the Mediterranean Sea
108 Adaptations and Responses to Climate Change on Islands and in Coastal Areas around the Mediterranean
#wedoislands
February 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So many great island sessions at the next EAA in Belgrade!
69 Wayfaring and place-making in the Mediterranean Sea
108 Adaptations and Responses to Climate Change on Islands and in Coastal Areas around the Mediterranean
#wedoislands
69 Wayfaring and place-making in the Mediterranean Sea
108 Adaptations and Responses to Climate Change on Islands and in Coastal Areas around the Mediterranean
#wedoislands
More island sessions at the next EAA in Belgrade:
150 Finding the Way: Exploring Island Archaeology through Archaeological Sciences
203 Fortified by Nature, Protected by Water: Comparing Fortifications on Natural and Artifical Islands in Lakes Through the Ages #wedoislands
150 Finding the Way: Exploring Island Archaeology through Archaeological Sciences
203 Fortified by Nature, Protected by Water: Comparing Fortifications on Natural and Artifical Islands in Lakes Through the Ages #wedoislands
February 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
More island sessions at the next EAA in Belgrade:
150 Finding the Way: Exploring Island Archaeology through Archaeological Sciences
203 Fortified by Nature, Protected by Water: Comparing Fortifications on Natural and Artifical Islands in Lakes Through the Ages #wedoislands
150 Finding the Way: Exploring Island Archaeology through Archaeological Sciences
203 Fortified by Nature, Protected by Water: Comparing Fortifications on Natural and Artifical Islands in Lakes Through the Ages #wedoislands
Island sessions at the EAA Belgrade
113 All for one, understand human and non-human relationships in coastal and island contexts from an interdisciplinary perspective
130 Islands and Submerged Landscapes of the Palaeolithic: The Coastal and Continental Areas of the Mediterranean in Interaction
113 All for one, understand human and non-human relationships in coastal and island contexts from an interdisciplinary perspective
130 Islands and Submerged Landscapes of the Palaeolithic: The Coastal and Continental Areas of the Mediterranean in Interaction
February 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Island sessions at the EAA Belgrade
113 All for one, understand human and non-human relationships in coastal and island contexts from an interdisciplinary perspective
130 Islands and Submerged Landscapes of the Palaeolithic: The Coastal and Continental Areas of the Mediterranean in Interaction
113 All for one, understand human and non-human relationships in coastal and island contexts from an interdisciplinary perspective
130 Islands and Submerged Landscapes of the Palaeolithic: The Coastal and Continental Areas of the Mediterranean in Interaction
How can island archaeology contribute to our understanding of issues faced by minorities, refugees, and homeless people? By challenging dominant narratives and emphasising alternative perspectives, by amplifying the voices of marginalised groups and reframing narratives of exclusion #wedoislands
February 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How can island archaeology contribute to our understanding of issues faced by minorities, refugees, and homeless people? By challenging dominant narratives and emphasising alternative perspectives, by amplifying the voices of marginalised groups and reframing narratives of exclusion #wedoislands
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Joint us in Belgrade #EAA for island #archaeology
January 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Joint us in Belgrade #EAA for island #archaeology
"Our study underscores the need to integrate both ecological and anthropogenic factors when studying island biodiversity and calls for further research into how these forces interact in insular ecosystems." #wedoislands
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Human activities and dispersal capacity: key drivers of dung beetle colonization in Mediterranean and Macaronesian islands
Abstract. This study examines how geography, environmental factors, and human history shape the composition of dung beetle assemblages on Mediterranean and
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January 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Our study underscores the need to integrate both ecological and anthropogenic factors when studying island biodiversity and calls for further research into how these forces interact in insular ecosystems." #wedoislands
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Island archaeology can provide insights into space exploration, cool or what?! #wedoislands
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Island archaeology provides ecological and behavioral analogs for off-planet exploration and colonization
Human exploration and colonization of the solar system will involve the physical presence of humans, their materials, and accompanying translocated sp…
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January 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Island archaeology can provide insights into space exploration, cool or what?! #wedoislands
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...