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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm starting a project on changes in the English numeral system from ~1800-1950. Very interested in links between changes in technology and bureaucracy and number systems, e.g. how people read and spoke numbers. Anyone have any interesting sources I should be looking at?

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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · Jul 23

This new article on artificial memory systems "tallies" / "counting devices" is very important. It provides new ways of identifying Paleolithic AMS, and thus the origins of extended numerical cognition in humans.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Identifying potential palaeolithic artificial memory systems via Spatial statistics: Implications for the origin of quantification - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Artificial Memory Systems (AMSs) are tools that allow for the storage and retrieval of coded information beyond the physical body, ranging from computers and writing systems to tallying sticks. Curren...

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Jul 21

Learn more about our team!

Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social

Co-PI of the project. Postdoctoral researcher with an interest in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (UC3M). Member of the Department of Telematic Engineering and the Institute of Historiography "Julio Caro Baroja".

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · Jul 21

For any PhD Students or ECRs in search of support in preparing their first journal article for publication, do check out this exciting workshop, run by @hisjournalha.bsky.social!

www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Jul 7

A fascinating new research that challenges what we know about the numerical notations on the Visigothic slates. Today we highlight the article by our co-PI @nereavsk.bsky.social "Numbers on the Visigothic Slates: A Cognitive Approach".
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Numbers on the Visigothic Slates: A Cognitive Approach

This paper analyzes the numbers engraved on Visigothic slates. Results suggest that written slates worked as an asynchronous code to facilitate dual communication, while numerical slates could be use...

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · Jul 3

What’s new in medieval studies? Here are ten open-access articles published in June, which range Byzantine cuisine to Viking-Age dogs www.medievalists.net/2025/07/medi... #OpenAccess #medieval

10 Medieval Studies’ Articles Published Last Month - Medievalists.net

What’s new in medieval studies? Here are ten open-access articles published in June, which range Byzantine cuisine to Viking-Age dogs.

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Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social · Jun 21

My new paper on Visigothic slates is now available on the amazing special issue "Cognitive Technologies and Their Histories"
@schrisomalis.bsky.social and @helenamiton.bsky.social (TopiCs special iusse editors).

Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · Jun 13

New in our special issue of Topics in Cognitive Science, "Cognitive Technologies and their Histories": "Numbers on the Visigothic Slates: A Cognitive Approach" by @nereavsk.bsky.social. Open access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · Jun 13

New in our special issue of Topics in Cognitive Science, "Cognitive Technologies and their Histories": "Numbers on the Visigothic Slates: A Cognitive Approach" by @nereavsk.bsky.social. Open access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · Nov 8

<a href="http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2021/8/14/episode-95-reckonings-with-stephen-chrisomalis" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2021/8/14/episode-95-reckonings-with-stephen-chrisomalis

Episode 95: Reckonings, with Stephen Chrisomalis — The Endless Knot

It’s time for a reckoning! Or, to be more accurate, a number of reckonings. We talk to Dr. Stephen Chrisomalis, a linguistic anthropologist who specializes in the anthropology of mathematics and the interaction of language, cognition, and culture, about his new book Reckonings . It’s a fascinating

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hacia una revisión de los paradigmas historiográficos mediante el uso de la Inteligencia Artificial: el proyecto BADDO y el estudio del arrianismo.

You can watch the poster presentation by Dr. Nerea Fernández Cadenas between minutes 8:26:00 and 8:31:21. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqH...

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · May 26

Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the BADDO project! 🤖
Our PI, Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social , will present this Thursday, May 29th, a fascinating poster entitled:

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Ainoa Castro Correa @ainoacastro.bsky.social · May 12

🖋️ Who wrote the past when names were left out?
Discover how anonymous scripts can still speak volumes in this thought-provoking guest post by @nereavsk.bsky.social on People and Writing.
🔍 #Palaeography #MedievalStudies #Manuscripts
👉 peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/guest-pos...

Guest post: Nerea Fernández, “Anonymous scripts" - People and Writing

El proyecto People and Writing, Universidad de Salamanca, explora al ciudadano a través de la escritura en la Edad Media. ERC StG Research Project 2020-2025

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History Today @historytoday.com · May 2

The #Merovingians have a reputation for long hair and barbarity. Instead, the dynasty, born out of the chaos of civil war, was one of peace, diplomacy, and bureaucracy.

🔒 Archive subscribers can read James T. Palmer’s new article now

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The Merovingians: ‘Do-Nothing Kings’?

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Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social · May 1

See the rest of episodes here
youtu.be/EYxueo_qI-Q?...

L'odyssée des chiffres (3/3) | Un langage universel | ARTE

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Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social · May 1

The documentary "L'odyssée des chiffres", on which I had the pleasure to collaborate, is now available!!
@artefr.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcS...

L'odyssée des chiffres (2/3) | À la conquête du monde | ARTE

YouTube video by ARTE

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Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social · Apr 22

Why is our project named as the famous Visigoth queen Baddo? Find out here, thanks to the post by Alfonso García Sánchez, PhD student of BADDO project⬇️

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Apr 14

Why BADDO (Bringing AI to the Discovery of Historiographical Data To Overcome Traditional Barriers)?

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Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social · Feb 20

¡Cónoce nuestro proyecto interdisciplinar!
Historia + Telemáticas ¿Qué más se puede pedir?😉

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Feb 20

Our project, inspired by the Visigothic queen Baddo, will generate a context-based LLM with secondary sources produced by historians who research one of the excision of Christianism: Arianism. This includes data from both Spanish and abroad historians from the twentieth century to the present.

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Transkribus @transkribus.bsky.social · Apr 22

Did you know that we give away free credits to students who want to use Transkribus for their Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis?

Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇

www.transkribus.org/scholarship

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Apr 22

Sir John Elliott Junior Research Fellowship in History 1500-1800
University of Oxford - Oriel College #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT630/s...

Sir John Elliott Junior Research Fellowship in History 1500-1800 at University of Oxford

Discover Sir John Elliott Junior Research Fellowship in History 1500-1800 jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Grupo LLABOR - Social Landscapes @llabor.bsky.social · Apr 22

Nuestra IP Margarita Fernández Mier participará el próximo 24 de abril en el GIAP seminar series con la conferencia "De los espacios de cultivo a los espacios comunales. Arqueología Agraria en la Cordillera Cantábrica."
🕛 24 de abril a las 12:00h
🔗 Acceso al webinar ➡️ icac.cat/difusio/acti...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · Apr 22

📯OPPORTUNITY: Oxford Medieval Studies Social Media Officer📯

As I prepare to depart soon, we're looking for someone to take over the social media reins. If you're interested in this role, have a look at my retrospective at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/21/o... and do consider applying!

Oxford Medieval Social Media: A Retrospective – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Apr 22

Re-posting for the morning crowd...

Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Apr 21

Fed up of doom-scrolling on Easter Monday? Then it's your luck day, for the latest issue of EME is out now!
The articles are *all* open access, starting with:
Sophie Kultzen on the resilience of the late Roman aristocracy
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Ordo renascendi est crescere posse malis (Rutilius Namatianus I.140): the sack of Rome and the resilience of western Roman aristocracies

Rutilius Namatianus’ poem De reditu suo was written a few years after the devastation of Rome in 410. It has been read as nostalgia for Rome’s past greatness written in a climate of senatorial escapi...

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Nerea Fernández Cadenas @nereavsk.bsky.social · Apr 22

Why is our project named as the famous Visigoth queen Baddo? Find out here, thanks to the post by Alfonso García Sánchez, PhD student of BADDO project⬇️

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Apr 14

Why BADDO (Bringing AI to the Discovery of Historiographical Data To Overcome Traditional Barriers)?

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Apr 14

Why BADDO (Bringing AI to the Discovery of Historiographical Data To Overcome Traditional Barriers)?

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Ainoa Castro Correa @ainoacastro.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢 New on our blog! Andrea Aparicio explores how medieval documents reveal the social fabric of rural communities in her guest post 'Approaching Rural Society through Written Records'. 🏡📜✨ @erc.europa.eu #PeopleAndWriting

🔗 Read it here: peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/guest-pos...

Guest post: Andrea Aparicio, "Approaching Rural Society" - People and Writing

El proyecto People and Writing, Universidad de Salamanca, explora al ciudadano a través de la escritura en la Edad Media. ERC StG Research Project 2020-2025

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