Sebastian Heath
@sebhth.bsky.social
Mediterranean & computational archaeologist. ISAW/NYU. Child of immigrants. Opinions/typos mine. Original work CC-By. https://gaerhf.org https://p-lod.org https://palp.art https://roman-amphitheaters.org https://isaw.nyu.edu/publications/isaw-papers
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Sebastian Heath
@sebhth.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Over here in these United States, I know no king.
The project I'll be talking about , gaerhf.org , is in its earliest stages. The talk is my first substantial public presentation on it. I'll welcome all feedback I get and you can expect that it will lead to improvements at all scales. I'm grateful to whomever can join in any mode. #GlobalAntiquity
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The project I'll be talking about , gaerhf.org , is in its earliest stages. The talk is my first substantial public presentation on it. I'll welcome all feedback I get and you can expect that it will lead to improvements at all scales. I'm grateful to whomever can join in any mode. #GlobalAntiquity
Reposted by Sebastian Heath
Join us online or in person for a talk from MAHSA’s Vaneshree Vidyarthi: ‘Mapping the Indian Palaeolithic’, part of the London Centre for the Ancient Near East’s Autumn seminar series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcane-autu...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcane-autu...
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us online or in person for a talk from MAHSA’s Vaneshree Vidyarthi: ‘Mapping the Indian Palaeolithic’, part of the London Centre for the Ancient Near East’s Autumn seminar series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcane-autu...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcane-autu...
As I always say, If you can make it in Iowa City, you can make it anywhere. Including in New York: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As I always say, If you can make it in Iowa City, you can make it anywhere. Including in New York: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Accessible color palette coming online at GAERHF. Reactions from all welcome.
Working on color palette for GAERHF that's more likely to be discernible by more people. The light-ish purple circle on map is current figure whose details are shown. Brown marker borders show which figures have "ivory" as a keyword. Input at top-left to select that. gaerhf.org#ivory-female...
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Accessible color palette coming online at GAERHF. Reactions from all welcome.
“Agreed, approved, signed, and attached.” The more of that I can do today, the better. #AcademicChatter
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Agreed, approved, signed, and attached.” The more of that I can do today, the better. #AcademicChatter
That Summers dude ain’t so looking so smarty, smarty now.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
That Summers dude ain’t so looking so smarty, smarty now.
Unpopular as they are, Republicans control everything. They had a chance to fix Obamacare/ACA premiums. They didn't. They're still stuck with the problem. It's still exposing them as cold-hearted and out-of-touch. #FixHealthCare
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Unpopular as they are, Republicans control everything. They had a chance to fix Obamacare/ACA premiums. They didn't. They're still stuck with the problem. It's still exposing them as cold-hearted and out-of-touch. #FixHealthCare
It's maybe a bit repetitive of me to repost this but I am making progress on the interface for "Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure" (GAERHF). Feedback welcome. Overall goal is exploration of user-defined spatial and chronological context for any figure. #GlobalAntiquity
HTML, CSS, and JS cleanup in GAERHF. And honestly, VS Code's Copilot a huge help! I was pretty much vibe coding. Image works better, layout less clobber its various parts, try control-shift-L to change the color scheme of markers. A slider shows/hides. Figure is gaerhf.org#head-shaped-... .
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It's maybe a bit repetitive of me to repost this but I am making progress on the interface for "Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure" (GAERHF). Feedback welcome. Overall goal is exploration of user-defined spatial and chronological context for any figure. #GlobalAntiquity
Added "Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi" to "Very Clean URIs": wiki.digitalclassicist.org/Very_clean_U... #DigiClass #DigitalClassicist. #LAWDI
Very clean URIs - The Digital Classicist Wiki
wiki.digitalclassicist.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Added "Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi" to "Very Clean URIs": wiki.digitalclassicist.org/Very_clean_U... #DigiClass #DigitalClassicist. #LAWDI
“The Madness of King Trump.” I await the movie.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“The Madness of King Trump.” I await the movie.
@bencollins.bsky.social . This was just pointed out to me by @sarahburnes.bsky.social . Hilarious! Thank you for the laugh. And yup, That’s my professional opinion! #archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@bencollins.bsky.social . This was just pointed out to me by @sarahburnes.bsky.social . Hilarious! Thank you for the laugh. And yup, That’s my professional opinion! #archaeology
Trump wants to send health insurance money directly to the people. Great idea! You could even implement that by proactively giving tax credits that were immediately applied to the premiums. Oh wait… #GOPShutDown #ShutDown
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trump wants to send health insurance money directly to the people. Great idea! You could even implement that by proactively giving tax credits that were immediately applied to the premiums. Oh wait… #GOPShutDown #ShutDown
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Cracks are growing.
FOX: So you would ask Speaker Johnson to recall the House?
GOP REP. KEVIN KILEY: Not only would I, I've asked him to do it repeatedly. There's no justification. And honestly, it's Republican voters who should be most upset about this when they delivered a GOP majority and now that's being wasted
GOP REP. KEVIN KILEY: Not only would I, I've asked him to do it repeatedly. There's no justification. And honestly, it's Republican voters who should be most upset about this when they delivered a GOP majority and now that's being wasted
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Cracks are growing.
Air Traffic Control seems to be one of few government functions that has broad support. I would have thought the same for, say, cancer research, vaccines, consumer protection, etc. But I also get it. We recognize the immediate risk of dangerous air travel. It needs govt. So Thank you ATCs! #ShutDown
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Air Traffic Control seems to be one of few government functions that has broad support. I would have thought the same for, say, cancer research, vaccines, consumer protection, etc. But I also get it. We recognize the immediate risk of dangerous air travel. It needs govt. So Thank you ATCs! #ShutDown
I thank the jurors. Sandwich guy did it. He threw the sandwich. But those are our courts. It’s our criminal justice system. And we, the people, didn’t want him prosecuted. So yeah, I thank the jurors for standing in for us all. #WeThePeople 🙏
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I thank the jurors. Sandwich guy did it. He threw the sandwich. But those are our courts. It’s our criminal justice system. And we, the people, didn’t want him prosecuted. So yeah, I thank the jurors for standing in for us all. #WeThePeople 🙏
I am so glad we have off cycle elections! Keeps us in the habit of voting. In the democratic habit. And allows the people's voice to break through. I hope we keep them. #Vote2025 #Election2025 #WeThePeople
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I am so glad we have off cycle elections! Keeps us in the habit of voting. In the democratic habit. And allows the people's voice to break through. I hope we keep them. #Vote2025 #Election2025 #WeThePeople
Quick reminder that @isawnyu.bsky.social is having a VIrtual Open House for Prospective Students day after tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 5th, 10AM US Eastern time). Info and registration at isaw.nyu.edu/events/open-... . Please share if you think someone who would be interested hasn't signed up. Thanks!
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Quick reminder that @isawnyu.bsky.social is having a VIrtual Open House for Prospective Students day after tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 5th, 10AM US Eastern time). Info and registration at isaw.nyu.edu/events/open-... . Please share if you think someone who would be interested hasn't signed up. Thanks!
Try the new "gallery" UI element in "Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure"... #GlobalAntiquity
I'm working on a substantial UI update for GAERHF. Pic shows detail for a figure in Yemen, mouse is hovering over a figure across Red Sea, and a small gallery of all figures on screen is at bottom of page. Works best slightly zoomed in. Otherwise gallery too big. Try it at gaerhf.org#qatabanian-c...
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Try the new "gallery" UI element in "Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure"... #GlobalAntiquity
That @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social is trying to defeat Mamdani right now? I don't care. It won't work. When the election is over and Mamdani has won, how about getting on board with helping him succeed? This election cycle is about looking ahead. We're all going to try something new. #NYC #NYCVotes
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social is trying to defeat Mamdani right now? I don't care. It won't work. When the election is over and Mamdani has won, how about getting on board with helping him succeed? This election cycle is about looking ahead. We're all going to try something new. #NYC #NYCVotes
My pleasure to be speaking to the U. of London's DH Research Hub on November 25th on 5:00PM. "Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure" www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma... . Hybrid so all very, very welcome.
Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure
www.sas.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My pleasure to be speaking to the U. of London's DH Research Hub on November 25th on 5:00PM. "Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure" www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma... . Hybrid so all very, very welcome.
Here's the poster for @isawnyu.bsky.social PhD program. We're eager to support students working across multiple scales of inquiry in the ancient Afroeurasia. I can send a PDF if you DM. See here for our open house: isaw.nyu.edu/events/open-... . Please forward as you think useful. #GlobalAntiquity
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here's the poster for @isawnyu.bsky.social PhD program. We're eager to support students working across multiple scales of inquiry in the ancient Afroeurasia. I can send a PDF if you DM. See here for our open house: isaw.nyu.edu/events/open-... . Please forward as you think useful. #GlobalAntiquity
He’s the Silent Speaker. The Speaker With No Voice. The Speaker Who Doesn’t.
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
He’s the Silent Speaker. The Speaker With No Voice. The Speaker Who Doesn’t.
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I'm working on an improvement to the GAERHF user experience. Links such as gaerhf.org#standing-fem... will highlight the location in red and maintain that highlight as you hover over other figures. Big picture: The spatial and temporal context of any one figure can be explored in relation to others.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm working on an improvement to the GAERHF user experience. Links such as gaerhf.org#standing-fem... will highlight the location in red and maintain that highlight as you hover over other figures. Big picture: The spatial and temporal context of any one figure can be explored in relation to others.
Scandanavian/Icelandic GAERHF thread.
First go at getting some Scandinavian and Icelandic "Viking Period" figures into GAERHF. 1: Female Sword Bearer from Hårby. C. 800. gaerhf.org#female-sword... #ArtHistory #GlobalArtHistory
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Scandanavian/Icelandic GAERHF thread.
Sunday Morning GAERHF thread. Mood? #GlobalAntiquity
Overlapping conceptions of the human form from Malta and Sardinia. I don't mean that as any formal "Art Historical" statement. Just allowing for overlap in the Central Mediterranean. And beyond. 1: Bonu Ighinu Statuette from Sardiina (C. 4500 BCE) gaerhf.org#bonu-ighinu-... ... 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sunday Morning GAERHF thread. Mood? #GlobalAntiquity