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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoyed my visit to Renmin University after the conference. Here is a picture of their archaeology base outside the ancient city of Bai Ren. Excellent spot for some badminton!

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 5d

Current view of much needed rain from @uoyenvironment.bsky.social. More is definitely needed to bring the reservoirs back up.

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 6d

The world hasn't stopped falling apart, but if relevant, Monday onwards I'll be observing this from the vantage point of @lselibrary.bsky.social archives & research for my @leverhulme.ac.uk project on non-reciprocity (janabacevic.net/research/und...), so give us a shout if around!

Uncategorical imperatives: understanding nonreciprocity

This research project, supported by the Leverhulme Trust, seeks to understand nonreciprocity as both a constitutive and ethically neutral force in social and political life. By conceptualizing ever…

janabacevic.net

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 17d

Independence day in #Malta!

Hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100K of open water to reach the Mediterranean island 8,500 years ago, 1K years before the arrival of the first farmers.

From consortium led by @elliescerri.bsky.social @maxplanckpress , inc. @UMmalta .

🖼️ © Daniel Clarke/MPI_GEA

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Maia Blumberg @maiablumberg.bsky.social · 6d

*Call for Contributors* The Medieval in Museums
@archumanities.bsky.social

Check out the full CfP via link ➡️ bit.ly/CfPMiM

Welcoming chapters/dialogues/critical-creative texts from scholars, museum professionals, creative practitioners

deadline: Mon 3 Nov (5pm GMT)

#MedievalSky #MuseumSky #CfP

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 6d

It is critical to join up our understanding of income and wealth distributions with our knowledge of social ecology. This initiative looks like it's tackling this problem head-on, though with an emphasis on forecasting the future. I think data from deep in the past has a big role to play here.

Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Jun 19

What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries?

From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers.

inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...

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Global Justice Project - World Inequality Lab

The Global Justice Project (GJP) aims to provide a platform to stimulate research, policymaking, and citizen engagement to shape a fairer, more democratic and sustainable 21st century.

inequalitylab.world

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 9d

I agree with the argument, but would add that our evidence from the deep past is not a nice-to-have, but is essential to understanding how we got to where we are today.

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 9d

The Chinese Academy of History’s President Gao argued that looking deep into the past is essential to navigating the future, and supports China’s massive investment in #archaeology across the country.

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 10d

ONLINE, too! #Archaeology

CAA UK @caa-uk.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 Deadline Extension! 🚨

The call for papers & posters for the #CAAUK2025 is now open until 29th Sep 2025!

📅 9th-10th Dec 2025
📍 Cambridge

This is a great chance for postgraduate students and early career scholars to present their research.

📧 Submit abstracts to: [email protected]

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 9d

Very neat report on how archaeological data can help us understand environmental #resilience and #sustainability.

LBV Magazine @labrujulaverde.bsky.social · 10d

How Two Cities of the Ancient Kingdom of Mukish Survived the Bronze Age Collapse: www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/09/h...

How Two Cities of the Ancient Kingdom of Mukish Survived the Bronze Age Collapse

Around 4,200 and 3,200 years ago, the planet experienced two major climatic events characterized by increased aridity. For decades, scientists have debated whether these phenomena, known as the 4.2 ka...

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 10d

Caught up with collaborators at the University of Central Florida, where I had a chance to introduce undergraduates to expand their knowledge and skills through masters programmes in #sustainability and #heritage at @york.ac.uk.

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 24d

Net private wealth has skyrocketed since 1980 - this is one of the main findings of a new @wid.world study overturning the Kaldor’s facts.
More findings in thread 🧵
🔗Study wid.world/news-article...

World Inequality Lab @wid.world · 24d

🔴 🌐First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available 👇
wid.world/news-article...
@cmtneztt.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @alisodano.bsky.social @anmol-smnch.bsky.social @jonasdietrich.bsky.social @gatonievas.bsky.social

First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available - WID - World Inequality Database

First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an interna...

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · 26d

At the First World History Frontiers Forum, hosted by the Chinese Academy of History. It’s a great opportunity to discuss diverse pathways to urbanisation and the long-term dynamics of #sustainability. #archaeology

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just published my article Archaeology as Worldbuilding, an effort that grows out of 20+ years of digital (and analog) archaeological making. Adjacent to recent arguments about storytelling, I broaden our scope to make past worlds & tell stories in community with others.

doi.org/10.1017/S095...

Archaeology as Worldbuilding | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core

Archaeology as Worldbuilding

doi.org

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great project with an amazing team!

Dan Lawrence @dl-arch.bsky.social · Aug 19

Postdoc Job! Come and work with me in Durham, and a bunch of @sse1k.bsky.social heroes in Venice and Basel, doing agent-based modelling of socio-environmental systems in the Ancient Mediterranean...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and Agent-Based Modelling

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

durham.taleo.net

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · Aug 14

A slightly more accessible route in to our research on Neolithic Ireland and the early breakdown of genetic kin as an organising principle for burial, as early at 3600 BC (from memory) - due to increasing mobility.

Thanks for the heads up @pennybickle.bsky.social 👍🏼

Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · Aug 14

The last piece associated with the brilliant team effort to rethink aDNA results and social relations in Neolithic Ireland is in this month’s Current Archaeology magazine with an absolutely gorgeous cover image of Newgrange (credit: Ken Williams) archaeology.co.uk

Current Archaeology

Britain's favourite archaeology magazine

archaeology.co.uk

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 7

Call for participants! @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, @kjkillackey.bsky.social, Stu Eve and I are holding an Archaeology & Worldbuilding playtesting and discussion workshop at @tag2025york.bsky.social!

We have limited spaces, please sign up:

forms.gle/rbjeDGD68nXR...

TAG 2025 Worldbuilding Sign Up

This form is for you to sign up to participate in the TAG2025 Worldbuilding session. The session requires a 3 hour commitment and the slots are limited to 30 people. We will be playing an archaeology-...

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Cluster of Excellence ROOTS @clusterroots.bsky.social · Aug 7

A new study based on extensive data and recent excavations uses the example of SE-Europe to challenge widely held theories about the emergence of social hierarchies in prehistory. It has been published now at @aaas.org's #ScienceAdvances. Read more 👇

🏺 #inequality #Neolithic #BronzeAge

5,000 years of (in)equality in the Carpathian Basin

A study by the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence challenges widely held theories about the emergence of social hierarchies in prehistory, using Southeast Europe as an example.

www.uni-kiel.de

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Aug 5

Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory)- University of Cambridge - Department of Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD818/a...

Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory) at University of Cambridge

An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other aca...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 1

That’s one of the reasons folks tend to use the term “glyptic technology.” I avoid jargon when I can, but sometimes at a cost…

Now let me see your take on “cylinder” seals…

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 1

See my piece here comparing seal and sealing use in different regions.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...!

Debt and inequality: Comparing the “means of specification” in the early cities of Mesopotamia and the Indus civilization

To transform debts into permanent inequalities, David Graeber (2011:14) argues that creditors must possess the “means to specify” what they are owed. …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 1

Seals and sealings were critical for everyday people from the moment it was invented in the Neolithic.

Exploring the way elites hijacked the technology after a couple millennia provides a vital glimpse into the dynamics of #inequality.

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Aug 1

Designs from Late Bronze Age commonplace cylinder seals. Their simple, repetitive nature suggests they were used in everyday life, rather than the elite seal patterns that have received more scholarly attention 🏺 #Archaeology

🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Sketches of patterns produced by the rolling of cylinder seals onto clay tablets. The often simple, repetitive designs include geometric patterns, fish and birds.

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · Jul 30

To make a fairer economy, we must understand the evolutions of #money.

As Desan writes: “money is created by political intervention: it carries value by changing the way people relate to resources and it distributes costs and profits as it does so.”

#history #sustainability #inequalty #politics

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Dr. Smiti Nathan @smitinathan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Did you know some of the most fascinating archaeological discoveries never make the headlines? 🏺 🧪

🎙️ In this episode, Rachel shares overlooked archaeology discoveries. We explore how interpretation, imagination, and new technologies shape the stories we tell about the past.

youtu.be/Iidzs6_pprI

Archaeology Discoveries That Deserve More Attention

YouTube video by Dr. Smiti Nathan

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Adam S. Green @adamsgreen.bsky.social · Jul 28

Private fortunes took off after the Bronze Age. In the Roman Empire and Later Han China, fortunes reached ~30,000 times subsistence- a gaping chasm between rich and poor. This recent transition in deep history gave us #billionaires. #inequality #archaeology

www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/read-...

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