🔬 Behind the scenes of a research facility for #ADayInArchaeology

Lisa-Marie Shillito shares how they're building NEMCAS, @durham-university.bsky.social 's new high-tech research hub using micro-CT & thin section analysis to reveal what the eye can’t see 👉 shorturl.at/dvub7

#FestivalOfArchaeology

Also apparently giving birth to a fully grown adult…? It just looks really rude to me!

What is research culture, and why does it matter?

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X Rays and Barley Mutants!

A brief introduction to a cool biosciences led project I’m working on at the moment, with PI @peteretchells.bsky.social

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Marvellous Middens at the Auckland Palace Excavation

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Investigating the construction of a Bronze Age burial mound

#geoarchaeology

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Have to admit I haven’t got the hang of this site yet, and feeling the fatigue of too many different social media sites. I’ve mostly been updating LinkedIn, but I’ll start giving this place a try!

I thought I would make a starter pack of scientists working on #phytoliths. Please share if this is of interest to you, and do ask if you want to be added!
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“every archaeological problem starts as a problem in geoarchaeology” (Renfrew, 1976)

My favourite quote from one of archaeology’s most influential figures.

RIP Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, 1937-2024.

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Exciting news! Really happy to be establishing NeMCAS as part of the AHRC’s new RICHeS programme, research infrastructure for heritage science and conservation www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

Super excited about our collaboration with @archaeologylisa.bsky.social and Riley Snyder on barley development. Check out Riley's first go at segmenting vascular bundles from an XR-CT scan 😁