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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · Nov 18

My old tweets are porting over (sorry for the flood) but here’s a thread for a lockdown conference that I keep thinking about…

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · Oct 9

1/20 Hi! I’m Katy, a p/t PhD student with @SWWDTP @UniRdg_Arch. I’m taking this opportunity to reflect on my extended experience and the amazing people I’ve been working with, who have introduced me to different ways of thinking and doing archaeology. #HiddenLandscapes

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 8h

Best 8 in the county!

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 10h

Have you rung at Wheathamstead in Hertfordshire? A serious ground floor central crossing extra long draft challenge!

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 1d

Nice long draft!

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 1d

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 1d

Well they can get in the bin.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 1d

Wait til it becomes Yes Prime Minister!

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 1d

Of interest @chronicamonika.bsky.social ?

The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, I would not know where to start. But Allan’s drawing skills are epic and particularly stunning is his treatment of window glass 🤩🤩🤩

Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 2d

FB memories have served these work in progress snapshots from 2021, 2020 & 2018 for 6th October. York Minster, 37 Tanner Row, York & Glister Meteor being restored. The pencils are 0.3mm but different makes...

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing

A Pentel GraphGear 0.3mm pencil resting on an incomplete drawing of York Minster.

A Staedtler Graphite 90.3mm pencil, Tombow Mono Zero eraser and blending stump resting on an incomplete pencil drawing of a 19th century building.

A Pentel P203 0.3mm pencil and Tombow Mono Zero eraser resting on an incomplete drawing of an aeroplane undergoing restoration.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 2d

I just signed up!

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 2d

‘Marketsundriesmen’ 😍

Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow as the train whizzes past I bet this is animated! Like a flip book!

Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 2d

Tamworth

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 3d

This is my copy, 1963 edition. Interesting to see the timescales!

Colour photo of a yellow paperback book titled ‘Field Archaeology, some notes for beginners issued by the Ordnance Survey’ with a line drawing of a trilithon from Stonehenge.

Colour photo of a page from a book showing a timeline from 550,000 BC to AD 1963.

Colour photo of a page from a book showing a timeline from 2,500 BC to AD 1963 including periods from Neolithic to Dark Ages with some modern era events also noted. The date ranges for the periods and some of the period names would be shown differently now.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 3d

OS Archaeology Division became part of RCHME. The last member of staff who worked for the OS recently retired from Historic England as we are now!

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

We are now trying to work out how many independent port houses there still are.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

Ta!

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

I missed the first 20 minutes, feeling a bit out of it.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

Well I never!

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

Ooo do tell, what are the ingredients? Can find a recipe for an English Rose only.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

The Western Rose has beaten us, we found an English Rose which includes Parfait Amour. Obvs we have to google all the ingredients we have never heard of and so far this takes the prize for most obscure!

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

‘It looks not too appalling’ is The Oracle’s verdict on the Marianito.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

We now commence tonight’s drinks research.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

Cheers with beers from the Suffolk holiday! Honest, that’s Sir Roger’s Porter (Earl Soham brewery) in The Oracle’s otherwise wine glass #ConfinedCocktails

Colour photo of my right hand holding up a glass of beer in a toast to a laptop screen. On screen a person holds a wine glass containing dark beer in return.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

I’m Team Alex.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

Cheers! Beer and snacks. Sleepily putting a simple pasta together and have begun the post-excavation laundry #ConfinedCocktails

Colour photo of a small white ceramic bowl of crisps and green olives, and a glass of brown beer.

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · 4d

All in quite different landscape positions.