Avi Goldstein
@avnergoldstein.bsky.social
Environmental historian and archaeologist interested in coasts, fish, oysters, and other forms of marine life in Roman Britain and in other times and places. #envhum #envhist #oceanhist #oysters 🏺🦪🌊
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Avi Goldstein
@avnergoldstein.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Hi! I’m Avi. I’m a PhD candidate in History. My dissertation looks at the relationship between humans and marine environments in Roman Britain. I’m interested in things like oysters, fish sauce, and sea salt. I also write about marine environments in other periods, including in early America.
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Kim Bowes' Surviving Rome is a radical revision—and worker’s-eye view—of everything we thought we knew about the ancient Roman economy.
Now available (6 Jan UK pub). Order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Rome #AncientRome #AncientHistory #History #Archaeology
Now available (6 Jan UK pub). Order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Rome #AncientRome #AncientHistory #History #Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kim Bowes' Surviving Rome is a radical revision—and worker’s-eye view—of everything we thought we knew about the ancient Roman economy.
Now available (6 Jan UK pub). Order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Rome #AncientRome #AncientHistory #History #Archaeology
Now available (6 Jan UK pub). Order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Rome #AncientRome #AncientHistory #History #Archaeology
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The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
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Example of the impact of climate change on coastal erosion on the Island US Gulf coast regions of the Florida Big Bend and the Mississippi River Delta. The cumulative effect of sea level rise, storms, erosion and inundation of archaeological sites on the coast. #IndigenousPeoples
#coastsinmind
#coastsinmind
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Example of the impact of climate change on coastal erosion on the Island US Gulf coast regions of the Florida Big Bend and the Mississippi River Delta. The cumulative effect of sea level rise, storms, erosion and inundation of archaeological sites on the coast. #IndigenousPeoples
#coastsinmind
#coastsinmind
Tomorrow is #Halloween 🎃, which means it's the "Season of the Witch!" Here is a little bit about the relationship between environment and witchcraft in early modern Europe, because it tells us something really interesting about how we humans have thought about weather, climate, and disasters. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tomorrow is #Halloween 🎃, which means it's the "Season of the Witch!" Here is a little bit about the relationship between environment and witchcraft in early modern Europe, because it tells us something really interesting about how we humans have thought about weather, climate, and disasters. 🧵
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“Australia’s oceans will enter “uncharted territory” by 2040 due to global heating, even if significant emissions cuts occur, new research has found.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future
From 2040 onwards the average year for marine ecosystems is likely to be more extreme than the worst years experienced up until 2015, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Australia’s oceans will enter “uncharted territory” by 2040 due to global heating, even if significant emissions cuts occur, new research has found.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🦈Thrilling news from the #SipawayIsland #MPA:
Researchers confirmed the sighting of rare Thresher Sharks in the area's shallow waters. This incredible discovery has proven that decades of conservation efforts have resulted in a thriving marine ecosystem
cebudailynews.inquirer.net/665382/thres...
Researchers confirmed the sighting of rare Thresher Sharks in the area's shallow waters. This incredible discovery has proven that decades of conservation efforts have resulted in a thriving marine ecosystem
cebudailynews.inquirer.net/665382/thres...
Thresher sharks spotted off Negros Occidental
Thresher sharks were spotted by a diving team at the Sipaway Island Marine Protected Area (MPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
cebudailynews.inquirer.net
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🦈Thrilling news from the #SipawayIsland #MPA:
Researchers confirmed the sighting of rare Thresher Sharks in the area's shallow waters. This incredible discovery has proven that decades of conservation efforts have resulted in a thriving marine ecosystem
cebudailynews.inquirer.net/665382/thres...
Researchers confirmed the sighting of rare Thresher Sharks in the area's shallow waters. This incredible discovery has proven that decades of conservation efforts have resulted in a thriving marine ecosystem
cebudailynews.inquirer.net/665382/thres...
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It’s real! 📖 📕 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It’s real! 📖 📕 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Hi! I’m Avi. I’m a PhD candidate in History. My dissertation looks at the relationship between humans and marine environments in Roman Britain. I’m interested in things like oysters, fish sauce, and sea salt. I also write about marine environments in other periods, including in early America.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hi! I’m Avi. I’m a PhD candidate in History. My dissertation looks at the relationship between humans and marine environments in Roman Britain. I’m interested in things like oysters, fish sauce, and sea salt. I also write about marine environments in other periods, including in early America.
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New discovery: Venice lagoon reveals submerged #Roman oyster farm: In the heart of the Venetian lagoon, a submerged area has revealed a secret: a brick and wood tank containing about 300 oyster shells, dating back to the first century AD
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
🏺 #archaeology
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
🏺 #archaeology
April 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New discovery: Venice lagoon reveals submerged #Roman oyster farm: In the heart of the Venetian lagoon, a submerged area has revealed a secret: a brick and wood tank containing about 300 oyster shells, dating back to the first century AD
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
🏺 #archaeology
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
🏺 #archaeology
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Just out and open access: Rethinking Grand Narratives: Mobility, Diet, and Health in a Small Corner of Early Medieval Hampshire | Speculum: Vol 100, No 3 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Rethinking Grand Narratives: Mobility, Diet, and Health in a Small Corner of Early Medieval Hampshire | Speculum: Vol 100, No 3
www.journals.uchicago.edu
July 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Just out and open access: Rethinking Grand Narratives: Mobility, Diet, and Health in a Small Corner of Early Medieval Hampshire | Speculum: Vol 100, No 3 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Rising seas are submerging tribal land along the Gulf Coast. One tribe is building protective reefs out of bags of recycled oyster shells.
Using Oyster Shell Reefs To Counter Sea Level Rise In Louisiana
Tribes’ historic lands on the Gulf Coast are being lost to the sea. To slow it down, one tribe has turned to oyster shells.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rising seas are submerging tribal land along the Gulf Coast. One tribe is building protective reefs out of bags of recycled oyster shells.
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Skara Brae is closed thanks to storm Éowyn, so here’s a #FindsFriday object from our museum.
It’s an oyster shell in which a Neolithic painter mixed red ochre (from the local sandstone) some 5000 years ago. ca.75mm or 3 inches at its widest.
Pots, people, walls, clothing: what did they paint? 🧪🏺🎨
It’s an oyster shell in which a Neolithic painter mixed red ochre (from the local sandstone) some 5000 years ago. ca.75mm or 3 inches at its widest.
Pots, people, walls, clothing: what did they paint? 🧪🏺🎨
January 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Skara Brae is closed thanks to storm Éowyn, so here’s a #FindsFriday object from our museum.
It’s an oyster shell in which a Neolithic painter mixed red ochre (from the local sandstone) some 5000 years ago. ca.75mm or 3 inches at its widest.
Pots, people, walls, clothing: what did they paint? 🧪🏺🎨
It’s an oyster shell in which a Neolithic painter mixed red ochre (from the local sandstone) some 5000 years ago. ca.75mm or 3 inches at its widest.
Pots, people, walls, clothing: what did they paint? 🧪🏺🎨
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No matter "how often you think about the Roman Empire", identifying a #RomanSalute is even more awkward, considering there's no ancient source clearly describing it.
There's *one* ambigous depiction of an outstretched arm on Trajan's column, there's *one* vague passage in Josephus. That's it. 🤷♂️
There's *one* ambigous depiction of an outstretched arm on Trajan's column, there's *one* vague passage in Josephus. That's it. 🤷♂️
January 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
No matter "how often you think about the Roman Empire", identifying a #RomanSalute is even more awkward, considering there's no ancient source clearly describing it.
There's *one* ambigous depiction of an outstretched arm on Trajan's column, there's *one* vague passage in Josephus. That's it. 🤷♂️
There's *one* ambigous depiction of an outstretched arm on Trajan's column, there's *one* vague passage in Josephus. That's it. 🤷♂️