Sarah Bockmeyer
@sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
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Archaeologist AND single mother of one. PhD researcher in Neolithic megaliths, earthen burials and archaeological theory at Kiel University and @ClusterROOTS.bsky.social (Cluster of Excellence ROOTS). Boardmember @agtida.bsky.social . Views my own.
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sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
We'll be there in a couple of days!! 🤩
I'll make sure to look up 😁
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ralphjanik.com
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Thank you!! I certainly hope so 😅😁
Kind of a weird feeling - excitement on the one end of the spectrum and absolute horror on the other 😬
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Scrivener is great - unless you want to include pictures in the text. That doesn't work 🙈😅
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Wow that looks fantastic!! 😊🥳
Huge congratulations!! 💐
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justrena.bsky.social
Well this is awkward....
andybrockman.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: EAA PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF HELPING ORCHESTRATE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER OWN EXECUTIVE BOARD’S GAZA VOTE

thePipeLine with the extraordinary story of how the President of the European Association of Archaeologists is accused of helping orchestrate a campaign to overturn its Gaza vote.
EXCLUSIVE: EAA PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF HELPING ORCHESTRATE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER OWN EXECUTIVE BOARD’S GAZA VOTE
thePipeLine can reveal allegations that the President of the beleaguered European Association of Archaeologists [EAA], Professor Eszter Bánffy, was instrumental in organising a covert campaign to p…
thepipeline.info
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Get well soon! Hope you will feel better quickly!

I seem to have one, too...I haven't felt so tired in ages and everything hurts 🙈

But 2 more birthday parties to plan for my son and moving in 2 weeks means no rest for the wicked 🧙
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Are there any Physicists in my timeline that might be able to help me?
My son (8) is fascinated with parallel universes and would like to read a book about them...bit I struggle to find any age appropriate ones.
English is not a problem as I would translate...
a man with a beard is saying " i hate you in every universe " .
ALT: a man with a beard is saying " i hate you in every universe " .
media.tenor.com
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ullamr.bsky.social
We have got extra abstracts so we aim at a double session in the TRAC conference! Session 6, 'What do monuments stand for? The materiality of Roman architecture'. Send your abstract to ulla.rajala(a)antiken.su.se by September 15. See www.trac.org.uk/trac-tida-20... #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋 #Archaeology
TRAC-TiDA 2025
We are pleased to announce that the The 33rd Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, TRAC-TiDA 2025 will be held between 22nd and 24th October 2025 in an online format through the Gather Town pla…
www.trac.org.uk
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agtida.bsky.social
Gestern auf unserer ordentlichen #MV wurden auch Vorstand & Beirat neu gewählt 🎉

Wir gratulieren @martinrenger.bsky.social als wiedergewählten Vorsitzenden & @stefanschreiber.bsky.social als seinen Stellvertreter 💯

Geschäftsführerin ist Sarah Scoppie 🖊️

Im Beirat sind nun...
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jonaschlegel.com
Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October.

From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.

Ready to join in?
#archInk
Hand-drawn archInk 2025 prompt list on lined paper with archaeological tools scattered around the margins including pottery sherds, flint tools, brushes, and an ink bottle. The title 'archInk 2025' is written in orange and green lettering. Below are 31 numbered prompts organized in three columns:
1 Pigment, 2 Shell, 3 Residue, 4 Bronze, 5 Flint, 6 Horn, 7 Textile, 8 Stratigraphy, 9 Ivory, 10 Palimpsest; 11 Transformation, 12 Echo, 13 Pseudoscience, 14 Network, 15 Bioarchaeology, 16 Gatekeeping, 17 Ownership, 18 Exclusion, 19 Preservation, 20 Visibility; 21 Embodiment, 22 Provenance, 23 Absence, 24 Toolmark, 25 Reclamation, 26 Ephemeral, 27 Justice, 28 Looted, 29 Temporality, 30 Becoming, 31 Afterlife

signed by @archaeoInk
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sarahmay1.bsky.social
This kind of creativity is what's needed to communicate quickly at scale
theradr.bsky.social
People are following federal agents around DC w/the Imperial March. 😘

CHICAGO!!

Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.

Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?

🧵
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ansoc-erc.bsky.social
The team is ready ✅
The venues are still standing ✅
The programme is live ✅
The tickets are on sale (and selling fast!) ✅

Then join us @ucddublin.bsky.social forthe Bronze Age Forum 2025! #BronzeAge #BAF2025

Spread the word and we'll see you in November!
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
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agtida.bsky.social
Was für eine spannende Diskussion! Lebendig, kritisch & reflexiv!

Dank an @doreenmoelders.bsky.social Marion Bolder-Boos, Fabian Fricke, Sophie Schmidt & Julian Laabs sowie an @martinrenger.bsky.social & Stephanie Renger

#Archäologie #Digitalität

@propylaeum.bsky.social @nfdi4objects.bsky.social
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guillermodiazliano.bsky.social
Calling all #EAA past and present members! A lot of us are not happy with the events of last week, and with EAA's bleak attitute towards the ongoing genocide. Sign this petition for a special meeting, so we can call a vote of confidence against the current board. Thanks!

forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA
Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...
forms.gle
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Gut zu wissen...mal schauen ob ich das online melden kann!
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
***Triggerwarnung - Nazikontent ***

Kann mir jemand sagen, ob das legal ist?? Das ganze Auto ist mit Nazisprüchen beklebt aber eine sch**ß Reichsflagge hab ich noch nicht gesehen...
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Blood moon last night! 😊🤩🌑🌕
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
And these are for after I defended successfully in November (hopefully!) 😊👩‍🎓✨️🎓
🤞🤞🤞
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
And now that I have handed in I treated myself to something that will always remind me how far I have come, what I have achieved and to remember what it took, where I came from.

Resilience is, after all, the most important skill for succeeding and surviving a #PhD 😅
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
I bought this Playmobile figurine when I started my - as it now seems fi Al- #PhD journey @clusterroots.bsky.social in Juli 2022, the dream feeling as close as it ever had been and I felt like reaching for the stars! ✨️