Dr Shyama Vermeersch
@shyamavermeersch.bsky.social
🏺 Archaeologist at the University of Oxford
🌾 Past and present #Farming
💃 Nerd who twerks
🌾 Past and present #Farming
💃 Nerd who twerks
This week, I am with the Amman Citadel Excavation in Jordan to analyse animal bones and take samples for stable isotopes!
May 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This week, I am with the Amman Citadel Excavation in Jordan to analyse animal bones and take samples for stable isotopes!
Working on a blog about farms who have a #Biodiversity approach. Quite a nice setting here at my parents!
April 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Working on a blog about farms who have a #Biodiversity approach. Quite a nice setting here at my parents!
Rate my set-up 😄 Today, I'm taking pictures of charred barley from a Syrian site. Documentation is important when you're about to destroy samples for stable isotope analysis in #Archaeology!
March 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Rate my set-up 😄 Today, I'm taking pictures of charred barley from a Syrian site. Documentation is important when you're about to destroy samples for stable isotope analysis in #Archaeology!
We went to 66 Books yesterday for the first time and got quite the #Book haul! Besides fiction, I am excited to have gotten my hands on copies of 'Rewilding' and 'Eat, Die, Poop' 💩🌿
Not featured: some books we got for friends!
Not featured: some books we got for friends!
March 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We went to 66 Books yesterday for the first time and got quite the #Book haul! Besides fiction, I am excited to have gotten my hands on copies of 'Rewilding' and 'Eat, Die, Poop' 💩🌿
Not featured: some books we got for friends!
Not featured: some books we got for friends!
Today, I am running the last batch of animal bone collagen samples from Jordan through the mass spectrometer for stable isotope analysis!
It's good to know I processed all the samples collected in September before going to the field again in May 👩🔬💪
It's good to know I processed all the samples collected in September before going to the field again in May 👩🔬💪
March 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today, I am running the last batch of animal bone collagen samples from Jordan through the mass spectrometer for stable isotope analysis!
It's good to know I processed all the samples collected in September before going to the field again in May 👩🔬💪
It's good to know I processed all the samples collected in September before going to the field again in May 👩🔬💪
For 2 weeks now, I've ordered the UK only organic veg box from Sandy Lane Farm (Oxfordshire) in an attempt to eat a bit more sustainable. It's been fun trying out new recipes and discovering veggies I'd never heard of/used before! 🧅🥔🥬🥦
March 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For 2 weeks now, I've ordered the UK only organic veg box from Sandy Lane Farm (Oxfordshire) in an attempt to eat a bit more sustainable. It's been fun trying out new recipes and discovering veggies I'd never heard of/used before! 🧅🥔🥬🥦
Totally forgot to mention that I finished my collagen pretreatment this week! Now, I just need to check quality, interpret the results, and write them up 🧪👩🔬
February 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Totally forgot to mention that I finished my collagen pretreatment this week! Now, I just need to check quality, interpret the results, and write them up 🧪👩🔬
Saturday, I finally got to visit #Bath and its famous Roman Baths! It was a wonderful visit with one of the best (free!) audio guides. 10/10 would recommend, even if the ticket is a bit pricey.
February 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Saturday, I finally got to visit #Bath and its famous Roman Baths! It was a wonderful visit with one of the best (free!) audio guides. 10/10 would recommend, even if the ticket is a bit pricey.
The past two days, I have been weighing collagen to make samples for the mass spectrometer. This will (hopefully) be the last run for the Jordanian material I collected last September! 🧪👩🔬
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
February 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The past two days, I have been weighing collagen to make samples for the mass spectrometer. This will (hopefully) be the last run for the Jordanian material I collected last September! 🧪👩🔬
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
Four years ago, on this day, I submitted my PhD thesis during a pandemic! Time flies!
Since then, I've done 2 years as support staff and now have been a postdoc since 1.5 years.
Since then, I've done 2 years as support staff and now have been a postdoc since 1.5 years.
February 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Four years ago, on this day, I submitted my PhD thesis during a pandemic! Time flies!
Since then, I've done 2 years as support staff and now have been a postdoc since 1.5 years.
Since then, I've done 2 years as support staff and now have been a postdoc since 1.5 years.
Lately, I've been busy pretending to be an archaeobotanist! Jokes aside, I've been learning a lot about how to properly conduct stable isotope analysis on plants 🧪🌾
Here, you can see charred barley seeds from a Syrian site.
#Archaeology
Here, you can see charred barley seeds from a Syrian site.
#Archaeology
February 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lately, I've been busy pretending to be an archaeobotanist! Jokes aside, I've been learning a lot about how to properly conduct stable isotope analysis on plants 🧪🌾
Here, you can see charred barley seeds from a Syrian site.
#Archaeology
Here, you can see charred barley seeds from a Syrian site.
#Archaeology
Today, it's International Day of Women & Girls in Science 👩🔬💅💪
Even though we have come a long way, there still is so much more work to do. In the meantime, here's a pic of me analysing animal bones from Medieval refuse layers of the Temple of Repit, Egypt, last month!
#Archaeology ##WomenInScience
Even though we have come a long way, there still is so much more work to do. In the meantime, here's a pic of me analysing animal bones from Medieval refuse layers of the Temple of Repit, Egypt, last month!
#Archaeology ##WomenInScience
February 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today, it's International Day of Women & Girls in Science 👩🔬💅💪
Even though we have come a long way, there still is so much more work to do. In the meantime, here's a pic of me analysing animal bones from Medieval refuse layers of the Temple of Repit, Egypt, last month!
#Archaeology ##WomenInScience
Even though we have come a long way, there still is so much more work to do. In the meantime, here's a pic of me analysing animal bones from Medieval refuse layers of the Temple of Repit, Egypt, last month!
#Archaeology ##WomenInScience
Ever since being back from fieldwork in #Egypt, I have been caught up in a whirlwind of tasks.
So, instead of a long post, here is a picture of the site! This is the Temple of Repit in Athribis, of which I have been analysing the early Islamic animal bones 🦴
So, instead of a long post, here is a picture of the site! This is the Temple of Repit in Athribis, of which I have been analysing the early Islamic animal bones 🦴
February 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ever since being back from fieldwork in #Egypt, I have been caught up in a whirlwind of tasks.
So, instead of a long post, here is a picture of the site! This is the Temple of Repit in Athribis, of which I have been analysing the early Islamic animal bones 🦴
So, instead of a long post, here is a picture of the site! This is the Temple of Repit in Athribis, of which I have been analysing the early Islamic animal bones 🦴
Tomorrow, I am leaving for #Egypt to work on the faunal remains from Athribis! I will be there for about 2 weeks and will wrap up the #Zooarchaeology of the Temple of Repit and continue work on the new Pylon excavations!
January 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Tomorrow, I am leaving for #Egypt to work on the faunal remains from Athribis! I will be there for about 2 weeks and will wrap up the #Zooarchaeology of the Temple of Repit and continue work on the new Pylon excavations!
My archaeological animal bone collagen samples are all weighed out, along with the standards! Everything is ready now for running them in the mass spectrometer tomorrow. I am so excited to finally get some results! Fingers crossed that they pass quality checks 😍
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
December 16, 2024 at 3:32 PM
My archaeological animal bone collagen samples are all weighed out, along with the standards! Everything is ready now for running them in the mass spectrometer tomorrow. I am so excited to finally get some results! Fingers crossed that they pass quality checks 😍
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
Success! I managed to get bone collagen from two Iron Age Jordanian sites 🥳
The next step is running these through the mass spectrometer and hoping the quality checks pass.
#Archaeology #Jordan
The next step is running these through the mass spectrometer and hoping the quality checks pass.
#Archaeology #Jordan
November 27, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Success! I managed to get bone collagen from two Iron Age Jordanian sites 🥳
The next step is running these through the mass spectrometer and hoping the quality checks pass.
#Archaeology #Jordan
The next step is running these through the mass spectrometer and hoping the quality checks pass.
#Archaeology #Jordan
Yesterday, I put animal bone samples from Iron Age #Jordan in the freeze dryer. If all goes well and with a bit of luck, these should yield collagen tomorrow! This will then be used to find out what the animals ate and their place in the food web.
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
November 26, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Yesterday, I put animal bone samples from Iron Age #Jordan in the freeze dryer. If all goes well and with a bit of luck, these should yield collagen tomorrow! This will then be used to find out what the animals ate and their place in the food web.
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
I am new to Bluesky, so here is my #Introduction!
I'm an archaeologist interested in researching past farming, food, and land use.
I study animal & plant remains 🐐🌾, apply biochemical analyses 🧪👩🔬, & investigate ways on how #Archaeology can contribute to #Farming and #Food #Sustainability today 🚜
I'm an archaeologist interested in researching past farming, food, and land use.
I study animal & plant remains 🐐🌾, apply biochemical analyses 🧪👩🔬, & investigate ways on how #Archaeology can contribute to #Farming and #Food #Sustainability today 🚜
November 12, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I am new to Bluesky, so here is my #Introduction!
I'm an archaeologist interested in researching past farming, food, and land use.
I study animal & plant remains 🐐🌾, apply biochemical analyses 🧪👩🔬, & investigate ways on how #Archaeology can contribute to #Farming and #Food #Sustainability today 🚜
I'm an archaeologist interested in researching past farming, food, and land use.
I study animal & plant remains 🐐🌾, apply biochemical analyses 🧪👩🔬, & investigate ways on how #Archaeology can contribute to #Farming and #Food #Sustainability today 🚜