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Now migrated to https://nitter.cf/t.co/rUahZWPdIC. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Galloway Hoard Researcher @NtlMuseumsScot

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined August 2008
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I naively thought we could somehow save this app someday. With many regrets, I'm belatedly closing up shop here, and mea culpa for taking this long to do it. Find me on the butterfly app if that takes flight, as both archaeonado and AlmostArch
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We'll be appearing on BBC Landward with our UHI Shetland colleagues on Episode 21 of Landward - this will be first shown on BBC Scotland on Thursday this week and on other BBC channels from Friday thru to Monday next week. #KameofIsbister, Shetland
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The Galloway Hoard and the Wealth of the Irish Sea Region in the Viking Age⛏️ Our Shindig #Archaeology Podcast with Dr Adrián Maldonado (@amaldon) of @NtlMuseumsScot has 1000s of views and is trending again on our @YouTube: Discover this stunning hoard ⬇️ youtu.be/UJAMAloXs9k
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Vikingos, nazis, símbolos nórdicos y tatuajes. Este es uno de los capítulos que más me costó escribir para #LaHuellaVikinga y uno de los que más orgullosa estoy. Había muchísima documentación que consultar, mucho que contar, mucho hasta donde remontarse, muchísima información científica e histórica que sintetizar y transmitir de forma sencilla e hilada. Pero creo que era un capítulo necesario; hablar de por qué asociamos a veces a los vikingos con los nazis, de dónde vienen estas ideas, por qué pasó, qué intereses ideológicos había -y hay- detrás y cómo cristalizó en la apropiación no solo de su historia y su mitología, sino también de parte de su simbología. Algunos símbolos robados directamente y otros creados y remodelados para la ocasión. Había que hablar de nacionalismo alemán y movimiento völkisch, de esoterismo y ocultismo o de racismo científico, entre otras muchas cosas. Y el resultado del capítulo, creo, vale la pena. Un capítulo que, curiosamente, nació mientras en redes y TV se desataba la enésima polémica sobre si ese tatuaje de esa persona era un símbolo nórdico o un símbolo nazi. Adivinad qué era.
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Some thoughts on early medieval identity and the Galloway Hoard 👇
"People in the past were just as complex as people are now" 🤔 So how do we start decoding their stories? @orlacraig explains what “one of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century” can reveal about identities in early medieval Scotland: digitscotland.com/what-can-a…
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"People in the past were just as complex as people are now" 🤔 So how do we start decoding their stories? @orlacraig explains what “one of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century” can reveal about identities in early medieval Scotland: digitscotland.com/what-can-a…
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Listen to @em_ehx and @NatRadzi, with Dr Kate Olley, talk about their work on Vikings for Schools
Tune in to our next podcast episode featuring Vikings for Schools (@UoNCSVA)! In this episode, we discussed how they are making history come alive for young learners and inspiring the next generation of historians and educators. Listen here: knowledgeengaged.buzzsprout.…
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In case you missed it, the latest Galloway Hoard documentary film by @HistoryHit is now available to watch on Youtube! Get it watched! @NtlMuseumsScot youtube.com/watch?v=lS7mWK1x…
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Very much looking forward to reading this. Tackles a similar time period to #CrucibleOfNations, one that is similarly underrepresented in Scottish history and archaeology
A fantastic podcast episode with Edel Bhreathnach all about "Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250" is now available. You can listen via: newbooksnetwork.com/monastic… #Monasticism @Medievalists @MedievalWorld @MedievalAcademy @irarchaeology @HistIreHedge @archireland #Books #Medieval
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💛 An absolutely stunning C9-10th #Viking-style GOLD pendant toggle from a Viking cemetery discovered during 1988 excavations at the sublime @CarlisleCath to create the subterranean Cathedral Treasury. Car 88 CAT G (015) Au 1 #Vikings #archaeology #history
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This is a barnstormer. Thanks for coming back on here to post it!
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Highly recommended!
Fiona Campbell-Howes gave NOSAS a fascinating and wide-ranging online talk last night on Pictish Kingdoms of the Moray Firth 700-900 AD, specifically Ros and Moreb - the possible precursors of Ross and Moray. The video is now up on our YouTube channel youtu.be/Nhpfa0_RMAc?si=Bb9t…
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Introducing… the Peebles Hoard 🥁 ✨ It’s a spectacular collection of bronze, leather and wooden material dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE). Many of these objects have never been found before in Scotland. So, as you can imagine, we’re *pretty* excited
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Delighted to finally share news about the work we've been doing on this hoard. Truly a privilege and highlight of my career.
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Exciting talk on a stramash between the #picts and the Alt Clut Britons coming up in Dunoon next month! All welcome, come along to hear Alasdair Jamison's theories on the battle of Mugdock and the Barochan Cross @GovanStones @EarlyScotland
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I just found out that Bill Watterson (the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes) gave a commencement speech in 1990 and it's incredible 1/2
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Here's a fine new blog post by Cathy Dagg on bothan - the rounded beehive like sheiling structures found on Harris and Lewis in the Western Isles, which seem very different to their counterparts on the mainland. nosasblog.wordpress.com/2024…
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Huge new #Viking silver hoard dating c. AD 880x930 from Engeløya, northern Norway. 14 arm-rings and 1 necklace = 1040g ⚖️ "similar to types [from] 🇮🇪, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, north 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿" - nrk.no/nordland/nest-storste… 5 of the arm-rings are hooked together (paralleled with the Galloway Hoard of c.900).
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Govan Early Medieval Podcast 9: Iona and Govan ⛪️ Dr Adrián Maldonado (@amaldon) talks to Dr Tom about the parallels in early Christian art and cult practice between #lona and Govan Old. Dr. Maldonado is Galloway Hoard Researcher at @NtlMuseumsScot. open.spotify.com/episode/1Cp…
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