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'We will not get the iconic, research-based Viking Age Museum that was planned. I believe this is a loss both economically and to Norway as a cultural nation.'

I can't believe it, but I actually got to play a snippet of music in this programme. Who would have thought! "That's the way to do it - you play your lyre on the BBC!" Here's the teaser: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Just graduated from @AarhusUni in archaeology as Cand.Mag. Since my thesis got a great grade, I've decided to upload it online so that everyone can enjoy it! academia.edu/121594632/Broo… via @academia

This was a very cool study to be part of. We used the geochemistry of finds from the stratigraphy in Denmark's oldest town to date Europe's first glass production. From Charlemagne to Vikings and back. urbnet.au.dk/news/nyhed/art…

20 years of finds of Viking combs from Ipswich bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

@NyBjornG @uppsalauni Nice steal for a title vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/visit-the-m…

Neil Price and the new centre of excellence - The World in the Viking Age - at @uppsalauni uu.se/en/news/2024/2…

Very nice column about my book, Urban Life in the Distant Past, from World Archaeology magazine, by @SSindb "The energy of crowds" the-past.com/comment/the-en… via @withemes @ASUBeingHuman @asuteolab @CambUP_Archaeo

What would you see if you applied the full geoarchaeological toolbox on a Viking-age house floor? We had a unique opportunity to investigate this in Ribe's emporium a few years ago. The answer has has just come to print. An archeology of invisible tracks. rdcu.be/dCgiy

Excellent opinion piece. Rejection of the Anthropocene concept by the geologists gives archaeologists the opportunity to get it right without the geology baggage. This was my thought when I heard the news (in Jena) @paleotropics @MPI_GEA @nicoleboivin #citeas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4155…

There are some big surprises for the early history of Northern Europe in this paper, and other evidence that decisively puts old questions to rest. Busy times ahead for archaeology.

The committee that just saved the Giza pyramid site google.com/amp/s/www.cbsn…

One small step for man, but a giant loss for mankind. Afghanistan: Archaeological sites 'bulldozed for looting' bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

@MichaelESmith @MIMphx Happy New Year Mike! Line and I send our best wishes and hope to see you and Cindy in 2024.

Celebrating the end of the year at the @MIMphx. I almost died this year, had brain surgery, and made a full recovery, all in 2023.

@MichaelESmith @DenmarkinUSA Abdication notwithstanding: Enjoy the æbleskiver - and a happy New Year to you both.

Cindy was cooking aebleskskiver (Danish pancake balls?) when I told her that Danish Queen Margarethe has abdicated. A Danish end to 2023. @SSindb @DenmarkinUSA

👀👀Spotted in the wild! @Sarah_L_Kerr and I have some plans 😊

Ukrainian archaeologists are beginning to grapple with the invisible toll of Russian invasion on cultural heritage. "Wherever we've looked, we see destruction": science.org/content/articl… @AntiquityJ @NewsfromScience

The latest issue feature an article on the Vendel-/Merovingian period platformed hall at Aska, 🇸🇪 by Rundkvist et al (as well as gold foils from Aska on the cover). Watch a film (🇬🇧 subtitles are available) on the dig here: youtu.be/p3pX20iqDTA?si…

Björkö island, in 🇸🇪; called Birka by some, in 3D LiDAR... sketchfab.com/3d-models/birk…

A new book on the Estonian Salme ship burials was officially released on Nov 10! ”The Salme Ship Burials: Two Eighth-Century Mass Graves on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Fieldwork and Catalogue” arheoloogia.ee/uudised/the-sa…

New paper out on the transformative role of foreign technology and (W. Bryan Arthur's concept) combinatorial evolution in the Bronze Age City of Dilmun, c.2000 BC researchgate.net/publication/37…