Calling all archaeoblurs!

If you're an archaeologist* and have a Tumblr, reblog this or sound off in the comments! I figured it's high time we put together a directory of sorts.

*for our purposes, archaeologist can mean someone who has or is working on a degree in archaeology, you don't necessarily have to be currently practicing. If you have a blog that is specifically archaeology focused, include that and what your specialty is!

If you're in a related field like anthropology, museums, or archives, include yourself with whatever your field is :)

It’s been a while since I’ve actually introduced myself, so might as well take this as an opportunity, so thanks Reid!

I’m Mice/Mouse to most - your neighbourhood Australian archaeologist!

My blog primarily focuses on random archaeology things I come across that I find interesting - come ask me questions about things, I’m always keen for a chat and to help people learn about archaeology, Australia, and our extensive history!

I work in Australia in consulting archaeology (CRM as I think it’s more commonly referred to in the US), primarily with Aboriginal archaeology.

My specialty when I studied was in Australian multicultural heritage, which I wrote an entire thesis on, and am regularly tempted to return to. If you ask me, or I get the whim, it’s incredibly easy to get my to gush about it.

A group of far-future linguists and archeologists suddenly *poof* into existence in front of me. One is holding a tablet. "What is the difference between 'red sauce' and 'tomato sauce?'" they ask me. "The distinction is not clear in extant texts from this time and place."

"Uh, they're the same thing," I tell them. "Who are you?"

"Yes!" the being with the tablet exclaims.

One of the other researchers groans. "No! My thesis...months of writing wasted..." One of the others comforts them.

"Now, what is this object for?" The first researcher holds up a discolored, dinged-up plastic object. It's clearly been buried in the ground for quite some time, but the two holes and the scuffed plastic window are distinctive.

"That's a cassette tape. You record music with it."

"Interesting, interesting." The being enters something on the tablet.

"How are you speaking English?"

"Sophisticated translation technology," one of the researchers confides. "We are students of your society. From the future."

"What does this pictogram represent?" The researcher with the tablet turns it around so that the screen faces me.

It's the eggplant emoji.

"Sex," I say. "Why do you need to ask me this if you can time travel or whatever? Can't you just go wherever you want to go and look around and see how these things are being used?"

The beings shift guiltily and look at each other. "Technically, travel to times and places prior the advent of time travel is strictly prohibited. Paradoxes, you know."

"Oh."

"We must get back before our advisor returns to the lab. Just don't tell anyone you saw us, alright? The space-time continuity depends on it. Can you do that?"

"Uh, sure, I guess?"

One of them pats me on the head. "And don't go to Mars."

"Okay. Wait, why? Is it dangerous?"

"No. Just not worth it."

The group disappears in a shimmering light.

The cassette clatters to the sidewalk behind them.

Out of befuddlement, mainly, I pick it up. It's clearly old, discolored and scuffed, but it still has tape in it.

I carry the tape around in my pocket for a while. The curiosity builds. I want to know what's on that tape. I don't have a cassette player anymore, so I go to Goodwill and pick up the first one I can find, praying that it still works. I plug it in. It turns on.

I slide the tape inside. It's dirty, but it still seems to be in decent shape. I snap the player closed and hit play. The wheels begin to turn. I hold my breath.

A familiar tune starts up. A wobbly voice comes out of the machine.

We're no strangers to love

I want to [remembers that suicide jokes only further damage my mental health] fuck you like an animal

house of wolves - my chemical romance

thats fucking closer by nine inch nails

my chemical romance is doing WHAT to nine inch nails?

Im sorry but it is so funny how people outside of tumblr view us. Like why are the tiktokers treating tumblr like some professional ass website you need to do extensive prep before you begin posting on. And the follower farming advice is so fucking funny to me when this is the website where people actively hate getting new followers

Tumblr is the website where you ramble to yourself like a madman until someone decides they like you and put you into their pocket like a shiny rock. That's how you get followers

treating "historians" not only as this unified group but also as a coherent socio-political entity w unified ideas, ideals, goals and methods is actually the reddest possible flag. thats a tell-tale sign that this person doesnt know what the fuck theyre talking about. capital h Historians arent lying to u. capital h Historians arent hiding stuff from u, they dont want u to believe anything, bc Historians isnt an organization or a political affiliation. u know the old saying, 2 jews, 3 opinions? historians r like that too

"Historians dont want u to know *historical figure* was gay!1!!" n its in the 'personal life' section of said figure's wikipedia page

scream. n when u graduate Evil Archeologist Grad School, They send u to rob graves in greece n the global south for the british museum

Yanangu Kiwirrkurra tjana kututja waru kutjani panya kukaku an yukiri mangarri puutjinuku yurrunpa tjintu nganti yarra-paluda yirrititja tjutangku.

40 yiya panya waru yilkarri katunguru nintini Ninu anta Tjalapaku yaaltji-wana Yanangu tjutangku yankula kuka an warukitjangkulpi nyanganyi ngurra Tjalapaku.

Aboriginal land management practices shaped the Australian landscape for tens of thousands of years, creating a landscape favourable to key plant and animal species. The arrival of Europeans all but halted these practices continent wide have lead to the endangerment of hundreds of native plants and animals.

Including the ninu (bilby).

New research into human-environment interactions has shown that the renewed practice of cultural burning creates food and habitat for the ninu and other desert-dwellers compared to unburned areas. There have also been no large bushfires in managed land since 2002 compared to 2-3 2500+ ha fires per year in unmanaged land which supports no ninu at all.

I'm on History Is Sexy this week chatting to my lovely pal Dr Emma Southon about the lies Tumblr and its denizens tell about history 😍✨ Featuring such classic hits as "who needs facts when you have vibes", "historians have never heard of gay people", and my personal favourite, "what do you mean, all these linked sources are cat videos?!"

Listen to History Is Sexy wherever you get your podcasts 🎧💕

easily one of my favourite tweets of all time

and like only white people use the term 'outback' to begin with. Usually it's corporations trying to sell fishing gear and 4WDs.

Where I'm from it's usually 'out bush' (somewhere literally in the bush usually very close to where the speaker lives) or the name of a land or community. Like the framing of a portion of australia as far away and remote (and empty) plays into the colonisation. These places have names. everywhere you go in australia its a named country, with its own people and language.

in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21

Transcription:

"Hey bartender... you assume that I cannot drink a Margarita. So you don't serve me a Margarita. So i don't drink a Margarita. Your assumption becomes reality. And parents... you assume that I cannot live on my own. So you don't encourage me to live on my own. So I don't live on my own. Coach.. you assume that I cannot hit harder. So you don't train me to hit harder. So I don't hit harder. And teacher.. you assume that I cannot learn Shakespeare. So you don't teach me Shakespeare (Teacher: Old Macdonald had a farm...) So I don't learn Shakespeare (actor: Ee i ee i o).

But hey! If all your assumptions become reality... then assume that I can drink a Margarita. So you serve me a Margarita. So I drink a Margarita. Assume that I can live on my own. So I live on my own. Assume that I can hit harder. So I hit harder. Assume that I can learn Shakespeare. So (actor: What fools these mortals be!) I learn fucking Shakespeare. You assumed I couldn't swear, right?

Assume that I can do that job. That I can go to parties. That I can have sex. That I can be on stage. Assume that I can. So maybe I will."

Coordown for World Down Syndrome Day, tiktok handle @coordown, organisation https://www.coordown.it/en/home/.

the two fundamental truths of historical and contemporary mankind:

Calling for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders who have faced injustice in the justice system and/or police brutality.

This is a difficult topic but a very important one that NEEDS to be discussed. Please share this around, the more voices we raise, the better.

To The Painters of Pompeii - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

just wanted to share the National Down Syndrome Society’s message for this year’s World Down Syndrome Day (21st March) 💛💙

Powerful message that lovingly includes multiple disabilities, united. I love this.

Literally any other colour would’ve been a better choice guys.

I’d like to point out that the colour red has more positive than negative meanings.

im sorry but this reply absolutely killed me

red can mean whatever the heck you want it to mean, that is never going to change that this straight up looks like they DRAGGED A BLOODY BODY ACROSS THE FUCKING FLOOR 😂

Hi fun fact, colors do have meaning and there is a legit thing called color theory. Red does has more positive connotations than negative like the @mintymaiden said. Red is associated with more love, lust, passion than blood and death just like the chart shows you but If you want, here’s a link for you to check it out yourself. Also, check out “The Designer’s Dictionary of Color” by Sean Adams. Have fun learning something

Xoxo

-Designer

I think y’all are missing the point here.

You can theorize to Nebraska and back but that doesn’t change my immediate reaction which is that someone is literally dragging a corpse around

I like that the presumption here is that “No One On Tumblr Has Heard of Color Theory, Let Me Explain in Depth” rather than simply acknowledging that the VISUAL EFFECTS of this particular color choice, applied in the manner it was, can still amount to “this is a hospital and that looks like blood”

like, color theory doesn’t exist in a vacuum. If your design of choice for Blood Red Paint is asymmetric splatters and sploches against the wall, or in this case, a snail trail on the hallway’s floor, an infographic won’t override the viewers’ instinct.

this post is the perfect summation of tumblr’s reading comprehension and critical thought abilities

Reblogging because there’s a lot of new people on here and you need some context for the jokes.

Help a newcomer, reblog Children’s Hospital Colour Theory