Linda Gosner

The cover of "Journal of Roman Archaeology" published by Cambridge University Press, accompanied by the text "Paper of the Month" on a gray background.

The Paper of the Month from Journal of Roman Archaeology is "Lead exposure in the Roman Empire: a review of the written, material, and bioarchaeological evidence" by Rachel M. L. Simpson and Sandra J. Garvie-Lok, available #openaccess!

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#Archaeology #PaperOfTheMonth

I really love this one too!

New arrival: New Approaches in Archaeology 6 @brepols.net! This one is about traditions of teaching archaeology in Europe. I learned so much reading it! @rosiebonte.bsky.social

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Last chance to take this important survey on archaeological fieldwork and caregiving responsibilities from the Archaeological Institute of America.

About Ore Cup — Mineral Cup Mineral Cup is partnering with the International Mineral Association to bring you the first-ever Ore Cup, a mini-cup of entirely ore minerals. Your votes will decide the IMA’s official Ore Mineral of…

With ONE DAY until #OreCup, we got into the gritty details of what is a mineral, what is an ore, and what is an ore mineral. Check out the definitions at the bottom of the About page below the bracket: www.mineralcup.org/about-ore-cup

Really excellent opportunity AND you get to work with my grad school cohort mate, the brilliant Müge Durusu-Tanriover!

🚨🚨TT job in Greek or Roman Art History at Temple, specialty in archaeology and/or emerging technologies and ethical issues related to collections. 🚨 🚨 tyler.temple.edu/about-tyler/...
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Assistant Professor - Hebrew Bible - Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Tenure track position in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley in HEBREW BIBLE.

The appointment will include the option to join the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, which I am chairing at the moment.

Happy to answer questions.

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Celebrating the arrival of a dear friend’s new book: The Comedy of Computation by Ben Mangrum! Check it out at Stanford UP: www.sup.org/books/litera...

The internet was made for threads like this ❤️. Here are my mining spoons. The one on the left is from Nome, Alaska.

Defending Anthropology: Strategies for Sustaining Our Departments - The American Anthropological Association Anthropology departments across the country are facing unprecedented challenges—from budget-driven closures and mergers to increasing threats to academic freedom. Now more than ever, faculty, students...

📣Town Hall: Defending Anthropology⁠ @americananthro.bsky.social
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ACLS President Joy Connolly will be part of a panel discussion on the growing challenges facing #anthropology departments nationwide, from closures to threats to #academicfreedom.⁠
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📅May 6, 3-5 PM ET
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Register: bit.ly/4jTnZx2

Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5

Cc: @rosiebonte.bsky.social

New arrival from @brepols.bsky.social! Our fourth volume in the New Approaches in Archaeology Series is out. This one is a great series of chapters on hoards.

I look forward to reading about these projects every year. A relief and a pleasure to see this program continue. Congrats to the new winners!

TX SB 37 is *really bad.” It’s important to read the whole thing to understand the scope of the efforts to completely hand over all power to politically appointed governing boards, including over most department hiring.

40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN

A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.

Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.

Let's go!

Delightful present in the mail! This book on one of the most influential sculptures in Spanish history was originally published in French and Brepols has done a fantastic job of reproducing it for anglophone audiences. www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

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Postdoctoral Research Associates (formerly Fellows) in Archaeology and the Ancient World The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World (JIAAW) at Brown University invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World.

🏺It’s time again for the Joukowsky Institute postdoc job cycle at Brown. A really wonderful two-year position for early career archaeologists.🏺

Sure thing! What’s the class?!

Annalisa Marzano has a good summary of the evidence in the fish salting chapter of her Harvesting the Sea OUP book that’s more comprehensive.

An overview of the fish-salting production at Tróia (Portugal) An overview of the fish-salting production at Tróia (Portugal)

For production, I like to use Troia as a case study because it’s just so enormous and well preserved. I’ve used this short piece for teaching: www.academia.edu/22437304/An_...

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Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

I found the searchable starter pack particularly useful blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs