2026-07-29T10:55:30Z https://nostr.ae ArchaeoIain https://nostr.ae/npub1l7kta2dhj9t7q0xjazr43n3yr0s726qdee4x0heyx3mmpcujurzqpgclvx https://mstdn.archaeo.social/accounts/avatars/109/349/403/704/271/497/original/fafcc698cf82c0a3.jpg https://mstdn.archaeo.social/accounts/avatars/109/349/403/704/271/497/original/fafcc698cf82c0a3.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg9j4645rmlqevcrx9jc6h6sqhf4vklwzv6l508j0xfnxc9ggayegzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgfruvnl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3at0975yf26yswcjzw3uxmtr0y6vnn4fhcx4utshty7wrm6z05gkappmf'>nevent1q…ppmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>presumably there could have been Neandertals there in Stage 5e 2026-07-12T06:00:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9ms2e486wdnyxxy25329xe8l8q0nelzreyhktvctrl00eq95yejgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq2jc8h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0c7u07srhytmacvkmm354tmhun0q3caaervqt7d0eda02f2vzpxs0d9n0d'>nevent1q…9n0d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to teach that Cave art lasted 25 thousand years. That is about two times the length of time since it was last made. But I like the supermarket 2026-07-11T13:38:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswxnnv42hcv9ncghpe088f7dhfelhwtyyvk5r540hqh9ryk0a96tgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgs6ydps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fst3ef0emqugkt0c38aje4yll48lqs7pe57e8td4zsq6q2x4d8s93xv8c'>nevent1q…xv8c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>reminds me of my record of contract archaeology. I&#39;ve been employed by all of the biggest mining companies in Australia ONCE. I never quite wrote the report they were looking for, so they did not look for me again. Your record implies that there is scope in the legislation to write a report which says &#34;I have looked at this site and I recommend that what we find is so important that you should not develop it further&#34;. Of course your colleagues want the next job so they don&#39;t write it 2026-07-06T07:01:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspzejvy6l0tcaskmt6gyk7j9cchjh60p55ne3zd4d8cf2vcvsnseczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxd5rpg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxlxn72urcs5spg5ygzn97c97cwpqqj2r8nnmqtcsep2xcr92mefskmg2vh'>nevent1q…g2vh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you must be happy to be getting your hands dirty with blisters on your palms. 2026-07-03T10:51:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsphnt7m6zdcmk3f5kyf9yhtdy30w7ygtqf368s0awsy7qjcj43jkqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgf5jezd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dqm9xnfanhjvh2qpt0edw8rwq7ctfus2hrnfst8dhwzgm2n49wc4j2496'>nevent1q…2496</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations. I hope you get lots of royalties. Have you heard of the book about Muckle Flugga? RLS very important. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/09/muckle-flugga-by-michael-pedersen-review-anything-can-happen-on-this-remote-scottish-island">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/09/muckle-flugga-by-michael-pedersen-review-anything-can-happen-on-this-remote-scottish-island</a> 2026-07-01T05:29:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqscyqnu0yhgfce8tej4dvtg2kswe98dguv2npu9y7zdc5wxel4qqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgrsey0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpx0hur068vm8wljmpeskhpkx5vrw5tv433fdp5qea6uj4pny3ssdn78dr'>nevent1q…78dr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we had a recent conversation in which a surprising person who had been quite calm before that suddenly went into an uncontrollable rage about burkas. We managed to clarify that he was talking to all over face covering, but it was still astonishing rage. There may be some really disturbing anger out there in the community. 2026-06-30T05:35:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgtxpv986eu5ezzxgds8483fd7cqrvzqp0zv8e5grft29yja2dxqgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgrtcpkn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstv0xkuavmejltt373jytj7zc56w47u6lmk20lfgvqqj038zkq0pcg7pw7l'>nevent1q…pw7l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>reminds me of the fact that the only introduced animal in Australia which did not go feral was sheep. They had no defensive mechanisms, I was told. 2026-06-22T22:22:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvua2c7jpsxfla0xvjalmv58fpjcl2qqavn27y2v8fdz2ehku5dsszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg3wp4lz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzy76ndfn8m9jnrkgwne4wcatyx65z85hhf0z2vdq8j6t665sy3c0nkeqe'>nevent1q…keqe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>very happy for you. 2026-05-28T17:46:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs95cu6qp486assvxarmdcrszem7mqpcqz4r4rp8hqh8xp6rulms3gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgkyvxsr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjsw6yzk38guu88mcwhshrgshlhmcjrm4w6l3jzyqf0wc63vx9qgszyddj'>nevent1q…yddj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Am I right in thinking that these are all Arab casualties. The Israelis would never tell us of Israeli casualties that they are defending themselves against. 2026-05-25T06:01:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxptmt2qherc66pe22dvuvtkd7fs3lr0e09zpme8nnua3nr7hrfkgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxv6mr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0kenpage89zywmwfacy8fqm6795947rw0qf3q3pykhpry9432lzsnmrvuw'>nevent1q…rvuw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the other answer is &#34;when you know it WAS their last&#34;. Look at the Stationary Stones. 2026-05-25T04:11:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfz2f8fkhjca9zznlum0szap7qxwg3wzaejaayx48p9pkcuac2h8czyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgf9w9y4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0kenpage89zywmwfacy8fqm6795947rw0qf3q3pykhpry9432lzsnmrvuw'>nevent1q…rvuw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you are a historian, never. 2026-05-24T22:58:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0a74rxmzkqdpcmln33wm3qc0y9mkqhs0hd6d3yxyslgqkcnrxrgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvpnhwk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgywztga3r7vatzhhhrw63h59lvuqnhcewuw0pkt7ujswhe65x0qavvp2a'>nevent1q…vp2a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#5 is a really important statement. Thank you for stating it so clearly 2026-05-24T20:18:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgqteh45ypfk4ass63k62wh7537f3h7txnld0h883deseh080j4hgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg8dszd6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfycgaw4r383g0mlru999k5l7jt5mquzjdw54r485aauaztwz28g8l4mcq'>nevent1q…4mcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>trouble is that it does not really constitute a job reference. But it warms the heart 2026-05-18T23:13:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswatg5axca8fxxy8n7tkh86nrcxvclp87fn70rrzsqwjfdfrtpmzszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgw730dj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkp2awlgpzkvltqdcty88n3ezgh2zk6yyut0k7suueqcmn8t06ls7k9gs3'>nevent1q…9gs3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think they have a more specialised pretentiousness. There are some nuance but not THAT many. 2026-05-17T11:12:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ns9nhhv32l2ytu2y4xemlh7mxld0fzjc7j79cflz54ltzu2aleczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgyvvf8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycy5ayj72t5jcdg68w4k7l2nk2ysf0gxcprm6zfygz37cf4dj0aq47xw0m'>nevent1q…xw0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well done 2026-05-05T18:48:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd7lf8p9eu72flpc40my20x8vh8wz5gzz0888qrh6fzu7w7fd5w4szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgu676da In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsypyh24k7u04m5qsf54rvau9efvd2t0u8jkr06avsvkn8kpgc88ncl4rn5j'>nevent1q…rn5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can you grow pineapples in Sweden? (That&#39;s rhetorical, I assume the climate of Sweden is similar to Greenland) 2026-04-30T22:16:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9m75p0g5ft3c2t69ys78pjqk73p9nfdwm4sxsn567ldzv8zcgceczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgeakkk7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsypyh24k7u04m5qsf54rvau9efvd2t0u8jkr06avsvkn8kpgc88ncl4rn5j'>nevent1q…rn5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but of course... it is pizza 2026-04-30T22:15:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw4xxyx87adzzq5sx9h6jnauk7nqqsjkztl0lnh439exp0yudmlmczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg06wesl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpwxpyfqr0ghfjgl4v0kcly4rns267jyz6mz9xxffv7umae2pgvsy2zrhg'>nevent1q…zrhg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ugh 2026-04-30T10:51:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9pj6a8r7cp8um9sten3c0azp7w6cem9k8a8g35xllwrevrqhjqzqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgja99uw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw28uljlh298yc049um6zvztz3dfp9emwf58ffnc4jh6m5k95v77sf3ag37'>nevent1q…ag37</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one of the first amusements after I came here 52 years ago was that the lecturer in Italian had obtained a research grant to investigate the ingredients in pizzas with the same names in different restaurants in Sydney. He and his eventual research student had a lovely time sampling them all. I imagine that the variation would be much greater nowadays for the reasons you outline. The first pizza I had was in Italy in 1970 and was a bit of pizza base, a sardine and a smear of tomato 2026-04-29T22:15:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjvvh87kn7u6trflqdfhcdsg7y0s00hccksmv0mpc9l6r6dtxzrczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg39uk50 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvs2vc2g6zdu75d4al9sn473pkeng2rx0ts5t3yww7x5vqaddv8cs7hjefk'>nevent1q…jefk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and I presume they are the ones with the jobs 2026-04-28T07:40:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgsuvm3wvlmjx78m5dslw3sez6py5agaxa8kstenly4wcm0mvk5rgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq9tp8a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprrlzdtagv4g5alpzpakxnwuxn20cr583ym3ekapswf9q6slkpucw9er9s'>nevent1q…er9s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤔 😪 🥴 2026-04-27T20:34:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdj9yr79p4t6an220udzds3lfmh8uhmptfeypqa65lyyf6rn0t4nqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgqkyxc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmjhhmctzhcdzgqcwesdv4qm3sfvd5plrgprq3ahe7rr8a7j9l3gvg92m0'>nevent1q…92m0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is a terrible realisation. That may be why I made sure I stuck with the first job I got. It may be that the two characteristics are unfortunately related. I can get very depressed thinking about the people of talent who did not get the recognition they deserve. 2026-04-27T20:26:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszz3w33e0dx89kew2c26457smy6kjpq0u7cr9zyzq7ryg0sjfdhqszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgz4kcnt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nh3l9xn6hd4n2x3zks2mjwzr67kx7z0yz0s42m6jpc90ufvxs7g8z2c5f'>nevent1q…2c5f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just realised in requesting a copy of your art paper that I may be asking the wrong question. Is it possible that there was a store of folk stories that provided the rationale for the images your have described, but was nudged out with xtianisation?<br/>Which raises the further question about what anyone ever knew about art outside the churches or their mansions? 2026-04-18T22:14:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxmh7shpndedv0y7w0h3up7ua46nz40pn4vj6t7x4e0ymqpv4j48qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvghwcslf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqt4hdap5jujh499l5kuzaxq6ffl6tt7dwe9978xe96ssfurrpncq406j7q'>nevent1q…6j7q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thank you. Are there 18th century pics? I am intrigued that the artists seem to have gone for greek and roman stories rather than the folk stories that the Grimms and Andersen collected. Surely people must have had images of the folk tales. 2026-04-18T21:06:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs87e7y6nknal2nj6zk2fzs2hva94rgs3ycq4rya4e3y3xu673tvsszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglk0jvw <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17x47t64ds83pr9rt44wuhx8fv6y3jnzs875pn9t24fzdmjegjz9sycu7yh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Martin Rundkvist</span> (<span class="italic">npub17x4…u7yh</span>)</a></span> what is the earliest image of Beowulf or any of the protagonists? 2026-04-18T20:43:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdqmu6ky7h2f9s5xyjnj3gw83qw38fgvauzxcwgpyspw85x43tu3gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg85hw82 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pzumjqp83m2qakeq88cmf3ymc8gfxg7z0tkyp2z3q4rtvwa8s3g29pca0'>nevent1q…pca0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>many congratulations. I may hit you up for pdf 2026-04-18T20:17:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw5nzqg253cc4ze3d9wu5se2jlqvvqplp5cn86gslg0v8rf720wgszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgv33mru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99jakkpytr04kpe54u69f0gwl898apnhha7vt6ha3xe9t6xq9l3sz9t3t6'>nevent1q…t3t6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It took me a while. No one taught me the importance of networking. Then a new colleague who was not a natural networker told me he had been taught about the importance of networking. I suppose some kind person realised he needed to be told. Nobody thought I did. But I probably did. 2026-04-17T02:39:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8uzhrhd6dn5qrzp70pa527lp9kc7x5gn32e7ccqfhvv3km07jh3szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgf3e234 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rus5ljdljcwf6r3qhh37gw98pnk4mfhpj064pq8d4ekwttsdlag4kx5gj'>nevent1q…x5gj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hey, that means that 155 copies have sold. That is not nothing 2026-04-17T02:37:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsxx2ysumrtm3ywteglckmrclgtdqpz2lzvm3mmwthjwrmaxzqjqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvh9ul5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7cyle89ggcyhev5k2tnf5xf2u0zslsj2620y2wdnkar0xr3wlwgwq585k'>nevent1q…585k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>reminds me of a time when an Israeli friend told me she just wanted to be able to take a shower without the threat of a Hamas attack. I replied that Palestinians in Gaza just wanted water. She does not contact me any more. 2026-04-17T02:36:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvp6ske09gr2catvlagln6yfndvpdwlava9vcjjp5sratpxunkgjczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgggpxyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wh0rajhqtdkm8pr78p79gwk45af3krq8m444n5ugfkv7k9t6p0qqz72se'>nevent1q…72se</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as long as they are not historians. One of the curses of our age, people writing about the past in the present tense. 2026-04-15T20:50:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfplgpkhx7q556jh2rwnl0cpul4jy7j3utyye5deasg6vdfuec6sszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvghpv6fd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8lfux0z43grnv295wmk0vzv9tx5za6y3l406p2azrnql3s3y9yxccjes4z'>nevent1q…es4z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, but they probably understand that chronology is flexible in a fantasy. But it is a nice observation. I once met the artists who had been chosen by Peake&#39;s widow to create the cover of a reprint of Gormenghast. Never read it myself. 2026-04-15T20:49:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qfczutgwtdsnnp95lxdjht58g7qu4kpu09jwgyydgfg3r6slsmgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgk2pu5d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5qqy7690q49h83patcl5f35cvufmly6x9d9smnn6ygy2q0lkypgumpglx'>nevent1q…pglx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is not so much that they elected the administration (I still reckon that that was fixed) but that the whole government is the studio guests. They do not have anyone as sane as Jerry Springer anywhere. 2026-04-05T00:58:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4kx3evlkfwaf6g8rknen4vdk3sfhkvysk4yhef2gw8h8qw22ltczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgjzazcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2e8zyyuwhk224yf3jkgajjcax7slg7xhavm2dmn6meusxn34c0cqs4htq9'>nevent1q…htq9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and characteristically the toilet did not work 2026-04-02T20:13:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsys5mg637kqmhmnastvp63xf94hq67ylm4kga6d47xena38qnu5tszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgc9ku7e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgt9aqqlvr9ys65vvknqaamt4a0gk0le23p4ycqamr4nzn4e2racwjungj'>nevent1q…ungj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read it yesterday on your Mastodon 2026-04-02T20:12:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq3q728st0457za49m4up3s3kw3d04y8ljld84smyhevm2p7nrpvczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg0agn3x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd3y6w85yq4w80788jlwvnzhmy825xz0p25ecrt6p3v8cwveuacesq0p4rj'>nevent1q…p4rj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this is the first time I have seen women in photographs of your gaming. Is this because they don&#39;t attend, or that you don&#39;t photograph them? 2026-03-29T19:29:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrmez06uq9s3f468j4de3sx02ev4w6d28wz7erkd80j43amgfxhszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgqp3pvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyt9zl42fqgcs4ymdkttyq8j3r2w5q9v6skscelgu8snn35yf4h5gcxgka7'>nevent1q…gka7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is not a good system. I have not worked with the road builders. I suspect they are exempt but I do not know. 2026-03-25T20:06:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz08yk74g83j7algg5an577xlckzve9fl3uwgvape4r9lp2dvdflczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgtt64t6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsac5dvt9dv6fglk3qguc6umd30ape2yxum3c4mkvph902addmzcll4k0f'>nevent1q…4k0f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree, but am guilty. In Australia, the problem is that the developer pays and controls the distribution of the output. They do not want contract archaeologists to find anything that the public might be interested in or it might slow down their development. 2026-03-25T19:44:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvjm7uja6tctxwfqdjr84skz89nydnvpgjhzrwg42smleljgq4skszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgzprm6l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0exltcpskdqx70f0hext542tkshmqe9t3y83kndhew9pdvh8xgqceszljt'>nevent1q…zljt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>naturally there are not many accounts from that perspective. The one I like which is not retold often enough is that the first Pilgrims in Massachusets were greeted by Massasoit saying (stupidly) &#34;welcome, englishmen&#34; because he had already crossed the Atlantic a couple of times. 2026-03-23T20:22:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsduutxy6e645tkp0898nzk3d7p76gj37c53ucyyvf9cuhefq0c8aczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgftr5zc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs033z5r59m2yqc4s2tcczq6ustc5mg8y6d2seh4qm279wrenkr7sg78zr4h'>nevent1q…zr4h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there is probably a paper there about the outrageous sense of entitlement of colonial people wrt indigenous people. I remember reading about first nations people in the eastern US who the brits wanted to put into nice boarding schools to &#34;learn to be civilised&#34;. They all escaped. None ever joined European society voluntarily but some Europeans went the other way. 2026-03-23T20:13:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd2fw0ka6ndqegk7c6c0lsvuyj3mslgu2jj54d9s6c702jz97v2cczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgmjhzg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz82ew56m8ypupesc2agvd7lzqffs2j4edz28qjslja5pqx3sprzg0xehqn'>nevent1q…ehqn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s a relief, slightly. Is there a subsequent history? There is a story about the 4 Tierra del Fuegians, taken to the UK on the Beagle by FitzRoy and then returned 4 years later when he took the ship there with Darwin on board. Of course about the two Australians taken to the UK in the 18th century and one, Bennelong, returned. The other, Yemmurrawannie, died in the UK. 2026-03-23T20:00:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszm67g5n426slhpr0lj7hcpudhpz9rd49fvgd5l48p396mz8lenpqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgschcn0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgprf78hlfdg5tm4xhtlt347fp3hsnwzhmz2a6tqclgf47agtxxagukghfq'>nevent1q…ghfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow. Alive or dead? 2026-03-23T16:04:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsre0f0mmm88zcdlrh27s87vxdtjs8jgarnjftmjk0ud9jvvzlva8gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvfll3f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wmv3pt8uul2czwzky5r05dzjjdlyzvlyamqyt0sfr23cvf8tk6svnc248'>nevent1q…c248</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to have a mug with that exact image except that as you climb the ladder, you remove the rungs as you go. Then you realise that the ladder leads only to the stars and you cannot go back. it is very scary. 2026-03-21T23:47:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0m0xwp9x5jak8hweu3u5l4d40kpamp3zuw4v8v5rw63aw0t6ad4gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgp7mts0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5788f02w4dytlava2dfu0k0dq0e3h26u0evfk8lppggn7rv79hgapcwaq'>nevent1q…cwaq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well earned 2026-03-20T15:02:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvx53gx8kf3j0rqkt3qnajyhc7ztr6406zncd8swqyw9t2c9w636gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglnzzr7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwtmt830mut6rqrynmphdgu53nmrk83drwt8uxsgtjg2dg7cp2cq8hhjaa'>nevent1q…hjaa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>mmmm. I was taught never to look at a woman&#39;s contour 2026-03-18T21:00:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyx8nnlsnq8rmp03q5ddd0x0zv4er54utxa9el0zczlqnpxvhdt0gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgd4hu5f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nc6735src89cs8my7swzydcrz7e0kt5kx49thhz2lx0eqcqk9xcqtxrj9'>nevent1q…xrj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but you don&#39;t drink. Maybe your camera does. 2026-03-18T20:44:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27f5vueysa74aay60q06m6g9mza66e82r3w9l6uny5ysncgadregzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgx42gc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszay7wgwrsnnvehunezt5ze9zf7jzrq40q6sd7vc8ede54thk0pwqmzkjrn'>nevent1q…kjrn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you probably need to count the period before they released Please, Please Me, so that it would be 8 years for 12 Albums. Extraordinary. <br/>Think of an artist as influential and what is their &lt;cough&gt; record? Dylan, Cohen, Elton John, ... I think you would need some graphs. 2026-03-14T20:30:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgn2xy0m44wzd65r89dvuurm3hsc4jrqfzs6uj40kdv03u3a00asgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgfqlwue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqr7l0gz8xveucafq4v7lnedhu65hce82ahfkq6mhczjxf205lsqem0n3h'>nevent1q…0n3h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Brillig 2026-03-12T06:42:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf0zgx7h6zv5cq27kjdjsk5v9xc9m823cf7ntqshse7xyraunv94czyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgv33v7y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xfeyhu0hvugu6keghrc04sqt9p0slk7wrl7hncxc8kqlhuavdrckvc9ex'>nevent1q…c9ex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wouldn&#39;t Peake argue that there were other &#34;nonsense poets&#34; writing at the same time? Sort of &#34;Peak nonsense poetry time&#34; 2026-03-11T23:48:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrkk9wgn34jk6dk4ep80nzvxv347mv89gwkkyejuty2ue8h6rqjsszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgzkey3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqfaypt9493qnghrtpk3mlgxwhel96acvw3te5c9nfp57zkzkt5qu7ar5h'>nevent1q…ar5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to say that boys should not be allowed to study at University until they are 28. 2026-03-08T19:34:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfwnsv7f98wpfed9vsj86fpu9qlshn6glaklk4mt88qlr7nectt3szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgaccnuu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82mzn9nxyvhpv45hvnfz0f7msl00p9syw6hesltrhn35lnuadnlgh3mzsm'>nevent1q…mzsm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have stopped watching movies on tv because there are zero characters with any sympathetic traits at all. Why do they bother? 2026-03-08T19:34:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf66z24yx2n486x0r2n0lpzzhqrpyd20g39zkc7vuw0f7rvnlelrgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg0fwpux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00wzxjaqkhzxm4cga0h3d2zq3cw0x3sptq6ycls9xgtaq93wlarqeuc08l'>nevent1q…c08l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I fear it is the way of things. I have never cared very much whether people read my stuff (except when they should have cited it but didn&#39;t). But with my big book I really care. And the sounds of comments are mostly ... crickets. 2026-03-05T23:14:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfspruc5rt6tnxl85lcrsupnumuxtk9v4lkxevdpspa0949p8fnmczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgjrtadt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tcehxqfjxpjq5k6maer4qkt8s7lmv23xecvlrrqg48rk6z6k8pqh7cx07'>nevent1q…cx07</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the breech in the dyke. Oh, wrong country. Good luck. Must make you feel a little better. 2026-03-05T20:03:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvghpt4p4fmm9wd8zkk8pucpmhh56slt0m5mrtjxv2zryfzgsm6zqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvghkd0z8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29zuczr8tnkyml2g8qtn329g7wdv9390d3st8afj04ka9sdl9g3spk2065'>nevent1q…2065</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>no more than the 6th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica 2026-03-05T20:02:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8cg04w5kg8puzep4ffgukkyn8dvgvwyk609klmc6fygc7nazzk6gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg8xczz9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrd3y99l8hzlzupqt94zg508gps3wahpkhydrldztjmnrh2u4dfkcyxxxt6'>nevent1q…xxt6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does your axe database take into account that some may have been transported? 2026-03-03T00:49:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq3l72chac8e5hx4xsvu2cr3zk9yy3aguys3dfawaf4ekqgwl55sqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvga49wgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9z6g88k8akv7ef6wqldjqe4dy8rjrnkwgw9tz8mwyktguwd3ce7ge6zz90'>nevent1q…zz90</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you are assuming, of course, that the election was fair. I have my doubts. 2026-03-02T23:07:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstfn5karf2n0e5eumkwrlqlqt3swdv6jtvf7gfamh05w94fxy5sqszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg4vnafs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyl0jnax708dlfk9gsuq4g3924etepgnk49kl980xyxfqflgqdmts0f45eq'>nevent1q…45eq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>only one question. Why would ANYONE want to go the US at the moment. And, indeed, for some time, as even after this bloke is replaced it will take several years to restore the US to anything approaching normal. 2026-03-02T21:41:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrm5ysm7f37vhn4w7t3rvjehj5wfzaphms3mwqqw0krj3r54hdcsczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgjyp8xt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9wupsz5wqtay98j2kmsskdvfap2yhkk3nstr6867hcgpm4j5dhgmprfpa'>nevent1q…rfpa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow. There are some bits of cultural knowledge that might be expected to die. I guess Anais Nin and Henry Miller wrote sexy books. 2026-02-27T23:40:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdfctg5x4mu74md40nwe7ccnqwxlpfc6msljkj93hxrepszlp49qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgd3lgll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzaq67342035te05e9dza3ty5y3hzkd28dd0x68pu7j5s43quahgepy5my'>nevent1q…y5my</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well, there are (at least) two meanings of the word. One is in a conversation with another person &#34;We will be having mushrooms with our venison tonight.&#34; The other is when the person you are talking to is not included in the pronoun. &#34;I am going to my father&#39;s place and we will have mushrooms with our venison, and you will not be there.&#34; If you are not careful the exclude person can get a bit snippy about it. 2026-02-26T19:18:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswmzgd9djrh6gdgyt0s9zz5nncjyfs76teg529w5yep3jgt7ax5hgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgpluhtj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylz0z9y34dht80qvayulagah55lvvu3caxeftxefards0evvhlwsq73vmm'>nevent1q…3vmm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>have you had an English conversation involving the word &#34;we&#34;? 2026-02-26T16:35:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstzhxvs8es45gwu3wmltnm52vsa0hms64l9uqk4d40rac4w9p4degzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgemzer6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqldxje5k6hztlg55dxtm7vxx7x6nl5xs4kfm2ra0kkfgzmqfdyaq9vrf5s'>nevent1q…rf5s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that sounds tough. Bad luck. And do not discount that luck can have had something to do with it. 2026-02-24T18:54:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs239a6zf3f4m6uunfrepjqkg0azv6zwr78m3wdv2upzlzp7n4x6mczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgh2chq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgst9559s8cj9lnr0j25cnyzndrfhtyv8za45cfuelfttfp4rguhqv42zcm'>nevent1q…2zcm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as you wish. I am happy with them uncorrected. How about that, then, being asked for a copy before it is published. Tell that to employers. 2026-02-18T06:33:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjh73gjz3mf9jg8cjg95wddcyn0t4p8c6nj3hckz7xrqp6uqp6hszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg4q8u0u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx72z40pxnjuks73ly8a8csen23zzveneggcf0a44a4xh5nzwh63c5t7dz8'>nevent1q…7dz8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>can you se d me a pdf, please. 2026-02-18T03:11:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cd4pgddmj5p53ck7azky78ur4yxrqydv7er3rllxlzykjl7n0uszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgw3438z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg92tazh84ru08us9l26c9n5t3p9jj82mqv525tu5wsgn4msuh5xq2m050q'>nevent1q…050q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you read my post about the &#34;division&#34; you will see where the complication starts. I have been leading the comment that much of the stuff in the big museums WAS stolen, but the &#34;division&#34; made it complicated. Of course, often the politics of the governance of places which had a division were decided by the colonial power. That&#39;s what makes it complicated. 2026-02-15T22:28:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9w5cjua7zudnev7tmgng2x8h2exa5ft5xxm9amhethul0226jm2szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgzz3k3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprjvv6jsdjamr28uu0df525a5ew42a7tfmcqj07q3p5a7kecwx8gd3xaka'>nevent1q…xaka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll answer tomorrow when I&#39;m at the keyboard and not in bed. In principle I agree. But there are questions of legalities which are, simply, complicated. 2026-02-15T11:56:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstkm0rv7ejwh8h94xzkk03pavfpsnlp4exr2ejawl8uucqta3977szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgemdhpy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr80khalwv5a0mndm7z5rzc6rnn47ypaxtfrfxfhfxp68em0fqtyqla0h4j'>nevent1q…0h4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s complicated. 2026-02-15T10:50:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf2l33g3rwesnkmuz57ux7fgl98raecx2cajlpykqxvgh04jzh64gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgne38ut In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxaarsvqzatsm7zl2p62d2n26vafwgf970zgm4dhg7pzegg9k0acshtnh9y'>nevent1q…nh9y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>many of their finds were made in Palestine. All of Garrod&#39;s excavations, all of Kenyon&#39;s. 2026-02-15T10:38:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0k96yw32uphq482h9rt4m97qe847dfy4rs40mrvzjkrtgvfz54fqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgv8xz0u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9vvpgsm84ytr823prav7kwyrl9s8gvftxrx584quy9fl3vnaedcprkzqe'>nevent1q…kzqe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>of course the really good thing about this is that almost all of the interp in exhibitions is printed to small and located too low for anyone to read. 2026-02-10T21:13:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgt3exaqtq56uu607vj8gn6lrk4x6h6vhkmmaxyez487wyv3f5l3szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgmnn2g9 <img src="https://mstdn.archaeo.social/media_attachments/files/116/030/986/581/978/373/original/c60e260dfe86be25.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-07T19:26:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfa9rlscwdzc8msne6936afelcklgpxkfzu7hewtsmmte073uh0gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq7x2sy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhaerrea3twnz8xucztujgklk2kn302egsj2rg2lewmzeeptc9hqgxvumn'>nevent1q…vumn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>which demonstrates that Musk is ONLY interested in money. Not the short term benefit to people (unions help workers, who would service electric cars) or long term benefits (cutting fossil fuel mitigates climate catastrophe ). He is awful 2026-02-07T10:21:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx4vu3s8egqrycknuvxfjn73pnuzn0ccmqghg9a4azfsa9gpdvjkqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgwluykz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrw3csgty28z9k70t0x943p0f9an33cpzhdwg6umnry06eaw202gqy9gu0g'>nevent1q…gu0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sounds a bit like research 2026-02-06T21:10:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw2x6wz8lpal38ma2ttm8jhwuq92766ntgdq4mra5lxpnvgs48exszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg7zkgw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5kp7v9l09jfnxv39rpdrq998lcvycgc9eh9nv0tx48rrs4nelcqsclhng'>nevent1q…lhng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in fairness, they did pay me 2026-02-03T19:24:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq5kp7v9l09jfnxv39rpdrq998lcvycgc9eh9nv0tx48rrs4nelcqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgy9q37q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8q9hvrays4q06cuf0y2c44leka46kyl7faaq32u3zaxglt4t0wxcullqln'>nevent1q…lqln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as I reflect on it, it does. It isn&#39;t but behaves like one.<br/>Davidson I (2025) Art or Scribbles? In the eye of the beholder: the evolutionary emergence of visual communication. Springer Nature, Cham 2026-02-03T19:24:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsqng6hlfdtqhmkm0eeau069x97c52hez22ch2k0hhej47k67cjczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgeetqq2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96yn3rcudu6zcf96dgr36qyxzf6n7evdnul4tu8pn5akf24r944gdf5m46'>nevent1q…5m46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>how true is that. But the really smart trick that I seem to be suffering from is for the reputable publisher to do no marketing or distribution and ONLY print on demand. Set the price automatically so high that no one will afford to buy it and then no cost for print on demand. I fee defrauded at this stage 2026-02-03T19:17:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvy60nn0xgur03pcrq2tre8vp2rskp9uj6mnn5uej9rn3x74uw50gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg4ncrzj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfx7sc3rasmvvrw4x328tldk2fd0558d6ks57vvn2zesuuup9dlrqx9qc9v'>nevent1q…qc9v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to be astonished at the Society of American Archaeology conference where students present their work. Where they hope to attract interest from employers. They presented results of their lifetime&#39;s passion in a way so lacking in passion that I would never employ them. 2026-01-31T22:37:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz35x736jwhp3trwwkfcsmq4x9daccplwygkqwgw5s4cc5k706e6qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg43gkx2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqeptucasfkdndw4wl396tf8v2zt6t9xt3c2vh34ql0r4qrnvldcmlg6mq'>nevent1q…g6mq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://mstdn.archaeo.social/media_attachments/files/115/986/984/479/153/714/original/5fb7fe58e6d19dfc.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-31T00:57:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfs946jdz8qmq96e07lsz736m662mq3yl799pfxt8vh3haapvc2sqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvggx90xc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07cmu2669n8626c7uz4d3rq67zhy5kc264p750p4hfrmq6zlnulqevvn87'>nevent1q…vn87</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As far as I was concerned, confirmation was when my godmother gave me a very nice prayer book (which I have lost) and did not have any obligation to do any more for me. 2026-01-30T23:32:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstf96feca9rvyjp6zm2dxqwp97f8agsxct4psrcsdcq8fp46lgj0czyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgzvsnzq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxedyfk8wzqgt9rs79axg2rfg94f0wrejtkj3269pg0wyfgn05y0cychmys'>nevent1q…hmys</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wrote a book about that. I put this in the same category that I describe as &#34;Sorry Mr Van Gogh, you cannot sell your painting because it is so beautiful it belongs to the Nation. Go and starve in a garret.&#34; Inaccurate, of course, but the attitude is there. 2026-01-30T19:23:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszkl576g5zsanhwl3v3spkx2rycsfm67m2r8skqjtqndwqxlud3wqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg6wklg8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqeptucasfkdndw4wl396tf8v2zt6t9xt3c2vh34ql0r4qrnvldcmlg6mq'>nevent1q…g6mq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations on the translation. As for the print, what a great idea. One of my longest lasting notions is that when I was 9 my mother suggested to my brother (then 12) and I that we should choose pictures for our rooms in our new house. I chose a picture of a Chinese goose, which is on the wall in front of my desk as I type. Lasting impact of the importance of art. Who knew that I would end up writing a book about art? 2026-01-30T19:19:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5guf34yj0cfggxg3hm5td0gj0zt93tpnah77wzvay020m3qsunszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvguvlap4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nkx558x2wn8dn4urz303nlw5wvdfgq93g9htvzgr7y5l4hxzk8st3785w'>nevent1q…785w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What about Scrivener. I have always been slightly tempted 2026-01-29T20:14:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxckk2pd4wkw3k92fklq4yatvhhxeuaz7ntp2zk9tvzd7v97u5dlgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvrgm6h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wxdappkfwj37de4krqmku3krawdepg56ew0hmw9anm4s6572mrsqzfkhs'>nevent1q…fkhs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love the graph. Of course, depending on the method, many forms of multivariate statistics depend on something like correlation too. And it also depends how much of the variation is captured by the first two components. It reminds me of my time back in the day using a hand held electronic calculator to calculate t-tests. I did ninety eight before breakfast one day. I was really pleased to get 5 significant differences. Only later did I realise the significance of that. 2026-01-27T22:45:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ggrjhcath6xdsm7cvd2az0hss744armcutx4a7a8w73x2pu55ngzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgykfux3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspksp3xxwjwgh7zge5szfs40r8fmhm82duz685s96h8uedxwrvumq9m09s7'>nevent1q…09s7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there would be some nice independent countries of the West Coast of North America and the East Coast. They could be separate countries. Or, and this is to be highly recommended, Mexico could just resume its control over the western States which &#34;for the moment&#34; are in the US. 2026-01-22T23:23:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2sk88nkxfxt70au7ehv4zsz8t9hha7y94xmevnpqlnnh5rzfs60qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvf2l40 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnsjefq5wdr3rwvdlyrhmmsnuxdl5m8z0ym340eg96h00duf58kszt3s8y'>nevent1q…3s8y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, that&#39;s what I am asking. 2026-01-20T22:03:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvtrvmxx50snew70l3eqauj30m9qylldy3hwm7l75gymm0c8k2s8gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxq4haj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5jhe06qf9hpjqn5rp9xgjwcdgz4sf7mmq92t0k05znmy76dwrxq8zg0qe'>nevent1q…g0qe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do they separate on the third dimension? 2026-01-20T21:50:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrv4mgpud6q7uehkashn0s32h9yhlsvjgdu9man9af7dgh2qa4quczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgwg2vj2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5jhe06qf9hpjqn5rp9xgjwcdgz4sf7mmq92t0k05znmy76dwrxq8zg0qe'>nevent1q…g0qe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had a student who looked at designs on shields and message sticks from a common region. They have obviously different designs one lot visible from afar the other only from hand to hand. He analysed them with a common methodology and then did a pca of the stats. The two groups of objects could NOT be separated on the pca. I hailed it as an example of SIGO. Sense In Garbage Out. 2026-01-20T21:49:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsquh8fd74x24ely4q5y0lrvcaaqwecc6dnyeehk3al77897fe8auczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgv4m6q2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs7xjaww4j2688ud8knxhc6ft598fy9ndx2lnemkxf7yamy2n8lg57ejlg'>nevent1q…ejlg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>or... it is a random distribution and archaeologists have a human propensity to draw lines between groups which merge into each other. I never know how to tell the difference 2026-01-20T19:53:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2f4n4fx4aldp84xy7au03n68syavkupl5e3gjrysw74vaugchxcgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgcylq2w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrfj390psmcr70ehwdw050k3zwtvq83y92vv5pe8njprnx4z7x0qpdv9mv'>nevent1q…v9mv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤞 2026-01-12T05:22:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstenvm8369t3qrc5kwhrd56y8s30v8nagcm89fa0jqr7laywd4mlqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg6mtv5s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstaxpme8t54zv26xd7qphlzume44etxn2lcskeuu3drkexta7scyq9hqfru'>nevent1q…qfru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like to think that being ignored is one of the greatest honours. Especially when you view your early work as contributing to opening up a whole area of research. 2026-01-07T21:02:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsykvz73a0mput8kn8juh8vnjtp0wtxm7zr5fatupetk6094w2ps5qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgslzu62 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5mkrpdcv5xacvnff4ry7cuak27lwumjscap5pg88eumgms2p2vqnlqn4u'>nevent1q…qn4u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>taken literally, the world might also be a safer place. Leave the rest of the world to archaeologists. 2026-01-03T19:22:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjnjwcq77yl5ayvhuf5x46dwsfd7f4rhmu2ppq8cddsd797afjyqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgfqtgxk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6qsz43xwf2kjpmu88t8jhv52tvhyhxmyvjsx6kwuzc757z6yn8qnkuz64'>nevent1q…uz64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one of the Beatles&#39; music hall songs. 2025-12-31T10:03:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxa8fss6uww7we9j3235ugtu6hwy3cmzs9rj9ky9gsz93a0qygrnszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgjgnenl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswz8qdy3cpk5pnmhell244eeglnwqx4z44sxg6t86k7sefuuc0msg2s2qrl'>nevent1q…2qrl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> 2025-12-26T09:42:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9hr7qnpsjcaef45pkt3z5lfsqc4el4xxrar2wqvxlrfqp57wptfszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgs6s8dj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxgzzsfgkp6mac3x0c6qqs8p3xxx48vatf474ps7vj34xlfl7knsyygyaq'>nevent1q…gyaq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations 2025-12-21T04:21:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg5a53chhhs77el92f5eq46d623hnfzdyv987ml0nxejdlfp9l6egzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq540kt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstujs4g0g37x2g2ck88dg3laextyc43qve8urtgklurf997wg22gqxa4tnu'>nevent1q…4tnu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Springer 2025-12-10T21:34:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghcpekn36864qqt2z9yv3dljgyyvvrzqdqkruun7emdl6u3l6dtqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvghun00q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp56jd8lt3f6zgamgmu690e9kc8yl7kmlv674l8ewpdxcpf4sehkqkgwac4'>nevent1q…wac4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gifting books at 160 Euros is quite an undertaking. But I have sent the pdf to lots of people. And people can ask me on ResearchGate for individual chapters. There is also a b&amp;w paperback and a colour one to come in August. I console myself with the thought that the original Helen Gardner&#39;s Art Through the Ages was in b&amp;w for its first three editions up to 1948. That may be all we have in common. 2025-12-10T21:04:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx7wme0e9hpdq8llgd94rurlzmphjjjkx4j5xsrvh5s3d5y3dqnqszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg2l05sl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdds6at5a2jf69kq9v0q8cj6dj5gpdx4qka2eqfdcm94ht94esrpcz5ddw2'>nevent1q…ddw2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know the feeling. Funny thing is that for most of my career it did not matter to me whether any one ever read my work. Now I have completed a big book derived from a lot of that which goes to new places, I care. But I don&#39;t know how to get the marketting. 2025-12-10T19:34:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs23zrpm6u2k26v3g3k0nx2muqnpum97rzduwhcp0vfvkynwcw4n8qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxrlpfu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4ca32mu7vdmfpyqccpekm8l6fvh3fkfn0ps4mds5sr4h7cttelc9mcuvy'>nevent1q…cuvy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I once published a paper in which it was important to estimate times taken on such cross-country walking. I suggested to my co-author that there were many words for this in different varieties of English. We used all of them. The paper was later translated into Spanish and the translator worked hard to get literal words, but she seemed unaware that different varieties of Spanish have a similar range and a good translation would not be literal. 2025-12-09T06:50:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqgvv7z8z64j8gtgekmlhht6ql4vp3pet3w2pa806mwvvtlqsf03qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvga0t9na In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkq8a04lpg0lpyakarvn3mz0lamjtxp45yrxd5x5gyu45q9n4lkc660zyw'>nevent1q…0zyw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>done 2025-12-03T19:14:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr8dfq27ltzccgck5yl2upwlm3nrvlwh747hy50pyf2p2lazzqxlszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgft4uql In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqjsn5mkgcumkzykhv2kwvf3p6nwk6gqw0amuqukem5hpxekf5qff8e80'>nevent1q…8e80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but did you get the job? 2025-11-18T10:23:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx605v77lhwz0szyus02rxt5knugpyz76qw4k0560n59s74atra6szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq4pfps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0g3hps54535y2tn78su8n8ave3qkdxqjzd3m5xgwx0df63jnvg3sf2jlwt'>nevent1q…jlwt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I gave a talk to an American organisation (in Canada) called &#34;Never the Twain shall meet&#34;. I had a lot of fun. But it was also fun to go to his house and museum. Great man. He lived in the house next to (400m from) Harriet Beecher Stowe.<br/> <img src="https://mstdn.archaeo.social/media_attachments/files/115/561/019/961/982/568/original/019d66daab432ee4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-16T19:28:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq8ydk07vt3zh7ll7ulax4t6yn2v6n7jytfrdzjxz0h8qkuglwwhszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgytlfv3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjhj3tlh9dtlf7an9lm8tevj740dx38sr0y920affyflhgv3wy2g34y340'>nevent1q…y340</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wear a mask 2025-11-16T14:18:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvcykg599v95sukx8fs0ehel48w9l665qkrkhjh7dl7wkyv274slgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxn0hn0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsra2m2lh7mld3avzraym6x6p8u6xv5j57lsz8zcm3p50q5a6xhn5qywqd96'>nevent1q…qd96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that diagnosis crossed my mind. Get well. I don&#39;t know if they are accessible but anti-virals work well 2025-11-13T16:42:23Z