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Author, public anthropologist, archaeologist of contemporary life. If you've got a time machine, DM me. https://shannonleedawdy.substack.com/
👤 Joined on 13 November 2024
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@shannondawdy.bsky.social@shannondawdy.bsky.social → @shannonleedawdy.substack.comProfessional baseball player is now a PhD candidate in Etruscan Archaeology 🏺⚾ www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...
Show PostArchaeologists at Odirmon, Uzbekistan, discovered a ritual altar with traces of fire and a decorated ossuary featuring deer and juniper motifs. Dating to the 3rd century BC–3rd century AD, the discovery reminds us that across time, humanity has always sought meaning beyond mortality. 🏺🔥✨
Show PostThe Laetoli Footprints were found #OnThisDay in 1978. The incredible discovery happened because team members were hurling elephant dung at each other. Australopithecines probably left these trace fossils behind 3.6 million years ago. 🏺🧪
Show PostMy abstract splatter watercolour painting of pots. #Abstractia #Splatter #ColorADay #BlueTue #WatercolourPainting #WatercolorPainting #AbstractArt #Lineandwash
Show PostDown into the bowels of Taversöe Tuick... A Neolithic chambered tomb on the island of Rousay, Orkney #TombTuesday It's an unusual chambered tomb though as it's double tiered - meaning it has two chambers, one on top of the other It's not clear why it was built like this 🤔 📸 Mine 🏺 #archaeology
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