Michael Harris

@MichaelHarris@archaeo.social
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MA (Hons), MScR, FSA Scot

Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.

Committee Member: Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society

Associate Editor: Journal of Lithic Studies

Member: Solidarity Federation-IWA; Red Rope; Friends of the Earth Scotland

A snapshot from the past - This is a photograph taken during Thomas Reitmeier’s trip to Iran, 2016. Laid-out yogurt mass (kashk) set out to dry at a summer camp of Bakhtiari nomads in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, summer 2016. The photo is taken from "Prehistoric Dairy Farming in the Alps" (EAZ 56, 1/2). Photo: Th. Reitmaier.
#FieldworkPhoto #ResearchTrip #Iran #EAZ
https://doi.org/10.54799/GDQD1805

Ancient canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory

Of the two newly published papers, one used numerical simulations to cross one of the strongest currents in the world called the Kuroshio. The simulation showed that a boat made using tools of the time, and the right know-how, could have navigated the Kuroshio. The other paper detailed the construction and testing of a real boat which the team successfully used to paddle between islands over 100 kilometers apart

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-ancient-canoe-replica-paleolithic-migration.html

Ancient canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how these populations moved between islands on treacherous stretches of sea is still shrouded in mystery.

Phys.org
In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01966-4
In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost

More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.

So-called leader of the United States melting down in real time - and we all just take this as normal?

This is some of the most fucked up shit of the modern era, which is saying elite levels of fucked up.

#uspol

From the archive. How do maritime archaeologists handle marine life? Read more: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/san-miguel-island-sea-lions/
When Marine Mammals Clash With Archaeological Heritage

On California’s San Miguel Island, a fight is being waged between natural and cultural heritage. For now, the sea lions are winning.

SAPIENS
Tomorrow emergency demo

Netanyahu has tried for two decades to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran & finally found a president stupid enough, narcissistic enough, and easily manipulated enough to do it.

#war #IllegalWar #UnconstitutionalWar #UnprovokedWar #Netanyahu #Israel #Iran #politics #Dictatorshit #Nazis #FascistAmeriKKKa

🔴 NEW: Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and spying.

Our investigation: https://theferret.scot/scottish-universities-funding-chinese-organisations/

Tom Gauld

“No social order is inevitable. No structure of power or inequality is fixed. Adaptability has defined our species since its origins.”

Read more: https://www.sapiens.org/biology/foragers-seasonality-social-change-flexibility-societies/

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