2026-07-07T07:57:49Z https://njump.me ArchaeoIain https://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/nevent1qqs2f4n4fx4aldp84xy7au03n68syavkupl5e3gjrysw74vaugchxcgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgcylq2w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrfj390psmcr70ehwdw050k3zwtvq83y92vv5pe8njprnx4z7x0qpdv9mv'>nevent1q…v9mv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤞 2026-01-12T05:22:05Z https://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/nevent1qqsxa8fss6uww7we9j3235ugtu6hwy3cmzs9rj9ky9gsz93a0qygrnszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgjgnenl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswz8qdy3cpk5pnmhell244eeglnwqx4z44sxg6t86k7sefuuc0msg2s2qrl'>nevent1q…2qrl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> 2025-12-26T09:42:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9hr7qnpsjcaef45pkt3z5lfsqc4el4xxrar2wqvxlrfqp57wptfszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgs6s8dj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxgzzsfgkp6mac3x0c6qqs8p3xxx48vatf474ps7vj34xlfl7knsyygyaq'>nevent1q…gyaq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations 2025-12-21T04:21:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg5a53chhhs77el92f5eq46d623hnfzdyv987ml0nxejdlfp9l6egzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq540kt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstujs4g0g37x2g2ck88dg3laextyc43qve8urtgklurf997wg22gqxa4tnu'>nevent1q…4tnu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Springer 2025-12-10T21:34:55Z https://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/nevent1qqsqgvv7z8z64j8gtgekmlhht6ql4vp3pet3w2pa806mwvvtlqsf03qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvga0t9na In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkq8a04lpg0lpyakarvn3mz0lamjtxp45yrxd5x5gyu45q9n4lkc660zyw'>nevent1q…0zyw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>done 2025-12-03T19:14:45Z https://njump.me/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://njump.me/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://njump.me/nevent1qqsq8ydk07vt3zh7ll7ulax4t6yn2v6n7jytfrdzjxz0h8qkuglwwhszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgytlfv3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjhj3tlh9dtlf7an9lm8tevj740dx38sr0y920affyflhgv3wy2g34y340'>nevent1q…y340</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wear a mask 2025-11-16T14:18:58Z https://njump.me/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 https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvsp80nlnulx5fsarazmkgnhg64m266rtgvrzsf808pvzaeh50hcczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglhemhw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg4p7upngqwm25xgkmf5k46fq82fjryzxgz6cq4mnkfatxp2m26kcjh7azr'>nevent1q…7azr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not a popular view, nor one that could easily be implemented. But it is the reason why right wing government in Australia has transformed a declining commemoration of war dead into a celebration of the act of war. 2025-11-11T20:06:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy802tfnefhrgyef2tjclh50rzxt3wgc03nh3l0jl7nl080c9vn6qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvget5njt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrdveekd433yqyzn2566fxedjfjqhrxsemrhtvfcc8l6l7h5znnwgfcx6la'>nevent1q…x6la</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What IS that round structure in the first photo? Looks fascinating. Lovely photos. And let&#39;s hear it for peace and contentment. 2025-11-11T04:11:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgf2qy44gsmpkaunl5n8xs2v9886p4myrkpcataarpc74rt64tegqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgs2tswx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswraq8q9spzf0f309thj52rtwcz268vfag2uttrfz84zc75mlfk7s3t230j'>nevent1q…230j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hope the interview goes well. 2025-11-09T23:48:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs83ag0h54g3kmshesafde4s058574wwrafft2l256lnhyty7tjcmqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg99vfst In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp992u2sgzdyq6jsaclu5q76d32hx4j9m75z8a9c9lrmsyyfl6pmqu2lgys'>nevent1q…lgys</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not much to boast about. 2025-10-27T10:23:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfarapyds2f4eymq64lzr7nudh3z2l3cta5szw3d3sqekjgansggszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgfah6jp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp35r8ysc5v3nryspzt4zlnjj6sqgpqs675pqx9ay0f4rn7hxkx5ckk7vdj'>nevent1q…7vdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it was the best of times. 2025-10-25T19:34:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspr9e600rec36rn8tjkvzhl0630cs77h5n00qe3ke8r9fvgcvxsugzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg2d2we0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8f5k3hc8chzljgva9fzknr06umph3yqyj3nxjqlrvfmq8gszslsfddefs'>nevent1q…defs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thes rocks near Stawell in Victoria were painted by many people (the paint was over 100mm thick in places). I took this pic in 2015 but when I first went there, maybe 15 years earlier, Motley Crue was the name written all over the rocks.<br/> <img src="https://mstdn.archaeo.social/media_attachments/files/115/385/500/618/645/445/original/29f104a2cd433432.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-16T19:31:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs97leuk8yuzvhakwv5zctk5yy5z32gjxm2a53luexmvc6wuamgcxczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg76ay0g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27jx3c275mddmcxt6jwdt0xqndthnztkssjj43p6yl5cxev2w6tqwztlzf'>nevent1q…tlzf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations. 2025-10-14T19:14:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9t3sx3hk8cswhw87h3es9mcr3mfh0e3ejmgpy0m6x3nakfgs0v5czyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgkf85fs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92e0u0gppfsv5g8ssz7udsntynzdwnq56dw5p65tmq9vldllp07qqweatj'>nevent1q…eatj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a serpent with legs? 2025-10-12T10:46:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0sarrvyw3pyvhv89ntjhmxz7nr43epgyhpemj2c0s6e4w7g2z4wgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgqrwlqa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9p9ugux04323vg5qcynaendj2yr7nqqk5hr0xf62c4tvwxlnk9g0xu9dg'>nevent1q…u9dg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like the analogy. But I would add that most musicians do not write the music. They play music made by someone else. So archaeological research has to produce the stuff, but other archaeologists have to write narratives that people want to consume. 2025-10-07T21:48:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx7vpxaefj9084wtxlk7d55tul7w2et7rkm3m2fvjqs8zl9du92nczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgf5m65m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs993g0yjskl9h7a49f6xv6dfmv89dvcna8a4xlrvdqem7y0jr449g999smy'>nevent1q…9smy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ha 2025-10-07T10:57:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswck47zfskvlmfnw3w2jtschhfsg7fje34c0j29fzquhcweq3ensczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvtq2wr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0u94z0dfd4sz8fepnwxxyp5udwrhvacnydj0wtjezu74y7smdjczdglly'>nevent1q…glly</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember the first pair of my students who got married to each other. Not so much the ones at another University who fondled each other in the back row. 2025-10-07T06:10:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswvqkdsdqvs9vjm3vf9scnzqrjupzuladc92chch4nr6nnp7zmweqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglsg2qf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvlrhrclwgancueumzmha23n2gfcg2aqwnsmu6360zvas9wn8fxqn0ntf4'>nevent1q…ntf4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thank you 2025-09-26T21:51:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrewr9ncx2jtnxxjttup59ddfkrh88dugy0qshfwzzqarsv0u6urgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgu4z7sc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwanfe967rlcrgnl594calmvqa3sgmrhlmn0sthfvfwc0dpwnv2cz5ycjp'>nevent1q…ycjp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and what is the relationship between the diminutive of Ignatius and the mexican corn chips? 2025-09-26T20:46:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd9rtvq5j5at8p293yz6q5m0r2fgglx2mcu7vhdmfjt68r42cs3qczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgdnrqcl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszu980puz9620x5ugzg667fszdt0p3rl9zwn9mw6p7huaxs0skz9c2cktkt'>nevent1q…ktkt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good luck. I always thought it would be the good idea to employ the oldest person because then you would not have the problem who would be working for you for 50 years. 2025-09-15T07:14:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9kytt6ay3cg5vmdlwtws22f39dcw5sjscthw75r4hzqks6wthqegzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvga2tx08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jsn76rkdvnhrzps7ekzr9jtml6r507rhjqpyu46txhqda2kujxql3f0pu'>nevent1q…f0pu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>of course &#34;it&#34; would not be doing the telling here. You would be doing it. That is the same problem you were writing about yesterday 2025-09-11T20:32:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfg8r9322nwwsss0st2t9j4py5zmzkl7hf9z8s5hhx2kumr9jew3gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgehahe6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzlxlek7le90r7re6zaqmep0r0ftgy8gd5k64nvvjrmzjqn60p4gcmjull'>nevent1q…jull</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it makes a great ingredient in curries. The spices really get absorbed. 2025-09-11T12:23:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv9qmp5fgquld6egdz44mzd5hxxk6p70xn3gdm55d87va9vyqqgggzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgr4myff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7gzfdxkcsysyzmr05m7gxfryvqk0p0rk48k7uxfshzc8z938z0s7yz3qm'>nevent1q…z3qm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hate the impersonal passive. It leads to the gross error about which people write approvingly that things have agency. Of course they don&#39;t. It is a trick of grammar. I have a whole section on this in my book, against the idea that art has agency. 2025-09-10T23:58:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgjsl2hrdflvfvk7wkswuvuuuy8e856z72p2yz4ksptk350pjuafgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgwuxxzr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24ktfrffyw7he4q7t3xf6v0t975shs5ejml6kgjw6vmtcg4l3r8gzyt6wp'>nevent1q…t6wp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been arguing that we have to fight against the idea that just because we are archaeologists we should be able to provide &#34;visions&#34;. There is still a public perception that archaeologists are happy with guesswork rather than people who are data-driven. 2025-09-09T20:44:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw6hdsw3cyvjzeppsl3wvgscmclp8tzt6aekp4fr2a5gavqzk7l7czyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg6q4z6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgel4988dgaaj92ufvuag0sgaxnku50kmv5eyv9xw0t44t68nancqv5yupu'>nevent1q…yupu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>promising honest government is the first thing dishonest governments do. Can you imagine a leader campaigning on the slogan &#34;My government will be more dishonest than the last lot&#34;? 2025-09-05T22:24:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp9dl4rnvdf67y0g4wjeeesc9ygta84v3amp8gpprs38kgjygqhdqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgv8jn55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc8x5f0aa0qrmmn895empead66zemvznc5r2ne45asue07kc8zgcg4akuu'>nevent1q…akuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well, as I understand it, he raised money through substantial grants from research funds available to all. This could be done in any country which has stratified sites which produce materials that can be dated. I have thought about this for Australia, but industry keeps such control over the contract reports and there is so little that can provide a chronology at first glance (i.e. there is no pottery) that it may not be straightforward. 2025-09-05T20:23:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp3efpf2pwf52qfryu9gsjdp3pc4qsz0mstmlp4ce7wyvqhrpnlhszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvghz6h8s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva28gs56y546ec3mxfsktsv9nvcm9s96rhj64vapww9rxkt4qmpqx4cq89'>nevent1q…cq89</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Richard Bradley rewrote the archaeology of the British Isles by using the grey literature. 2025-09-05T13:16:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2w9gv2hn6hz8cfsj65ge3mces3ssxh9l4lquc7ful88h5zggtk4gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg26wj50 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpu5w3d0zmcugcdqde0kefrjmn5q8m2j7xgk25gcc5vpdqua642cllqskm'>nevent1q…qskm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>40 years ago, the organisation which became the World Archaeological Congress chose to deny membershio to South Africans whatever their stance about apartheid. It led to a boycott by US archaeologists, but it is often regarded as one of the steps which led to South Africa recognising the parlousness of their postion in international opinion and ultimately to the end of South African apartheid. I stand with the original call to boycott Israel. 2025-09-02T20:07:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgvzxw2s3cwpksxe0j6lu2terwl8mzthx33duvyl3gv2tzk204mnqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgd995w8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99n8w230rj3au9qnq9uryxswg0eekvfsfgztdkmv9335wvtktyxq44pmtj'>nevent1q…pmtj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you think there are human behavioural situations in which this process of stratigraphic inversion might be relevant? 2025-09-02T20:00:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx0js30wwt5eaf3demavey3knud7qm206q9heukerx6tkts8v0nfszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgcv435x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxd4t3zu7u6nxyaczex0a0jw4n529a8l0y2cw9yml3pccnlppswqmwjefw'>nevent1q…jefw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my wife and I observed my stoop when I needed to use a walking stick. Then we observed how low most walkers for disabled people are. They HAVE to stoop. Sadistic design for disabled aid. 2025-09-02T16:46:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsydqwpe080kv3xuznn5p4ns09smfjtrmwdps95huwukmjgg9lgxzczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgcpkete In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8cudf6m48zgqpgak8luk33ncmneg57fr43tjzl8ytstemy53npgq88m7sx'>nevent1q…m7sx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is my impression that one of the consequences of demographic reduction is a reduction of services. But this is partly due to the increased ability of people to travel to acquire those services and partly due to the forces of capitalism which require certain volumes of sales in order for the profits of the rich to be sufficient to supply services. Not sure what can be done about it. 2025-08-30T22:20:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstemkuav8h5ghza7v7upd02wf3xkzna24nv0fj2t42886cdf6g7mszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgqwrcrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00x6pk3j3c70e0ed8ac76yaaz2ejj4gajv7kv3c0up2xwff52pms893y2e'>nevent1q…3y2e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>really important to remember this when zealots refer to Palestine as &#34;ancestral land&#34;. It is only that in their own mythology 2025-08-30T00:21:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrvefmh3ep26r8athau9g79jhg85gv2g5gq83td5jz4248stue5hgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglrr85g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkaff7mmnaxkuwwerse2wulx8emxpzk2gjljm7fwza9dd7yktvcgj9e2ts'>nevent1q…e2ts</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do not see the media pointing out that the Hamas won the election in Gaza in 2007 and immediately differentiated itself from the El Fatah group which won the election in the West Bank. The point is that both of these were as democratic as Israel and that the West Bank is not Hamas controlled. So Israeli attacks on the West Bank are about the broad Zionist attempts to destroy Palestinians and NOT about either Hamas or rescuing hostage. 2025-08-29T00:18:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrckvczcjlppunqfrl3xwkppjat738wz3c4evup8uacacw7em64qczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgk5lm9h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw38szmfrulkzc02fh3260y86v4kz6qdp80742tmfxw7qnl78stjq77qzt5'>nevent1q…qzt5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there is a niche between the technical report and the popular book which is rich in both archaeology and history. 2025-08-28T11:37:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstw9uwj60dgmw5mswsqvqvl3yc76ylv24lhq50w085snl05ye600szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxltu24 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflfjugvxlk3g0p3es4s7sx4cyq9jrwn8vdpuuy2vfthmktf7su2sggs7jr'>nevent1q…s7jr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>isn&#39;t that what the dole is for, in your situation? 2025-08-28T00:55:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0hyla9z6ucqwdg0sjkvusreaj2qcl5ucxujq4yuknw3y7y9e33xgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgzqvkds In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy23ep5m292yzjkrcwn7cgpvlpmkc474ergdv2l8887mdpd7wn7svq39vw'>nevent1q…39vw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to hate the fact that there was a course on Vikings taught by the History Department none of whom had any training as an archaeologist. Perhaps there is a niche for you--write a best-selling book about Vikings which shows the archaeological evidence as well as the rest of the narrative. World-wide royalties. 2025-08-27T23:06:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9lsmctlz7gdqrwv5nr4sjemr4c7d9w5m2xfvc00n6ka4sejskxyszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgnl7lz3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy0yk5r76fh8ar6u7rk5k2jkf6yy8evtes02yq0pl4z3h49wqy0q9e6e50'>nevent1q…6e50</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>difficult to assess this without knowing what was said. IN general, it is the case that we should support equal rights for Israelis and non-Israelis, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, whatever their religious bias. Religion does not give anyone the right to special treatment. 2025-08-14T06:48:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxu3gykj04czk3jsa569w0c6mchkt8rvq63lwak4z2dqvwvlaejwszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgq2kfp6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0uqtqcacl9v5pa8dh0a6slnfp5s8k8wzgwe2us27yxv6jx09r2cqu8y2n2'>nevent1q…y2n2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>isn&#39;t the point that barge poles might be made ten feet long. But even the president of the US does not really think he could be that well endowed 2025-08-06T20:29:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxuvg7a462k8m4yetum2s35psvcqj4h0wxq2grlyvs9dgshm2eeaczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgrm6jc6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrmkn26emgs0k6j6ymjy60p94qkw63q4wnclstqh9wpc0lj58v9ccpqwxv'>nevent1q…qwxv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There was no Israel to recognise in 1917, but one was created. Given the massive Palestinian diaspora (already) there is a Palestine to recognise and this onslaught on Gaza and the West Bank will ensure that it will always be remembered. My guess is that no one will want to establish a new homeland there so long as the (European origin) Israelis behave in such an obnoxious manner. But the same things apply here. We must recognise that Palestine exists. 2025-08-05T06:39:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8zren90uwtfdkrh5tjh5dfav55n86f3udqwa6rslsl8vwyw9mtuczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg3xc8kw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw929x4qy4q4p25g88vpypymatn73hj7gnu9h0wdlq8aypckxmppqjha6z2'>nevent1q…a6z2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>decades ago a similar thing happened to Norman Hammond with the Times of London. He suggested they employ him as an archaeology correspondent. They did. To the benefit of archaeology and him. And, as it happens (long story) me. 2025-07-30T05:44:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9l2uwk9zmzq7ey00hwlxd7py0xhdvqtme275fjz732v66k4yy2cszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg5hhjft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvjexx6pqcushr2myavh3hyfp98dpg5sss0p8c7acrlepc5ux7esatewxy'>nevent1q…ewxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it always amused me that House of the Rising Sun was a big hit in the UK in the 1960s 2025-07-27T20:55:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyj59yt4n6chw62qd8pwuaxzgcarlmnaw8nfjz28plmj7r4g6dzfgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgrs32nn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrgfxpwahz2d7fr5c8q05m6eztzpkjdd0e26vfayz5evr5mx8lmcs5zwzr'>nevent1q…zwzr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I decided 25 years ago that I would not risk what I saw happen among colleagues. They continued giving papers at conference far too late. I resolved that I would not give a conference paper after I was 70. Mostly honoured that. I thought about it often while I was writing my book which will be published on 7 August. 2025-07-27T20:52:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswtgq7s9dswahpp3ae3szswq0s2k0w9hh2rmteejmt08yyyh99ksqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgxr72lv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wahnpw3g4xfz2g03r6u5pvvcl2fw39ctga6th4aff9wn900f5vcr9hy4y'>nevent1q…hy4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>given the number of plausible accounts of how what Hamas did in October was known about and aided and exaggerated by Israel, I now do not refer to it as anything other than retaliation against systematic repression by the imprisonment in Gaza. We should stop using the formulaic words about it the Israelis demand. 2025-07-25T22:15:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx892rhumwyjg65n72ac4lhcmvxfc83ndgz09662s8w07ddfygqngzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgh5kvlf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3fcj9eydx396q6xvlcqdqwcugjfmm2rpj0vrl2nkg6nw3u74cdcnhz6zt'>nevent1q…z6zt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hahaha 2025-07-23T22:58:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqw4nn5ustdf3d60j5l5ppswukgnhffzta2ley2qamuvs3lqxjp8szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgyvnlvg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqptucvtn6245x5892zc665u3w6x0hw8avu3zzplj65dnp8mqr72gfheg0e'>nevent1q…eg0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think we have reached the stage where it is irrelevant to point to the retaliations which are said to have started the current Israeli attacks and destruction. They, much more than what Hamas did, can be called gruesome. 2025-07-20T00:31:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdjvzxpp5lqjyuy8j9dz027mehjpeww23v3dt9yht3md0x8shd2gqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg3lxnfl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyzau4nngfs0ccmjwv5hrm6xj2892ps3gwhyea7rz3s592r3sdtgggx43yk'>nevent1q…43yk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would be willing to go to Gaza, to East Jerusalem (again) and to Jericho or Nablus, but not by going through Tel Aviv 2025-07-19T20:48:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswx80qeueehfcj68jny238p7hs0rn8zwnc0nexeay5ku2yv0z5rdqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg2x4gdx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs887603uhrpv9mnuxyku80zp3n4vfpqqmztqhd3hzxztpe9tfyv3s3aur7y'>nevent1q…ur7y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but sometimes the minority word in one language corresponds with a minority word in another language. In that case it might be inappropriate to provide the translation in only the standard majority language. 2025-07-16T20:52:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq6x7vkgscpy570l4umnuw7rtg2grdrt0yhucn09y4qfj7nahvrsqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgeqvey8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0e9m64sy40rpxkpcfaw6slqalz07w2cve5nzr9gdqlk2sqxc8kdg4v60el'>nevent1q…60el</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>on a day when a special envoy released a report on antisemitism in Australia, this sits badly. 2025-07-10T04:46:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8a7etktnw8dxgwrmmr6gxl2fdc35aekg5akugppc2rtmz36he43szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg0z65nv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyz865uavx455ql38hnvcdps6fa7e92qjtqfr8pwez0gemslmp9hgnu6484'>nevent1q…6484</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>where are the carnations when you need them? 2025-07-07T22:06:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsznyhrypg2rr26qy9sq3q7nx9z8pfcdkpj0jmph53ead2md8ql4zczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg3gp7lz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nvacrd5tycwqgnyq7xmhe83urnfmnzesprkrpmttvp34ua57u3cgvc2xe'>nevent1q…c2xe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect this is terrifying 2025-07-04T11:56:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs27p94vp8n9zt7vw0ld44yxyfr0qtyf2ggtjdg4qsm8tt9g5vn7dqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgp4289p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9tuydztufdd72tq9pufkydmzhs2dqfqsnmfp4ylcpytl8sx8uqclhszh6'>nevent1q…szh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is probably the case that most of the governments were already pretty right wing and set up to favour people of privilege. Hitler enabled the construction of the narrative that other people were entitled to the privileges of entitlement. 2025-07-03T21:22:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx95w3mdxuwz8u33pynep664w8mc3ku9vw3tlppfkprrxtk3dr8zszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgz2e6um In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jtqngk0jkpz689zmhvfjw3shmdqt48kj2w8hh77qufrzv827epc29h3dw'>nevent1q…h3dw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well done. I was told by a well-credentialled publisher that they estimate 50 hardback books, the rest being online. 2025-07-03T21:20:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfmzjxfvhddt9nrqw553pqfn479aefld3aqn7zklqumpu4lvng33czyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglyeeru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7899tu7kdu3ngduv5922cg3g9g5m78palu7da2njmdl58j2qdns9n3fkc'>nevent1q…3fkc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I took a decision before I started doing serious fieldwork that I would drink only coffee (no discarded tea bags) and without milk (not refrigerator) or sugar (no ants). It works for me. Then I found that my students demanded variation and milk and sugar. Ugh.<br/>Then I bought a refrigerator for the vehicle. 2025-06-29T20:36:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszk3tsru9tt0hl0kagjl0d5h02d9wtx54n8jdftkm73umpmpq08dszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgr2yj43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvz3a4h9gnu5lhrz55khfn5szxg3w9a5pcy7uh7ge3j7phnjkqx5q4z2sew'>nevent1q…2sew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>try them on Los Vegas. There is an elision between the familiar Los Angeles and the more recently prominent Las Vegas. 2025-06-29T20:32:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8h3tevpxg53yk22gh4d03pk8eqnvrjcwy5gygzaldd079jhcgjjgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg3vepa9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq47v2cmp9qzry2rh0v8x7nyrhj8csly25dcckxk3gednvwftn6acahegmy'>nevent1q…egmy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Many thanks 2025-06-27T05:41:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrwhmk58khl3ud0c405w6h2tvkarpdgk39jadl75fycjttafp03lszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgl8hgp3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdvwll2wwdkjuv9lwqlk83xus46tgae2my3s46k7kah7jdknrdycgynrvr'>nevent1q…nrvr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>can you tell us the citation for the Beard book? 2025-06-26T20:57:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgu3pk7sryzzd9cry8r84l03c7vctk9ldz3vl8lc9sxkx5rsgvjaczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglh6fuk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqeypsddwu7guhclcj9ss6t9dawylyhq859z8ylfnvg4hh7c2zqfcet6pzt'>nevent1q…6pzt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>must look that up. Pompei figures as a site of the beginnings of archaeology as art looting. But this is even earlier. But then, we also know that Pharaonic tombs were looted. 2025-06-26T20:47:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsylgxr9p4f0fqxqqqwh5vzd7txvn84grghj98djm0wtdznyd6reeczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgwnwhxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspaus37d85h3wamd2yy9rjz2k907hx7syw98n2k88qcmkgnrxesuga69jqy'>nevent1q…9jqy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and cheap nukes from Israel when they finally make peace 2025-06-25T20:39:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvfgl5rxcdwzn5h2x03j60xqst8kqtqz9gqcth5nzl2y2hhje28pgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg88wsmj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90lsdpey2cgw3k3q809curhej6yam4awe0qntewjajk999hcq9rq2748lg'>nevent1q…48lg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>aha. Northern California. I always find these geographical things confusing. I&#39;d have said that was the west coast of northern California, but there we are. I once had to speak to a Bank Manager in Sydney about where Armidale (NSW) is. He looked at the map and said &#34;Oh, the North West&#34;. It is, in fact, on a longitude east of Sydney. 2025-06-25T05:47:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx5mf3dg8zrqx6a7307jngj58pnxh7dsnlkh6aums044a3anh7yxqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgvtld5v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstuag7t2h9w8a88y2mdd49gdx0u4rrhjqxeqvr9y2nt8g8fy6fupgvnaz8e'>nevent1q…az8e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when I first spent time doing work in Vienna I found that they piped music into the tram stops. In the city of Mozart, Mahler and others, &#34;I should be so lucky&#34; 2025-06-23T20:34:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdyyc7vw0ewjjcpxtsphf0z4xtlqvsfe8ne853qdruszgsn57upugzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvge6qntr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstuag7t2h9w8a88y2mdd49gdx0u4rrhjqxeqvr9y2nt8g8fy6fupgvnaz8e'>nevent1q…az8e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the Aland Perry 2025-06-23T20:33:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs868kwr2d44uxmg34pvuqs0xrdyd3hl8g6pndwcwm80crzgdq94rgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgat68da In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf04h0t6h2mg94gmx0l90jtscvl68k4wlrq8dmay8nq086ae3x8wgzgs3qx'>nevent1q…s3qx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like your use of the scale. However, I have always acted on the principle that if you have a person in a photo you don&#39;t need a scale. If you have a scale you should not have a person. I am now confused. The unit of measurement is intriguing, though 2025-06-23T20:32:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvn7dxhl93pzufcj6mdzafckvdfs90zsr06vq82egw4h6d6udtc2qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg80f85j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs86rzq2gympjtejr4pqw8c2p264vvsvf9d00pexuaqllac3tm4n9s8nlpm0'>nevent1q…lpm0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>or even now 2025-06-22T20:43:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2mlfyd9f6pdn9flyzquvqq5pjvjwkq99szdq3ttw4h4lt5mpgrszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgwdwh4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydwvc002l9gv85ds6xxvkyf2t9s3h6ptw8l8dtlx8w47xcxseqfqryyk29'>nevent1q…yk29</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you would be rich enough to buy my book though. But maybe if you had such an engagement you would not want to. 2025-06-21T21:07:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyatn3csm6z7htwvxe7mnvxc5srf7smgnuusy3z9apu4547ez49ugzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg5j597e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhaj4cwvz0e7kmqstada5neexkycnqfh23cdsdyul4rym7kdnayqlkfwdq'>nevent1q…fwdq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but as we have found, Ingrid Bergman cannot be replace. 2025-06-21T20:52:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgy2zauc64rwa9kcqe27xhr9cv9nk7kmze6vppuw3ccrwmdcjdp6qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgj06pvx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdqwgf2gex05tj5x86qk675aflpexxuu4g260vy2cd26msxamuxggqrj4p'>nevent1q…rj4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is it just me or are the shingle on the two lots of roof not at the same angle? 2025-06-20T22:28:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstf3k66gch3kkfz767quat5whfyf7sqtjjw87jn5tupaqg4mqhwdgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgrvafkj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp8677c0mg35gz58wtmm5jy6lns2uknuux7kvkva70xk00jgm3tpcvg3pqk'>nevent1q…3pqk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my book should be out in hardback by the end of July. Trouble is that the price is prohibitive, especially for people who do not have the ongoing income to afford it. 2025-06-20T22:27:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdpl4sgwv9nc0nppsyntt55nvveek5ejch73gtkwgqffjsxhfj25gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg3975aj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5xhr0ctdlud7sg6uty04056p7nl8f9fjwlhqeqsg3dyh6ksjvfcvqqlk8'>nevent1q…qlk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the expletive I learned was &#34;christ on a bicycle&#34; 2025-06-18T20:44:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswf6nllh6kz74g0xmvv7xsscnqhm6gs3c4p3q4xlvrrle2vp5ktnqzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg98vw05 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2rme4uk35uszzx5tsvj724j595shry2j9whwa0hcj9ewal7wq0ls6gnma3'>nevent1q…nma3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I take your point but look at Minnesota. And then there is the report from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19rgq4n3epn69jh0qn72mcyannha6p83thjvg5l8kkphfql55r33sk5vp9c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CourtCantrell will not comply</span> (<span class="italic">npub19rg…vp9c</span>)</a></span> that #OKC had its biggest ever demonstration. I am impressed. 2025-06-14T20:58:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqrulf6ft58760qqa8snte6jfcqae6t2ppy3ttj25armmfrku0jczyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg8cfjra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst243d2y2tx6k4tftpljc90vtrduxgdaplw982hu5undnc5jjzffs7mg22n'>nevent1q…g22n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am not saying that you do that, but that it was part of the culture when he wrote them. And I guess that they were published before you were born 2025-06-13T21:11:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0hxtwg0cvpwlmwy4rw57axcgmpn2vler2hrq7cy66hj8cwljfl4qzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvglj5swf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80e7fs48xxdazd5x62pezqs070kje7r0z0qrj5crpllfv76dxc6qwt8eul'>nevent1q…8eul</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;preventative defence&#34; is just a euphemism for &#34;pre-emptive strike&#34; and the arms dealers of the world (US, UK, France, Australia) seem to think that is OK so long as Israel is the attacker. 2025-06-13T21:09:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0u4xuu0k4qcyx9enx5pm2lckdaasnkkujevf8ejs562fefcn6n5gzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvg8j3wfq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztahc37wct5yr0shq6rrdtuzag6m9cgmhjpa76j9npzd2yuj4fyc07u3xe'>nevent1q…u3xe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my guess is that he was not from the era when real research was done. You could get away with a lot in the details. People read him to reaffirm their own sexism and racism. In the case of pesto he probably did not understand pine nuts because I would doubt that they were around in the UK 2025-06-13T21:06:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxe6sd0j7cvhq4er6033m420ctm032q76xa9d3qxzmlluyunlqavgzyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvguz9cf6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvpke93y2ae90pw84umq7u2e9q7m3attx3mmz4seydjwqu0uscasc52fzj'>nevent1q…2fzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not sure about that. One of the persistent things I have been asked by medical people is &#34;why aren&#39;t the churches doing something about the poor?&#34; on the grounds that most often those poor people want comfort and can only get it from medics. (Well, they want a living wage for a meaningful job too, but that is another story that neither doctors nor priests can satisfy.) 2025-06-10T06:34:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstk428qvexwkw2qwce3au85r8h633ltc4nrz2qcxh5y3paazngmlszyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgrq426e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs294q5tc6jc33qu0pn9mx04qynrag99cq66chny82qytk7ae9za5cuu2tlp'>nevent1q…2tlp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, I think there is a lot to be learned by understanding how religions such as the Greek or Roman pantheons or Mithraism or even the beliefs associated with standing stones disappeared. We (well, I) could learn a lot by understanding the ends of religions. 2025-06-10T05:34:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs93lgqq082u2ltezwgqczx5mtcvmaszmup4hdgj6z5jjy8u25v68szyrl6e04fk7g40cpu6t5gwkxwysd7retgph8x5e7lys680v8rjtsvgc4zn3j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0e9cesjs7e7rnqmu37wdgfjtjuenp8ex79m2js5y0tjn06l95ecsdua8c2'>nevent1q…a8c2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the difference between Joseph Smith or Ron Hubbard on one hand, and many of the other &#34;religions&#34;, on the other, is that the things we know as religions were part of the beliefs of the society before they were codified. Otherwise you are right. It is, in part, the codification by writing stuff down which has made the written text the object of belief. 2025-06-09T22:22:09Z