(Dr) Rena Maguire
@justrena
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Archaeologist.Research Fellow. Iron Age .Necrohippomancer.Ain't nothin' like me - except me (Raccoon, 2014). She/her/thon wan🌻Personal views here
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I was kindly asked by
@socantscot
to do a blog, something relating to a recent paper, part of
@IrishResearch
project with
@ucddublin
@ucdarchaeology
So. I thought, why not tell what goes into the process of writing/submitting to an academic journal ?
( contains cute animals )
"A horse, in any era, is not just a horse."
In April, we published a new paper on a unique historic bridle bit found in South Ayrshire. In our latest post, uncover Iron Age equestrianism with
@justrena
and get inspired to make your own PSAS submission:
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Utterly superb little cartoon from the FB of a lovely English lady I had the pleasure of digging with a few years ago. She's a Yorkshire lady and calls it as she sees it.
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Archaeology is great and all, but in sorry, this is the content of twitter I'm here for
Tortoise shells have nerve endings and are sensitive to the slightest touch. This tortoise at Badger Run Wildlife Rehab loves to feel her shell scratched, so a kind volunteer made her a scratching device.
Credit: Badger Run Wild Rehab / Caters News
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Now. This story will sound a bit like
@AnneLouiseAvery
or
@HooklandGuide
wrote it but I swear to god this happened this afternoon around 3pm. So heading up from Down Museum to St Patrick's Grave, approached by a wee black cat who purred and bumped and got pets. Then ....
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I have a joke about Sisyphus but I don't want to push it really.
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I love this very old photo, look at the straw harness.
It explains so much of why we wont find a great deal of tack for the early medieval in Ireland. Or other periods as well - all you're left with are whatever connective metal rings you used, and they remain unidentified
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Taoiseach does right thing on Xmas day by visiting hospitals.
British PM takes years younger mistress off on holiday and leaves fractured nation to flap about.
Hmm.
Really nice to spend some time with our staff in Connolly Hospital. My old stomping ground. Thanks for all you do for our community, Christmas Day and every day
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Here is The News I've been waiting to share for a a week now
I landed a dream job.
I will be re-classifying, restoring and re-assessing all the excavations carried out in Northern Ireland, going way back. I cant believe I have this, after such an ugly year, but so grateful
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Something beautiful, to keep our eyes on humanity's love of life and beauty. A graceful horse, carved forever alert and elegant. Prignac- et- Marcamps, Gironde. Possibly 25000 years old, Gravettian.
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However. I like to think it was something like a cat from the Summerlands itself, or some ancient deity keeping an eye on the world, or one of the cats of the great cross sprung from granite to flesh in a Nollaig na Bhan sun. Or the start of a quest in new year.
Take yer pick ;)
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Tell me you wouldn't wear this dress, by Sylvie Facon, a French steam punk designer. It's made of book spines!
This is actually the dress
@AnneLouiseAvery
needs, as she's made of stories.
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Few things enchant like this. The Broighter Boat, a model in gold of a late Iron Age boat, found near Limavady, Derry. Part of a fabulously wealthy deposition - but why, and to whom?
Baidín deantach, baidín beosach....
@NMIreland
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Meanwhile, what a week for archaeology it has been in Ireland. the new hengiform thingie at Newgrange, and now this...from David Craig's company Irish Sights, at Ballynahatty, outside Belfast.
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I see a floppy eared dog lying in snow.
Apparently, if you can see two people hugging, you're left-brained, and if you can see a dinosaur, you're right-brained. What do you see in the mountain?
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February 2020 was sunny and cold, walking or cycling to work every morning was enjoyable. I liked most of the people clustered round my desk area. The girl beside me took a break to northern Italy to do culture vulture stuff, with her first pay. She returned with a virus,
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Skipped and ran a little in front, stopped, looked back saying follow me. Which, as I've read all the right books as a child, I did. Very important those books. Prepare you for things;)
So catto stops on a grave and sits down. Starts making biscuits
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Absolute respect to Haaretz
Israel can’t imprison 2 million Gazans without paying a cruel price
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Then catto gets up. Does the same "follow me" thing, and we ends up at the Big Man,St Patrick's grave. Where kittie takes up residence and demands scratches and playing. Now. The reality may well be a church cat, bored and saw a chance for some fun with hoomins.
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Tomorrow’s the feast of Epona , horse goddess, traveller and Lady of Journeys of all kinds. So a wee thread of ideas and flashes to show why horsie archaeology is a vibe you should be getting down to.
I’ll start with a bit of a weird story,
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I wasnt really expecting fire-breathing polar bears as the autumn season of 2020
Photographer Josh Anon captured the perfect moment in which the rising sun made this polar bear's backlit breath look like fire
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Here at the edge of the western world. In Ireland, you'd expect us to be pretty much white as white can be. All good Irish archaeologists know thats not the case . Anyone wanting a thread in ' pure Irish' best look away now. Your blood pressure won't take this thread.
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The back streets of Belfast are an art gallery. Here's a new one of a pine marten, and I immediately thought of
@AnneLouiseAvery
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Is anyone else finding it hard to work, and their anxiety in general getting worse ?
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The great thing about archaeology is how it shows our interconnectedness as a species. Out on the island of Rathlin, one of this country's jewels, a Bronze Age cist was found behind the pub. it contained the remains of 3 men. DNA analysis showed that their roots weeren't local
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I seem to have gained a lot of new followers, which concerns me as I am sure to disappoint.
Im archaeological consultant for Ireland/ UK with a multi national infrastructure company right now. I can be very ascerbic but try very hard not to be. Hope you like iron age stuff.
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Oh I've seen spooky, scary stuff here today.
The worst involved presumptions about the Iron Age and Samhain as we know it being connected.
I wept.
So brace yerselves, Imma give you the skinny on the season.
First up, we dont know what folks really believed in back then. 1.
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Red panda is home in Bellevue.
My life is again one of disappointment
We are happy to report that the missing red panda has been located and is being returned to its home at Belfast Zoo - thanks to everyone for their help with the search!
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These pictures just spark joy for me.
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This is a month of Big News, so here's part of it.
It's my honour and privilege to announce that I have been elected to the
@royalarchinst
council in London, certainly the first irish woman to do so. That's that
@ucddublin
@ucdarchaeology
magic working again ;)
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A thread.
Aka why the Irish archaeos are losing their shit right now.
Last night there was a TV show a very nice one, called Secrets of the Burren on
@rte
, and produced by
@SeaFever2
. It examined the unique landscape and archaeology of way out South west. A wild, beautiful, place
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I saw this live at the Stonehenge expo in the Brotish Museum. Now I'm lucky that my work allows me to get up close and personal with the most magnificent objects, but this ? Blew me away. Must have been like drinking from a lare summer sunset
The 3300-year-old Hove amber cup discovered in a great round barrow mound that was crudely excavated in 1856 in Hove, England. The cup is made from a single piece of amber from northern Europe, suggesting trade links between England and the Baltic.
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Oh Jesus, that blew up a bit.
I was just upset abt the Hancock thing, and now there's a load of new followers and you'll hate me because I'm mostly Iron Age archaeology and North of Ireland politics. But you're all very welcome here if you're nice.
( If you're not, I block;) )
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It's all official now, so I can make the announcement!
From August, I will be archaeology consultant for
@AECOM
the engineering giant. I'm really looking forward to new challenges, and everyone is so remarkably lovely already.
2021 is turning out to be quite a memorable year!
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Because my darlings, we have not a scooby what ancient people believed, all the mystic stuff is firmly 18th and 19th century, because, nation building etc etc
Friendly advice: be skeptical of a source which says the ancient Irish or ancient Celts believed the veil thinned at Samhain.
The idea of the veil thinning is fairly new. The idea of the veil itself is also newer.
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It is the End of Days.
My ma bought this for me and I'm sorry , I can't eat this abomination
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So a 60 year old man has been arrested over Sycamore Gap tree.
Long deep sigh at that Kenergy unleashed from Manly Men yesterday when I said that wasn't a 16 Yr old did that. It was a pro.
Now I wait and see if my theory why is right or not....
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Can I just say, very clearly there are no gaps on our shelves here due to the Protocol?
We are a food producing territory. The only shelves being emptied right now is ice cream and lollies
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It's a friend of
@AnneLouiseAvery
. Has to be.
The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens - they are also pretty adorable 😍!
(C) John Bridges
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I appreciate many British people have never heard of the stain of Kincora, and wondering why it runs so deep with so many here. This may go some way to placing the Mountbatten story ( whichwas well known from the 70s) in its context.
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Finally I can announce it properly.
I'm delighted and honoured to say I am a
@IrishResearch
Government if Ireland Post Doc in
@ucddublin
@ucdarchaeology
, refining the Irish Iron Age through material culture, "Making Time" -thank U
#loveirishresearch
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Also, here is a Bronze Age pot from N Serbia. Just check that detail. It's like crochet or something. The skills the maker had!!!
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This mornings moon is walking her dog star too. I'm glad she has company
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My morning is complete.
I'm a verified Irish archaeologist
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The Irish do death so perfectly.
Shane MacGowans funeral is that of a chieftain gone. Even with ritualised depositons of what he loved on the alter.
It's in us,taught by centuries of grief.
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Who wants a nice tumbled broch on a Saturday morning ?
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to discover he really only cared abut his own image….it's grim. I dunno . I dunno anything any more about government people - but how could you live with yourself for that?
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#ArchaeologyAdvent
one of the most exquisite finds-the Broighter boat. A wee ship of gold, part of a hoard of delights, nr Limavady. Firmly Iron Age, def magical--look at the details in it! A boat to bring the sun today "and the bonny boat was won, as we sail into the mystic"
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Barbie has always existed ;)
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So the post mortem of Geronimo the alpaca shows he had no bovine TB. He was slaughtered and terrorised by DEFRA for spite and their egos.
And before any whataboutery , just remember this:how you treat animals tells a lot about who you are with humans.
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This marvellous wooden vessel was found at Altartate. County Monaghan. It's important because of some tiny details, which tally with some other Iron Age oddities. Watch this space.... and go see it in
@NMIreland
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@ElizabethCahn
@AnneLouiseAvery
@HooklandGuide
Always listen to the animal! Narnia made sure I knew that .early.age !
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This will be a totally subjective and probably quite unprofessionally cosmic review of
@britishmuseum
World of Stonehenge and I implore you to remember that I am , actually, a heritage professional, as at times I'm sure it won't seem so lol
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I am enchanted by Jōmon "flame" pottery,and hope to learn more about them . Dating to around 2/3000 BC, they're quite magical imo
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@shell_yeg
@GemLeighton
Butting in briefly, Had the same from an art teacher, who I now realise was young enough to be jealous. Didn't lift a brush for 30+ yrs. Then, in archaeology, turned out art was useful. Now I illustrate as pro. Tell Edie she's great! Eff the teacher! Draw, be amazing, u both! Xx
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* deep breath *
Yesterday's being knocked down with a feather was the result of wonderful news from
@socantscot
, which said I have been awarded the Gunning Jubilee Gift award for a project, Harnessing the Past. No one has ever looked at Scotland's ancient equitation!/lorinery
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Today is Eponalia. Feast day in parts of the Roman Empire of my girl Epona.
So I can say thank you to her that this is printed by wonderful
@Archaeopress
next stop will be when its available to purchase. Just the waiting game now. "I know great horses live again "
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Today we got to revisit a really special place - Ballynoe Stone Circle. It's a ridiculously complex site, with a passage tomb added to a court cairn, and then surrounded by a stone circle. It was reused for a very long time, from maybe the Late Neolithic into the Early Bronze Age
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When you're in your favourite 2nd hand bookshop shop and a book falls from the top shelf and hits you on the head, that's amore. Or an omen or summat.
25 quid even better !
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Renfrew and Bahn
;)
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It me!
UCD archaeologist elected to Council of Royal Archaeological Institute
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And a little moment of self promotion, here is a little chunk of Irish Iron Age stuff, which rattled a few cages ;)
Wait til ye see the stuff from the non horsie material ! * chuckles*
Available from
@Archaeopress
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If you want to see the protective, loving and wholesome humour of real nordies, check out
#RobinSwannisDangerous
for gentle laughs. We know lives were saved by
@RobinSwannMoH
, the best way now is to mock Van the Damned.
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Today's
#ArchaeologyAdvent
is something I really love. It's a Late Bronze Age horse hair sash which was found at Knockans, up in Armoy. It was found in one of the many peat bogs, and was used to tie a package of a linen shirt(?) which contained axes and blades.
@NMIreland
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A relative of Old F? By Lily Seika Jones.
@AnneLouiseAvery
For more, including wolves. Check
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Hard to believe Bryan Ferry is 78. He conflicts me: I love the music and the lounge lizard persona ( from the moment Jerry Hall strutted into view miaowling like a cat who "wants out") to the sublime Avalon album. But he himself is a Tory shit.
So I'll just enjoy the music.
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Is anyone else in touch with their inner Neolithic and counting down to the turn of the year with anticipation and hope?
I am. Certainly. I've never been as exhausted in a bad way by a year, so that new sun on the 21st will be very welcome
Sunrise at Newgrange Monday 11th December. This is the perfect Solstice morning☀️. Fingers crossed for the Livestream for a sky like this🤞 Countdown to
#NewgrangeWinterSolstice2023
. Thanks to Nichola for capturing the wonderful sunrise.
#NewgrangeSolstice
#BrunaBoinne
#Newgrange
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These are Irish moiled cattle, a rare breed, and an ancient one. There are so many 'breeds' or types from the past which didn't make it to now, but these little dotes trace ancestry to the early medieval period!
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As promised.
We have enough evidence now to be able to say the Late Iron Age elite of Ireland were a. sophisticated equestrians and b. in cahoots to some extent with Rome. The real problem in archaeology is what's going on with horse and human after the arrival of Christianity.
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And if you're sniffy about lack of perfection of palaeontology re Jurassic Park new film, ask how many kids saw the original and went off to find out about the real things.
A movie isn't a documentary. Its a story to catch the imagination. Thats where future science lives
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just before the silences fell. Our world, you see, ended. For many their world ended in lonely, regret loaded deaths. And as we see the WhatsApp messages mocking the dead, the sick, the selfish, self centred egos remarking how great they looked… I dunno, it’s breaking my heart
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Here's the big news, I can finally announce.
I've been honourned to be asked to develop a series of archaeological texts as series editor, on material culture studies.
See here:
🧵
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This.
My granny drummed into me that women especially had died for the right to vote. I've never not voted.
People died for the right to vote.
Not voting is not some cool contrarian act. It is an insult to those who fought for voting rights.
Voting should be seen as a civic duty.
4/10 people in NI don't vote. If they did, the political landscape could be very different.
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@AnneLouiseAvery
You're doing grand, so! Here is a very Old Bear, from France,, who has endured ice and flood and darkness, but is still here. Endurance and courage are all. xx
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Epona, Macha, Aine as Lair Dearg...As her darker sister says in the Togail, she has many names. She's an import, as Epona but we likely had similar. Lady of horses, and guide of souls. Today's her feast day if you were Roman or Gaul.
#happyeponaday
( from Kapensburg)
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Here is a
#SuperBowl
. It's from Antrim. It's close enough to 3000 years old. You're welcome.
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The most pure and wholesome thing here today
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What magical Samhain wind brought this perfect wee black cat to my door?
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I keep seeing Sea Otter as Rex Harrison in The Ghost and Mrs Muir, and well... you see where I'm going with this, because some of you know how I feel about Rex Harrison LOL ;)
Sea Otter didn’t believe in surprises for the delicate. So, over breakfast, he explained to Ermine what he had planned, ready to cancel if necessary. But to his delight, she perked up & said that, yes, she thought that she might just about be up to a reading at the Arts Club.
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I have just been decadent and booked my ticket for
@britishmuseum
World of Stonehenge.
20 quid is quite a lot when you should conserve cash, but I cant not see this one!
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#NationalDogDay
and of course I'll be putting up pix of Finbar later. But I do like these Assyrian
#goodbois
, who were magical protectors of homes. They look quite like Anatolian shepherd dogs. They are imbued with spells to keep bad folks away. At
@britishmuseum
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