A Chronicle of an Archaeology Student

Licking heritage 2/2

This is the second part of my fieldwork episode where I answer your questions about fieldwork based on my two projects (England&Portugal), I explain the licking part and discuss some important differences between Western and Eastern archaeology through the public perspective. Sources (selected): The brilliant and important article about colonialism and cosplay that I was referring to. Have a read. "How academics, Egyptologists and even Melania Trump benefit from colonialist cosplay". https://hyperallergic.com/595896/how-academics-egyptologists-and-even-melania-trump-benefit-from-colonialist-cosplay/ [https://hyperallergic.com/595896/how-academics-egyptologists-and-even-melania-trump-benefit-from-colonialist-cosplay/] My social media: IG: @archaeologychronicle Twitter: @jmjzfwcz

Licking heritage 1/2

This episode is the first part of me talking about my fieldwork, how digging in England and Portugal looks like. And, I am answering some of your questions about excavations! My social media: IG: @archaeologychronicle Twitter: @jmjzfwcz

Archaeology & race

When "race" was invented, how it has influenced the "scientific thought", ethnicity and archaeology, plus current issues in the public domain. Resources (selected): Heng, G. (2018). The invention of race in the European Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hirschman, C. (2004). The Origins and Demise of the Concept of Race. Population and Development Review, 30(3), 385–415. open access: "Black Pharaohs?" A lecture by Stuart T. Smith: https://youtu.be/4QK7P0Bdpj0 [https://youtu.be/4QK7P0Bdpj0] (It is quite hard to digest from someone outside archaeology - more so because of the delivery rather than lecture's content I think, so I recommend putting subtitles on as you listen to it; also you can just listen to the conclusion 44:38-54:20). "There's no scientific basis for race": https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/ [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/] On Gal Gadot's recent booking (there's plenty): https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gal-gadot-cleopatra-problem [https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gal-gadot-cleopatra-problem] Since we're discussing  t h i s  topic today, go here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/] And check out this IG: @women_in_archaeology ! My social media: IG: @archaeologychronicle Twitter: @jmjzfwcz

The cursed discipline

What is the deal with Egyptology and why Egyptologists hate their lives so much... (if you didn't laugh, I'm sorry). Studying Egyptology vs studying Egyptian Archaeology. Resources (selected): open access: https://chrisnaunton.com/2020/07/23/decolonising-egyptology-the-dirty-little-secret/ [https://chrisnaunton.com/2020/07/23/decolonising-egyptology-the-dirty-little-secret/] +Carruthers, W. (Ed.),(2015). Histories of Egyptology: Interdisciplinary Measures. New York and London: Routledge. (this book is partially available through Google Scholar). Said, E. Orientalism. (1978). New York: Vintage Books. My MicroPasts project you can help me with: https://crowdsourced.micropasts.org/project/DonorsEEF1922/ [https://crowdsourced.micropasts.org/project/DonorsEEF1922/] Hiroshi Yoshida "Sphinx-Day"; "Sphinx-Night" (1925). Social media: Instagram: @archaeologychronicle Twitter: @jmjzfwcz

Ancient emojis?

Are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs just like modern-day emojis? If not, how do they actually work? On the "words of god" and how to better understand ancient Egyptians. Resources (selected): open access: https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/fabricius/en [https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/fabricius/en] (Fabricius developed by the University of Macquarie staff, Sydney, Australia; to learn some hieroglyphs, and to play with some). https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/language/index.html [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/language/index.html] (on language history and usage). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration_of_Ancient_Egyptian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration_of_Ancient_Egyptian] (for the basic one-sound signs, look under the table of transliteration schemes) + Collier, M. & Manley B. (1998). How to read Egyptian hieroglyphs: A step-by-step guide to teach yourself. London: British Museum Press. Social media: Instagram: @archaeologychronicle Twitter: @jmjzfwcz