I want to make a starter pack for people in Pal, Mes & Geoarch research, contract & teaching but can't decide on scale...England (aligning with Historic England), Britain: mapping onto the island, UK: mapping onto the laws & planning frameworks, or Britain & Ireland to take in all the islands. 🏺🦣🧪 🤷 - ThreadSky

mattpope.bsky.social • 174 days ago

I want to make a starter pack for people in Pal, Mes & Geoarch research, contract & teaching but can't decide on scale...England (aligning with Historic England), Britain: mapping onto the island, UK: mapping onto the laws & planning frameworks, or Britain & Ireland to take in all the islands. 🏺🦣🧪 🤷

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ardentarchivist.bsky.social•174 days ago

If you’re going back that far, surely it has to be (at least) Britain & Ireland? Anything less is imposing modern boundaries on an era when they didn’t exist or were meaningless. 🤷‍♀️

The links are obvious even without the land bridge, from then until now.

ardentarchivist.bsky.social•174 days ago

(I wonder did a single Pal/Mes/Neo/Geoarch/historian of any stripe vote for the confected catastrophe that was/is Brexit?!)

((With the possible exception of a certain D. Starkey… 👀🤐🤦‍♀️))

(((Sorry.)))

catrees.bsky.social•174 days ago

Vote for Britain and Ireland please

mariesoressi.bsky.social•174 days ago

Would be cool to show North of France and up to the current cost of the Netherlands

mattpope.bsky.social•174 days ago

It would be, which makes total sense to me as a research area, but as I really wanted to drive this for supporting preventative archaeology how would we frame that community and what do we call the region that bridges both Doggerland, La Mancheland and encompasses Ireland?

hiegleah.bsky.social•174 days ago

How do you get your account included in a starter pack ?

sef049.bsky.social•174 days ago

That's a great idea Matt 👍😀

mattpope.bsky.social•174 days ago

Just trying to consider scope, had two calls to take in adjacent areas of Europe which of course I don't need much persuading on.

falconhorus.bsky.social•174 days ago

Start small and go from there... 😆

davidebb.bsky.social•174 days ago

Have you decided yet whether to include Doggerland?

mattpope.bsky.social•174 days ago

It's included, I went large

dibass.bsky.social•174 days ago

Please include Scotland and Ireland. I’m going to be trying to volunteer at digs and it could be anywhere in Britain or Ireland. I’m just reading Vicky Cummings book on the Neolithic and it seems a natural choice given the similarities.

calong.bsky.social•174 days ago

I suppose it would be asking too much to include the coasts of the Low Countries, Normandy and Britanny - I quite understand if you think I’m being greedy !

mattpope.bsky.social•174 days ago

For research totally, but I was considering to be focused more on insular planning and practise. But I'm still thinking it through. Watch this space

archaeocobb.bsky.social•174 days ago

Great idea! Britain and Ireland would be awesome! :)

microburin.bsky.social•174 days ago

Yep, start with B&I (there's a capacity limit I believe), then expand eastwards/SE in chunks.
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sargey.bsky.social•173 days ago

I notice many rivers shown in what is now the Channel. I would assume they were used for waterborne trade. How much evidence is there for these as shown ?

beccyscottuk.bsky.social•174 days ago

Vote for continental shelf here too!

mattpope.bsky.social•174 days ago

I don't want it to be too parochial but be good to highlight the community, might be some interesting synergies between the UK and Ireland too. The La Mancheland starter pack can wait

peterreavill.bsky.social•174 days ago

I'd be keen to see the joined up ness with continental Europe - as seeing both sides of water important

ruthfcarden.bsky.social•174 days ago

We are all connected ….

osteoconnor.bsky.social•174 days ago

It's the pygmy shrews...

ruthfcarden.bsky.social•174 days ago

Landmass wise and other … things … sometime(s) in the past. Ireland is important too and all will become clear, we may be at the fringe edge but we are here and significant!

profjonmay.bsky.social•174 days ago

everything this side of the continental shelf?

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