Jonathan Charmley has been working on an archaeological excavation at an Anglo Saxon site in Berkshire. He has been able to educate the other people on the dig about his visual impairment whilst using his other senses to understand the site.

#GoodNews #Archaeology #Dig #Excavation #VisualImpairment #Senses #AngloSaxon #Disability #History

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gwp90n07zo

Pics of the Anglo-Saxon herb garden at @butserancientfarm - very interesting and though provoking to see what they've done there. Annoying that such gardens would leave litte/zero evidence but there's no reason why it shouldn’t have looked like this. The Anglo-Saxon gardeners would have a sense of the aesthetic and maybe they choose this style - we'll probably never know. Very interesting place and well worth a visit.
#garden #horticulture #AngloSaxon

Uhtcearu: #AngloSaxon compound word meaning 'sorrow before dawn' or 'grief at early morning' - the empty chilly hours before dawn, an especially painful time for grief and loneliness. From 'Winters in the World' by Eleanor Parker (p. 183)

Ipswich #AngloSaxon pottery created in replica kiln in #Suffolk, #England #Uk 🇬🇧
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/ipswich/news/1-400-year-old-suffolk-pottery-remade-in-archaeology-project-9317680/

#histodons #history #MedievalStudies #medievalists #archaeology #MiddleAges #Mittelalter #anthropology
@historikerinnen
 @histodons @archaeodons @medievodons

Audio Etymologies of the Day

"Mind" descends from Anglo-Saxon mynd, from Proto-Germanic *mundi, from Proto-Indo-European *mn-ti-, a derived form of *men-, something like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/mind-from-PIE-men.wav

*men- also descended (via #Sanskrit) into Bengali মানা mana “accept, obey, pay heed to”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-men-to-Bengali-mana.wav

Mental, Latin mens, and Lithuanian mintis are from the same root.

@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #AngloSaxon #Bengali

I've reviewed Noc Solheim-Davidson's beautiful translation of the Old English Rune Poems, with the addition of the Northumbrian Runes. It's a wonderful translation I highly recommend. Please read my full review on my blog, linked below.

#pagan #paganpoetry #poetry #runepoem #oldenglish #anglosaxon #polytheist #polytheism #polytheistic #paganism #bookreview #poetryreview

https://thunderwitchofthewoods.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/book-review-northumbrian-rune-poems-by-nico-solheim-davidson/

Trying to get a handle on the Anglo-Saxon kingdom period of English history (for reasons, of course), so creating a timeline to help myself keep track.

#history #anglosaxon #timeline

Two weeks left to back The Fury of the Norsemen, a 5E-compatible setting based on England at the time of the Viking invasions. Lindisfarne and the various Anglo-Saxon churches scattered through the Northeast hold a special interest for me, so really looking forward to this seeing the light of day. Plus the creator Jess Nevins has always managed to combine academic work with interesting game-adjacent subjects! #DnD #AngloSaxon #Medieval
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thefuryofthenorthmen/the-fury-of-the-northmen-digital-edition

Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods
A free event from Gresham College
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/anglo-saxon-gods...
Wednesday, 1 Feb 2023 - 18:00 and also recorded #AngloSaxon

@MAPGO I hope you’re not acting under the mistaken belief that the term #foreigner can ONLY be applied to people who are not #english / #british . BTW 1) #barbarian is derived from the Ancient Greek word for foreigner. 2) #welsh was an #AngloSaxon word to for foreigner applied to the #Celtic peoples displaced by the Anglo Saxon (ie English) invaders 🤣🤣🤣

#poem from the Exeter Book, trans. Richard Hamer. It's a riddle. (Clue: I know, I know, farming was a big wrong turn in human and planetary history.) Answer is at bottom of 2nd photo -- sorry, alt text can't quite deal with #AngloSaxon

'In a time of ecological crisis, Anglo-Saxon poems which recognise how fundamentally we are connected to the rhythms of nature - how dependent we are on the well-being of the earth, how grateful we should be for its gifts and its beauties - speak truths we still need to hear' Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: a journey through the Anglo-Saxon year
#AngloSaxon
#Poetry
#Nature
#Ecocide

Windsor Forest was huge, but it was named for one small settlement at its eastern end. In Old Windsor (the original Windsor before William the Conqueror built his castle down the road) there was once an important Anglo-Saxon palace. It’s all gone now, apart from whatever hides beneath the ground, but it was once important enough for the whole Forest to be named for it.
#windsorforest #folklore #history #oldwindsor #windsor #berkshire #berkshirehistory #anglosaxon #williamtheconqueror

https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2022/12/the-origins-of-preston-from-anglo-saxon-village-to-the-domesday-book/ #AngloSaxon #archaeology

I'm reading Norwegian historian Tore Skeie's "The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire." Pushkin Press, 2018, Anne McCullough, translator. An absorbing page-turner. Highly recommended. #history #histodon #histodons #historians #anglosaxon #viking

Sharing a video made by Dr MRO & Dr Erik Wade summarising the term "Anglo-Saxon", it's history & misconceptions. https://youtu.be/5I5qgEOFH1A. c. 30 mins, very accessible (ie. for lay people) and useful background to why the term should no longer be used when talking about early medieval England.

TL:DR
The term was barely used in pre-conquest England (only 4 references to it, in the vernacular, over a 600 year period). It then disappeared & re-emerged during the period of colonisation.

Unlike the term "Anglo-Saxon", England and English is not a white only designation, and includes black & people of colour.

England & English... (though not without its problems) does not carry the historical and colonial baggage that "Anglo-Saxon" does.

"Anglo-Saxon" is a racist dogwhistle.

Action: Update your language!

#EarlyMedievalEngland #AngloSaxon #Medieval

RT @UCLanArchAnth@twitter.com

UCLan archaeology is nominated for not one but two Current Archaeology awards!! Vicki has been nominated for her dolmen project and Duncan for his Anglo-Saxon migration project! #Neolithic #Anglosaxon #UCLanResearch

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UCLanArchAnth/status/1599775228946616322

A Memorial for Anglo Saxon Composer Cadmon at Whitby, Yorkshire

#TombTuesday #AngloSaxon #Whitby #Yorkshire

For me it’s not the highest peaks or longest hikes that stay with me, but the ancient paths and unusual landscapes. Like the time I walked across the sea to #Lindisfarne as dawn broke over #northumberland on the pilgrims way, in the footsteps of #AngloSaxon and #vikings.
https://walkingaway.uk/2022/09/16/lindisfarne-the-pilgrims-way-to-holy-island/

For me it’s not the highest peaks or longest hikes that stay with me, but the ancient paths and unusual landscapes. Like the time I walked across the sea to #Lindisfarne as dawn broke over #northumberland on the pilgrims way, in the footsteps of #AngloSaxon and #vikings.
https://walkingaway.uk/2022/09/16/lindisfarne-the-pilgrims-way-to-holy-island/