Today our colleague #SheridanStrang gave a great presentation about the multidisciplinary analysis of a calcified object found in a burial at the #earlymedieval #cementry of #StPeter in #vienna

#eaa2023 #StadtarchäologieWien #NHMWien #bioarchaeology

I'm new here. So far my handful of posts have been automatic links to my blog posts. But the Elephant Bot just suggested I introduce myself.

So: I'm Nicola, a writer (novels mostly), fighter, kitty wrangler, scholar, and queer crip. The most recent novel is SPEAR, a "queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern age," and a new one, MENEWOOD, sequel to HILD, coming 3 October, 2023.

More about my books here:
https://nicolagriffith.com/books/

#CripLit #medieval #earlymedieval #lifescience #queerlit

Teampall Caomháin • Inis Oírr

A small stone church was established here as early as the 11th century, and it was later extended with a chancel in the 13th century.

The church has almost been entirely swallowed by the drifting sand, and has only been kept clear by the dedication and work of the islanders.

#inisoirr #AranIslands #Irisharchaeology #earlymedieval #irishhistoryandheritage #irishhistory #Archaeology #explorewithtuatha #wildatlancway #galway #discoverireland #VisitIreland

After sailing by it each time we went to Skellig Michael, it was fantastic to finally get to visit Illaunloughan at the weekend, lovely site!

Recommend the really interesting publication on the excavation there by Jenny White Marshall and Claire Walsh.

#kerry #WildAtlanticWay #IrishArchaeology #IrishHistory #EarlyChristian #EarlyMedieval #DiscoverIreland

A wonderful discovery in #Leeds could be a treasure trove of information about the #EarlyMedieval period.

An ancient lead coffin has been unearthed in a previously undiscovered, 1,600-year-old Leeds cemetery which could help unlock the secrets of one of the most significant periods in British history.

#Histodons #EarlyMedievalArchaeology #AngloSaxon #Medieval #medievodons #MedievalMonday

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https://news.leeds.gov.uk/news/historic-leeds-cemetery-discovery-unearths-secrets-of-ancient-britain

Requested by @maninthewoods who mentioned folklore about cows. Not sure how well this one fits the criteria, but it's a folktale, and there's a cow in it...

This is one of the many stories about St Cuthbert that we have up here.

After Cuthbert died on the Farne Islands, his burial place became a pilgrimage site; however, Viking raids made it unsafe, so a group of monks removed his coffin and took it away.

They travelled the countryside for a long while, looking for a safe place, and there are plenty of stories about their journey, but those will have to wait for another time.

One night, a monk had a dream, or perhaps it was a holy vision, that the saint's body would be safe at Dunholme. However, none of them knew where that place was or had ever heard of it.

Soon after, they encountered two milkmaids on the road. One was looking for her good dun cow, and the other said she had seen the cow away over at Dunholme. The monks followed the milkmaids until they came to a piece of land protected by a loop of the river and by steep crags. There was the dun cow peacefully grazing, and there they knew Cuthbert's body would be safe.

They buried his coffin and built a church over it. The church became a cathedral and a city grew up. Over the years the name Dunholme became Durham, and St Cuthbert's body still rests there, thanks to a wandering dun cow.

#folklore #FolkloreThursday #Northumberland #Durham #legends #OriginMyth #StCuthbert #EarlyMedieval

Early Medieval Irish cattle estimated withers heights from 17 different sites … & my brain wants to play Connect Four game 😁 (wonder what is going on with that short adult female? Dwarf cow or stunted early growth … an outlier).
#zooarchaeoloy #cattle #earlymedieval #ireland #farming #archaeology

Oldest #Odin Inscription in the World Found — Scientists have identified the earliest known inscription referring to the #Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in the Vindelev treasure found 2020 from 1,500 years ago

#histodons #medievodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval

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https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-odin-inscription-in-the-world-found-in-the-vindelev-treasure/

Odin’s necklace

Deep shadows from the winter sunshine emphasise the contour features on the northern face of Roseberry.

There are three lines of pits. One follows the 200m contour above Cockle Scar, I've posted about these before. Their origins remain unclear, from a supposed British settlement by Victorian antiquarians to military, defensive or ritual.

Next up, at around the 2 ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31587

#NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #Earlymedieval #Pre-history

If Twitter existed in the #EarlyMedieval period, part 2

æthlestan_69: hey heard about this new god they’re talking about, Lok (Loki)

ðustic: tell me about! More of the #LGBTQ agenda. I hear he just “Changes his gender”.

æthlestan_69: we have to save the children! We have to bring back #Woden into schools

ðustic: Amen brother! We need to teach them right from wrong, that it’s okay to cheat on your wife and that killing your family is okay.

Imagine of social media had been around in the #EarlyMedieval period:

ðustic: Yo æthlestan_69, you read the #Beowulf thing yet? Total rubbish! Gets the wrong thing wrong

æthlestan_69: I know what you mean, total woke nonsense. Pandering to the libs with that female monster!

ðustic: it’s dead to me! I won’t be reading another pic poem again, ever!

"Lindisfarne stones" Archaeodeath from July 2014 #archaeology #Lindisfarne #stones #sculpture #earlymedieval #HolyIsland https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/lindisfarne-stones/

"Lindisfarne’s Landscape and Seascape" Archaeodeath from July 2014 #Lindisfarne #archaeology #landscape #anglosaxon #earlymedieval #seascape https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/lindisfarne/

#OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

áttorsceaða [ ᚪᛏᛏᚩᚱᛋᚳᛖᚪᚪ ]: venom-enemy / A poisonous destroyer; a venomous dragon

áttor (áttres/áttru): poison / venom

sceaða: scathe / harm / cause injury /a spiritual enemy / a fiend

Pronunciation: https://files-thefolklore-cafe.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/attachments/attorsceatha.m4a

The great áttorsceaða -- a deadly and venom-destroyer/enemy. A monster, like a dragon, who spreads poison where-ever it goes. This creation is a great wyrm (worm) or serpent. Deadly and fearsome; it lives in those dark and lonely places, marshes and swamps and destroys all living things.

#histodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval #medievodons #folklore #FolkloreFriday #Storytelling #dragon #monster #NationalStorytellingWeek

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It's #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay time and today, in honour of #NationalStorytellingWeek we are going with

spelspreca [ᛋᛈᛖᛚᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳᚪ]:
prose-speaker; storyteller

spel(l): prose / work or prose

spreca: A speaker / one who speaks in council / Speaks with authority

Pronunciation: https://files-thefolklore-cafe.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/attachments/spelspreca.m4a

This is the title of a great storyteller, the person who tells the tales or greatness, adventure, of mourning and loss. There is no coincidence that we say stories are "spell-binding"; for the #AngloSaxons and #Jutes, telling stories were the deepest of magics. Every evocative word invoked the most powerful of spells.

#histodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval #medievodons #folklore #FolkloreThursday #Storytelling

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Boundary stone on Stanghow Moor

Exploring hob country, the area of moorland south-east of Guisborough.

This early 19th-century boundary stone marks an old parish boundary between Guisborough and Stanghow. It is about half way between Hob on the Hill and Hob Cross, which names denote a connection with those mischievious sprit ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31407

#GisboroughMoor #NorthYorkMoors #StanghowMoor #Earlymedieval #folklore

#OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

Ánwalda [ ᚪᚾᚹᚪᛚᛞᚪ ]: One-ruler ; All-ruler ; The sole ruler of the universe

án: One

wald(a): ruler ; power strength might efficacy potestas

The Ánwalda is the ruler of the whole universe; both heaven and earth. The great ruler from which all other rulers are derived.

This was not a description but a title, a proper-noun. Although the only context we have for this word is in the context of the title for God.

Pronunciation: https://files-thefolklore-cafe.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/attachments/anwalda.m4a

Examples:
Beowulf (1) -- Him to Ánwaldan áre gelýfde
Exeter (2) -- Ealra Ánwalda, eorþan and heofones

Translations:
(1) ...reverentially trusted in him as the Ruler of all Things...
(2) ...the Ruler of the Universe, of all of Earth and Heaven...

#FairytaleTuesday #AngloSaxon #histodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval #medievodons

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My Hlhandling kit for the University of Glasgow Archaeology department is almost finished now; just shield to paint and spear to haft and a little sewing on the sword hilt and we are done! A very cool collection of Scottish-Norse material to make and assemble! #viking #earlymedieval #archaeodon #archaeogy

"Maelmin" Archaeodeath from June 2014 #archaeology #heritage #Maelmin #Northumbria #prehistoric #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/maelmin-always-rings-twice/

"Bamburgh – Citadel of the Northumbrian Kings" Archaeodeath from June 2014 https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/bamburgh-citadel-of-the-northumbrian-kings/ #Bamburgh #Northumbria #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval