#ArchMoL22 Archaeology Twitter Conference - Breaking the mould - Trowelblazers
#ArchMoL22 Archaeology Twitter Conference - Breaking the mould - Trowelblazers
2pm Introduction - Tweeted by@MuseumLiverpool
2.20pm Ashley Cooke, Lead Curator of Antiquities, World Museum Liverpool – Amy Urlin’s collection & work at Abydos with her sister Amy Petrie and brother-in-law Flinders
Tweeted by @EgyptCurator
Exploring the story of an Egyptological collection that came to Liverpool in 1944. These finds are from a fascinating season of work at Abydos undertaken by Amy Urlin and her sister Amy Petrie. They record use of the cemetery throughout Egyptian history and the work of pioneering women to excavate it.
2.40pm Diana Nikolava, Garstang Museum of Archaeology – Women’s work and the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Archaeology
Tweeted by @GarstangMuseum
The Garstang Museum of Archaeology will be going back to its roots and exploring the role of women in the early years of archaeology education in the University. From the first female member of staff to the generous benefactors who donated their time and money to the archaeological collections, this paper will reveal their stories.
3pm Jo Chamberlain, The Atkinson – Buying-power: the collection of Ann Goodison
Tweeted by @AtkinsonThe
Anne Goodison of Southport was a collector of Egyptology during the 19th century. Records simply note her as an amateur Egyptologist and a student of hieroglyphics. As a collector and buyer rather than an excavator, very little is recorded of her, but research is revealing more of her story and passion for Egypt.
3.20pm Charlotte Bell, PhD Archaeology Candidate, University of Liverpool - Female empowerment in Romano-British mortuary spaces
Tweeted by @C_E_Bell
Female empowerment in Romano-British mortuary spaces has typically depended on the male dedicator who was responsible for the erection of the tombstone. The Latinised epitaph, and domestic relief contributed towards a created female persona harnessed by Roman influence. The female identity in the Early Romano-British period was largely confined to domestic spaces (Allason-Jones 1989: 84), where the Matron image was enforced by the Roman Empire onto pre-Roman women who were castigated for their sexual liberty (Dio, Roman History 77.16.5). Tribeswomen were accustomed to political and individual empowerment by participating in martial conflict, and were considered as Roman men (Edwards 2010) due to their physically superior stature, which afforded them the ability to intimidate their enemies during warfare (Marcellinus, History, 15.12). Women who identified with their respective tribes represented this affiliation on their tombstone through symbolic iconography and through the use of tribal keywords in the epitaph. Ved[.]ic[..] was dedicated at some point in the Romano-British period, with a highly charged tribal persona, recorded through the relief and the epitaph which identifies her as a tribeswoman of the Cornovii clan. Through Ved[.]ic[..]’s tombstone, I will discuss the empowerment Early Romano-British women could engage with through tribal identities in a land which succumbed to the Roman Empire.
3.40pm Elsa Price, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery - Gender Bias: from Discovery to Display
Tweeted by @TullieHouse
From archaeologists to audiences there is an intent desire to know the sex or gender of inhumations. Our inherited societal bias has, until recently, assumed the existence of only two genders which correlate to biological sex. Burial goods have, therefore, become gendered to represent the sex of the inhumation as either female or male without necessarily confirming these assumptions through scientific analysis. Using a case study from Tullie House this talk will examine how the self-perpetuating cycle of ‘male’ objects and ‘female’ objects represented in the Vikings Revealed exhibition has affected audiences understanding of sex and gender in this period.
4pm Natasha Bilson, Heritage Media Group - The Great British Dig: Exploring West Derby's rich history.
Tweeted by @Tash_Archaeo
The Great British Dig is a community-based archaeology TV programme commissioned by Channel 4. The programme follows a team of archaeologists travel across the UK, working with the local community to dig deeper - literally and metaphorically - into their shared local heritage. One of the sites we worked on was based on the Medieval history of West Derby. What did we investigate and how did that impact our understanding of the site? Join @tash_archaeo on Twitter to find out! Finding creative ways to communicate the past, inspired Natasha to launch social media channels Behind The Trowel and Tash_Archaeo. She later went on to establish Heritage Media Group. The company bridges the gap between heritage organisations and individuals, with social media management, video production and training.
Charlotte Bell
Natasha Bilson
Jo Chamberlain
Ashley Cooke
Diana Nikolava
