isakroa - Network

My first real Raspberry Pi project is a network attached storage (NAS). More or less directly copy+pasted from the "Ultimate Raspberry...

My first real Raspberry Pi project is a network attached storage (NAS). More or less directly copy+pasted from the "Ultimate Raspberry Pi 5 NAS"-video from @geerlingguy I've now successfully booted and ssh'd into the NAS without encountering any major issues (yet 🤞).

I'll throw in an #archaeology tag, as this will likely be more of a novelty for that crowd than those following #raspberrypi, and I intend to store some archaeological data on there.

A PhD position in archaeology has just been advertised by the University of Oslo. Deadline March...

A PhD position in archaeology has just been advertised by the University of Oslo. Deadline March 16.
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/271130/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-archaeology

#archaeology

My father studied at the Polish School of Posters/Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 71-72. Polish poster art came to define much of the genre...

My father studied at the Polish School of Posters/Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 71-72. Polish poster art came to define much of the genre in part because it was subject to less regulation than other forms of artistic expressions in postwar Poland, and, unlike in the west, due to less pressure for the posters to function as commercially successful ads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_School_of_Posters. I've just photographed some that my father brought back to Norway, so I thought I'd post a few.

#art #poster #poland

The first pertains to Bronze Age rock art and recent discoveries such as those covered in this article:...

The first pertains to Bronze Age rock art and recent discoveries such as those covered in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/arts/design/petroglyph-hunters-norway.html

And the second to glacial archaeology. Take a look here for some of the spectacular finds that have been made in this context: https://secretsoftheice.com/

Two PhD-positions have just been advertised by the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. PhD Research Fellow in Archaeology - Rock...

Two PhD-positions have just been advertised by the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo.

PhD Research Fellow in Archaeology - Rock Art from the Bronze Age:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/268712/phd-research-fellow-in-archaeology-rock-art-from-the-bronze-age

PhD Research Fellow in Glacial Archaeology:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/268820/phd-research-fellow-in-glacial-archaeology

#archaeology

I defended my thesis 'Computational modelling of the coastal Mesolithic in south-eastern Norway' about a month ago. The thesis,...

I defended my thesis 'Computational modelling of the coastal Mesolithic in south-eastern Norway' about a month ago. The thesis, consisting of an introductory text and four papers, has now been made freely available through the repository of the University of Oslo: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/110335

We've just published the latest edition of Primitive tider (a diamond open access archaeological journal based in Norway) with...

We've just published the latest edition of Primitive tider (a diamond open access archaeological journal based in Norway) with contributions in both Norwegian and English: https://journals.uio.no/PT/index

#archaeology #openaccess

And for something completely different, I now have a new desktop background: "The simulation of a black hole published in 1979 ©...

And for something completely different, I now have a new desktop background: "The simulation of a black hole published in 1979 © Jean-Pierre Luminet/CNRS Phototheque" from
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/first-ever-image-black-hole-cnrs-researcher-had-simulated-it-early-1979

And to follow up on the previous post: A PhD fellowship in archaeology at the University of Oslo, Department of Archaeology, Conservation...

And to follow up on the previous post: A PhD fellowship in archaeology at the University of Oslo, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History has just been posted as well: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/254822/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-archaeology-materialities

The MSCA doctoral network 'Archaeological Coastal Heritage: Past, present and future of a hidden prehistoric legacy (ArCHe)' has...

The MSCA doctoral network 'Archaeological Coastal Heritage: Past, present and future of a hidden prehistoric legacy (ArCHe)' has just posted 10 PhD positions: https://www.arche.uio.no/vacancies/index.html

To try another dish from the buffet that is open science, we're going with the super cool initiative @PCI_Archaeology with this. Super...

To try another dish from the buffet that is open science, we're going with the super cool initiative @PCI_Archaeology with this. Super smooth process so far, and looking forward to the open review process!

New pre-print from me and @steinarsolheim "Comparing summed probability distributions of shoreline and radiocarbon dates from the...

New pre-print from me and @steinarsolheim "Comparing summed probability distributions of shoreline and radiocarbon dates from the Mesolithic Skagerrak coast of Norway" https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/2f8ph/

Feedback is very welcome!

Relaying this from @kiaustvoll on Twitter:'These don't come around too often. A permanent position as Associate Professor in Bronze...

Relaying this from @kiaustvoll on Twitter:
'These don't come around too often. A permanent position as Associate Professor in Bronze Age archaeology is available at the University of Bergen'

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/249162/associate-professor-in-european-bronze-age-archaeology

The paper evaluates the distance between sites and the prehistoric shoreline in a portion of south-eastern Norway, and suggests a new method...

The paper evaluates the distance between sites and the prehistoric shoreline in a portion of south-eastern Norway, and suggests a new method for shoreline dating based on the findings.

Shoreline dating is frequently used in northern Scandinavia to date Stone Age sites. The method is based on combining the present-day elevation of a site, it's likely elevation above the sea when it was in use, and a reconstruction of past shoreline displacement.

A good way to introduce one's work on Mastodon has to be through a newly published paper!"A simulation-based assessment of the...

A good way to introduce one's work on Mastodon has to be through a newly published paper!

"A simulation-based assessment of the relation between Stone Age sites and relative sea-level change along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast" is available #openaccess here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107880 (except the title says "Stone age" for now)

I gather this falls down to the trade-off between accuracy and precision, where 95% accuracy is usually considered reasonable. This could be...

I gather this falls down to the trade-off between accuracy and precision, where 95% accuracy is usually considered reasonable.

This could be a legacy of the sigma terminology that was previously used when reporting radiocarbon results, and I believe OxCal used to return these lower prob ranges by default, which might have tempted such interpretations.

As mentioned, I don't think this kind of phrasing is common, and it might die completely off with OxCal now returning 95% prob by default. 3/3

Is it in a sense just a matter of wording, so that it would be OK if phrased like "If we accept a 35% probability that we are wrong,...

Is it in a sense just a matter of wording, so that it would be OK if phrased like "If we accept a 35% probability that we are wrong, the date can be treated as falling within the range 7700-7300 BP"? Seems like a shaky foundation for further analysis.

The use of the phrase "most likely" also strikes me as strange - what about the level of certainty? Why not take this to it's conclusion and say "most likely 7233 BP" (or whatever year has the highest prob mass)? 2/3

I'll try a thread to air a treatment of radiocarbon dates that I'm wrapping my head around. I don't think it's common, but...

I'll try a thread to air a treatment of radiocarbon dates that I'm wrapping my head around.

I don't think it's common, but I've come across a couple of papers where people say things like "The date lies within the range 8000-7000 BP with 95% probability, but most likely falls within the range 7700-7300 BP (65% probability)."

I get how this might be intuitive, but it strikes me as problematic. 1/3