an unexpected encounter with a high medieval tympanum in a mountain side in Vayots Dzor #Armenia today, among other remains of a church ruined and dispersed by 20th c agricultural amelioration

spent today in the collections of the Yeghegnadzor Museum exploring an awesome cross section of Soviet print culture from 1984-5— this cover of Armenian Agriculture magazine is so great

Archaeology twitter! Folks with later medieval excavations, I'm trying to get some context on this bead from our 14th-15th c levels, any leads?

looking for a photo to celebrate a new article (on old data) coming out, here is me, the day before my first solo excavation, in the late june flowers (📸 by Roman who was very kindly putting up with my freakout)

alarmed grifos, nat. gallery of umbria

An amazing opportunity for junior Armenian studies scholars to work with amazing people! ii.umich.edu/armenian/manoo…

just got comments back on an article which i am excited to read but instead i am grading dissertations like the wind, if not as fast as the actual wind which is on its way #florida #milton

The Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre building ahead of the jubilee evening dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Sergey Parajanov. #Yerevan

Excited to be heading into Berkeley for a fun and exciting weekend of silk road, scalar histories, and (for me) medieval #Armenian landscape literature and art 🌴🌳🦚🐎 events.berkeley.edu/ieas/event/245…

A beautiful and strange marginal figure from #Armenian gospel Or 10960, which i got to hold today 🧡

Thrilled to see this online! My essay 'Thinking with #Mud: Dirt, Imagination & Early Medieval English Culture' in the latest volume in Brill's series The Elements in the #Medieval World: EARTH. #EnvHums #EnvHist #ecocriticism brill.com/display/book/9…

hey! buy this house! zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/detai…

the realtors want me to become an absentee landlord, on this day of all days!

a better link-- rightmove.co.uk/properties/159…