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Now this is cool! The Angles or Saxon or foederati at 5th-7th century CE West Heslerton in Yorkshire built their cemetery around some Neolithic and Early Bronze Age henges and barrows http://www.landscaperesearchcentre.org/AA%20Tier%201%20Primary%20Headings/lrc_publications.htm #archaeology #historodons @vicorva @ExilianOfficial

oh, and the yellow cedar which grows around the Salish Sea and up to Alaska is a species of cypress (*Cupressus nootkatensis*)

As I research materials for spearstaves, I am reminded that folk names for trees are weird even within one language. "Cornel cherry" (cornus mas) is what we call a dogwood and not the same family as the stone fruit trees (prunus), and the British call tilia the "lime tree" even though its not related to citrus fruit trees. And don't get me started on how North American poplar is a different genus than European poplar! #philology #linguistics #historodons

New post: Some thoughts on Walker's "Iron Hearts" https://www.bookandsword.com/2022/01/22/some-thoughts-on-iron-hulls-iron-hearts/ #historodons #wwII

Both ancient Greek and Near Eastern art have lots of nudity, but Greek artists tend to give women smooth featureless crotches, while Near Eastern artists show that women have public hair and vulvas. What happened when Near Eastern artists saw the prudish Greek tradition? A great answer is in "The Hellenization of Ishtar: Nudity, Fetishism, and the Production of Cultural Differentiation in Ancient Art" by Zainab Bahrani https://www.jstor.org/stable/1360725

Oh wow: after massive layoffs and quitting, Laurentian university in Ontario is hiring seven new administrators and no new faculty or sessional instructors https://laurentian.ca/careers/administrative-vacancies https://laurentian.ca/careers/faculty-Vacancies #histodons

A lot of things changed in Greece in the 50 years before Xerxes invaded. One of them was how male nudity is used in art https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/heroic-nudity-naked-men-ancient-greek-art/ #historodons #artHistory #classics

I just stumbled over one of the things which reminded me that not everywhere in the Greek world worked like Athens: Arete of Cyrene, the second teacher in the Cyrenean school of philosophy (her father passed over his two sons to declare her the heir to his school) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene #philosophy #historodons

Canadian vlogger Skallagrim talks about the bat'leth, the historical weapons which inspired it, and what such a weapon would be good for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrIv9EORYQc #starTrek #historicalMartialArts

New post: female military historians https://www.bookandsword.com/2022/01/15/female-military-historians/ #historodons