Archaeologist & historian of Japan in Eurasia at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena. Fellow Royal Historical Society. Author '24 Hours in Shogun's Japan' (https://www.mombooks.com/book/24-hours-in-shoguns-japan/). Breturn to EUhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mumvven2ek27Our new Ainu paper debunking the colonialist arguments put forward by JM Ramseyer is gaining traction with already over 1300 views. Open access here: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-dynamics/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2026.1889368/full03 Sep 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumvven2ek27https://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mtxtdxkub22gNew paper https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-dynamics/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2026.1889368/full26 Aug 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxtdxkub22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mtqbx2hbic23In good company at Munich airport bookstore 😁23 Aug 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqbx2hbic23https://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mstchzy4hc2bPublication in Dutch on September 16!11 Aug 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstchzy4hc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3msbfi3mcjk2yFirst drafted this for the Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Japan & Korea almost 10 years ago. It needs updating! But I wanted to post the draft to receive any feedback about the 'medieval Ainu diaspora', a concept inspired by Viking studies. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=720692204 Aug 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbfi3mcjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mrapexv3c22wIn Kyushu's decorated tombs, humans were never meant to be individuals https://phys.org/news/2026-07-kyushu-tombs-humans-meant-individuals.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawTNySNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBsUVdsN09TWDR4bGlRcjJXc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjKiXxMnsJL_ctscInafGRePt_cztznJb-R3I5gBqfbzJVlexTBLOy14xf3r_aem_D8T6m402ELsmp19b1PqfAw22 Jul 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrapexv3c22whttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mpnqheuyws2dExcellent new article on Kofun archaeology [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnqheuyws2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mp2hove4is26For me Brexit has changed everything. My happiness, my whole life. How can this person suggest otherwise, based on what evidence? [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2hove4is26https://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mmwjs2agjs2uHenry Gee’s book spotted on sale in Merano, South Tyrol @endofthepier.bsky.social28 May 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwjs2agjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mlr47u6vbk23For anyone wondering about how future historians will cover the Trump regime @timothysnyder.bsky.social is already doing it! https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpower-suicide13 May 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr47u6vbk23https://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3ml4tkum36c2vNew paper published today. Although the Okhotsk culture in Hokkaido has been associated with the Nivkh since at least Kikuchi (1978), we provide the most detailed linguistic and archaeological evaluation attempted so far. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236526000113?via%3Dihub05 May 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4tkum36c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mjgxoewtxk2pNow available via the April print issue of Antiquity https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/early-modern-mercury-production-using-ceramic-vessels-at-idrija-slovenia/343F05E5C70649DC0F0DEA0B02BD85E914 Apr 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgxoewtxk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mj3hntj4js23So many things about the USA are completely unbelievable and this is one 😰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3hntj4js23https://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mj2of4yuqc2oPleased to announce that the German translation of 24 Hours in Shogun's Japan will be published by Penguin Germany in November. I would be even more pleased if the site listed the right author 😅😅 (Contacted this morning) https://www.penguin.de/buecher/mark-hudson-24-stunden-im-alten-japan/paperback/978373061664209 Apr 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2of4yuqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mgzyqw2srk2xhttps://www.archaeologie42.de/literatur-veroeffentlichungen/neues-buch-24-hours-in-shoguns-japan-untersucht-japanische-geschichte/17062/14 Mar 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzyqw2srk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3mgsgs4mlnc2tPublication tomorrow in the UK! https://www.gea.mpg.de/201646/24-hours-in-shoguns-japan11 Mar 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsgs4mlnc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarianniche.bsky.social/post/3melinal44k2xNow only a month before publication of 24 Hours in Shogun’s Japan. Translation rights have been sold for France, Spain, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine! https://www.mombooks.com/book/24-hours-in-shoguns-japan/11 Feb 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:b3h4hdds5mji3bd45wtnavsy/app.bsky.feed.post/3melinal44k2x