Research fellow @GirtonCollege @UCamArchaeology Early Medieval Europe | Death & Burial | GIS | Occasional Vikings She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3ldr6juji7k2uNew publication just in time for Christmas, in Current Swedish Archaeology! Osteological analysis and c14 dating of human remains from the first churchyard burials on Gotland. 1/5 https://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/2561820 Dec 2024 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldr6juji7k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3l2sorltxfl23In Rome for #EAA2024. On Friday will be chairing and speaking in session 182 on non-burial treatment of the dead. Including a sneak preview of my and Ali Klevnäs’s forthcoming @antiquityj.bsky.social paper!28 Aug 2024 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2sorltxfl23https://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3klp3lirnwb27If you haven't had enough of me talking about bed burials, here’s a short piece on the Trumpington one, currently on display in the Museum of Arch and Anth in Cambridge https://www.maadigitallab.org/blog/2024/02/13/bed-burials-christian-mobility-and-the-enigma-of-the-trumpington-girl/18 Feb 2024 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3klp3lirnwb27https://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3kko7yzwofk2xExciting find of a Roman bed burial - extending the funerary use of beds in England back in time by at least three centuries. Different to the 7th cent ones (with a male, for a start). But wooden construction raises questions about what we're missing. Will be interesting to get a more precise date! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/flat-packed-furniture-for-the-next-life-roman-funerary-bed-found-in-london05 Feb 2024 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3kko7yzwofk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3kjku7lfcmk2bMore bed burials, this time a deep-dive on the Trumpington girl! Featuring Sam Leggett and @alicekensa.bsky.social on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2024 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjku7lfcmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3ki5u55uzyt2oCall for papers for #eaa2024 in Rome! We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place. Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/04 Jan 2024 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ki5u55uzyt2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3kgehonyteg2cNew paper alert! "A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more. Summary🧵 https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2023.11012 Dec 2023 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgehonyteg2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3kfi4757yg22fFrom a colleague in Ukraine on the ongoing impact of the war on archaeological sites, and the destruction we still don't know about https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/tools-of-war-conflict-and-the-destruction-of-ukrainian-cultural-heritage/49CD4A3FA298780A79C025541C78CF5A01 Dec 2023 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfi4757yg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecbrownlee.bsky.social/post/3keadp2haj32fSome brief thoughts on using big data to understand 7th cent changes in burial practice - based on a talk last year for the Sutton Hoo Society. I'll also be talking on a similar topic tomorrow at a Newcastle Archaeology seminar, and the c14 project should be fully published in Radiocarbon soon! https://www.academia.edu/109201876/Seventh_Century_Transformations_in_Burial_A_big_data_appraoch15 Nov 2023 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:fptofe6oiofww3ayprt4fe5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3keadp2haj32f