If ONLY books & journals had some sort of unique no. that we could quote instead of an entire paragraph listing the location of the publisher, their inside leg measurement & what they had for lunch that day. We could call it an IBNS number. Something like that anyway
Am currently checking proofs & am losing the will to live. When did bibliographies get so detailed? And why? Is it really necessary to know who published East Anglian Archaeology vol. whatever & their address? It's not like it makes any difference to chasing the reference
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Gorgeous remains of pigments on this 3rd c. BCE Greek terracotta figurine, probably representing Aphrodite (note the hole in her shoulder where a tiny Eros may have rested). Found on a small table in the Tomb of the Erotes, in Euboia, Eretria. 🏺 #MFABoston#polychromy 1/
A Neolithic human-shaped stela with a necklace and a belt, found in La Serre, Aveyron (France). The lines on the cheeks are interpreted as facial tattoos or scars. Dating 3000-2500 BC. In the late neolithic period several cultures living between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caucasus erected ...1/2
In preparing to move house, it's been interesting clearing the office of 25+ years worth of accumulated paperwork. Most of my photocopy library has gone in the recycling because it's nearly all on-line now. There's several big runs of journals now on-line too but can't bring myself to sell them!
Yes, trying to wean myself off teh Twatters, Skum is disgusting.
Yes, the other place is getting unbearable now.