Dr Tess Machling<p>Although the 'Iron Age Dialogues' conf will be published, I will be hit with the usual image rights issues, so will have to adapt it. </p><p>I wrote this for anyone who wasn't there (...or for anyone who was & didn't get a chance to take it all in! 😂)</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> ⚱️</p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/05/12/iron-age-gold-time-for-a-shake-up/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/05/12/</span><span class="invisible">iron-age-gold-time-for-a-shake-up/</span></a></p>
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Dr Tess Machling<p>Some bedtime reading for you all: why access to artefacts and the free ability to research, publish - and replicate - matters.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dodecahedron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dodecahedron</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/04/22/private-finds-and-image-rights-and-wrongs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/04/22/</span><span class="invisible">private-finds-and-image-rights-and-wrongs/</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>I wrote a thing...</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Treasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dodecahedron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dodecahedron</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/04/09/my-precious-some-thoughts-on-access-and-ownership-of-artefacts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/04/09/</span><span class="invisible">my-precious-some-thoughts-on-access-and-ownership-of-artefacts/</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Snettisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snettisham</span></a> Hoard F has some very strange stuff going on, but I think I'm starting to understand it. </p><p>This paper leads on from one I wrote about the Grotesque torc & lays down evidence for the next paper I'm currently writing...</p><p>Enjoy! 😊</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/02/24/fused-melted-and-dripped-on-snettisham-hoard-f/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/02/24/</span><span class="invisible">fused-melted-and-dripped-on-snettisham-hoard-f/</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>A read for the weekend. Related to something - well, two things really - that I'm writing at the mo. </p><p>More to come soon, but in the meantime, here's the prequel!! 🤣🤣 </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Snettisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snettisham</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/IronAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronAge</span></a> ⚱️</p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/09/22/thoughts-on-the-grotesque-torc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/09/22/</span><span class="invisible">thoughts-on-the-grotesque-torc/</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>I needed to write something to get my mojo back and here it is: a silly blog for the season...</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Snettisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snettisham</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/18/chewed-torcs-from-snettisham/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/18/</span><span class="invisible">chewed-torcs-from-snettisham/</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>Well, it's taken me all day and three gos, adapting each time to right an issue, but I've now got a just about perfect plaster Netherurd...❤️</p><p>A real challenge as chocolate didn't need to be bang on... this one does, as a model, just in case my mould ever gets messed up. </p><p>Honestly, there was no way someone ever hollow cast this!! 🤣🤣🤣</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>Did you see anything? Please share - these items are highly distinctive. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Ely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ely</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cambridgeshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridgeshire</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>New paper launching tomorrow - torcs, vikings, a new find... and a bit of thievery! It's a doozy! 😊</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/IronAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronAge</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>Well, here it is! The paper we've enjoyed researching & writing more than any other. The Crazy Paper AKA -</p><p>‘All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order’: The riddle of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc from Sussex.' by Tess Machling, Roll Williamson & Giovanna Fregni.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Forgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forgery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HarryPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarryPrice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TalkingMongoose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingMongoose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sussex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Lewes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lewes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pulborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pulborough</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2023/10/19/all-the-right-notes-but-not-necessarily-in-the-right-order-the-riddle-of-the-pulborough-area-torc-from-sussex/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2023/10/19/</span><span class="invisible">all-the-right-notes-but-not-necessarily-in-the-right-order-the-riddle-of-the-pulborough-area-torc-from-sussex/</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>A stunning <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/torc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torc</span></a> from the Erstfeld Treasure, showing animals that merge into each other to form fanciful creatures. The treasure was deposited in a rock crevice in a valley leading to the Gotthard Pass, probably as votive offerings of a group of travellers. It consists of four golden <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torcs</span></a> and three golden arm rings. Found in Erstfeld, Switzerland, dating around 390 BC. On display at Landesmuseum Zurich. </p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>Recently, I've lost my spark. But, research recently, working with collaborative folks, has brought it back.</p><p>Later today, on BBoT, we're going to release a pre-print of a thing we wrote ages ago that's got caught in the system & we're going to release it in a way that works with how we do things: in full colour - unlimited images - glory:</p><p>"Beyond Snettisham: a reassessment of gold alloy torcs from Iron Age Britain and Ireland"</p><p>(As ever, thanks to Roll: he gets it.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a></p>
Dr Tess Machling<p>A new notebook has been started... and it's suitably glittery for the blingiest, most in your face, bit of piratical research we've done yet!!</p><p>Really looking forward to this one. ❤️</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pirates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a></p>
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