Paul Montgomery
@stonefishweirs.bsky.social
Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group.
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Pictures of the wood #fishweir at the Sales Point, Blackwater Estuary Essex. In continuous as early as the 7th century, right up until the 15th or 16th century. With mentions in the Doomsday Book associated with a local monastery in the 12th century. #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory
#coastalhistory
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pictures of the wood #fishweir at the Sales Point, Blackwater Estuary Essex. In continuous as early as the 7th century, right up until the 15th or 16th century. With mentions in the Doomsday Book associated with a local monastery in the 12th century. #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory
#coastalhistory
Picture of stone #fishweir Gored Tre-Castle, in the Menai Straits, a large fish trap thought to be medieval exposed at low tide, near #beaumaris, #isleofanglesey, #wales #fishweirs #CoastalHeritage
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Picture of stone #fishweir Gored Tre-Castle, in the Menai Straits, a large fish trap thought to be medieval exposed at low tide, near #beaumaris, #isleofanglesey, #wales #fishweirs #CoastalHeritage
New Blog to share!!
Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives
Author Dr. Paul Montgomery, PhD.
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#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
@tcdtceh.bsky.social
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Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives
Author Dr. Paul Montgomery, PhD.
www.tcd.ie/tceh/blogs/m...
#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
@tcdtceh.bsky.social
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Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives - Dr Paul Montgomery's recent visit to the Maldives - Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities - Trinity College Dublin
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November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New Blog to share!!
Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives
Author Dr. Paul Montgomery, PhD.
www.tcd.ie/tceh/blogs/m...
#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
@tcdtceh.bsky.social
oceandecadechfp.org/.../indigeno...
Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives
Author Dr. Paul Montgomery, PhD.
www.tcd.ie/tceh/blogs/m...
#tcdtceh #oceanspast #oceanaction46159 #MaritimeHeritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritag #MOLA #CIM
@tcdtceh.bsky.social
oceandecadechfp.org/.../indigeno...
Images of fishermen and small river craft, possibly on the nearby #Tigris and #Khosr Rivers. At #Nineveh, South-West Palace. Iraq. Palace, #iraq. dating #assyrian, 700-692 BC. : Located in the deserts of Iraq, the iconography this location is heavily defined by water. #fishing #heritage #fishweirs
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#NationalSardinesDay
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#NationalSardinesDay
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
November 24th recognises these silver little fishes on National Sardines Day. A vital fish species in the ecological web of the Atlantic, that was by both fish and mammals, birds and men across the waves! #tcdtceh #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #oceandecadeheritage #USA
In the deepest of winter, some footage to remind us of how beautiful summer can be! with some underwater footage from a survey in the Alboran Sea. #maritimeculturallandscape #seascapes #ecology @tcdtceh.bsky.social
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instagram.com/p/DReTSulDPOc/
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In the deepest of winter, some footage to remind us of how beautiful summer can be! with some underwater footage from a survey in the Alboran Sea. #maritimeculturallandscape #seascapes #ecology @tcdtceh.bsky.social
instagram.com/p/DReTSulDPOc/
instagram.com/p/DReTSulDPOc/
The stone fish weirs of the island of Taiwan are some of the most complex and elaborate fishing structures known locally as “shi hu”(石滬) has been structured to fit into the deal with the pressure of the current and tide pushing across the foreshore area.
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The stone fish weirs of the island of Taiwan are some of the most complex and elaborate fishing structures known locally as “shi hu”(石滬) has been structured to fit into the deal with the pressure of the current and tide pushing across the foreshore area.
Attend the first online event of the newly founded Council for Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage (CAUCH) was held. The online talk was given by Dr Sila Tripati's one of the "founding fathers" of #maritimearchaeology in #India. #MaritimeHeritage #CAUCH #maritimearchaeology #coastalhistory
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Attend the first online event of the newly founded Council for Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage (CAUCH) was held. The online talk was given by Dr Sila Tripati's one of the "founding fathers" of #maritimearchaeology in #India. #MaritimeHeritage #CAUCH #maritimearchaeology #coastalhistory
Traditional Conger eel Conger oceanicus fishing and conservation by air drying on the shore of #MuxíaTown. #Muxía, #ACoruña #Spain. The history of this type of fisheries has been active for over five centuries, documented in historical records. #coastalhistory
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Traditional Conger eel Conger oceanicus fishing and conservation by air drying on the shore of #MuxíaTown. #Muxía, #ACoruña #Spain. The history of this type of fisheries has been active for over five centuries, documented in historical records. #coastalhistory
The coast of Swale Estuary in Kent, a mix of flotsam and jetsam washed up. Some examples of the colourfully unique or in life of the intertidal, Orange (Suberites sp), also called estuary sponge. A common find on the #swaleestuary, #Kent and the Lower #ThamesEstuary.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The coast of Swale Estuary in Kent, a mix of flotsam and jetsam washed up. Some examples of the colourfully unique or in life of the intertidal, Orange (Suberites sp), also called estuary sponge. A common find on the #swaleestuary, #Kent and the Lower #ThamesEstuary.
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The Shackleton Polar Museum in Athy is amazing!!! Superb architectural design, exhibits, recreations, movies - the reconstruction of the James Caird rescue voyage alone is terrific - one of the best museums I’ve been in. Get to Athy, Co Kildare, Ireland!!!
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Shackleton Polar Museum in Athy is amazing!!! Superb architectural design, exhibits, recreations, movies - the reconstruction of the James Caird rescue voyage alone is terrific - one of the best museums I’ve been in. Get to Athy, Co Kildare, Ireland!!!
Fishing tackle and traditions in local Irish (Gaeilge) traditional names for fishing traditions.
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Fishing tackle and traditions in local Irish (Gaeilge) traditional names for fishing traditions.
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...
#Ireland #fishingcommunities #coastalhistory #coastsinmind
21st November #worldfisheriesday! Historical & ecologically central to world. The fisheries of our planet one of the touchstones of the health of our oceans and the health of our entire planet as one of the great ecological resources that we've depended on and one of the most fragile.
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
21st November #worldfisheriesday! Historical & ecologically central to world. The fisheries of our planet one of the touchstones of the health of our oceans and the health of our entire planet as one of the great ecological resources that we've depended on and one of the most fragile.
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Finally finished the video showing the creation of a diorama of the #WaterlooUncovered excavations! Check it out here youtu.be/WIwUeOjwUjY?...
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
When Curiosity Wins - An Archaeological Diorama from Waterloo's Battlefield
YouTube video by ArchaeoSquid
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November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Finally finished the video showing the creation of a diorama of the #WaterlooUncovered excavations! Check it out here youtu.be/WIwUeOjwUjY?...
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
It was a real effort editing down 30+ hours of work into 20 mins but I can finally stop thinking about it 🤣 enjoy!
#dioramas #archaeology #minaturemaker
Image of a man fisheing from small boat, from a book of hours (Douce 62, fol. 76v Hours of the Virgin), c. 1400. Book of Hours, Use of Paris [Latin and Middle French]. Using a rod and line, fishing from small almost round boat. #coastalhistory #fisingheritage
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Image of a man fisheing from small boat, from a book of hours (Douce 62, fol. 76v Hours of the Virgin), c. 1400. Book of Hours, Use of Paris [Latin and Middle French]. Using a rod and line, fishing from small almost round boat. #coastalhistory #fisingheritage
Picture of fish trap belonging to
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Picture of fish trap belonging to
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
Reposted by Paul Montgomery
Don't forget to submit and join us next year at the @oceanspast.bsky.social XI conference! 🐟
Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Don't forget to submit and join us next year at the @oceanspast.bsky.social XI conference! 🐟
Drawing of #Māoripeople #fishing on #LakeTaupo around 1847. The lake is a crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of #TaupōVolcano. #Maori fished the lakes, lagoons, swamps, rivers, and streams provided fish, shellfish, crayfish, and waterfowl, but not eels.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Drawing of #Māoripeople #fishing on #LakeTaupo around 1847. The lake is a crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of #TaupōVolcano. #Maori fished the lakes, lagoons, swamps, rivers, and streams provided fish, shellfish, crayfish, and waterfowl, but not eels.
Images Roman Cape Trafalgar Garum sites, a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment.. the tomato ketchup of its day. The sites of a Roman fishing town near Barbata in Andalusia, Spain. The coast of Spain close to the mouth of the Mediterranean. #fishing #archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Images Roman Cape Trafalgar Garum sites, a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment.. the tomato ketchup of its day. The sites of a Roman fishing town near Barbata in Andalusia, Spain. The coast of Spain close to the mouth of the Mediterranean. #fishing #archaeology
A collection of images of one of the unique features of Brazil's Atlantic coastline. Camboa in Brazilian Portuguese from São José de Ribamar, #Maranhão, #Brazil. The area was home to the Gamela #indigenouscommunity found in the northeastern region of Brazil. 1/3 #coastalhistory
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A collection of images of one of the unique features of Brazil's Atlantic coastline. Camboa in Brazilian Portuguese from São José de Ribamar, #Maranhão, #Brazil. The area was home to the Gamela #indigenouscommunity found in the northeastern region of Brazil. 1/3 #coastalhistory
A letter In The Maritime Times. A letter to the editor raises the issue of heritage fisheries in Ireland and its lack of attention and care in the past. Pointing out the loss of cultural and historical heritage that was, at one time, a big part of identity of our island.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A letter In The Maritime Times. A letter to the editor raises the issue of heritage fisheries in Ireland and its lack of attention and care in the past. Pointing out the loss of cultural and historical heritage that was, at one time, a big part of identity of our island.
Drawing of wood #fishweir drawn in 1916 by Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian between 1907/1930 pictures of the life of the fading past of #indigenouspeoples of North America.
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Drawing of wood #fishweir drawn in 1916 by Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian between 1907/1930 pictures of the life of the fading past of #indigenouspeoples of North America.
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
#oceanaction46159 #IndigenousPeoples
#traditionalecologicalknowledge #fishweirs
Wishing a very happy birthday to our team member from South Korea, Prof. 이혜연 (Yi Hye-Yeon). "생일 축하합니다" (saeng-il chukha-hamnida)!
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wishing a very happy birthday to our team member from South Korea, Prof. 이혜연 (Yi Hye-Yeon). "생일 축하합니다" (saeng-il chukha-hamnida)!
Shingle to be moved to protect Folkestone's coastal communities - BBC News share.google/VTjH8hKcq6aF...
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Shingle to be moved to protect Folkestone's coastal communities - BBC News
The work is the most cost-effective way of protecting the district from flooding, the council says.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shingle to be moved to protect Folkestone's coastal communities - BBC News share.google/VTjH8hKcq6aF...
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Work to help protect more than 3,000 homes and businesses from flooding on a five-mile stretch of Kent coast has begun, by redistributing 100,000 tonnes of shingle.
Some wonderful pictures taken/posted on the Fijian radio(BULA FM 'Naba Dua Ena Sere') station FB page. Showing the tradition of Yavirau (Fish drive): A large community effort where a circle of vines is used to surround a lagoon. #IndigenousPeoples #Fiji #oceanspast #oceandecadeheritage
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Some wonderful pictures taken/posted on the Fijian radio(BULA FM 'Naba Dua Ena Sere') station FB page. Showing the tradition of Yavirau (Fish drive): A large community effort where a circle of vines is used to surround a lagoon. #IndigenousPeoples #Fiji #oceanspast #oceandecadeheritage