David Stott
@davstott.bsky.social
Paleotopographer. Asking how people changed landscapes and landscapes changed people.
GIS, remote sensing, archaeology.
Tinkerer.
Glaswegian in Jutland.
Archaeologist at Moesgaard Museum. Personal account. All views my own etc.
GIS, remote sensing, archaeology.
Tinkerer.
Glaswegian in Jutland.
Archaeologist at Moesgaard Museum. Personal account. All views my own etc.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Morning from the wee bit strip of wild between the suburb and the rubbish tip.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Morning from the wee bit strip of wild between the suburb and the rubbish tip.
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Cloudy night. No aurora here. Instead a baleful dawn.
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Cloudy night. No aurora here. Instead a baleful dawn.
I travelled with this experimental camera in my hand luggage recently- the airport security were excited and curious because of the "WTF is that?" factor. It must be pretty tedious spending all day asking folk to throw away their shampoo.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I travelled with this experimental camera in my hand luggage recently- the airport security were excited and curious because of the "WTF is that?" factor. It must be pretty tedious spending all day asking folk to throw away their shampoo.
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Post a perfect album from 1989. A perfect music year.
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989. A perfect music year.
I don't mean to alarm anyone, but THE TEASMADE IS COVERED IN CRABS!
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I don't mean to alarm anyone, but THE TEASMADE IS COVERED IN CRABS!
I need to find a better solution for using the #cargobike as support vehicle.
October 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I need to find a better solution for using the #cargobike as support vehicle.
Obligatory survey drone selfie
October 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Obligatory survey drone selfie
Nasty stuff this maquis. Still there's archaeology in there somewhere. It will just take some experimenting to classify which points are the ground and which are the vegetation.
October 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nasty stuff this maquis. Still there's archaeology in there somewhere. It will just take some experimenting to classify which points are the ground and which are the vegetation.
@heidewnoergaard.bsky.social made a pal in the bushes #moesgaard
October 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@heidewnoergaard.bsky.social made a pal in the bushes #moesgaard
Survey continues at Matzanni. 🏺
October 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Survey continues at Matzanni. 🏺
For something a bit different we're out surveying the Nuragic sanctuary at Matzanni in Sardinia with drone lidar.
We're part of the Augustinus Fonden supported Metals and Giants project.
#mosegaard #moesgaardmuseum 🏺
We're part of the Augustinus Fonden supported Metals and Giants project.
#mosegaard #moesgaardmuseum 🏺
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For something a bit different we're out surveying the Nuragic sanctuary at Matzanni in Sardinia with drone lidar.
We're part of the Augustinus Fonden supported Metals and Giants project.
#mosegaard #moesgaardmuseum 🏺
We're part of the Augustinus Fonden supported Metals and Giants project.
#mosegaard #moesgaardmuseum 🏺
They are everywhere, even at the edge of the world. Oxidising mobile monuments to progress.
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They are everywhere, even at the edge of the world. Oxidising mobile monuments to progress.
Grey Fergies shaped the landscapes we live in and put food in millions of hungry bellies.
Sometimes a tool is a symbol.
Sometimes a tool is a symbol.
September 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Grey Fergies shaped the landscapes we live in and put food in millions of hungry bellies.
Sometimes a tool is a symbol.
Sometimes a tool is a symbol.
Trying out repurposing an old Linhof tripod as GNSS base station for upcoming fieldwork by making a sleeve to adapt the survey pole to the centre column.
Should be a bit more portable than the typical survey tripod which is important given the amount of kit we'll have to lug about
Should be a bit more portable than the typical survey tripod which is important given the amount of kit we'll have to lug about
September 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Trying out repurposing an old Linhof tripod as GNSS base station for upcoming fieldwork by making a sleeve to adapt the survey pole to the centre column.
Should be a bit more portable than the typical survey tripod which is important given the amount of kit we'll have to lug about
Should be a bit more portable than the typical survey tripod which is important given the amount of kit we'll have to lug about
Nothing like a nice bit of Friday night recreational machining.
Have a powerful weekend everybody.
Have a powerful weekend everybody.
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nothing like a nice bit of Friday night recreational machining.
Have a powerful weekend everybody.
Have a powerful weekend everybody.
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We've finally had some proper rain in the last few weeks. Now the woods smell headily mycelial, hinting at the hidden bounty busy beneath the leaf mould.
#inthewoods
#inthewoods
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We've finally had some proper rain in the last few weeks. Now the woods smell headily mycelial, hinting at the hidden bounty busy beneath the leaf mould.
#inthewoods
#inthewoods
The site is located on a spur next to the Fiend's Dale (or Devil's Gulch in a less literal translation) to the east and Vejle Ådal to the south.
Vejle Ådal is a soggy obstacle to movement N-S along the Jutlandic peninsula, and the later 9thC Ravning bridge across the valley is located ~400m south
Vejle Ådal is a soggy obstacle to movement N-S along the Jutlandic peninsula, and the later 9thC Ravning bridge across the valley is located ~400m south
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The site is located on a spur next to the Fiend's Dale (or Devil's Gulch in a less literal translation) to the east and Vejle Ådal to the south.
Vejle Ådal is a soggy obstacle to movement N-S along the Jutlandic peninsula, and the later 9thC Ravning bridge across the valley is located ~400m south
Vejle Ådal is a soggy obstacle to movement N-S along the Jutlandic peninsula, and the later 9thC Ravning bridge across the valley is located ~400m south
Denmark doesn't have many hills so doesn't have many choices for #HillfortsWedenesday, but this little beauty is one of them. It's covered in trees, but #lidar lets us see under them.
Constructed in the 2ndC CE and sporadically in use until the 5thC.
🏺 #archaeology
Constructed in the 2ndC CE and sporadically in use until the 5thC.
🏺 #archaeology
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Denmark doesn't have many hills so doesn't have many choices for #HillfortsWedenesday, but this little beauty is one of them. It's covered in trees, but #lidar lets us see under them.
Constructed in the 2ndC CE and sporadically in use until the 5thC.
🏺 #archaeology
Constructed in the 2ndC CE and sporadically in use until the 5thC.
🏺 #archaeology
Down the fjord again. I saw 2 porpoises, a seal and a conspiracy of herons.
September 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Down the fjord again. I saw 2 porpoises, a seal and a conspiracy of herons.
Because I love you all here is a quick lidar visualisation of a nice archaeological palimpsest from Øster Lem, Denmark.
It's got a bit of everything. Celtic fields, hollow ways, barrows, clearance cairns.
It's got a bit of everything. Celtic fields, hollow ways, barrows, clearance cairns.
September 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Because I love you all here is a quick lidar visualisation of a nice archaeological palimpsest from Øster Lem, Denmark.
It's got a bit of everything. Celtic fields, hollow ways, barrows, clearance cairns.
It's got a bit of everything. Celtic fields, hollow ways, barrows, clearance cairns.
Judging by the hollow sections being chock full of hazelnut shells it must have also sheltered many generations of beasties
August 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Judging by the hollow sections being chock full of hazelnut shells it must have also sheltered many generations of beasties
Half of one of our apple trees got tired and had to have a lie down. Sadly I had to fell the rest. I make it at least 82yrs old.
How does one say thank you to a tree that's fed so many people for so long?
How does one say thank you to a tree that's fed so many people for so long?
August 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Half of one of our apple trees got tired and had to have a lie down. Sadly I had to fell the rest. I make it at least 82yrs old.
How does one say thank you to a tree that's fed so many people for so long?
How does one say thank you to a tree that's fed so many people for so long?