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Well, I'm rather tired from today, but it was a lot of fun. I met up with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
persephone_kore and kazaera around midday and we headed on down to the Christmas market for lunch and much talking amongst us. Our later amblings brought us to St. Giles Cathedral, Greyfriar's Bobby (to check out McGonnagall's grave and Tom Riddle's...) and nearly all of the two Scottish museums.
What's funny about the museums is I had always noted that their layout was rather strange and ecclectic (the Egyptian gallery is right next to the modern jewelry gallery which is right next to European Art 1200-1600 which is right next to insects and right next to molluscs etc.) but it's hard to judge just how odd it really is until you see other people reacting to it. The funny thing is you can put the blame for the placement of everything in the Royal museum at the feet of the Victorians, but I suppose you can only blame the crack the modern artist was smoking for the oddness of the Museum of Scotland...
As is usual in these two museums, there were parts that I had never seen - despite spending what must now be several days of my life wandering through the buildings. I'm afraid I disappeared for awhile when I discovered a side alcove with disarticulated human remains, many of which had been worked(!) from Bronze and Iron Age sites in Scotland. Seeing as this is the topic of my dissertation, I was immediately left scrambling for pen and paper to record the site names so I could look them up when I got the chance (though looking now, I see I've had two of the names for a very long time and simply never found any info on them, which is odd since I just found the entire site report for one of them online). I now also have a very pretty picture of a skull pierced for suspension, which I know I shouldn't be proud of, but dammit, it's a skull pierced for suspension and that's always cool.
Anyway, after a rather amusing slide show of Scotland throughout the ages that I did my best to make a mockery of, we headed on over to The Elephant House to meet withchthonya for dinner and conversation at its best (mmm, and for hot chocolate *L*). We chatted and enjoyed ourselves, retiring eventually to my flat for even more discussion. It was fun:)
In other news, my cold is verging on disappearing. I very rarely cough now, and my head was only stuffed for a few hours today.
And just to make this entry even longer, I will report on my visit to my dissertation supervisor yesterday. He actually stopped me from panicing about the idea of my having to survey every iron age site in Britan for my dissertation and agreed with me in that I can stop once I hit 60 sites. He also seemed to be perfectly okay with my progress which is a big relief, and I also have an invite to help him search through the human bones from one of his sites and count ears *L* It sounds like fun honestly. So, I just have about ten more site reports to go through (one of which is Danebury unfortunately... the bloody human bone report is about 100 pages long...) and then I have some more background reading on burial in Iron Age Britain, which will take awhile but can potentially be partially postponed until next term if I get overwhelmed. Must also remember to actually write Zooarch. essay - all of this must be done before Friday, or after Monday. *is scared, but determined*
persephone_kore and kazaera around midday and we headed on down to the Christmas market for lunch and much talking amongst us. Our later amblings brought us to St. Giles Cathedral, Greyfriar's Bobby (to check out McGonnagall's grave and Tom Riddle's...) and nearly all of the two Scottish museums. What's funny about the museums is I had always noted that their layout was rather strange and ecclectic (the Egyptian gallery is right next to the modern jewelry gallery which is right next to European Art 1200-1600 which is right next to insects and right next to molluscs etc.) but it's hard to judge just how odd it really is until you see other people reacting to it. The funny thing is you can put the blame for the placement of everything in the Royal museum at the feet of the Victorians, but I suppose you can only blame the crack the modern artist was smoking for the oddness of the Museum of Scotland...
As is usual in these two museums, there were parts that I had never seen - despite spending what must now be several days of my life wandering through the buildings. I'm afraid I disappeared for awhile when I discovered a side alcove with disarticulated human remains, many of which had been worked(!) from Bronze and Iron Age sites in Scotland. Seeing as this is the topic of my dissertation, I was immediately left scrambling for pen and paper to record the site names so I could look them up when I got the chance (though looking now, I see I've had two of the names for a very long time and simply never found any info on them, which is odd since I just found the entire site report for one of them online). I now also have a very pretty picture of a skull pierced for suspension, which I know I shouldn't be proud of, but dammit, it's a skull pierced for suspension and that's always cool.
Anyway, after a rather amusing slide show of Scotland throughout the ages that I did my best to make a mockery of, we headed on over to The Elephant House to meet with
chthonya for dinner and conversation at its best (mmm, and for hot chocolate *L*). We chatted and enjoyed ourselves, retiring eventually to my flat for even more discussion. It was fun:)In other news, my cold is verging on disappearing. I very rarely cough now, and my head was only stuffed for a few hours today.
And just to make this entry even longer, I will report on my visit to my dissertation supervisor yesterday. He actually stopped me from panicing about the idea of my having to survey every iron age site in Britan for my dissertation and agreed with me in that I can stop once I hit 60 sites. He also seemed to be perfectly okay with my progress which is a big relief, and I also have an invite to help him search through the human bones from one of his sites and count ears *L* It sounds like fun honestly. So, I just have about ten more site reports to go through (one of which is Danebury unfortunately... the bloody human bone report is about 100 pages long...) and then I have some more background reading on burial in Iron Age Britain, which will take awhile but can potentially be partially postponed until next term if I get overwhelmed. Must also remember to actually write Zooarch. essay - all of this must be done before Friday, or after Monday. *is scared, but determined*
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Word.
Also, I will be in Edinburgh Jan 10 and 11. Any chance of meeting up? Or, if not, any advice on what I should see?
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As for places to see, I'd definately recommend the museums (they're free), though if you're looking for underwater arch. there's only a few logboats, some very well preserved artefacts, and strangely detailed ship models (not to mention an entire wing devoted to fish for some reason...). They're great places to wander around:)
The Royal mile is also another great area to wander around. Almost everything if off there from the Museum of Childhood to the Museum of Scottish Writers. You can visit St. Giles cathedral, the Castle up at the top, or the woolen mills. I'd definately recommend going on a ghost tour, either one at night, or the Mary's King Close one that runs during the day. They're all excellent.
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And thanks for the info on what to do. I've never been to Scotland before and I'm really excited.
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Hi!
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Squid in a can!
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Squid in a can!
*dies laughing*
The shrimpman of happiness! :P
And Godric says hello ;-)
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