For historians who are endlessly organising workshops on the "material turn" - please remember that archaeology is an entire discipline predicated on material culture and we might just have something to contribute #disciplinarymyopia

Proper archaeology! An absolute joy this evening watching @nie-theatre.bsky.social perform 'Once Upon a Time in Fenland' nie-theatre.com/productions/...

Recently, I have been thinking about the vulnerability of rock art and the risks that impact this very specific and quite ubiquitous type of heritage. I was kindly invited by @archscot.bsky.social to deliver a talk on this subject for their 'European Archaeology Day talks'. See you there?

Stromness was like a velodrome back in the day. This photograph of cyclists in Dundas Street was taken more than a hundred years ago by #Orkney photographer Tom Kent. It hasn't really changed much. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopædia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories (& their TV adaptations), as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip” 💙📚 1/5 www.herripedia.com/para-handy/

Lovely to see "Pathways to Inclusive Digital Archaeological Archives" available now via firstview in Advances in Archaeological Practice (open access). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‘..what mattered at the beginning of life and the world also what matters at the end, and you, real wherever you are, real in your body, however it is, all of it happening this moment, life.’ Sarah Moss, Ripeness.

Agnes Owens: Out of the Margins Agnes Owens (1926–2014) was born 100 years ago #OTD, 24 May. This short film presents Owens as a writer shaped by working-class life, whose fiction exposed power, resisted sentimentality, & centred overlooked voices. A 🎂🧵 💙📚 1/7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYR...

It's striking reading this how many of these soft rock locations of intense coastal erosion are also significant parts of offshore submerged landscapes; Holderness as part of Greater Doggerland, Happisburgh and pre-Anglian rivers merging with the Yarmouth Roads share.google/NqNgbYMFwmcf...

London Rivers Week kicks off today across the capital! 🌊🎉 Running until 31 May, the festival celebrates 10 years of helping Londoners “Know Your Local River”, from the mighty Thames to hidden neighbourhood waterways. Have fun all. :)

Thames through Time, the most important lesson? Work as a team! Teamwork in archaeology, it’s important - Birkbeck/MOLA!!

One of the best things about teaching Thames through Time is at last connecting with your amazing colleague’s specialism. Mike Berlin, and his knowledge of London, what a pleasure to be with him on the foreshore today! The best of @bbkhistorical.bsky.social!!

Acorington brick from marine engineering, split trenail from repurposing ship timbers. Birkbeck history and MOLA archaeology. And the canal after a great tour of MOLA offices and work. Thames through Time @bbkhistorical.bsky.social/MOLA.

Shelter, Fire, Poverty - from one side of the river to another. Thames through Time - is material and archival practice, Birkbeck:MOLA field school. With Dr Helen Chittock and @drclaireharris.bsky.social

My #UrbanPrehistory book, The Archaeology of Prehistory in the Contemporary World: Deep Time in Global Urban Spaces, is now available for pre-order in the UK, and I expect it to come out towards the end of 2026. I'm currently working on the proofs. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/archaeolo...

Time and memory, image and sound - the archaeology of Thames through Time with @drclaireharris.bsky.social and @laraband.bsky.social!

Want to learn how to promote inclusive community engagement by using archaeology to build skills, confidence & connections? Jane Miller's talk - free - 7 July (7pm UK time) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeolog... #archaeology #publicengagement brought to you by @archsengage.bsky.social

First day on the Birkbeck/MOLA field school Thames through Time. The strandline on the sands and gravels with brick, tile, animal bone, tobacco pipe, nuts and bolts. And fragments of built up surfaces caught behind wooden revetments (made from old ship parts). @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Kicking off the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Out and About Festival next week, I'll be hosting an online lecture on Wondering with Curiosity by our Excecutive Director Neil Redfern at 7pm, Monday 18 May. If you're curious, there's still time to book a free place: www.archaeologyuk.org/get-involved...

Tomorrow we're running a 'walkshop' in Stromness as part of our TRANSECTS project (looking at marine energies: whale oil, petroleum oil, renewables). Meet at the cannon at 10am if you're interested. Should be good weather, finally!

A Rothno for @richardmortimer.bsky.social ( incorporating the Realities of Archaeology along with a homage to a much missed archaeologist - here's to you Adrian)

You can read more at www.buglife.org.uk/news/anger-a...

Awful news. As part of the coalition urging NatureScot to recognise the importance of the Garnock Estuary and designate it as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, we share the anger felt by Buglife and the Ardeer Action Group that precious and irreplaceable sand dune continues to be destroyed.

Looking forward to speaking about Alfred Nobel’s explosives factory, munitionettes and song birds! Thank you for the invitation to the Buxton Festival, Fringe @enricharch.bsky.social!! Come along if you can. And save Ardeer!!!

Great paid opportunity for Global London #Heritage #Trainees as part of #Thames Festival, working with mudlark finds. Do note that the deadline is soon: thamesfestivaltrust.org/about-us/joi...

Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social ✨

Job Alert: Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Highlands & Islands, Orkney. WOW! myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...

Our fourth CISA seminar at Birkbeck and the brilliance of Cristina Gameiro and the 50Layers project, Portuguese archaeology after the carnation revolution. This project teaches us what prehistory has done and can do in the world.

Busy start to summer term @bbkhistorical.bsky.social! Birkbeck MA graduate Ed Dickinson, Associate Director of Archaeology and Heritage at Jacob Solutions Inc, gave an inspiring talk to final year BA Archaeology/Ancient History and Archaeology students and new MA Archaeology and Heritage students!!

New light and a 'bottom-up' perspective on Flag Fen and the Flag Fen Basin this Friday flagfen.org.uk/events/frida...

Some slock they must hiv hin on them, haevan man-shorn rock fae quarry tae dig, their own hand’s deueen hewn intae the face o it… —Ingrid Leonard, “Maeshowe – I” from SOUND OF AN ICEBERG: New Writing Scotland 37 (ASL, 2019) #BookWormSat #WorldHeritageDay #poem #poetry asls.org.uk/publications...

Prehistoric Policies now has its own corner of the internet to call home! Here you can find an overview of the project, information on the researchers involved, and details of our upcoming events. Stand by for a major announcement from us on Monday! www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeolo...

@cambridgearch.bsky.social Head of Finds Dr Emily Banfield has published a chapter "And Say the Animal Responded?" in the new edited volume "Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times" Read more: www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/and-say...

Come join us in London! There are still spaces for our next CISA seminar on the 29th April with The 50 Layers Project and the amazing Cristina Gameiro!! Vir!!!

✨Spring News✨ Claire Harris and Sadie Watson - MOLA - have joined the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies at Birkbeck as Honorary Research Fellows! They will teach a new BA module Sustainable Futures for Archaeology and co-supervise PhD research on London-based community archaeology!!

‘And this tale is called the Weirdstone of Brisingamen. And here is an end of it.’ Alan Garner

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Rose Ferraby's collages at Peterborough Museum are a must see and include some Must Farm peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/events/glean...

Very proud, exciting times!

Thank you to everyone who attended & to our wonderful speaker @annelisebaer.bsky.social We wil share the recording later. Sign up to our next talk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985278908... Jane Miller explores how Archaeology Scotland promotes inclusive community engagement ✨ #archaeology #community

We've set up a small exhibit on 'Sustainable Archaeologies in Times of Change' in our library as part of Birkbeck's Annual Climate Festival. If you're in Bloomsbury, please stop by! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

If you can, get yourself to Peterborough Museum to see Rose Ferraby's exhibition of collages - including work inspired by the Must Farm investigations - a stunning series and absolutely immersed in the art of archaeology!

April news! Come join us for our next CISA seminar on April 29th to hear Dr Cristina Gameiro, Universidade de Lisboa, talk on 'Portuguese Archaeology After The Carnation Revolution: The 50Layers Project'. More information and link on the CISA website to sign up. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

"Do we go around houses, or do houses go around us?" (Mario Mertz) #FlagFen #Fenland

Stuck in Motherwell for a bit, so I paid a visit to the Motherwell Tree (George Willie) @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social! After the Garden Festival, such a brilliant project!!

"...the authors connect the sites to today’s visitors and bring them to life in a colourful way without compromising on the scientific knowledge: archaeological story telling as its best." Uist Unearthed reviewed for the latest @antiquity.ac.uk #NewBookChronicle! @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

Our third CISA seminar and the brilliance of Muna Dajani and how to speak of a river! Oh how she presenced that 9km of the Wadi in Gaza - people and heritage and ecologies!! A big thank you to our amazing audience for their thoughtful questions and insightful discussion -

Tomorrow! Come join us!!

News! We have entered this year's @buxtonfringe.bsky.social and will be bringing @archaeoplays.bsky.social @lesleymcf.bsky.social and more to share more from the varied world of #archaeology! Let the excitement begin!

March has snuck up!! Reminder that the closing date for presenter/attendee EOIs is this Monday, 2 March. Full details and submission link: tinyurl.com/bd23653y @communitylandsc.bsky.social @scotecodesign.bsky.social @treesforlife.bsky.social @alisonstrange.bsky.social @alastairmci.bsky.social