#tinyjoys Archaeology Bookmarks! By Scarlette, Lydia & D’arcy (8-10 yrs) of Stirling Young Carers to accompany their ‘Attainment through Archaeology’ presentation at last weekend’s @scotarchforum.bsky.social conference - supported by @janemiller000.bsky.social, Learning Mgr @archscot.bsky.social 🙌 +

Stumbled across St Lolan's burial ground while staying at Blair Drummond campsite🏕️ 📸💀The panel above the entrance to the Muschets burial ground is fabulous! 📸🪦As are some of the gravestones. More info👇 www.trove.scot/place/46070 #MementoMoriMonday #archaeology #Stirling #Scotland

Registration for our #CVARF symposium on the 7th June is open! You can sign up for this free one day conference on the archaeology of the Clyde here: bit.ly/4j6DVMI - deadline for signing up is the 16th May… don’t delay!

Really interesting exhibition at the Baltic by Lebanese artist Ali Cherri. How I Am Monument looks at history through a material lens - mud-based sculptures take inspiration from archaeological artefacts & the natural world. shorturl.at/ygiEO @balticgateshead.bsky.social #archaeology #art #Newcastle

Testing...testing... ✨Hello Bluesky!✨ If you don't know us, we're Scottish Archaeological Forum. We act as a platform for all spheres of Scottish archaeology, facilitating conversation on the key issues and opportunities in the field today, and exploring advancements in theory and practice.

Who says online can’t be interactive?! A great workshop with our @archscot.bsky.social online YAC group today. Deciding what they want to explore and do this year: sites, artefacts, activities. Gathering feedback through games and discussions, including a fun ‘Would You Rather…’ game! #archaeology

📢 We're hiring! Join the CBA as our Youth Engagement Officer and support the Young Archaeologists’ Club and wider youth programmes. 📍 Remote (occasional travel) 💰 £27,000 FTE ⏳ Full-time, 2-year contract 📅 Apply by 5th March 2025 Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/3X2Gbvs

The Tory MP's reaction, referring to the museum as an 'attraction' is also telling. The belief that the value of culture is to encourage tourism is a real indicator of the corrosive power of neoliberalism.

Tidal swimming pools around the coast of Scotland have long been in decline, but recent interest in wild swimming has led communities to see the benefits and value of these historic pools. Thanks to groups in places like Cellardyke and Pittenweem in Fife, many pools have been revitalised. #CoatArch

Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever

PLEASE SHARE! We're #hiring! Could you be our next Development Manager? Closing date is Monday 03 February. Click here to find out more: tinyurl.com/s23etedp #ThisisLfS

Please share! Teachers - join us & The General Teaching Council for Scotland online this Thursday @ 16:00 for the first 'LfS Connect' session of 2025. We'll have a focus on 'LfS and the Curriculum Improvement Cycle'. Book your free place here: tinyurl.com/4jynbzdy #ThisisLfS

First visit to Jorvik Viking Centre since it reopened. The artefacts are just incredible. Favourite object… the Viking sock. The only Viking age sock found in England, probably from Scandinavia. Need to up my nalbinding game! @jorvikviking.bsky.social #Viking #Archaeology #York #nalbinding

If you missed my Society of Antiqs of Scotland lecture last week on The archaeology of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, fear not! @glasgowgardenfestival.org @glasgowheritage.bsky.social You can now watch it here: youtu.be/_V3EGcS-Ilw

We are on BlueSky! Follow @gem-heritage to stay updated about GEM's new training, opportunities and news! We look forward to building a welcoming online community here!

📣💥 Grant news! We are delighted to share that the research project *Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution of Heritage-based Hostility on Social media*, was funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social! The project is co-led by myself as PI (@edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social), by CI @acerbialberto.com & CI Zach Horne 📣💥

Another frosty morning in the Scottish Borders. Time to get to grips with nålbinding. Again! Thanks to a lovely work colleague for the beautiful Shetland wool. And to all the amazing craftspeople on #bluesky #CraftSky for inspiration! #nalbinding #textiles #HeritageCrafts #archaeology

There's still time to register for the SESARF Symposium! The medieval to modern chapters of SESARF are well under way. Join us for a free event on 25th Jan in Edinburgh and have your say in the final three chapters of the framework! More info and booking: bit.ly/4ibkC4N #HESSupported

Don't forget, your friendly neighbourhood Museum of Homelessness is hiring for 2025! Come join our crew! museumofhomelessness.org/news/mohjobs

News | Cultural engagement brings health and wellbeing benefits worth £8bn – research uses new methodology to show monetary value of cultural investment

I’m a trustee at Tarbat Discovery centre and this event held in Edinburgh is to help raise money for our building repairs project. We’ve received funding to make repairs to our belfry and exterior walls but need to find that last little bit of match funding! Donate: www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk

Our first post on Bluesky, we're excited to be here and promote our wonderful town and borough! 😆🌱 Please help us grow and give us a follow! Photo: Northumberland Aerial Views #visitberwick #berwickupontweed #northeast #northnorthumberland #countryside #seasidetown

Hello! TAFAC has migrated to Bluesky. We'd like to announce our new journal for 2024 (TAFAJ 30) was published in December and you can read it online for free, along with loads of other journals from past years. Please enjoy - for free www.tafac.org.uk/category/pub...

Wild seascape🌊 Incredible light. Berwick pier today. #BerwickUponTweed #Northumberland

The award-winning SCAPE Trust is a Registered Charity and a Company established in 2001. We work with the public on the archaeology, history and past environments of the coastal zone of Scotland. scapetrust.org/who-we-are/

🚨 Our new Research Bulletin explores grassroots archaeology in the UK Key findings: ➡️ Memberships are steady or falling ➡️ Activities, though impactful, are scaling back ➡️ Challenges include lack of training, funding, and equipment Read the full report here👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/tak...

For one of our projects the young people are looking for evidence of the bandstand that once stood in their local park. Ended up down a bandstand rabbit hole! The late 19thC Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings is incredible. archive.org/details/walt... #IndustrialArchaeology #Archives

Not long left to book you space at our conference! We hope to welcome people from across the heritage sector to hear insightful talks and understand the critical role archives and records play in supporting Scotland's historic environment. Book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca-annual...

At @archscot.bsky.social we run the Scotland Online Young Archaeologists’ Club and this Saturday we have a St Andrew’s Day special! 🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Exploring Saints and Pilgrimage in Early Medieval Scotland - quizzes, activities and lots of interesting info for 8-16 year olds. membermojo.co.uk/scotland_onl...

🎉Huge congratulations to my Archaeology Scotland colleague Kieran Manchip who was joint winner in the Early Career Archaeologist category at the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Archaeological Achievement Awards last night. So well deserved!👏 🎬 See film link in next post.

What can you do? If you are worried about people contact your council to see what they have in provision. Dont report people to streetlink without permission. Ask if the person wants that option. Our Winter Appeal for lifesaving work this winter is here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/moh...

Exploring Victoria Park in #Leith today with young people on our latest @archscot.bsky.social Attainment through Archaeology course. Trying to locate the site of the bandstand after an intro to historic maps using ‘Mapping History’ online resource. Freely accessible👇 digital.nls.uk/mapping-hist...

Congratulations to all the nominees for the #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards 🏺check out all of their wonderful work and projects happening around the UK & Ireland #Archaeology

Wow! What an exciting opportunity in a fantastic museum in the most incredible place!😃👇 #HeritageLearning #MuseumLearning #HeritageEducation

Final prep today for an inclusive, accessible #archaeology workshop. Excited to see what engages the young people and what they want to find out about archaeology, their place, their past. @archscot.bsky.social 🎬 Here’s a similar project from a couple of years ago👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PMI...

www.bajrfed.co.uk/bajrpress/ar... Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022. Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues. Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook [ this time with Image ]

This Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember and honour those who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. All trans people deserve to live their lives safely with dignity and with joy. 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransDayOfRememberance

The Routledge Handbook of Gender Archaeology is out! It includes my chapter "The archaeology of motherhood". www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Since I’m new on here, I thought I would start to share some of my favourite #UrbanPrehistory blog posts. I started blogging about prehistoric sites in urban places in 2012. I’ve now written 180 posts. To start with, here’s the link to my blog. theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com

I made an #Archaeology🏺#EDI starter pack but it needs a lot of adding to so please do feel free to make suggestions! go.bsky.app/UXHPGDn

One day left to see this exhibition in London (gallery@oxo). Extinction is a collection of artworks highlighting climate change through time, including works featuring fossils, artefacts, & materials from Happisburgh in Norfolk.

It's here! 🌳 We're delighted to launch the brand new Dendrochronology Research Framework for Scotland at ELBAC 2024! This collaborative framework offers an insight into the significance and scope of this intricate discipline. Read #ScotDendro here: scarf.scot/thematic/dendr…

And for my first post… A few pics from our recent Archaeology Scotland Learning Team trip to Shetland. #Archaeology #Shetland