I didn’t see the winning paper but I can definitely say Sam’s was excellent - one to watch for the future

Had a grand time @tag45.bsky.social, and especially enjoyed collaborating with @bromolloy.bsky.social for @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social and Niamh’s session! See y’all next year!

@miasoulcoe.bsky.social #archaeology in #film production and #academic uptake. Delighted to see #ProfilingTheProfession data being used in reseach like this! And, separately, I now know I will never ever need to watch #bonekickers @tag45.bsky.social

Amazing time @tag45.bsky.social! Such a supportive environment for my first presentation and thanks to everyone there for being interested in my theory adjacent project. Onwards and upwards!

So very well-deserved - Heather’s talk was fascinating and also featured the Edderton standing stone and associated features (one of my favourite Scottish sites) 🙌 and she referred to skyscape archaeology in her talk - it was fab! An excellent decision by @tag45.bsky.social

Thanks very much @tag45.bsky.social - so over the moon with this news! I really enjoyed the whole conference - and presenting my first paper. Looking forward to TAG46 in York next year!

Well this was a huge and unexpected honour- and I even enjoyed presenting my first paper too. Thanks @tag45.bsky.social

A lovely annual reminder of the wonderful Don Henson who is sadly missed

Thank you @tag45.bsky.social. This is really appreciated, what a great conference! Looking forward to next year!

This past weekend I had the pleasure to be for the first time at @tag45.bsky.social. A great forum where I had the chance to talk about maps, experience, affect and difference in the Talayotic landscape.

@lornarichardson.bsky.social Getting to the Bottom of Things made me feel introspective. Child of the 70s? Named Kenneth? Wears a tweedy suit and tie, even to @tag45.bsky.social. Drives a RangeRover only because #LandRover was too expensive? Aieee, my career has been shaped by #CarryOn films!

Aaargh, one tweet went missing from that last thread ... which was to thank both our amazing keynote speakers, Ian Hodder and Gill Hey! Two incredibly thought-provoking addresses, we hugely appreciate their agreeing to come along!

It was an honour!

So richly deserved, congratulations Rachel!

Back from a weekend on the TAG Riviera (@tag45.bsky.social) with some photos that may or may not be represenative of the experience. Now to catch up with all those promised emails. Or Midsomer Murders. Or something.

@rachelcrellin.bsky.social is a brilliant theorist and @aliceclough.bsky.social is an amazingly talented artist, amazing to see these guys doing incredible work at @tag45.bsky.social over the weekend

A big thank you to all who came to @tag45.bsky.social in Bournemouth and especially to all those who spoke, ran stalls, volunteered, organised and generally helped out over the 3 days (and more) You're all brilliant 🥂 Hope to see you in York next year!

This year's TAG is over, huge thanks to all the people @tag45.bsky.social for putting together an awesome event! Our collection of 'Contemporary Archaeology and Theory is still completely FREE for the rest of the month, though. Check it out now: buff.ly/31TPDr9

🏺 For those who missed out on this weekend's @tag45.bsky.social, you can view a transcript/slides of my talk, "F*ck Your Civility, I Want Change! On Subversive Anger as an Asian American Archaeologist" at the links below! www.researchgate.net/publication/... www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Excellent @tag45.bsky.social keynote from #GillHey telling the story of #commercial #archaeology's chaotic ride though the 90s, tough times in the 2000s and where we are today. And a good chance to remember #TimDarvill, and how important his contributions were

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Antiquity pub quiz @tag45.bsky.social, whose score of 31/40 won them a set of coveted Antiquity mugs!

The only thing left for us to say is a huge thanks to our lovely sponsors @antiquityj.bsky.social , our brilliant volunteers and everyone from Bournemouth Arch&Anth, as well as the brilliant catering teams from BU food & Drink and Dylans bar/SUBU and everyone from BU events and research teams!

The moment has come .... [drum roll please!] ... The winner of the Don Henson Prize for best debut paper is ... Heather Ford University of Glasgow, for her paper "Monuments and the Past-Present-Future Nexus". Heather wins free registration at next year's TAG & £200 towards accommm/travel!

Look out for the Don Henson prize award announcement shortly, but in the meantime we're delighted to hand over the torch to York who have amazing plans for next year - can't wait! See you all there?!

Day 3 @tag45.bsky.social and we are done! Thanks to @durotrigesdig.bsky.social and the U Bournemouth team for their welcoming hosting and to Prof Laura McAtackney for an excellent Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture. #archaeology 🏺

Hi Katy - thank you and thanks for the excellent input from all at The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology. So glad you enjoyed @tag45.bsky.social 😊👍

Thank you @tag45.bsky.social for a wonderful few days, and the opportunity to share some early stage experiments from my PhD.

It's also been a privilege this morning to send out a bunch of emails to the winner of the Don Henson prize for the best debut paper, and a number of other highly commended presenters ... .... But we don't want to tell you until they know, so watch this space!

A highly of course is that we are delighted to announce this year's TAG prize winner is Rachel Crellin from the University of Leicester. Huge congratulations, very well deserved!

Woah, what a weekend! HUGE thanks to the TAG community for pitching up with such enthusiasm and making it such an amazing event at Bournemouth this year!

Had a wonderful time at @tag45.bsky.social - such a fun, generous, and collaborative vibe this year, and a great venue. Thank you to all the organising team.

My @tag45.bsky.social highlight was seeing my brilliant friend @rachelcrellin.bsky.social receive the TAG award for her outstanding contribution to archaeological theory. The acuity, clarity and compassion in her work is a constant source of inspiration.

Well @tag45.bsky.social was fantastic, leaving feeling inspired! Lots of stimulating talks and interesting thoughts. Rewilding, reworlding, awe, landscapes, fear, difference and power. Thanks to the organisers!

Lunch time day 3 @tag45.bsky.social Second floor: carpets Travel goods and beddings Materials and soft furnishing Restaurant and teas Going down #AreYouBeingServed (for those of a *certain age*)

What can be better after the @tag45.bsky.social party to have a paper on hops! Thanks to Kate and Ben for a great session on 'Thinking through Plants'

I'm really happy that my first post here is about #TAG45 Thanks @helenshampton.bsky.social for organising such a wonderful session! It was a real pleasure to participate. @tag45.bsky.social

Annual migration to @tag45.bsky.social Excellent fun as always catching up with old friends and having my brain melted by the very best thinkers.

Superb end to @tag45.bsky.social with the SPMA Geoff Egan Memorial lecture given by @lauramca.bsky.social on the materiality of the North of Ireland Troubles. Thank you @bournemouthuni.bsky.social for a super TAG!

At my first @tag45.bsky.social in over 20 years seems like a good time to ask my periodic question. If you had to recommend one book about archaeology published this century, what would it be? (Yes, it can be your own book).

Carreg y Big standing stone (Meirionnydd) that I used in Skyscapes in Prehistory session @tag45.bsky.social yesterday to present my PhD research on applying Assemblage Theory to single standing stones to examine direction(s) with which they may be most robustly connected: for #StandingStoneSunday 🏺

Day 3 @tag45.bsky.social starting, appropriately after the TAG party with the archaeology of cosiness. Kate & Emma in pyjamas asking can we make academic conferences cosy?

Come see the @thesanctuary.bsky.social stall @tag45.bsky.social #TAG45 where ancient craft and bodily movement theory meet wellbeing 😊👍

Had a great time presenting at #TAG45 in the experimental archaeology session fantastically organised by @helenshampton.bsky.social and Andy Needham! I used the Oldowan-Acheulean transition to argue we shouldn’t forget macroevolutionary patterns have microevolutionary roots! @tag45.bsky.social

Quick reminder to all TAG-nauts, please take a moment to complete this quick survey on access and inclusion at TAG. We really value your input! tinyurl.com/yc7tj3vb

Day 2 @tag45.bsky.social. It was fabulous to hear from Suzanne Taylor about ML286 again and to catch up with Alice Clough about her soundscapes from commercial archaeology contexts, amongst many others in the storytelling sessions. And Emma Stockley’s soil column socks are wonderful!

I want to claim that 41 is too old to dance at full force to Darude - Sandstorm, but I can't be shown up by the sexagenarians on the dance floor. @tag45.bsky.social #tag45

Blue sky thinking today at @tag45.bsky.social

Fabio Silva introducing the session Skyscapes and Archaeology: a reflection on the last decade @tag45.bsky.social

Carolyn Kennett at the Skyscapes in Prehistory session at @tag45.bsky.social talking on Bridging the Gap Between Archaeology and Archaeoastronomy: Overcoming Barriers Through Education and Outreach

If you're a commercial archaeologist or an academic researcher curious about how to responsibly share 3D models of human remains, please check out my virtual talk on the Mortuary Memes #Tag45 session blog post on Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social @tag45.bsky.social #archaeology #scicomm