🎉7 year anniversary #FindsFriday #FlintFriday! A notched flint scraper. Ubiquitous in the Stone Age and varied in size according to purpose. This one is thought to be Neolithic and forms part of the assemblage that began this project. #Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics

#FindsFriday A Votive Assemblage from Wirral, a few of the pieces found at the same spot, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Evidence of some of the earliest beliefs www.prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-... #Archaeology #Treasure #Votive #Religion #Prehistory #Wirral #Roman

Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we visit the @uniofreading.bsky.social excavation at the site of Cookham Abbey. More stories of powerful women, early Christianity and a place of healing for the sick. Oh and a lot of bone combs 🪮 9pm tonight More4 #Archaeology 🏺#newshow #cookham

Hilbre Isles in the Autumn mist, Wales behind #TidesOutTuesday #Wirral #Wales #HilbreIsland #AutumnVibes #coast #outdoors

Some pictures from when Sandi Toksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social came to visit our dig in July #Durotriges25 If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand www.channel4.com The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm Enjoy 😊

Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.

Morning. 🖼️ Wren, W Swaysland

We are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00, why not come and visit us? #museum #visit #Liverpool

“Among the fallen beech leaves” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)

* Warning may contain images of human remains Here are some behind the scenes shots of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social dig! Big thanks to everyone for being so patient and accommodating!

This little bird survived a volcanic eruption! Buried by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, this Roman fresco of a little bird pecking at fruit re-emerged looking as delightful as it did some 2,000 years ago! Villa Poppaea, ancient Oplontis, Italy 📷 by me #FrescoFriday #Archaeology

#FindsFriday A green speckled Mesolithic/Neolithic denticulate/serrated knife. #Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Wirral

#FindsFriday #FlintFriday A Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.400,000 BC flint scraper. It has been partially burnt, most probably as a ritual. #Palaeolithic #Flint #Wirral

📑📖Word of the Week: 'Chenoterie' French meaning 'oak clearing'. The original place name for Noctorum, Wirral. First recorded in the Domesday Book and used ever since 🌳🌳🌳https://prehistoricwirral.com/noctorum.html #Wirral #History #Heritage #placenames #Noctorum #Chenoterie #Domesday

📚A lot of information has been posted about local history of Wirral. This Project is historically and factually accurate. And it can confirm that no legal action has or is being taken against it for anything at all. prehistoricwirral.com/statement-of... #Wirral #History #Heritage

#OreCup is launching with two famous & beloved ore minerals, #Galena vs #Copper! Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results... Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results... You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!

Galena was a mineral in use for it's properties since the Stone Age. Learn more about the mineral and vote in the mineral #OreCup #Galena #MineralMonday www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...

“In late October tall bracken fronds are turning from russet to golden yellow, and the colours blend with fungi, the pheasants and the spindle-tree berries.” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)

🪨🦴A humanly worked Palaeolithic handaxe/awl made from animal bone. The piece has a small chip at the point, obviously it saw a lot of use. The knuckle end forms a natural handle. Shows ingenuity of using all parts of an animal #Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistoric #Wirral

The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

Happy #Halloween from the Arch-Druid of Menez-Hom on the simple dolmen of Menez-Lié in St-Nic (Finistère). One of my favourites.

New research on wild chimpanzees shows juvenile innovation is not play but a cultural engine. Young chimps invent tools, refine adult techniques, and introduce novelty. What if childhood experimentation drove early human cultural evolution too? #Primatology #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanOrigins

Morning. 🖼️ Johann Friedrich Naumann

New #Archaeology TV show alert!🚨 Hidden Wonders starts Tuesday 4th Nov 9pm on More 4 Available for download on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #newtv #documentaryseries #History 🏺

🌊Here comes the Irish Sea. The Western seacoast of Britain had a thriving maritime trade community during the Neolithic. They must have been expert and seasoned mariners. Navigating by the sun, moon and stars⛵☀️🌕🌃 #Maritime #Prehistory #Wirral #Neolithic

Other work by the Ladybird artists Autumn, Shell Nature Studies, 1956 Artists: Rowland Hilder Maurice Wilson

#FindsFriday 🪨A Neolithic scraper made from a breccia of Galena. It shows wear from use; perhaps a status implement. Galena is a sulphide mineral which has anti-microbial properties, which would have been useful in processing hides🐄🐐🐏 #Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #Wirral

#FindsFriday 🪨A selection of Neolithic microliths. #Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #Wirral

“By the lakeside” Teal, Shoveller, Lapwing and heron Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)

Today we celebrate international archaeology day! Where we can appreciate the depth of human history. And also to recognise that there are many challenges and injustices that have occurred with the material culture and archaeology of past societies! #internationalarchaeologyday

🌍🪨Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay! Marking the day with an artefact made in North Africa and brought to Wirral by the first pastoralist farmers. This shale side scraper is part of an assemblage in the Tenerean Culture. #Archaeology #IAD2025 #Wirral #Neolithic #Sahara #NeolithicNorthAfrica

🦆🪶🐀The wildlife at Parkgate on the #Wirral Peninsula was featured in this week's 'Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles' by Hamza Yassin available on BBCiPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #HamzaYassin #HamzasHiddenWildIsles #WildIsles #conservation #BritishWildlife #UKNature #UKWildlife #Wirral

#FindsFriday 🪨🪨Three Neolithic axe/hammers made from shale possibly used for ceremonial/ritual purposes. #Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistoric #lithics

🥽❄️How cool is this? Hunters living in the Arctic have used snow goggles to protect their eyes from the glare of the snow for 4000 years. Made from ivory, bone or wood. Displaying great ingenuity. These are 18/19thC display at World Museum, Liverpool 🌍 #Arctic #Prehistoric #indeginouspeople

Present day Wirral with the Welsh hills in the background, the River Mersey in the foreground. #Wirral #Wales #Panoramic

🪨⌛Wirral within the context of Prehistory, a brief timeline of main known excavated and dated sites 👀📈➡️ prehistoricwirral.com/prehistory-t... #Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Prehistoric

Gazing in awe & wonder 😮 Inside the spectacular Little Woodbury house at @butserancientfarm.co.uk where the great soot-blackened roof stands without central posts An incredible family house from Late Iron Age Britain With @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social 📷 My own, Sept

🪨Neolithic thumbnail flint scraper #Archaeology #FindsFriday #FlintFriday

🪨⌛❔The Prehistory Mystery... www.prehistoricwirral.com/prehistory-m... #Archaeology

We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎 There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information. You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...

#FindsFriday 🪨🐧I found this awl, although it looks like a penguin😆 #Archaeology #FridayFun

#FindsFriday 🪨🎨Staying with the theme of companion pieces, these two grey limestone implements are thought to be applicators of yellow ocrhe, with which they are stained on their left sides. Used to mark designs on human skin and/or animal hides. Ritual/ceremonial use. #Archaeology

#FindsFriday #FlintFriday 🪨Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean black flint handaxe. Some of the cortex was retained as a grip and shows wear of use. #Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Wirral #lithics #Prehistory

🪨🎨Honouring #DíaEuropeoDelArteRupestre. #EuropeanDayofRockArt on the anniversary of the discovery of the stunning cave paintings in 1902. Read more 👀📖➡️ prehistour.eu/european-day... #Prehistoric #RockArt

"Rachel Reeves unblocked a development of 20,000 homes that were being held up by a rare snail, after being approached by a developer with whom she said, 'we have a good relationship' Not only stupid and ignorant, but crooked with it Indefensible www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌕Tonight is a #Huntersmoon or a #HarvestMoon supermoon as it the full moon nearest the Autumn Equinox. Named from a time when people were more atune and reliant on nature. It creates extra light for longer for farmers working outdoors to gather their crops.

VCWAP is back! 🎉 Join us March 4–6, 2026. Registration & submissions (abstracts + paleoart) are now open ➡️ awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur... Open to ALL, whatever your employment status, gender identity or expression. Everyone’s welcome to participate!

Druids Circle (Penmaenmawr): This fantastic ring of around 30 stones #StandingStoneSunday stands on the headland of Penmaenmawr above Conwy, close to a prehistoric trackway and three other stone circles.

🪨🎨Placed the prehistoric art on the website from Wirral within a timeline to give it some context. Quite a nice collection from the very first artists to inhabit the region and create. Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-... #Art #Sculpture #Prehistoric #Wirral