I'm so proud of what we're building! www.bbk.ac.uk/news/meet-th...

I've been supporting @coastsinmind.bsky.social Team Swale. This week we've launched the #CoastsInMind community map. cim.mola.org.uk/map #CoastsInMind is a MOLA project made possible by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and #NationalLottery players. #ForeshoreFriday 🏺🌊⚓️

We have one last surprise for #AskAnArchaeologist... To keep the discoveries flowing & to celebrate #FestivalOfArchaeology, we’re unlocking the British Archaeology archives for ONE WEEKEND ONLY - totally OPEN ACCESS! 🔓👉 shorturl.at/7uZaD Let us know what you uncover!

Great to see the results of our recent surveys on @skomerisland.bsky.social now online for everyone to explore! Enjoy seeing Skomer's prehistory in 3D 👇 #AncientBluesky #Islands #Skomer #Sketchfab

Back on the foreshore today for a guided walk. It's always a pleasure to bump into mudlarks like Sean (@seanclarkmudlark on Insta) who can tell tales of London from the finds they discover. #LiquidHistory #mudlarking

Thanks to an incredibly generous former student, we have some wonderful news for archaeology at Birkbeck: a new institute. The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...

So pleased that we have MA funding available this year for our MA Archaeology & Heritage Programme. Please spread the word (or get in touch if you have questions)! www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

Come and chat power with us @tag2025york.bsky.social in December!

#londonriversweek2025 runs from today until Sunday 8th June. There’s still time to register for an event. Please register here: www.thames21.org.uk/events/categ...

For #LondonRiversWeek I'm sharing a photo of the Channelsea, much culverted but where it emerges is a lovely marshy spot, cared for by #SurgeCollective #BlancSceol and the site, recently, for #LeakyInstruments workshops on how we can live ethically with rivers #RiverCommons

Wishing my colleagues from ButCH Sef Penrose, @laraband.bsky.social & @angelapiccini.bsky.social a fabulous Gullfest more than human art and heritage FTW www.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/wha...

If you see this, share your most recent photo of a London River! (Don't forget to include alt text.) #LondonRiversWeek

The lecture on "Place-names, archaeology and environment" looks particularly interesting for @bbkhistorical.bsky.social students taking #ArchaeologicalLandscapes. @drsadiewatson.bsky.social #ClimateHeritage

The inter-linked risks of climate change and our waste legacy will be felt along our eroding coastlines. Nice interview of @andyrussell.bsky.social at @egu.eu. www.newscientist.com/article/2480... @newscientist.com. Details of our @qmul.ac.uk @ukri.org project at www.ukcoastalandfillresilience.org

PDRA job: latest Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities postdoc job looking at evidence and policy impact. We’re open to a range of approaches. 2 years, start ASAP, lots of collaboration opportunities. #academicjobs #researchjobs #postdoc #policyjobs qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...

Out this morning & Open Access! 📢 My new article in Public Archaeology on the entanglement of archaeology, the far right and ancient genetic studies, using the British National Party as a case study: ‘In Our Blood’: Archaeology and ‘Indigeneity’ in the British National Party’s Magazine Identity'

Working as a community archaeologist & researcher in the #intertidal zone, both in Norfolk & London, I have had many conversations about the solace that people find in time spent on the #foreshore. (1/2)

🏺 London has an amazing community of #mudlarks like Liz, people who know the Thames foreshore intimately. Collecting communities in intertidal zones such as the #Thames foreshore & Norfolk coast are the 'eyes on the ground' that expand our knowledge and understanding of archaeology & history. (1/n)

As we await today’s wild camping verdict from the Supreme Court, here’s an amazing map from the collections @themerl.bsky.social. produced by @mtrlty.bsky.social using data from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social. Fingers crossed! rdg.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB...

Re-advertising this post as no suitable applicants were found in the first round. If you are interested in an exciting PhD opportunity at the University of Sydney, do get in touch! Deadline 9 July. Updated information and link here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

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I’m giving a talk about my work on the use of archaeological themes and misuse of ancient DNA evidence by the far right on 12th June, please join us! The event is free, online & part of ARFA, an important resistance to extremist appropriation of the past

1/2 through this drive to SAVE SPARK SPACE 💡 This youth-led lifeline provides shelter, internet, electricity, & dignity so workers can connect to remote jobs (income to feed their families!) + uni students can study remotely. KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. 51/400 linktr.ee/sparkworkspace

Thames through Time is back in Birkbeck for the 2nd week, and the MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social has brought in a new model! This one is a scaled model of The Admiralty Dockyard. Archaeology and model-making, it’s important!!

There's still time to chip in Alastair's fundraiser for Hackney Night Shelter. justgiving.com/page/alastai...

Brilliant work by @catframpton.bsky.social who has in-depth knowledge of the specifics. Cautionary tale for everyone else, incl those considering using AI on data for land mgt, zoning decisions & planning. And tech won’t save us, brains will.

It’s the time of year when you might find a baby bird and want to help. Most often (and slightly counterintuitively) it’s best to do nothing. Here’s a useful guide.

We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...

We have new additions to our #CoastalHistory starter pack, so take a look if you're interested in coastal history! Likewise, if you're researching and writing about coastal history topics, please let me know if you want to be part of our community. go.bsky.app/Pfa95p7

Fitting end to a trip to look at the Tower of London setting, history and the Thames with @bbkhistorical.bsky.social Archaeological Landscapes students, led by me and @drclaireharris.bsky.social

All work that is done well is skilled work. Different jobs require different skills. Devaluing roles in care and hospitality gives people an excuse to treat people working in those roles as worth less.

Thames through Time is back in Birkbeck, but the MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social only brought in a scaled model of the Thames historical dockyards that he has made! Archaeology and model-making, it’s important!!

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek! 💜 Studies show that connecting with nature boosts health and wellbeing. 🌊We want to encourage the London community to get involved in #londonriversweek2025 and connect with their local river. 💦More details: www.thames21.org.uk/london-river...

Lesnes Abbey Woods has varied geology and fantastic fossils and is a great day out. It’s also easy to get to on the Elizabeth Line. Download our leaflet and map at londongeopartnership.org.uk/informationb...

*Fully funded PhD in heritage klaxon* Excited to invite applications for an AHRC-funded CDP with Historic England and the Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University. Deadline 25 May. www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/centre-heritage-culture-society/participatory-practice-and-heritage

Bored of hoards (Melsonby etc.) without CONTEXT! Punching holes to chase a strong metal signal is the antithesis of good archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So good to see archaeologists coming together to support our trans colleagues and communities - sign this if you haven’t already.

It's been an absolute privilege to spend the week with the brilliant @lesleymcf.bsky.social. As Lesley says, the field school can't happen without an amazing team! Archaeology matters because it should be about the world we live in - past, present & future. #fieldworkfriday

Thames through Time @bbkhistorical.bsky.social with MOLA/TDP - morning was survey of the foreshore, afternoon was processing and collections tour and environmental archaeology at MOLA office by the canal. A very big thank you to @drclaireharris.bsky.social, Louise Fowler and Eduardo Machicado!

Super 2 days teaching building recording & talking sound w/ @bbkhistorical.bsky.social #ThamesThroughTime BA & MA fieldschool students. We all discovered much more about this GII wall than the List description! Thx so much @lesleymcf.bsky.social @drclaireharris.bsky.social for the invite!

Wall Stories - Ballast, cobble and set. Closer brick. London stock brick. Handmade brick. Board of Ordnance marked brick. And a sardine can key. Standing building recording on Thames through Time with the incredible @laraband.bsky.social!

A Not-Rothko for @richardmortimer.bsky.social, with pigeon.

Thames through Time @bbkhistorical.bsky.social and an archaeology of sound with @laraband.bsky.social and @drclaireharris.bsky.social!

Time in materials on the foreshore; from (19th broken tea cups embedded in the foreshore surface to washed up paper labels still to fulfil their use by date. Thames through Time @bbkhistorical.bsky.social with MOLA/TDP and @drclaireharris.bsky.social and Helen Chittock.

First morning of the @bbkhistorical.bsky.social field school Thames through Time in partnership with MOLA/TDP! @drclaireharris.bsky.social and Helen Chittock!!

It’s #LondonRiversWeek2025 with many great events on during 30th May- 8th June. The good people of Thames 21 have invited me to give a lecture ‘The Seasonal Thames & our Wellbeing’ on Tuesday 3rd June 12pm, at Walbrook Wharf. Tickets are free but you need to book www.thames21.org.uk/event/london...

And for anyone who wants to get all 'trans people didn't occur in the past', 'archaeologists only find two sexes', 'your bones don't lie', etc etc you need to read this 👇 #Archaeology ⚱️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights anthrodendum.org/2021/08/06/a...

This has got me thinking about @microburin.bsky.social's Ice and Fire project, a community archaeology project in an area plagued by anti-social behaviour including arson. I heard Spence give a fantastic presentation about both the archaeology and the wider impact of the project.

Reminder of when 2617 American biologists and scientists wrote a letter saying that Trump's claim that sex was an immutable binary was factually wrong And now the UK has tried to do the same. They cannot fight science forever not-binary.org/statement/