Results of the autumn round of #SPMA Research Grants are in! We'll showcase the winning projects over the coming days. For the first time, one of the grants went to Ukraine for the research project led by Liudmyla Myronenko (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Archaeology) 1/3

You have one week left to submit abstracts for the 2026 @postmedarch.bsky.social Congress! The conference is in May next year, hosted at Reading University, UK. Share your fascinating research with international delegates!

Some nice #DailySarsen, thanks @johnnythin.bsky.social Interesting to see a few boulders dotted around the edge of the plot in which the monument stands, and the enclosed landscape beyond from which sarsen surface spreads had largely been cleared (although boulders are shallowly buried in places).

There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh. Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

Just brilliant. I need to collect all of @darrellwakelam.bsky.social ‘s archaeological creations (like the Sutton Hoo helmet from a paper plate (!)) for a Young Archaeologists’ Club session ❤️

cc @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Myfanwy’s work is excellent.

And if you’re as fond of this improbable pile of rocks as I am, there happens to be a UK freepost offer on teemill tonight: incurablearchaeologist.teemill.com/search/?sear...

Hello folks. If you're up for a seasonal wander, tomorrow (Sunday) at 10am I'll be posting this month's #DistanceDrift prompt - join in wherever you are, in sync or thereafter.

Sticking with the maritime theme! This time a Minoan octopus vase inspired design. I'm hoping to display this one coming out of water, so I tweaked the angle. I have photographed this one, but I might wait and do it again tomorrow, because this is a very *wet* pumpkin (unintentional storytelling).

Are you based in London? Are you interested in the cool archaeology under the capitol? CBA London is hosting a series of talks on Noverber 18th including one by yours truely on the people of St. Botolphs graveyard www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autumn-lon...

Archaeology of the plastic hair curler. All found on Cornish beaches.

Behold... the 2025 face pumpkin! Inspired by many things, but first and foremost I went back to my jack o' lantern roots with an archaeology reference. The Undine / Vodena Vila sculpture from Lepensk Vir, from 6300 - 5900 BCE.

Phew.

I have so many questions about this short film. So many. Check it out @ladyliminal.bsky.social. The aesthetic is Whovian meets Fluxus with a dose of Festival of Britain.

There is so much going on in the images on the cushions, especially the bright green one, I think @nsousanis.bsky.social would be interested to see!

oh my life @earthworkbec.bsky.social watch this!

REMINDER. Calling all hillfort folk and ex diggers from Maiden Castle excavation 1985 and 1986. There will be a small display and film from the excavations. Bring any stories, photos etc for archive gathering.

Leverhulme International Professor Emma Waterton examines the small, often overlooked material traces of belonging itself. Join us 21 Oct, 16:00–17:30 for an afternoon seminar followed by drinks in Crush Hall. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today is the deadline for bursary applications! Click the link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Mesolithic and Neolithic homes. Perfect for your stoneage homework!

Great news - if you signed up to the waiting list for University Archaeology Day #UAD25 you should already have been emailed, we've been able to increase the capacity for the event so go ahead and book ASAP! The rest of you - tickets are going like hot cakes, get in FAST! linktr.ee/University_A...

A quick look at the latest issue of our journal, Post-Medieval Archaeology, published under @tandfresearch.bsky.social. To publish your research with us, please check our website for more info and contact [email protected] #archaeology #postmedievalarchaeology #newresearch

𝐑𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 The MA Dissertation Prize will be for the best dissertation written in 2024 or 2025 on the archaeology or architectural history of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other countries. Details at www.royalarchinst.org/grants/disse...

Join Prof. Abubakar Sani Sule this Thursday to hear about under-researched collections from northern Nigeria, which are of global significance in terms of medieval trade & polities, & also serve as powerful materials for public engagement. It's free! www.sal.org.uk/event/west-a...

#ArchInk 4: bronze; 5: flint; 9: ivory #archaeology #illustration 🏺🏛️🗃️ Combining three prompts to look at early-19th century views of early Bronze Age artefacts.

Oh, wow!

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Of interest @chronicamonika.bsky.social ?

I mean, I would not know where to start. But Allan’s drawing skills are epic and particularly stunning is his treatment of window glass 🤩🤩🤩

‘Marketsundriesmen’ 😍

Oh wow as the train whizzes past I bet this is animated! Like a flip book!

Hi @radiolento.bsky.social do you still have a blog post with advice about how to chose headphones? I can’t find it online.

After yesterday’s rain and very low cloud, Cornwall is looking lovely again. Enjoying my last 50 minutes before I take the bus to the train station. Heading home after a week on site (digging, which is rare for me). Sea swimming each day after work was a great balm for aching muscles!

Be more Kitty.

I set down the camera and pick up the rucksack. The singing all along the towpath and slowly goes the stroller. After a minute or two I pass the man and the infant and the singing goes on ahead of them. A little shade in the embankment and on the water. To be sung into the world. And back again. 48/

And Winchester Cathedral with more Romanesque @danherb10.bsky.social

Romsey Abbey @danherb10.bsky.social Apols for poor shots, I had the rest of the bellringers at my back so not enough time to compose the photos!

Today’s turning into a Lutyens kind of a day. Saw his war memorial at Stockbridge, this is Kings Somborne.

Ooo @drsueoosthuizen.bsky.social

Heritage job klaxon! We're recruiting for a fixed-term project officer role to help deliver an exciting new Stoke100 heritage initiative in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. See link for details... re-form.org/careers/

Delighted to be co-organising the official Stoke-on-Trent Centenary Ceramics Symposium "Legacy and Continuity" at Stoke Civic Centre, 21-22 November. The symposium is free to attend and is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. See link for details! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/legacy-and...

Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October. From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums. Ready to join in? #archInk

Hi @nsousanis.bsky.social I’ve been trying (but failing) to find you an assemblage of Tom Purvis’s 6 London and North East Railway posters that stand individually but lined up together make a complete beach scene. Poster comic panels! Here’s one collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...

Just thinking that it’s been too long since last hearing Willie Rushton on the radio.

The Booker shortlist is here! @thebookerprizes.com You can buy all six in one handy bundle right here: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/book...

My final #urbangeology walk for this year will take place on 4 October. Reservations and more information on #LondonWalks website at www.walks.com/our-walks/th.... Hope to see you there, this is my favourite walk!

Are you an archaeologist working on quarries or rock-cut structures? Please submit a paper proposal at this upcoming conference (Edinburgh, UK, 14-15 May 2026) hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social