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🛏 I spoke with Dr. @ecbrownlee.bsky.social about her work on early medieval bed burials; in this clip, Emma talks about the very touching concern for the dead's comfort in the grave that this burial type seems to suggest. 📺 Watch youtu.be/fA6Wep5aO4Q?... 🎙 Listen open.spotify.com/episode/3BJd...

New publication just in time for Christmas, in Current Swedish Archaeology! Osteological analysis and c14 dating of human remains from the first churchyard burials on Gotland. 1/5 publicera.kb.se/csa/article/...

Very happy that I managed to visit the 'Beneath our Feet' exhibition at the MAA in Cambridge just before it finished. It was exciting (and humbling) to see so many things on display that myself and lots of my amazing colleagues have worked on! @samleggs22.bsky.social @ecbrownlee.bsky.social 🏺

In Rome for #EAA2024. On Friday will be chairing and speaking in session 182 on non-burial treatment of the dead. Including a sneak preview of my and Ali Klevnäs’s forthcoming @antiquityj.bsky.social paper!

If you haven't had enough of me talking about bed burials, here’s a short piece on the Trumpington one, currently on display in the Museum of Arch and Anth in Cambridge

Exciting find of a Roman bed burial - extending the funerary use of beds in England back in time by at least three centuries. Different to the 7th cent ones (with a male, for a start). But wooden construction raises questions about what we're missing. Will be interesting to get a more precise date!

More bed burials, this time a deep-dive on the Trumpington girl! Featuring Sam Leggett and @alicekensa.bsky.social on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.

Call for papers for #eaa2024 in Rome! We're interested in ways of interacting with dead bodies beyond simple burying or burning, and how we might identify such practices. Any period, any place. Submit abstracts here by 8th Feb: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/

New paper alert! "A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more. Summary🧵 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....

From a colleague in Ukraine on the ongoing impact of the war on archaeological sites, and the destruction we still don't know about

Some brief thoughts on using big data to understand 7th cent changes in burial practice - based on a talk last year for the Sutton Hoo Society. I'll also be talking on a similar topic tomorrow at a Newcastle Archaeology seminar, and the c14 project should be fully published in Radiocarbon soon!