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The History and Future of Death with Michelle Franklin
#archaeology
#death
#history
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The History and Future of Death with Michelle Franklin
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
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Call for Papers - Debates and Emerging Issues volume of World Archaeology, edited by me!
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World Archaeology
9 months ago
New Issue alert: Uncover the hidden histories of justice, violence, and resistance in the archaeological record and how past societies defined crime and punishment.
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#WorldArchaeology
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Archaeology enthusiasts! Please follow the World Archaeology BlueSky account for calls for papers and publication news! World Archaeology publishes 5 volumes per year, so stay up-to-date and informed about all the latest and forthcoming articles and publications!
#archaeology
#worldarchaeology
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Call for Papers Collections as Connections This themed issue examines how museum, institutional, and private collections can function as connections—supporting decolonisation and the relationship between collection holders and source communities.
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World Archaeology
13 days ago
Archaeology confronts profound global challenges, which demand renewed reflection on its priorities, responsibilities and relevance. World Archaeology invites timely, rigorous, and innovative contributions for its annual Debates and Emerging Issues volume.
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World Archaeology
about 2 months ago
Braiding Knowledges We welcome papers that explore braiding as a framework for bringing together archaeological and traditional knowledge systems, to develop new insights for the past and the present.
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World Archaeology
about 2 months ago
Craft Interconnections - a new collection of papers highlighting how ancient craftworking depended on shared knowledge, technological adaptability, and rich inter-industry relationships.
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#craft
#archaeology
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World Archaeology
about 2 months ago
Call for papers - Sacred Flames We invite submissions examining the sensory, symbolic, and social dimensions of fire in sacred contexts, as well as archaeological approaches to interpreting its ritual traces.
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World Archaeology
6 days ago
Dance is a universal characteristic of being human and this volume explores archaeological evidence for and interpretations of the human experiences of dance, including its evolutionary origins, its social contexts and associated materiality.
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures
6 days ago
The audio only version of
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's talk on the History and Future of Death and Burial is now available worldwide:
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures
6 days ago
LIVE NOW LEGENDS AND LECTURES welcomes back
@archaeodeathprof.bsky.social
to talk about the history and future of death and burial
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#history
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The History and Future of Death and Burial
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
https://youtu.be/nb74gsZMuq8?si=pqEfd0SDssTcMHCc
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Star Wars Rebels – Series 1 and 2
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Star Wars Rebels – Series 1 and 2
The Empire has taken over large parts of the galaxy and only a few remnants of the Jedi Order persist who escaped assassination through Order 66. The remainder are being hunted by the Inquisitors o…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/star-wars-rebels-series-1-and-2/
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Jorvik Archaeodeath
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Jorvik Archaeodeath
How does the Jorvik Viking Centre mediate mortuary archaeology for the public? Having recently reviewed the representation of the archaeology of death, burial and commemoration at Dublinia, this po…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/jorvik-archaeodeath/
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9 days ago
Nasty people wrapping themselves in holiness in order to be bullies... On a video about Hadrian's Wall no-less!
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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist'
9 days ago
Having read about the Anglo-Saxon double burial uncovered by Time Team and written about by
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for LiveScience which I reposted yesterday I got to thinking about this particular burial and emotional connections in archaeology.
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In The News - Anglo-Saxon Double Burial and Emotional Connections
Sometimes an archaeology news story or a new study comes along which has a deep emotional effect. A story which for me reminds me of what f...
https://archaeomedicus.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-news-anglo-saxon-double-burial-and.html
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Offa's Dyke Journal volume 7 for 2025 - out in paperback
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Offa's Dyke Journal volume 7 for 2025 - out in paperback
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzaC0oFhD5M
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This lovely chap called Trevor - a former Geography teacher - gatecrashed my Master's field trip around Mold, Flintshire, in the most helpful and kind way. Trevor added lots of additional information about the town's history! Diolch yn fawr, Trevor!
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Offa's Dyke Journal 7 for 2025 is now available in paperback from
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Viking Death and Burial: Myths and Misconceptions within and beyond the Academy
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Viking Death and Burial: Myths and Misconceptions within and beyond the Academy
For my latest academic conference, I was honoured to be invited to present the plenary presentation at the Viking Society for Northern Research Student Conference on Saturday 11 April 2026 at the I…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/viking-death-and-burial-myths-and-misconceptions-within-and-beyond-the-academy/
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Clare Downham
14 days ago
That is a wrap on this year’s Viking Society for Northern Research student conference. Superb line up speakers starting of with our plenary Prof Williams pictured with members of Wirhahl Skipfelagr
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#history
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Paved and Mural Memorials: Cremation Commemoration in a Cheshire Churchyard
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Paved and Mural Memorials: Cremation Commemoration in a Cheshire Churchyard
Each year, I dedicate at least one blog-post to the contemporary archaeology of death focused on the microtopographies of gardens of remembrance and cremation burial plots in English and Welsh chur…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/paved-and-mural-memorials-cremation-commemoration-in-a-cheshire-churchyard/
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Honoured Hounds: The National Military Working Dogs Memorial
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Honoured Hounds: The National Military Working Dogs Memorial
Archaeological research continues to reveal the deep-time story of the complex relationship of people an dogs. The latest research has pushed back dog domestication in morphological terms to 14,200…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/honoured-hounds-the-national-military-working-dogs-memorial/
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Debunking Pseudoarchaeology with @jcdebunking
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Debunking Pseudoarchaeology with @jcdebunking
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
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Almost Archaeology
23 days ago
Two follow-ups to this post: I recently chatted Star Wars archaeology and the anthropology of Andor with
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Star Wars Archaeology with Adrián Maldonado
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures
23 days ago
Watch
@mrsoup.bsky.social
be wrong in real time on this week's Archaeoscoop!
#history
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Hoax-aeology with
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Hoax-aeology with Michelle Franklin
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
https://youtu.be/SGf0TP2cBDs
24 days ago
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The Archaeodeath Review for March 2026
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Bad Batch Archaeodeath
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Bad Batch Archaeodeath
The fascist Galactic Empire takes over from the Republic and the mutant clones of Clone Force 99 seek to evade their grasp and fight back. In the storyline and multi-world landscapes of Star Wars: …
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/bad-batch-archaeodeath/
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Almost Archaeology
27 days ago
"Phee emerges as a determined, experienced and intelligent explorer of the galaxy’s past – an almost-archaeologist" The archaeology of Star Wars: The Bad Batch by
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Bad Batch Archaeodeath
The fascist Galactic Empire takes over from the Republic and the mutant clones of Clone Force 99 seek to evade their grasp and fight back. In the storyline and multi-world landscapes of Star Wars: …
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/bad-batch-archaeodeath/
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The Prehistoric Dead of Catalonia: An Archaeodeath Review of the Museu d’Arquelogia de Catalunya in Barcelona
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The Prehistoric Dead of Catalonia: An Archaeodeath Review of the Museu d’Arquelogia de Catalunya in Barcelona
In the UK, public debates on the ethics and cultural significance of displaying and curating human remains in museum contexts rumble on. A recent news story in The Guardian prompts further reflecti…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/the-prehistoric-dead-of-catalonia-an-archaeodeath-review-of-the-museu-darquelogia-de-catalunya-in-barcelona/
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Star Wars Archaeology with Adrián Maldonado
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Star Wars Archaeology with Adrián Maldonado
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSeODJoL0w
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King Rakni's Afterlife
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King Rakni's Afterlife
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
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Mel Roxby-Mackey
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Exciting news from
@archaeodeathprof.bsky.social
on the forthcoming publication 'Arty-ology: Public Archaeology and Art in Contemporary Society' with
@archaeopress.bsky.social
howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/a...
I'm very much looking forward to seeing how it comes together. And. . .
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I’m pleased to announce a forthcoming new academic book project. As a co-editor/editor of a substantial number of – 12 to be precise – academic books (and author of one monograph)…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/arty-ology-1/
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I’m pleased to announce a forthcoming new academic book project. As a co-editor/editor of a substantial number of – 12 to be precise – academic books (and author of one monograph)…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/arty-ology-1/
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As always, great fun recording this! I was busy exploring Google Earth to ascertain how the mound sits in the landscape. I have crazy ideas, but that's for another time!
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Scandinavia's largest mound is not a burial, yet the story of its emergence and subsequent interpretations is a truly fascinating one! All about it in this episode of "Mounds & Memory". As usual with
@archaeodeathprof.bsky.social
#medievalsky
#ancientsky
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Viking Grave Goods with Frida Espolin Norstein
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Viking Grave Goods with Frida Espolin Norstein
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uj4Agjlz_8
about 2 months ago
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Dublinia Archaeodeath
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Dublinia Archaeodeath
Occupying the Synod Hall adjacent to Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the historical recreation museum known as Dublinia was opened in 1993 and redeveloped in 2010 (Clarke et al. 2018). Run by the …
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/dublinia-archaeodeath/
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Digging into the Untold Origins of Cremating the Dead
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Digging into the Untold Origins of Cremating the Dead
Are we ready to tell the hitherto untold story of cremation prehistoric origins? Maybe. In two recent public talks, I asked this very question. I would begin with a clear qualification that archaeo…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/digging-into-the-untold-origins-of-cremating-the-dead/
about 2 months ago
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The Salme Ship Burials
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The Salme Ship Burials
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0tI0LurS-g
about 2 months ago
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Clare Downham
about 2 months ago
The 2026 Viking Society for Northern Research student conference takes place at the University of Liverpool on 11 April. Includes student lectures, launch of the paperback 'Embers of the Hands' by Dr Eleanor Barraclough & plenary lecture by Prof Howard Williams
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Irina Manea
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Mounds & Memory, a project most dear to me, with
@archaeodeathprof.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Mounds and Memory - YouTube
The flabbergasting series dedicated to in-depth explorations of the archaeology and cultural history of death and burial in Northern Europe! With Dr. Irina M...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvZcG425lZwbJWA3eM2IzcP3CkQ00FrhX
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Archaeodeath review for February 2026 - check it out on my Patreon:
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about 2 months ago
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Football Archaeology: Critiquing “Welcome to Wrexham”
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#archaeology
#football
#heritage
#Wrexham
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Football Archaeology: Critiquing “Welcome to Wrexham”
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
https://youtu.be/FkUxFsijjxg
about 2 months ago
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Lessons from an Early Iron Age Mass Grave: An Archaeodeath Perspective on Gomolava
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Lessons from an Early Iron Age Mass Grave: An Archaeodeath Perspective on Gomolava
For the third time this year, I have been asked by the media for comment on a breaking archaeological story. As this becomes more commonplace, I continue to reflect carefully how if and how I respo…
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/lessons-from-an-early-iron-age-mass-grave-an-archaeodeath-perspective/
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Disappointed to see how many colleagues and friends follow neo-Nazi history, archaeology and mythology accounts
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Francesca Tinti
about 2 months ago
I certainly wasn’t expecting this article in the Guardian on the Milan fashion week to have a final section on Sutton Hoo
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Simon Trafford
about 2 months ago
I very much enjoyed VALHAll:A when i went last year: it's a great event and so important to see academia and living history coming together like that. Thanks for the report on this year's and I look forward to hearing that it'll be running again in 2027!
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