I've been really in the zone lately and rediscovered my own creative spark. Seeing my Instagram grow from about 9,000 to over 11,500 (almost 12k now!) has been a massive motivator that people are liking the new style of content I'm putting out! #archaeology 🏺

🚨This is the kind of world creators are currently facing. I would never use gen AI images in my personal archaeology social media and if I ever changed my stance on this and did, I would be incredibly transparent.🧵 #Archaeology 🏺

My friend just showed me someone made Shanidar 1 on Heroforge (a tool for making DnD characters) and I'm obsessed YouTube video from ExtinctZoo #Archaeology🏺

15 years ago today the Tory & Lib Dem government tripled tuition fees. Young people, our economy and society are robbed of the learning and skills universities offer- whilst graduates face average debt of £53,000. Education should be a right, not a privilege. Scrap tuition fees.

I really enjoyed conducting this interview and would highly recommend a watch as this object is just spectacular!

First demo of a new project - Roman Temple DVD loading screen simulator 💿 #Archaeogaming #PixelArt #GameDevelopment

This short film created for the University of York's Department of Archaeology is out now. It documents how a replica Mesolithic house was built in Museum Gardens, York in Summer 2024. Please watch, like, comment and share! #Archaeology #Mesolithic #Prehistory youtu.be/vabfHhaA5b0?...

#ArchInk Day 13 Pseudoscience I found this a strange prompt so I just decided to draw this incredibly archaeologically accurate building of Stonehenge #ArchInk2025 #Archaeology #Stonehenge

Taskmaster Prize Category: Object that would most confuse a future archaeologist if you were buried holding it ... #taskmaster #archaeology

Sims 2 Castaway on my DS was peak

Excited for another day of brilliant presentations @valuefnd.bsky.social

Second session of the day has just started! Louise Bedford will be talking about an archaeologist's journey into game design!

Tech set up is there, friends and colleagues have started arriving, and #TIPC4 is a few hours away! Tomorrow with workshops and Thursday and Friday with talks and panels! Makes sure to catch the action starting Thursday over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

this apparently says "I don't love you, I don't care, but I know it and laugh about it. You love me and that's nice for you." 📍Rijksmuseum van Oudheden #Archaeology

#archInk2025 Day 2: Shell During prep, the Conch of Teleportation reminded me of oracle bones, divinatory records from the Shang. They feature some of the earliest writing in China. I thought dragon turtles, taken from Chinese mythological creatures, would help expand a focus on Chinese archaeology.

starting archInk 2025 with pigment. i kept it digital today, a bit like field journal notes, an archaeology journal. pigment feels small, but it made the first colours on stone. minerals: grounded, mixed with a binder, painted on a surface and suddenly there’s an image. #archInk #inktober

Super cool to learn that I was huffing cinnabar while laboriously excavating paintings at Çatalhöyük. #archink #pigment #inktober

Day 1 #ArchInk2025 - Pigment. Bison cave art from the Cave of Altamira. Trying to use this challenge to improve my illustration skills on Photoshop. I double brushed areas to show cracks in the cave walls and added an aged paper texture background. #ArchInk @jonaschlegel.com #Archaeology

We have a new series of "Digital Lunch"- free, hybrid talks hosted by the Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab at the University of York. Don't be fooled by the name, we've asked experts on the very cutting edge of the field to talk to us about their research. Sign up: forms.gle/qeRcHHe5z3Kf...

Time flies! Today is the LAST day you can register for #TIPC4! There are limited spots available so make sure you register over at www.eventbrite.nl/e/the-intera...! Be there or be a Tetris block, or a floppy disk, or something else square!

I had an ad for this Pompeii Experience coming to London and was wondering if anyone had heard anything about it before? or been to anything similar? #archaeology #heritage pompeii-experience.com/london/?utm_...

Starting my masters degree this week and signed a new job contact yesterday, so a very exciting week!

Rainstorm last night = Beautiful day today

Playing around with Photoshop to create some fantasy maps for my first D&D campaign as DM Been loving starting D&D this summer so super excited to be a DM and play around with worldbuilding (& get my money's worth of Photoshop)

1975 cigarette card showing a representation of the building of Stonehenge A pretty cool find at the antique shop!

Did you know that if you can't make it to the conference it will be streamed? Go follow us on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast to catch the conference live! You are in a different timezone/are busy? Fear not because the conference will also be available as VODs over at www.youtube.com/@VALUEfnd!

I'm really looking forward to presenting at this event, so be sure to register!

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

What exactly is #archInk? It started in 2018 by Dr. Katherine Cook with daily drawing prompts exploring archaeological themes. The goal is not to create perfect "art" but should be rather seen as a daily practice connecting with archaeology and each other through creative practices 1/3

I feel the Archaeology of Vinted could be really interesting to explore – what can you learn about people from what they are selling ...

Spotted this yesterday, has anyone played it? #GamingThePast #Archaeogaming

Call for participants! @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, @kjkillackey.bsky.social, Stu Eve and I are holding an Archaeology & Worldbuilding playtesting and discussion workshop at @tag2025york.bsky.social! We have limited spaces, please sign up: forms.gle/rbjeDGD68nXR...

Organising my trip to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 for the @valuefnd.bsky.social Interactive Pasts conference. Any recommendations for things to do in Amsterdam, Leiden and maybe Rotterdam or some really cool archaeology 🪨

You can catch me talking about my dissertation project 'No Stone Left Unturned' on this week's Time Team Podcast. Available wherever you get your podcast or watch on YouTube! youtu.be/XgPiFgFTDMg?...

so happy to have graduated but yesterday required me to sleep for 10 hours

Just asked my girlfriend "what is Avebury?", the answer I got "... stones innit" or "do you mean on a philosophical level, like friendship?" Avebury is friendship #Archaeology #Avebury

Why is being a lionesses fan so hard sometimes? #SWEENG

A new piece, my recent illo depicting long distance transport of wild boars to Asiab in the early Iranian #Neolithic. I’ve reposted a couple articles featuring the illustration but here’s the whole image and some detail crops. #archaeology 🏺 #SciArt 🐡 1/9

trying to break in new shoes for graduation and stopping to stare at things on my way home to give my feet a break

me and my followers against the world #archaeology

no thoughts, just frothy coffee

My urge to create has finally returned and a new blog post (or video if you prefer that format) is out now on #Denisovans 🪨 substack.com/@louisearcha... #Archaeology #HumanEvolution

Amazing work by Louise!! Want to play an Avebury cosy game? Have at it: louisebedford.com/no-stone-lef...

Printed copy of my dissertation arrived today! #Archaeology #GamingThePast #Archaeogaming

😱 NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! 🤯 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Watching #Shrinking and this #IndianaJones reference is everything

Louise has also created a space for reflective assessment and community feedback by documenting the project and game development process on social media 🕹️

Here are the recipients of this year's York Open Research Awards! 🎉 Our panel chose 8 awardees, highlighting fantastic work undertaken by students, PGRs and ECRs across @york.ac.uk They were especially interested to see such broad representation of projects from different departments and schools!

I am honored to have received an Open Research Award for my undergraduate dissertation 'No Stone Left Unturned: Archaeogaming, Archives, Audiences'. Thank you @uoyopenres.bsky.social🪨 #Archaeology