CFP for Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April 2026). Deadline 15 September 2025.

Rev. John Williams of St. Ishmael's, Pembs., was a bit confused with the new 1837 marriage forms. He even had the next clerk confused until the next year! For those who don't know, the conditions normally listed are Bachelor, Spinster, or Widow(er) Lol #Genealogy

My 2nd article on the serfdom-like compulsory child labour schemes in C18th southwest England is now available (open access) doi.org/10.1017/S026... It was distinctive not merely as a type of unfree labour, but as a centralised method for allocating servants to farmers

Phase of the day: "Figures proposed to represent war dogs are, in fact, later-executed horses painted in smaller size." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiK...

four. different. ampersands. !!!! & they all illustrate the origin of the ampersand in the ligature of the latin conjunction “et” (“and”). 222050 • @folger.edu

every time i get reminded of the prize papers and the amazing project to digitize and catalogue them, i am astonished again. here’s a tarot card from 1744 with an order for anisette and bacon from st domingue 🗃️ portal.prizepapers.de/fullscreen/p...

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'

A term-time Lectureship in Early Modern Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...

A permanent job here at @archsoton50.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social in #Palaeolithic Archaeology and/or #Palaeoanthropology 🏺🧪 Please share widely! jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

📢 Are you interested in joining a small dig in #Mauchline in 2 weeks? We're looking for volunteers to help us discover what remains of Netherplace House's south avenue! 📅 Thurs 5 & Sat 7 June 📧 Email [email protected] for info. No experience needed! ⛏️ #Archaeology #Scotland

Currency as protest art

Jacksonian America would have loved world turtle day!

Wow, the amazing ‘Orkney Hood’ is so well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than c. 1,600 years ago! Found in peat in 1867, this remarkable woollen hood from Iron Age Orkney likely belonged to a child. AD250 - AD615 National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

It's #WorldTurtleDay and turtles/ tortoises are just one of the many types of animals recorded as Roman figurines in Britain. Possibly associated with Mercury. See finds.org.uk/database/art... for an example and more detail

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the turtles, for today is their special day! To celebrate World Turtle Day, here are two turtle-y amazing illustrations from 'Our Reptiles and Batrachians' by M.C. Cooke, published in 1893. 📷 Reserve 579.9 COO #WorldTurtleDay #TurtleDay #RareBooks

Following the successful return of the subsidy scheme for public engagement in archaeology in South Holland last year, we are reopening the subsidy doors this year as well. Initiators who want to invo... Source: Province of South Holland

Calling all community archaeology projects in the UK. The CARD Fund is now in its 10th year and we’re thrilled to have passed the milestone of funding a total of 100 radiocarbon dates so far. But we’re not stopping there - the intake for 2025’s round of funding is currently open!

Looking for a PhD candidate to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (circa 1750-1950). Please share the info with potential candidates: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... (deadline for applying: June 1st)

So I think I need to do a sober thread on just how disasterously bad the new trove.scot website is, in comparison to the sites - especially Canmore - that it's replacing. tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.

Swiss Roll constructed, Toblerone on hand. All ready for #Eurovision2025. Somehow I feel William Wood of York 'Mutision' (Musician) and his Punchanella would have been right at home #token #17thcentury 🗃️🏺🎶 Image courtesy of the British Museum

We have a vacancy for a new curatorial assistant to join our team and work with our amazing collections. Please follow the link for more details and the application form. Deadline 27th May. www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/job-opp...

This duck looks more guilty at being told off than terrified of the roaring lion. 6th-7th century BCE alabastron from Agrigento. #Findsfriday

This stunning Neolithic knapped, ground, polished stone axehead was found in a river in Yorkshire. It's likely made of Langdale tuff. Langdale axes have been found throughout England & are evidence for exchange of materials in the Neolithic. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

#FindsFriday Ad Gefrin museum of Yeavering Anglo-Saxon palace, #Northumberland A really well-designed display of original finds & models - all against the backdrop of graphic novel art & an immersive hall, bringing this buried site to life Highly recommended 👌 adgefrin.co.uk 📷 My own, Weds

Four fully-funded collaborative PhD studentships available with the cultural partners of the REACH Consortium (Historic Royal Palaces, British Film Institute, Royal Museums Greenwich,/National Maritime Museum). Deadlines 26 May-30 June. And lots more at other institutions too: full list below.

Liverpool (or NW) artist call-out! For a ceramic based installation in the Hartley Hut, using pottery (mostly creamware, transferware and sugar moulds) from nearby excavations. Deadline May 19th. Final piece 110cm x 80cm max. Budget £3000. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artist-call-...

A rather wonderful PhD opportunity with a fantastic supervisor: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🔥🔥🔥

Exciting news! 🎉 The Women's History Network is now accepting submissions for the WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025. 🏆 Learn more about the submission guidelines and apply here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra... #WomensHistory #UndergraduateResearch #History #ResearchPrize

I wonder if browsing @findsorguk.bsky.social helped him chose a name. This Bulla of Leo III (795-816), Leonis, is the earliest bulla they have recorded (for now). Stylishly minimalist if he is looking to design his new one.

A lot of my work is big picture, maps and graphs. It was great fun to focus on a single #17thcentury #token in depth for this article, and an #Irish one at that. Open Access on academia for people who like wool, ships, Ireland, tokens, 17th century stuff or quakers. www.academia.edu/129253996/He...

Ever wondered what medieval England may have sounded like?🎶 Dive into the soundscape of Early Medieval society with Lucy-Anne Taylor's new book. With in-depth archaeological analysis and captivating video re-creations of ancient instruments, it's a full sensory journey into history. 🏺 #medievalsky

My pet project is back! #AHAReads starts June 1.

A late in the day but good one for #FindsFriday A pig dressed as Athena, from the Archaeological museum in Palermo.

It's #FindsFriday! Today I wanted to share this beautiful early Medieval brooch with striking enamel. These are rare in the South West and is the first from Somerset recorded on the PAS database! finds.org.uk/database/art...

This is a halfpenny trade token produced in 1667 for Peter Hodgson, a salter in Scarborough. Salters traded salt, were experts in the dry salting of fish and meat, dealt with flax, hemp, logwood, cochineal, potashes and chemical preparations. #FindsFriday buff.ly/sYMx7AJ

This #findsfriday we have a Viking gold finger-ring, made from six strands of gold plaited together to make a band. This dates back to the 10-11th century AD and was found in the Stockley area, near Heddington, Wiltshire, 2013.

#findsfriday A copper alloy leatherworker's or binder's stamp of Medieval date (c. 1150-1500), found in St. Saviour, Jersey. Similar heraldic or pseudo-heraldic stamps decorate 13th-14th century knife scabbards, and book bindings from the 12th century, becoming more popular in the 15th century. #FLO

Rare tiered #FontsOnFriday w super Romanesque sculpture in Lucca's San Frediano basilica c.1150-75. Faces on top bowl spout water + columns support lid w apostles on top, labours of month below. Lg basin's panels feature Moses stories: eg Crossing of Red Sea, w Egyptians styled as medieval knights.

We've been busy with some experimental #Archaeology & have been striking our own coins! We had some custom dies made - official & barbarous portraits of Tetricus, the project & the @uniofreading.bsky.social logo. We've got enough for a hoard now! #FindsFriday

A heap of radiates struck for Tetricus I (AD 271-274) at Trier, Germany. From the massive Frome hoard of c 54,000 other third century coins, now in the final stages of being sorted at the British Museum. @findsorguk.bsky.social #FindsFriday #RomanBritain

Latest April news from @findsorguk.bsky.social ! #Archaeology #Heritage #History #MetalDetecting #Treasure

Thought we were filming a bird riding a thermal but it turned out to be a dog poo bag.

Next Saturday is our May opening for the Reading Room and the last Saturday chance to see our 'Unfolding Time' exhibition!🕰️ Our Reading Room will be open from 10am to 5pm to anyone wishing to use our collections. We will also be holding exhibition curators talks! 👇

The Roman Boathouse, #Birkenhead Park, #Cheshire In the world’s first publicly funded park. 1847 A pebble #mosaic pavement by Margaret Howarth. 1989 #MosaicMonday

The Big Fish #MosaicMonday #BlueSkyMonday #ArtYear #MondayBlue

Friday 2 May, 5pm, @regentsox.bsky.social and on zoom I'll be talking after the AGM of the Henry Bradshaw Society @oxmedstud.bsky.social. #medievalsky

Very late entry for #MosaicMonday. A hot sticky day in London, wish I was back in this seaside Sicilian villa

#phdstudentship #medieval #wales #archaeology 🏺

So it begins...this is the week for the huge Iron Age Dialogues conference in Cardiff. See some of you folks there.. www.ironagedialogues.co.uk

A PhD studentship for potaholics: www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... loads of bear pots in Glaisher’s collection too.