Kankawa Nagarra is a Walmatjarri Elder from the Kimberley (Oz), who found inspiration from the tribal songs of her childhood, the gospel songs of the mission she grew up on and the country music and rock ’n’ roll is in Oxford! 28/7, Iffley Church Hall.

🏺 Need some good news? Yesterday the Knepp Accord was signed by 50 experts & leaders in archaeology, heritage, nature & farming sectors, creating a framework to draw on deep-time evidence to guide decisions shaping our landscape for centuries to come. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...

We are running a workshop on sampling for radiocarbon and statistical analysis of dates at the IPPA (Yogyakarta) in Nov (with Shimona Kealy). Slots are filling rapidly, so sign up asap/ send on to anyone who might be interested! @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.ippasecretariat.org/ippa2026/wor...

Archaeology isn’t just about the past. @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social's Prof Shadreck Chirikure is uncovering how ancient technologies, manufacturing and repair cultures could help tackle today’s challenges - from sustainability to inequality. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4tIL6it

Happy Birthday David Attenborough! This photo was taken 20 years ago, but still has pride of place in the department photoboard. Uniquely amoungst people filming in the lab, he asked to go to morning tea so that he could talk to the students. @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social

Our annual Meyerstein Lecture in Archaeology will be given by Professor Sturt Manning (Cornell Uni) at 5pm, Thurs 14 May (in-person only) at St Cross College. It's free to attend & all welcome but please register here: forms.office.com/e/nr1i4ki7m1.

Three of our students shared their MSc Arch Sci (Shutong and Silvia) and MChem (Eric) radiocarbon research at UKAS last week. Well done to Shutong for winning a prize - fantasitc achievement when up against post docs! Great work folks. @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

Three nodes of NEIF (Bristol, BGS and Oxford) are at the UK Archaeological Science conference. Great to see so many isotope and organic residue talks and posters! @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

A new paper led by Qian Ma (now in the Peking Radiocarbon Lab) and @lorenabecval.bsky.social on dating lipids in pots - with a way of getting rid of those pesky phathalates (plasticizers). Great work folks! @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @isotopesuk.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Many thanks to all participants in the Radiocarbon Short Course this week. Many excellent discussions had, and great to see so many people so enthusiastic about radiocarbon! @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

Are you UK based and need funding for radiocarbon dating? Spring has sprung, which means it is time for the next deadline for NEIF applications! Please get in contact asap to discuss your project. Deadline 25th March; www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

Calling all University students interested in learning more about #Radiocarbon dating & #Bayesian analysis. There are still free places available on this short course for #NERC & #AHRC students!

Wowee. Even older ages for rock art in Sulawesi. This time pushing into that period beyond 50ka, where there are tantalising glimpses into human activities through this region and into Sahul. Congratulations to the authors of this paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new paper lead by by Jo Ostapkowicz on some wonderful wood carvings from Brazil @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Walks into the Oxford laboratory under this inscription which reads "Chemistry offers eternal hope" .... that the equipment doesn't break and that the samples produce data

The OxCal server is back up an running again. That was quick work by the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social IT folks!

Our server is currently down, so it is not possible to save OxCal projects. We'll let you know when the problem is fixed.

New Year's resolution to learn more about 14C? Our short course 16/03-18/03 covers project design to practical OxCal workshops. Registration closes 15/02. NERC/AHRC students come for free - please email. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...

Looking forward to Monday and filling this space! @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford? Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree. Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...

What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...

It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Deep Time Australia An epic story > 65,000 years in the making Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/

Copper smelting with the new MSc students at the wonderful @butserancientfarm.co.uk So much charcoal used!

📸 friendly but mildly competitive cordage making @butserancientfarm.co.uk yesterday as tutors @rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere

Amazing PhD studentship avaliable on Investigating Early Electrum Coinage with Neutrons and Muons available in the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social jointly with ISIS. Deadline 19th Sept! www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/exci...

One month before the next NEIF deadline! Please get in contact asap if you want to apply for some radiocarbon dates in this round. For UK based students, post-docs and beyond. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

If you want to know more (or just about everything) about AMS, check out a brand new online book by one of the old masters Keith Fifield (ANU) with input from another - Martin Suter (ETH); hdl.handle.net/1885/733767269

It's that time again... If you are UK based and would like to apply for radiocarbon dates, applications are due to the next NEIF round on 8 October 2025. 1-100 dates and training provided.

Does microCT reduce the amount of collagen we can extract from a bone/tooth for dating and stable isotope work? We think it might. With Mathieu Duval and Laura Martin Frances @cenieh.bsky.social; www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We dated some charcoal for @timeteam.bsky.social, and it showed that the standing stone at Farley Moor was indeed Bronze Age. Lovely to see how the project came together! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCM...

Dr Bethan Linscott has published new dates for the Lapdo child, and another HYP case study showing how it can be useful to date really poorly preserved bone. Lovely work Bethan! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

For something a bit more lighthearted. www.bluey.tv/blog/watch-a...

This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...

Congratulations to Jamie Cameron, Senior Chemistry Technician in our #Radiocarbon lab who is a 2024 Science Council CPD Award Winner. @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk

Registration for the Radiocarbon Short Course will close 28/02. Come along if you would like to learn a bit more about radiocarbon as a dating technique or as a tracer, or you would like some training on OxCal; conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @isotopesuk.bsky.social

Does your project need some 14C dates? The next deadline for NEIF is 26th March. Please get in contact if you are thinking of applying. Open to PIs, post-docs and students. 1-99 dates. You can even come to the lab to work on your own samples if you'd like. www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

The Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit have joined BlueSky! Very happy to be here. We'll continue to post a little on the other place (esp. NEIF deadlines and jobs), but hope to transition over here.