Shenanigans on site at Glendalough today with this year’s students. As someone who delights in taking photos of other people taking photos I suppose I had this coming. 🤣 They all have the phone in front of them in view and of course someone had to take a photo of the whole thing!

This was the first week of our annual ARCH10180 Archaeological Field Skills excavations at Glendalough which will be followed by our community excavations. We are grateful to the Glendalough community for their welcome and to the landowner for allowing access. www.facebook.com/share/v/1BUm...

Researchers from University College Dublin and Universiteit Gent use specialist survey technology to investigate one of Ireland's most important prehistoric sites at Mountsandel- without excavation. causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/news/communi... www.facebook.com/share/r/17tq...

New volunteers on site this morning. Hopefully not baaaaad workers....

Lots of activity on our last fieldwork day at Mount Sandel. Coring in the woods (and a challenge for GPS!), volunteers helping process samples, Borough Council filming us and lots of visitors! Great day.

V excited to be carrying out survey at (checks notes) MOUNT SANDEL !!!! Geophysics and bore holes with friends and colleagues Philippe de Smedt, Lola Claeys, Valentijn de Parys, @martinmoucheron.bsky.social and Deborah Nagle @naikaiouk.bsky.social

Loads of details to share over the next few days. TX to many colleagues in Causeway Coast & Glen BD, local Museums, Historic Environment Division and many others, not least Mount Sandel Discovery and Heritage Groups, for making this possible. Overall funding from Peaceplus.

We are delighted to welcome Dr James Mathieu to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Ardmore Annexe 2pm, 20 May. He will talk on converting theory into practices within experimental archaeology. James is currently a Consulting Scholar at Penn Museum but known for his contributions to Experimental Archaeology

It's coming up fast - our #IAI2026Conference is nearly here! Make sure to book your spot here buff.ly/mcSowXv , we've got two days full of fascinating talks and we hope to see everyone there!

Interested in Holocene Hunter-Gatherers? Come to UISPP Poznan (31 Aug-4 Sep) for session "Adapting to Diversity: Holocene Hunter-Gatherers in Varied World Landscapes" org. Frederica Fontana (Ferrara), Jacek Kabaciński (Polish Acad Sci) & me. Abstract below - deadline Feb 28th. uispp2026.syskonf.pl

Quite a show in Kildare!

Tough weatherday for fieldwork at Ferriter's Cove with Martin Moucheron and Deborah Buchanan. Lots of nice Late/Final Mesolithic shell layers to cheer us up though!

Home and Away: The Reach and Range of Archaeology at UCD. @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Research Day 2025 Theatre L143, Sutherland School of Law, 2 Dec, 9:30-16:30. Includes a celebration of our Early Career Researchers chaired by UCD VP Prof Kate Robson Brown RSVP by 21 Nov: [email protected]

@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social This week the #ANSOC team are putting the final touches to the Bronze Age Forum 2025, which takes place @ucddublin.bsky.social on 14-16 November. Final programme and abstracts are now on bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com A few final tickets remain #BronzeAge

I had a great time this morning sharing my (very minimal) flint knapping skills at CEAMC. The students also had the chance to flake shale and grind a Moynagh Point roughout. They surprised my by grinding a nice blade on a roughout I had given up on!

Congratulation to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social delegates Prof Graeme Warren, Dr Martin Moucheron and Deborah Buchanan who presented at the recent Meso2025, at Ferrara, Italy. This was the Eleventh International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe which takes place every four years.

Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss. www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

Interested in doing a PhD on hunter-gatherer archaeology with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social ? Main source of funding is Research Ireland scholarships - see below. Call opens 11 Sept, deadline 23 Oct. Contact me to discuss potential projects. Please share! www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

IMPORTANT NEWS re. 14th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies... ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon. Please share!!

Dear colleagues, some concerning news has been circulating this week in relation to the 2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Annual Meeting (Belgrade Virtual). We, the IAI Board, believe it is important to acknowledge & share this info. Please see the full statement, with links, here: buff.ly/8YG0WmV

Just finished a week of fieldwork on Late Glacial/Early Holocene landscapes/archaeology in Glen Dee, Mar Lodge Estate, Cairngorms, w/ colleagues Sam Kelly @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, Phillipe de Smedt & teams. Tx to @nts-archaeology.bsky.social, Mar Lodge Estate & @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social 1/8

Can the archaeological collective help? These are finds from our recent excavation at Glendalough. All from cultivated soils with lots of C19-20 material. Triangular(ish) sections, varied widths. They are very clearly a 'thing' but we don't know what. Any suggestions/parallels appreciated.

Extended graduate opportunities 2025: 🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology (MSc or GradDip) on campus - closes 31 Jul 🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology & Anthropology GradCert online - closes 8 Aug 🔹Grad Cert in Experimental Archaeology online - closes 8 Aug www.ucd.ie/archaeology/study/graduatetaughtprogrammes/

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social (1/2): contact me to discuss *On line Graduate Certificate (PT) in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology*, Sept 2025 start. Deadline 8th Aug. One module a trimester for three trimesters. www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...

Finally done! 4.5 years of work, 512 different squares and 2 matching unique blankets.

UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture busy for UCD Festival 2025

The next talk in our #PAASTACommunity seminar series will be next week Wednesday 06 June at 16:00 CET! And while none of these talks are to be missed, Meaghan will be broaching a really important topic for working in palaeproteomics!

The desk squares have finally been put together! I’m sure there’s a lesson in there about consistency and hard work paying off over time, but really the colours just make me happy.

A lovely day for a field trip with my Intro to Irish Archaeology class! We took students to Newgrange, Mellifont Abbey and Monasterboice. #irisharchaeology #archaeology #Newgrange

I’ll have a table at this year’s Festival if you fancy having a go at grinding a Moynagh Point into shape!

ANSOC's Kate Kanne, with @helenebenkert.bsky.social & Camille M.L. Vo Van Qui are very pleased & proud to announce that our edited volume "Harnessing Horses from Prehistory to History" from the amazing @sidestone.bsky.social is officially published open access! www.sidestone.com/books/harnes... 👇

“An early human species – the Denisovans – who went extinct 25,000 years ago – lived across more of the world than was thought, according to new research by a UCD-based archaeologist.” Interview with Meaghan Mackie, a third year PhD candidate from Canada at UCD www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

"Taking Our Water for the City: The Archaeology of New York City Watershed Communities." Dr April Beisaw, Professor of Anthropology, Vassar College UCD School of Archaeology & UCD Archaeology Society Seminars 2024-25. Thur 17th April at 4pm in Barry Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe, Belfield

Perfect weather this afternoon for collecting raw materials from the beach in Bray. Flint was particularly plentiful today, but I also came home with some nice new hammer stones. By far the strangest find of the day: a wax candle. 🤷‍♀️

▪️ ▪️ ▪️ NEW ONLINE FOR 2025-26 ▪️▪️▪️ Graduate Certificate Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology (online) from UCD Archaeology 🔹Applications now open, closing date 30 May 2025 www.ucd.ie/archaeology/... @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdglobal.bsky.social

Our new distance learning (on line) Graduate Certificate in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology at UCD School of Archaeology is now open for applications at the link below. One year, 3 x 10 credit modules. Full details below. Please share! hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M...

So happy today to finally be holding this in my hand. I am proud of my adoptive country and grateful every day to be here.

The IAI conferece is a little over a week away! Join us 4-5 April in Galway for 2 days of recent research & projects in archaeology! Spaces are limited, so if you haven't already gotten your ticket, do so soon before they're gone. Visit buff.ly/kwYtrvT for more information & to secure your spot.

The TII Archaeology and Heritage section, in partnership with the Association of Young Irish Archaeologists (AYIA), is inviting early career researchers, including undergraduates, to submit paper proposals for the forthcoming TII Heritage Week conference in Dublin. 1/3

Just two more days to go! We’re looking forward to a great weekend thanks to an amazing amount of support from our sponsors!

Our programme for Saturday is packed with great speakers! You’ll also have the opportunity to interact with companies and organisations at our mini career fair #archaeology #AYIAconference

Only 9 more days to go!

January’s squares. It was a busy month with conference planning, teaching and probably too much overcommitting. I’m more productive when I take a few minutes out of the day to stop and do something else, so the busier I am, the more squares I make. #phdstudent #crochet

Snatching a few moments of calm today while being a taxi for the kids and their friends.

A lovely evening last night at the DYO annual gala concert. Just one kid left in the DYO- It’s hard to believe this era in our lives is nearly at an end!

Today’s the last day for abstract submission! There’s a €50 bursary available for student presenters travelling from outside the Dublin area, as well as great prizes for the best presentations.

Alas! This year’s 100 days of running wasn’t meant be. After a lovely morning run yesterday an old ankle injury started acting up. It’s flared up before and usually just needs a couple of days of rest, so that’s what I’m going to give it. Hopefully I’ll be back running in a few days.

The IAI Conference will be here before you know it! This year's theme: Fragmented Past: Letting the Light In. Our call for papers will close on 17/01. To submit a poster/paper, please contact Elaine Lynch [email protected] w/ a title & abstract (<200 words). Presentations should be between 15-20min

Our MSc/GDip Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology (1yr, FT/2yr, PT; Campus Based) at @ucddublin.bsky.social is open for Sept 2025 entry. Link below for detail. Contact me to discuss. Pls share! www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...