Another lovely peat core this time from Thorne Moors! So far we have collected over 60 cores on this project over the last few months, which is quite an achievement.

I am very excited about something I've been planning for a few months. I'm starting mandarin lessons on Sept and I'm beyond excited about this, I've been wanting to do this for a while. It's in anticipation of a trip to China, hopefully next year! Would love to connect with China archaeologists.

Do folk think these look like beach or fluvially derived deposits? It's part of what we think is a raised beach deposit we are excavating...

Visited Mar Lodge on Tuesday. What an incredible landscape! Full of historic features too.

Penultimate day in Puglia and I am very sad to go home on Saturday. We've had a wonderful 3 week break. I could have happily have stayed another week but work becons back and then fieldwork. So, still plenty to look forward to! Today we had another amazing day at this beach. No people due to wind!

Yes, I did visit a wetland on my holidays in Italy! This is the one at Torre Guarcello... And then stunning sea behind. This was a real highlight today

Streets of Polignano. #Puglia

Visited Polignano yesterday, was well worth the trip but already busy. Excellent lunch too! Pasta di seppie.

Incredibly hot here in Puglia! 38 Deg on the shade and even the palms are wilting...

Visited lovely Ostuni last night - great place full of vibes and enchanting small places

Fires are springing up everywhere across Puglia. We drove through 2 fires going alongside the motorway. The heat is already having major impacts across the region...

We are now on Puglia. It was 38.5 at one point this afternoon .. hot!! 🥵

Coastline at Maratea Porto. This really is a stunning coastline. Not too busy either. Would highly recommend this area of southern Italy

Visited Maratea yesterday. View across sea to the Golfo di Policloro. It's beautifully green down here and rather quiet as we are off the tourist route.

Finally away on our holidays! Staying in this gorgeous location in southern Italy. Up in the hills so not boiling hot yet but very nice indeed.

Great new post by one of the AGRI-DRY MSCA PhD Fellows Mudit Joshi on the ecological adaptations of plants in drylands environment, as part of the AGRI-DRY EU/UKRI MSCA DN agri-dry.org/2025/06/15/t...

Spent yesterday peat coring on Hatfield Moors. It's hot and dry out there, vegetation impacted by lack of rain

Sampling for peat carbon content on the Went as part of land use for net zero project respect

📢Calling all archaeologists, ecologists, landowners and landmanagers - Please check out the details for the 'Into the Wild Network' questionnaire on approaches to rewilding - @fossilbeetle.bsky.social

Please share our #rewilding survey with ecologists, land manager and archeologists.

Coring along the river Went today as part of new lowland peat project on managing land use conflicts

View across Genova yesterday evening. It's a really nice city to visit, not too busy at all right now and v pleasant. Now back to Scotland!

Venue for today's workshop university of Genova

Are you interested in re-wilding? We have a questionnaire on re-wilding and the historic environment open, and keen to hear from ecologists, land managers, and archaeological practitioners. Access the questionnaire here - uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Another day on the field yesterday. This time up to Ben Lawers for my PhD student Issy's fieldwork, excavating a peat stack for sampling. Stunning scenery and weather at the moment here in Scotland

First fieldwork of the season on Flanders Moss! And a glorious day it was. This is part of the new land use project based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social

In a state of pure decadence, I believe I have watched about 80 episodes of various Chinese dramas the last few days. A total of 4 series have been watched over the last week and I'm enjoying every moment of it!

Spent some time over the hols re-charging. I've discovered some really enjoyable c-dramas to enjoy on Netflix.. best one so far is The Double. Anyone else also a fan of Chinese cinema?

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

Happy Christmas to all new friends on Bluesky #travel #Photography 📷 #archaeology 🏺🦉🌱🪶🩺🛟 #Turkiye

The Historic Environment Forum (HEF) has published a new report on #heritage & #ClimateChange. The report shows the investments required to get the sector to net zero, and illustrates some of the related evidence gaps and policy challenges. Read it here: bit.ly/3ZZ0ThK #HeritageSectorToNetZero

Have finally more or less stopped before the Xmas break & looking forward to 4 months of sabbatical coming up! It was 2017 when I last got sabbatical so I'm very, very much looking forward to this.

Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the @uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025. 12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more! ➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

#FollowFriday Scottish Archaeology @archscot.bsky.social @scarf-scot.bsky.social @dendrochronicle.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @fossilbeetle.bsky.social @diggermann.bsky.social @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social @northernpicts.bsky.social @drbecjones.bsky.social

It's the last week of teaching and semester and I'm feeling a bit hollowed out. Anyone else feeling like this?

Painting by Paul Evans ‘Winter track’ 2021. Acrylic on canvas. Size 122cmx122cm,

The discovery 🏺of Lindow Man when I was six is etched into my subconscious: this is a beautiful piece that weaves together people, place and archive. Illuminated - Voices from the bog on #Radio4 - Perfect listen for a damp Stir-Up Sunday www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

For #FossilFriday if you’ve got a post or news about #Palaeolithic #zooarchaeology or #Pleistocene 🦴 you can now use 🦣 to post to the #IceAge list by @toriherridge.bsky.social. Here’s some 🦣🦴 with cut marks and human modifications. from my work at La Cotte de St Brelade: shorturl.at/UwMKO

Hey @science.org is here!

Just used NotebookLM to transcribe and summarise recordings from a recent workshop. I'm quite impressed...

By way of intro, I'm a hon. sen. research fellow at Glasgow University, former senior lecturer there. I write on aspects of digital archaeology, digital data, digital theory, digital practice, digital automation, digital agency ... I also blog periodically at introspectivedigitalarchaeology.com

Snowing here in south Lanarkshire!

Save the date! Our next Peat Cafe seminar will be on the 2nd December, 1-2pm, online. John Wedgwood Clarke, Rose Ferraby and Fiona Benson: Bog Talk: poetry and people in peatlands. Details here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...

This is a bit how I'm feeling now...

Phd opportunity in African archaeology coastal Mozambique (historical, material analysis). 3 years funding + poss 6-12 months more. Visa & NHS surcharge covered McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR174/m...

Ventured out. It's a 'Liddington Climb' sort of day. This is a direct view from the Ridgeway trail, climbing up towards Liddington Hill but looking back along the trail. Snow filled furrows of a ploughed field shaping a monochrome landscape. #richardjefferies #ridgewayview #winterscape

Are you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...

Twelve-thousand years ago, people in a coastal village in the Levant used stone weights on their spindles to spin thread faster and more evenly—and, archeologists are arguing, in the process they pioneered the basic mechanics that eventually made cart wheels possible. arstechnica.com/science/2024...

Random pics from my phone. Fossil beetles from the Antonine Wall! Proof that occasionally I do still have time for a few nice things...