Britain’s economy did not collapse when the #Romans left, a new study reveals. Researchers from the Faculty of Classics, @cam-archaeology.bsky.social and @uniofnottingham.bsky.social#Romansdebunk the ‘Dark Ages’ narrative with major metal production evidence 👇 #Archaeology #History

🌱 We had a brilliant time at the ‘Seeds for Tomorrow’ workshop! Co-hosted by the Crop Trust and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, this gathering brings together researchers and practitioners to tackle the loss of crop diversity.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Antiquity Prize! They discovered an unknown Neolithic society in Morocco, revealing the importance of North Africa in the emergence of complex societies in the Mediterranean. Our interview with two of the authors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB5T...

We are delighted to share that Dr Ashleigh Wiseman has been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starter Grant for her project STEPS: Biomechanical simulations of hominin locomotion across complex terrains. 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/ashleig... #ERCStG

Early humans potentially occupied Britain during an ice age, Cambridge archaeologists suggest 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/early-h... 🧵

We are delighted that 'Secrets of the Neanderthals' has been nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards! The Netflix documentary stars Dr Emma Pomeroy and Prof Graeme Barker and was produced by BBC Studios Science Unit. www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/shanida...

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 ‘Achieving Equality: Why There Was Not as Much Inequality in Prehistoric Europe as We Imagine’ by Prof John Robb in American Antiquity 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/there-w... 📸 M. Winkler

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 In a new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Cambridge researchers explore the role of skill for Lower Palaeolithic handaxe manufacture through flint knapping experiments. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🧵

📣 Work with us! 📣 The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology. 📅 Closing date: 15 September 👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

A new episode of the British Food History Podcast is out now: Bronze Age Food & Foodways with Chris Wakefield & Rachel Ballentyne of @cambridgearch.bsky.social & @cam-archaeology.bsky.social Prepare to have your minds blown! Available on all podcast platforms open.spotify.com/episode/3iSi...

New issue of Cambridge Archaeological Journal Vol. 35, No. 3 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @cam-archaeology.bsky.social @prehistorian.bsky.social @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social @felixthehauskat.bsky.social‪ @emmatollefsen.bsky.social

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Lipid residue analysis reveals divergent culinary practices in Japan and Korea at the dawn of intensive agriculture in @pnas.org 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/culinar... @ercrema.bsky.social

The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research recently hosted a visit from Anacristina Bayona, Vice-Chancellor for Social Projection at the Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO) in Colombia, to discuss joint initiatives on social inclusivity and widening participation.

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift in @nature.com @jjrowan.bsky.social ‬ 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The 2025 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship call (start date 2026) is now open! 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

We are delighted that the collaborative, multidisciplinary archaeological fieldwork carried out at Oued Beht, Morocco by Cyprian Broodbank and colleagues has been awarded this year's @antiquity.ac.uk‬ prize! 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/discove...

Congratulations to Cyprian Broodbank et al., winner's of the 2025 Antiquity Prize! 🏺 They discovered a previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco, revealing the importance of North Africa in the emergence of complex societies in the Mediterranean. #AntiquityThread 1/13 🧵

Find of the day was made by Cambridge undergraduate Ellie Koral, who is digging with me on Dzielna Street in the former Warsaw Ghetto, directed by Michał Grabowski. She found a perfume bottle with perfume still in it! @cam-archaeology.bsky.social

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Amarna as a Global City in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology by Dr Federico Zangani @federico.zangani 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/amarna-... 📸 Federico Zangani

The Department of Archaeology is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Cameron Petrie as the next Head of Department. Prof Petrie succeeds the outgoing Head of Department, Dr Tamsin O’Connell, as from 1 July 2025. 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/new-hea...

Cambridge Archaeology graduate Jonathan R. Goodman has published a book: 'Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World'. Available to purchase from Yale University Press: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose and PhD student Stanley Onyemechalu have co-authored a chapter in the newly published book ‘The Politics of Post-Conflict Heritage Reconstruction’. You can find the book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 🧵

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 ‘A multivocal case study of decoloniality in archaeological exploration in Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria (1938–2024)’ in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0067... 📸 Kingsley Daraojimba

👏 Dr @jasminevieri.bsky.social, Research Associate at the McDonald Institute, has received an Honourable Mention for the 2024 Journal of Archaeological Science (JAS) and Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) Emerging Investigator Award. www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/jasmine...

Are you considering applying for an Undergraduate degree in Archaeology at Cambridge? Would you like some advice about how to make a competitive application? Join us on Wednesday 18th June at 5pm for a free online webinar! Register here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 What Ancient Burials Can Teach Us About Grief: New Study Links Prehistoric Thai Cemetery to Today’s Perinatal Loss Conversations 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/what-an...

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Dr Julia Montes-Landa, Prof Marcos Martinón Torres and colleagues propose a new approach to explain technological choices in bronze-making in prehistoric NE Iberia in the Journal of Archaeological Science doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

📺 ‘Britain Under the Nazis: the Forgotten Occupation’ is a 2-part documentary on Channel 4 ft. eye-witness accounts & expert commentary from Catz Fellow @gillycarr.bsky.social‬ (2006) on the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands: www.channel4.com/pro... @cam.ac.uk‬ @cam-archaeology.bsky.social‬

Dr Matt Davies, Deputy Director at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, was recently interviewed by the IPBES Secretariat as part of their Stakeholder Spotlights. 👉 Watch the interview: youtu.be/vQxmD3J-ODY?...

New issue of Cambridge Archaeological Journal Vol. 35 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess @cam-archaeology.bsky.social @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org ‪ @davidwengrow.bsky.social @michael-lewis.bsky.social @pudukhepa.bsky.social ‪

We are delighted to share that PhD students Geonyoung Kim, Oliver Moxham and Hyunjae Kim have recently been awarded with Korean Heritage Research Grants for Early-Career Scholars: Unveiling Shared Pasts, Shaping Common Futures. 👉 Read more: www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid... @docmox.bsky.social

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Did the shape of Mesolithic-Neolithic arrowheads determine their performance? 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/did-the... @acortellnicolau.bsky.social

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 A collaborative new study investigated the materials and techniques behind four gilded mummy masks from ancient Egypt, held at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🧵

Can archaeology shape decolonial futures? In this editorial a team of Cambridge researchers reflect on disambiguation, interaction, indigeneity, memory, practice and imagination for doing so! Read the Guest Editorial in Antiquity here: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Today at the @theihra.bsky.social workshop for archaeologists and conservation professionals, funded by @cam-archaeology.bsky.social at @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social we were privileged to handle artefacts excavated from Sobibor.

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Economic Inequality Over the Very Long Term: A PNAS Special Feature 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/economi... 🧵

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 Medieval French monks used seal-skins to bind their books; revealing unexpected Viking trade 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/medieva... @matthewcollins.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @york.ac.uk @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social

🧵 Is this a Dire wolf... 🤔? No... Our @erc.europa.eu Beasts to Craft team led by Élodie Lévêque uncovered the true identity of mysterious hairy covers on #medieval #Cistercian #manuscripts - they're ... 👇

We are offering a fully funded PhD studentship in Egyptian Archaeometallurgy in collaboration with the British Museum, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50964/ 📸 The Trustees of the British Museum

📣 Work with us! 📣 The McDonald Institute invites applications for the fourth annual Fellowship in archaeology aimed at candidates of Black Identity or Heritage. Hear from Dr Sahal Abdi, current Fellow at the McDonald Institute. 📅 Closing date: 2 May 2025 👉 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50741/

Come and see us at London Anthropology Day! 📅 Friday 25 April 2025 ⏲️ 10:00-16:30 📍 Senate House, London 👉 See the website for the schedule and booking information: londonanthropologyday.co.uk

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 New mathematical modelling approach provides insight into the pivotal role of demography on the spread of farming 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/new-mat... @acortellnicolau.bsky.social @ercrema.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social Images: Oreto García-Puchol

🚨Second one: Reimagining Caribbean Collections: Unveiling Histories of Identity and Wellbeing through Material Culture @maacambridge.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @cam-archaeology.bsky.social 📅:30 April 2025 🪶:cc-eefitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk Apply here👇 www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #GLAM

It's been busy this week welcoming over 500 students from across the country to #CamFest. Students went on a alien hunt with @mattbothwell.com, travelled to Must Farm with @cam-archaeology.bsky.social and learnt to disagree well with The Woolf Institute. Read more ➡️ www.cam.ac.uk/news/student...

Interested in investigative material culture? Have a background in Archaeology or Heritage Studies? We are pleased to announce a fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from October 2025, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50737/

AIM: PhD is an application support programme designed to support PhD applicants with their application for doctoral study at the University of Cambridge. For full details, including eligibility and how to apply, please visit the AIM: PhD Website: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/aim-phd

It’s not long until the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Family Weekend! Come and find us in the Phoenix Rooms on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March to meet our team! No need to book, just come along! www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/hands... 🧵

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 A New Origin Proposed for Humanities’ First Stone Technology 👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ori... Images: Michelle R. Bebber & Metin I. Eren @bas.ac.uk

📣Don't miss our CAAG's last talk this term... Saharan prehistory and pastoralism with @martinadm.bsky.social . Tuesday 18th, 1pm, McDonald Inst. @cam-archaeology.bsky.social

📣 We are delighted to hear that we have ranked first in the world for Archaeology by QS Top Universities 📣 👉 Read more about it: www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...