How is #archaeology helping save the sea lions? #MarineMammalRescueDay 🦭 By using archaeological techniques to identify the origins of plastic waste, we can target the source of the pollution to mitigate this environmental threat. 🔗 from 2020 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺

Well, that was a fun 90 mins. Really enjoyed talking prehistory again after what feels like millennia!

Look out for more microplastics research from @johnschofyork.bsky.social! He has secured funding from UKRI for the new project: 'Challenging the Preservation Paradigm: The Impact of Microplastics on the Integrity of Archaeological Soils and Sediments' www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Ecuador occupied and claimed the Galápagos Islands #OnThisDay in AD 1832. The islands are known for their unique wildlife, now under threat from plastic pollution. Applying archaeological techniques to waste that washed up is mitigating the threat. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

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@johnschofyork.bsky.social and colleagues have a new piece out in The Conversation about this article theconversation.com/plastic-wast... If you find it interesting, you can read more in the original open access article in John's post below

Our new open access paper: how do we understand plastics as a contemporary archaeological record, and what does this mean for how we mitigate their environmental impacts? 🧪 🏺

New Open Access paper on archaeology and plastics in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics: doi.org/10.1017/plc....

Analysis of the stomach contents of a sea turtle recovered from Australia reveals it swallowed large quantities of plastic, including some of the millions of tonnes of PPE used during COVID. #WorldSeaTurtleDay 🐢 🏺 🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

A few top days of fieldwork in Sydney and Canberra, to get the ARC-funded Nuclear Nation project underway.

Special issue of Public Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Message me if you want a paper but can't access it www.tandfonline.com/toc/ypua20/2...

Explore @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social's #BookReview of 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' by @johnschofyork.bsky.social in Antiquity: (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

📕 #BookReview @johnschofyork.bsky.social's 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' seeks to answer the question of how #archaeology can tackle global challenges such as climate change, social justice, conflict and more 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Euphoria as a heritage value! doi.org/10.1080/1352...

Really enjoyed the film Becoming Led Zeppelin - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sizy..., so much so, I immediately headed across the road to buy the first two albums, which the film focuses upon. Hugely enjoyable. Immersive. Recommended! Slightly ashamed I didn't own these records already! 🤔

Fancy a funded PhD on heritage, identity, miltarism, and colonial legacies, with the Royal Air Force Museum London and me, at University of York? Details are below, with a link to the advert. More details here: wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects... Please share!

Thank you @johnschofyork.bsky.social for an inspiring talk, emphasing "small wins", specifically in working with communities and the public. Gives me hope about future engagement works #aaa47

I'm transitioning from X to Bluesky. Interested to see how this works out!