🔬A compelling reuse case for ADS data from @adamsgreen.bsky.social - medieval archaeological records from Wharram Percy repurposed to model early social metabolism and inform pathways beyond fossil fuel dependency ⬇️ #data #reuse

Can investigating past economies help us build a future without fossil fuels? @simonmair.bsky.social and I believe the answer lies in a closer investigation of early "social metabolism". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... into

🚨New job Alert! We’re looking for a capable and self-motivated Data Assistant to help us keep Wales’s national archaeology, architecture, industrial and maritime history archive accurate and up-to-date with high-quality information. Find out more: zurl.co/6ZZh9 #job #historic#wales #heritage#data

The past provides our best laboratory for understanding sustainability—archaeologists should synthesise their evidence in order to better steer vital debates. Read more about JARE's new shorter article format in this new post on the CfAS blog! www.archsynth.org/call-for-pap...

And evidence from the past can help us better understand where those structural factors came from, how they have changed, and how they can be changed in the future.

All i can say is that a an archaeologist (a) i wish my specialist knowledge a was LESS relevant to the present moment and (b) nothing breaks the spell of capitalist violence faster than taking just how long we existed without it and that there have always been alternatives

Out now: our new editorial in JARE! As the new Chief Co-Editors, we are seeking research that resonates across archaeology and tackles the world's most vexing challenges. @jenniferbirch.bsky.social @victorloagmnh.bsky.social @jlmunson.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Is #inequality the price of "development"? Many economists have long been guided by the idea that as societies become more "developed" they become more unequal. Our new paper challenges this idea. History is not a one-way street. #Archaeology 🧵(1/4) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are now open Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years The deadline is 11 March www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Check out this post-doc in landscape #archaeology here in York! This looks like amazing chance to engage with an understudied region, and build up critical African datasets, which can be used to address a whole host of #sustainability challenges. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!

Is "sprawl" the only way the tropics can urbanise? Check out Alders new paper in JARE, which challenges our assumptions about tropical cities. It’s time to talk about the Swahili Townland. 🧵 #Archaeology #Urbanism #DeepHistory #Sustainability link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Archaeologists have uncovered the largest known corpus of late prehistoric administrative artefacts in the ancient world in western Iran, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of early bureaucratic institutions. A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology

Fantastic opportunity to delve more deeply into early systems for materialising credit and debt.

we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly. vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Now out: a re-examination of the discovery of one of the world’s most important ancient cities. doi.org/10.1080/0093...

New Year, new resolution? Thinking “I’d love to get more involved in archaeology this year”… but not quite knowing where to start? We can help 👋 📬 Sign up to our newsletter for the latest archaeology news, events and volunteering opportunities near you 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/news/newslet...

The University of Liverpool here advertising for a postdoc fluent in four modern languages plus Latin, and I wonder if it's even possible to acquire these skills if you start out in its local state schools?

Check out this thread and blog post flagging the ways economic growth and the environment are connected! It highlights the need to take care and ensure we aren’t blinded by the tools we use to measure human economies.

Archaeologists! Considering joining @simonmair.bsky.social and I at the European Society for Ecological Economics conference in Ghent to provide examples of "non-capitalist economies" that we can use to learn about sustainability.

Very cool piece of research on the knowledge we can gain from past economies. #sustainability

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Are the solutions to pressing socio-ecological challenges are hidden in data from the past? Check out our new paper on ponds, and the role they played in #sustainable #water #governance in northern India not too long ago.

Check out @gfeinman.bsky.social and Linda Nicholas' insights from 33 years at JARE, archaeology's leading platform for synthesis, counteracting the data deluge. They've also pushed the journal to better represent the communities it serves. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Very exciting @yesiuoy.bsky.social seminar coming up. Prof. Rocha challenges our thinking about land ownership in national parks, and moves toward some possible solutions for Campos Gerais in Brazil! www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...

Want to learn from ancient agropastoral economies to help us figure out what makes cities sustainable? Check out this NERC-funded opportunity for PhD study with me here at @york.ac.uk! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Hello, people of Yorkshire! On November 11th, I'm doing a joint event with archaeologist Professor Nicky Milner at the University of York about the Stone Age. It's suitable for kids, but adults will learn stuff too! Tickets FREE! 6.30pm event, but book signing before www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

We've put this up on our big vertical screen again this year... #UoYTips

Archaeology reveals many past societies that appeared to control #inequality much better than we do today. Interest in these societies is gaining steam. Today my paper on the Indus civilisation's egalitarian cities reached 100 google citations! doi.org/10.1007/s108...

Announcing @york.ac.uk's partnership with Lycoming College! We've created a new pathway for Lycoming graduates to join our archaeology, heritage and @uoyenvironment.bsky.social masters programmes, building student cohorts dedicated to tackling global challenges. www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

I've got a class coming up tomorrow night in NYC! My first in-person class since before Covid – it'll be good to be off Zoom for once! brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haun...

I have joined the Journal of Archaeological Research (JARE) as a Co-Editors-in-Chief. JARE is where archaeologists harness the flood of research in a region or on a topic and create legible syntheses of broader significance to drive the field forward. link.springer.com/journal/1081...

Hot off the presses! Here’s a new article that I co-authored with my Lagash Archaeological Project colleagues on a geoarchaeological study of what we believe to be evidence of hydrological warfare in the Third Millennium BCE. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Enjoyed my visit to Renmin University after the conference. Here is a picture of their archaeology base outside the ancient city of Bai Ren. Excellent spot for some badminton!

Current view of much needed rain from @uoyenvironment.bsky.social. More is definitely needed to bring the reservoirs back up.

The world hasn't stopped falling apart, but if relevant, Monday onwards I'll be observing this from the vantage point of @lselibrary.bsky.social archives & research for my @leverhulme.ac.uk project on non-reciprocity (janabacevic.net/research/und...), so give us a shout if around!

Independence day in #Malta! Hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100K of open water to reach the Mediterranean island 8,500 years ago, 1K years before the arrival of the first farmers. From consortium led by @elliescerri.bsky.social @maxplanckpress , inc. @UMmalta . 🖼️ © Daniel Clarke/MPI_GEA

*Call for Contributors* The Medieval in Museums @archumanities.bsky.social Check out the full CfP via link ➡️ bit.ly/CfPMiM Welcoming chapters/dialogues/critical-creative texts from scholars, museum professionals, creative practitioners deadline: Mon 3 Nov (5pm GMT) #MedievalSky #MuseumSky #CfP

It is critical to join up our understanding of income and wealth distributions with our knowledge of social ecology. This initiative looks like it's tackling this problem head-on, though with an emphasis on forecasting the future. I think data from deep in the past has a big role to play here.

The Chinese Academy of History’s President Gao argued that looking deep into the past is essential to navigating the future, and supports China’s massive investment in #archaeology across the country.

ONLINE, too! #Archaeology

Very neat report on how archaeological data can help us understand environmental #resilience and #sustainability.

Caught up with collaborators at the University of Central Florida, where I had a chance to introduce undergraduates to expand their knowledge and skills through masters programmes in #sustainability and #heritage at @york.ac.uk.

Net private wealth has skyrocketed since 1980 - this is one of the main findings of a new @wid.world study overturning the Kaldor’s facts. More findings in thread 🧵 🔗Study wid.world/news-article...

At the First World History Frontiers Forum, hosted by the Chinese Academy of History. It’s a great opportunity to discuss diverse pathways to urbanisation and the long-term dynamics of #sustainability. #archaeology

I just published my article Archaeology as Worldbuilding, an effort that grows out of 20+ years of digital (and analog) archaeological making. Adjacent to recent arguments about storytelling, I broaden our scope to make past worlds & tell stories in community with others. doi.org/10.1017/S095...

Great project with an amazing team!

A slightly more accessible route in to our research on Neolithic Ireland and the early breakdown of genetic kin as an organising principle for burial, as early at 3600 BC (from memory) - due to increasing mobility. Thanks for the heads up @pennybickle.bsky.social 👍🏼

Call for participants! @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, @kjkillackey.bsky.social, Stu Eve and I are holding an Archaeology & Worldbuilding playtesting and discussion workshop at @tag2025york.bsky.social! We have limited spaces, please sign up: forms.gle/rbjeDGD68nXR...

A new study based on extensive data and recent excavations uses the example of SE-Europe to challenge widely held theories about the emergence of social hierarchies in prehistory. It has been published now at @aaas.org's #ScienceAdvances. Read more 👇 🏺 #inequality #Neolithic #BronzeAge

Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory)- University of Cambridge - Department of Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD818/a...