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...

Seals and sealings were critical for everyday people from the moment it was invented in the Neolithic. Exploring the way elites hijacked the technology after a couple millennia provides a vital glimpse into the dynamics of #inequality.

To make a fairer economy, we must understand the evolutions of #money. As Desan writes: “money is created by political intervention: it carries value by changing the way people relate to resources and it distributes costs and profits as it does so.” #history #sustainability #inequalty #politics

Did you know some of the most fascinating archaeological discoveries never make the headlines? 🏺 🧪 🎙️ In this episode, Rachel shares overlooked archaeology discoveries. We explore how interpretation, imagination, and new technologies shape the stories we tell about the past. youtu.be/Iidzs6_pprI

Private fortunes took off after the Bronze Age. In the Roman Empire and Later Han China, fortunes reached ~30,000 times subsistence- a gaping chasm between rich and poor. This recent transition in deep history gave us #billionaires. #inequality #archaeology www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/read-...

Just a couple days left to submit an abstract! Come join us to discuss how #archaeology can help us to a better understanding of #growth.

Are you an archaeologist interested in past trajectories of economic growth? An economist interested in how ancient data can inform a sustainable future? Submit a paper to @tag2025york.bsky.social and join the debate! #growth #degrowth #post-growth tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...

Look out for this transformative improvement to finding stuff on ADS

Great opportunity for archaeological research on #inequality! Do get in contact with me if you’d like to discuss a project!

Indus seals- likely used to monitor #credit in early #urban communities. Indus credit fostered low #inequality, contrasting with the extractive interest-bearing loans in Mesopotamia. Can we learn from Indus seals to make our own credit systems more equitable? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...!

#FundingFriday 🌾 The NatGeo Society is funding bold ideas for Building Resilience in Agriculture! ✅ Science + innovation in real-world contexts ✅ Nature-positive, feasible solutions 💵 Up to $150K ⏳ Apply by 30 Sept → buff.ly/jJWzbPR #AgResilience #ClimateAction #SustainableFutures

Does perceiving #inequality shape our responses to it? I joined @archaeologyamy.bsky.social's paper comparing inequality within and between ancient neighbourhoods. Big differences between what people tolerated in their place-based communities and across broader society. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A devastating loss. Flag Fen Roundhouse destroyed by Peterborough vandals www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Check this out! Stapley presents historical routeways in the North York Moors, highlighting how much human activity in these updates has changed through time. Human-environment relationships are not fixed; how can we make them more #sustainable.

There's a complex link between #inequality and the ability of a community to persist. This article led by @dl-arch.bsky.social uses #archaeology to reveals how investigating this link can help us better understand #sustainable future. inhttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400696122

🎲LAST CHANCE! Love Daybreak? Curious about environmental games? Don’t miss Playtest Dawn, part of our #PlayForThePlanet series. 🗓️Wed 16 July 📍Sustainability Clinic, @york.ac.uk Try a new version of Daybreak with designer @baddeo.bsky.social himself. 👉Email [email protected] for invite

Seriously, We Transfer has just said they'll scrape anything you send through them for AI.

What happens when societies fail to prevent the monopolization of resources? In early, they end up with citadels, like Los Millares, characterised by relatively low permanent populations, low economic #growth, and exaggerated hierarchies. #inequality #archaeology www.routledge.com/Cities-and-C...

Just two weeks left to submit to our interdisciplinary session on theorising economic #growth (and #degrowth) in #archaeology! Come join a vital debate about the growing impact of human economies on our environments.

Skyrocketing #inequality isn't historically inevitable, and isn't even particularly common. There are many examples of diverse past societies that avoided inequality, why are we so willing to accept the concentration of power and resources today? #archaeology #ancientsky www.un.org/sustainabled...

🚨 New YESI Fellows fact sheet out now! See what our amazing Fellows have achieved since 2022 — from policy impact to creative outreach. 📄 Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Rm40... 👀 And watch for the 2025/26 call – opening this September! #YESIFellows #ResearchImpact

Visited Wharram Percy last week with a visiting scholar. Excavated sites like Wharram are archives of long-term social (and economic) change, and hold clues about how societies operate without fossil fuels. Work is needed, though, to learn from these deep-time datasets.

"Climate necropolitics means we are being sacrificed. There is nothing passive or natural about this process." Having woken from another lucid dream where I'm trying to rescue people from climate chaos, this short read over morning coffee from @jksteinberger.bsky.social helps make sense of it all.