Emma Jones

A display of replica Bronze Age axes surrounding spearheads on black cloth. To the left necklaces and pots of raw materials laid out on skins of various shades of brown. In the background a replica of the Nebra sky disc leans against a white wall.

Lovely to have @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social & @emlouwynjones.bsky.social sharing their skills with visitors at Museum of Liverpool this weekend!
#BronzeAge #LivingHistory #ExperimentalArchaeology

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A collection of 8 miniature bronze axehead pendants at different stages of finish and polish.

Finishing and polishing these miniature bronze axehead pendants on a cold winters day. Thank goodness @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social has the furnace going to cast some (much larger) MBA basal looped spears! 😍

Incredibly proud of the whole team at #StanwickLakes and of course @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social for winning the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Engagement and Participation award tonight alongside The Close! We're looking forward to seeing what 2026 has in store for the BBABB legacy!

Why wear one Bronze Age axe when you could wear three? This shiny silver combination is off to its new owner 😍

Wow! Spectacular! What a treat 🥰

Four people on hand carved wooden replica Bronze Age log boats, their backs turned to the camera, raising their wooden paddles in celebration at launching the log boats successfully on a lake during July 2024.

A female weaver sits in front of a replica Roundhouse working on a sprang loom. She is wearing a replica outfit of Huldremose Woman, an Iron Age Archaeological find from Denmark. The shawl is woven is orange, red and yellow tones, and the skirt is woven in grey and blue tones.

Our final heritage project videos!

Iron Age Textiles 🧶
🎥 youtu.be/fuRykEOEJT0?feature=shared

The Big Bronze Age Boat Build! 🛶
🎥 youtu.be/fg3-gWZzbRI

Videos by
@emlouwynjones.bsky.social
Special thanks to @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social, our partners & volunteers who brought these projects to life!

It's been brilliant watching these projects develop over the last three years and a real pleasure to capture the journey for them on camera! The film is now online so do go and have a look and be prepared to be inspired by the amazing team at Stanwick Lakes!

Makers and Fakers at the Pitt Rivers Museum YouTube video by Pitt Rivers Museum

A great video of the Makers & Fakers event, part of the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Making the Museum project. Working again with the Dream Team @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social & @emlouwynjones.bsky.social at the ultimate "museum of museums" 🏺https://youtu.be/E3Y01FKCfEs?si=v759bwvJilyfOrog

We've had a brilliant day at @rmoudheden.bsky.social for the 'Fires of Change' exhibition. A special thanks to Sasja for showing us around this morning and to Joanna for her @ansoc-erc.bsky.social talk on 'the social worlds of Bronze Age animals' this evening!

How did people make arrowheads in the Stone Age?

A flake of stone would be trimmed, then have hundreds of tiny flakes detached using an antler point. The knapper would put pressure on the flaker tool from their abdomen while the flake was braced again a leg.

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Thrilled to see my axehead trio being shown off by
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social on the new series of #diggingforbritain last night!

We're looking forward to watching the rest of the series as the week unfolds.

Yay! Merry Christmas 🥰 I hope you've had a lovely day!

My gorgeous Christmas present 💝 By the hands of lovely @emlouwynjones.bsky.social and @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social

Well, it’s finally happened, one for the bucket list.

This week I found a flint handaxe at Happisburgh while walking with friends. Their shared concern was due to my delighted dancing looking like I was having a funny turn!

We thoroughly enjoyed our evening at @norwichartscentre.bsky.social listening to David Abram talk about his stunning photographs & book! Take a look at his website (and prepare to be blown away by the stunning aerial photos of archaeological monuments from across the UK! www.davidabram.co.uk

Thanks for having me ☺️ It was great to see the lab and some exciting arefacts up close!

A miniature Neolithic axehead in slow motion! With Christmas on the way, I've been working on a batch of mini prehistoric stone pendants. This one's a particularly attractive piece of Langdale Tuff, the same material prehistoric people used to fell trees over 5,000 years ago!

Our replica Bronze Age Basal looped spears are back in stock!

3300-3125 years ago, these spears would have been the primary weapon of a warrior while swords were still developing. They were effective for slashing & thrusting.

www.ancientcraft.co.uk/product-page...

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My replica of the Iron Age armlet fragment from Dunadd is off to @kilmartinmuseum. A great opportunity to work with one of the cannel coal samples I collected from the Fife coastline earlier in the year. I think it's safe to say this Scottish 'jet' lookalike stood up to the test!

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Not all arrowheads are pointy! During the middle Neolithic (approx.3400-2600BC), people made arrowheads with a wide blade, facing forwards from the archer. Transverse arrowheads are thought to have been used for hunting birds and we think they make a great pendant with a subtle prehistoric twist!

We've been building up stock for the Christmas period!

I've got a limited run of hallmarked silver Barbed & Tanged arrowheads that are now available. There's just something about casting in silver that really makes these arrowheads stand out.

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An excellent couple of days filming at potted-history.co.uk with @emmalouwynjones.bsky.social

This is a photo of me last Sunday, at #NewScientistLive, with brilliant experimental archaeologist Emma Jones of AncientCraft - and I’m wearing something very special indeed… Emma’s painstaking reproduction of the 4000 year old Dunragit jet necklace!
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