Looking for an archaeological field school this spring? Come join the @cancic.bsky.social excavations in Oxfordshire and/or Northumberland! Full details on our website #aechaeology #ancientsky 🏺
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
It’s day one of CAA-UK 2025! 🎉
Workshops, sessions, posters & digital archaeology kick off today in Cambridge.
📍 AGM at 17:00 today — all members attending are encouraged to join.
Agenda, last year’s minutes & more: linktr.ee/caa_uk
Win a copy of STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast:
STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO
THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Registration is open for #CAAUK2025!
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
That's cool that they light up! I'm guessing the steam is not on purpose, but definitely adds to the effect
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
A short section of Roman stone wall, dramatically lit. In the background, a red and black image of a reconstructed Roman building
A pile of Roman roof tiles. Two of the pieces of tile have cat or drop paw prints on them
A dramatically lit Roman copper alloy brooch, with inlaid enamel decoration
A metal panel in the pavement. The line of the British frontier (Hadrian's Wall) is carved into the panel. The panel marks the location of the fort walls, which still survive below ground.
Saw some remains of Traiectum Roman fort in Utrecht. It sits under the Dom Square & was built over by different layers of religious buildings. You can see some of the remains on an underground tour & the line of the walls is marked by metal panels showing the line of the frontiers
#RomanFortThursday
Nothing screams "First day back on the job", like urging colleagues everywhere to delete their Academia Dot Edu pages.
Which I'm about to do myself as soon as I got coffee in me.
In case you missed it earlier this week, read the lastest @uor-research.bsky.social blog to learn all about how REMADE is tracing rebellion during the Crisis of the 3rd century in the chemistry of Roman radiate coins! 🪙 rdg.ac/4notWE9
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #AncientSky
Canadian in the UK - people get very annoyed when I say math instead of maths
I've written up some of @remade-uor.bsky.social's latest results for @uor-research.bsky.social! Check out the blog post to learn how the chemistry of the Cunetio Hoard coins is revealing details of the rebellions during the 3rd c. Crisis.
#archaeology #AncientSky 🏺
⏳ 2 weeks left to submit for #CAAUK2025!
📝 Abstracts ≤300 words in digital & quantitative archaeology welcome.
£100 Masters Award 🏆 for outstanding dissertations!
🗓️ 9–10 Dec | 📍 @Cambridge_Uni
Due 15 Sept, 12pm |📧 caauk25@mcdonald.cam.ac.uk
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
Looking across the landscape at St Catherine's Hill hillfort. There are small shrubs and bushes in the foreground. On the hill, you can see the line of the hillfort defenses cutting across the side of the hill. There is a big cluster of trees right on the summit.
Looking down the tree shaded rampart ditch of the hillfort, with the bank rising up on the left. The ditch is now one of the walking paths on the hill
Looking out across the landscape from the top of the defensive hillfort bank. The line of the bank stretches out in front of you, with a steep drop into the ditch on the left. The top of the bank is marked by a white chalk path where the vegetation has been worn away by many footsteps.
A plan drawing of the hillfort from an interpretive board on the site. It shows the oblong line of the defensive ramparts and ditch outlining the top of the hill, as well as the location of the Norman chapel on the summit.
Visited St Catherine's Hill hillfort, outside Winchester, a few weeks ago. The univallate fort encloses about 9ha. It was partially excavated in the 1920s, finding a IA settlement spanning 550-50 BC, Roman occupation & a mid 12th c Norman style chapel & earthworks on the summit. #HillfortsWednesday
Text which reads: “If you are an EAA member or generally a concerned member of the archaeological community you can take many forms of action this week: • Cancel your membership with immediate effect and boycott the conference. • Attend the conference and speak up in your session (and other sessions to attend). • Go to the ABMB on Friday and speak up. We expect considerable discussion on this topic, be a loud voice against the genocide. Urge members of the executive and officers who forced a revote to step down • If you are not a member, please circulate this widely, make public statements”
@blacktrowel.bsky.social has posted some actions that members of EAA can do in protest of this despicable act, both in-person at #EAA2025 and online.
BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
I can see it! (If I squint 😂)
Looking across the steep slopes and defensive ramparts on the north side of the hillfort. The slopes are covered in ferns and purple blooming heathers. There are trees in the distance.
A sea of purple blooming heather in the interior of the hillfort. The field of heather is ringed by trees that are growing on the banks of the hillfort.
Looking along the defensive ditch with the steep bank on the right hand side of the photo.
Plan drawing of the hillfort. It is shaped like an oak leaf, with a ditch and two banks surrounding the entire site.
I biked out to Caesar's Camp hillfort a couple weeks ago. It covers about 17.2 acres & is one of the largest in southern England. It isn't the best land for farming, so it's thought to have been more of a marketplace under the Catuvellanuni. I found the bank & ditch in the trees! #HillfortsWednesday
My great-great-great-grandfather was the harbour master in Cobh when it was sunk and ended up organising much of the rescue/recovery efforts. He received an MBE for his work, and there's a display about him in the Cobh museum.
I'll be @romanpalace.bsky.social next week with the @remade-uor.bsky.social team for the Meet the Experts event. We'll be showing off some of the amazing artefacts we've analysed, discussing results & striking some replica #Roman coins! Should be a great #FestivalOfArchaeology event!
A worn path along the top of the ramparts of Craig Phadrig hillfort. The center of the enclosure is overgrown with ferns and there are trees encircling the enclosure.
Lush, green overgrown slope of the outer bank of the hillfort ramparts
Currently on holiday in Scotland and of course I found myself at a hillfort! Here's Craig Phadrig, west of Inverness. 1st photo - worn path is the top of the ramparts, 2nd photo - the outer slope of the ramparts. Parts of it were vitrified! #HillfortsWednesday
If you don't find anyone on here, definitely get in touch with Rob Webley on the Medieval Ritual Landscapes project at Reading! research.reading.ac.uk/medieval-rit...
Perfect, just in time for my visit in a few weeks!
A great activity for a Friday!
A Roman plate brooch in the form of a crouched hare sits on a white backdrop. It is silvery coloured, which comes from.the surface being tinned. There are bands of black niello inlay, and the eye is a turquoise colour
A very hoppy #FindsFriday - an adorable little crouched hare plate brooch (only 2cm long!). It has a tinned surface with bands of niello inlay and a hinged pin. It was found in the Forum Basilica excavations at Silchester #Roman Town. #Easter #Archaeology
Three smiling archaeologists in a sunny garden
We’re back! Our traditional ‘We Three’ photo at the end of fieldwork. Best. Team. Ever. Jane Harrison @kmurphster.bsky.social @sarahmiles.bsky.social
A view of the back of an old stone house with a garden plot in the foreground. There are big trees around the edge of the garden and blue skies overhead
Not a bad spot for a test pit & lunch break! #Archaeology @cancic.bsky.social
Excellent! I'm really interested to see how people use all the data, for both academic research and non-academic stuff
