Kenneth Aitchison
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Archaeology and Heritage Management All posts are my personal views and are not presented as the views of my employer.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social has posted a very important comment on the revisions to #section106 of the #NHPA, what they will mean for #heritage conservation and what the motives behind this are open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 25, 2026
It turns out Trump has not abandoned his plan to paint the massive grey granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building white.
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#sebastia #worldheritage #unesco #sebastia | Kenneth Aitchison
Matthias Ripp has provided us with some remarkable news from the current meeting of the World Heritage Committee that #Sebastia has been inscribed as a World Heritage Site and immediately placed on th...
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd is very pleased to be working with RSK Middle East on these projects in Saudi Arabia, demonstrating our shared abilities to deliver what clients need. | Kenneth Aitchison
Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd is very pleased to be working with RSK Middle East on these projects in Saudi Arabia, demonstrating our shared abilities to deliver what clients need.
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Archaeology in Development Management 2022-2023 | Kenneth Aitchison
I'm really pleased to see this Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd archaeology report being valued and published by ALGAO UK. It was a pleasure to work with all colleagues at ALGAO, and I think the report ...
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#driverless #taxi #jaguar #waymo #sanfrancisco | Kenneth Aitchison
When I was in San Francisco recently, I had my first Waymo ride. Twelve minutes across town in a #driverless #taxi, and it was remarkable. It was an electric #Jaguar car, with no-one in the driver's...
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I really liked this interview with Jayne-Anne Ghadia, where she talks about working for bosses with different leadership styles www.linkedin.com/posts/kennet... #leadership
Helping vs. telling: The real difference between Richard Branson and Fred Goodwin | Kenneth Aitchison
I really appreciated this anecdote. Some bosses (the Richard Branson model) will call you at the end of the working day to ask how they can help, and that is good, and supportive, and welcome. And s...
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my paper at #SAA conference 2026 about the history of archaeological practice in #London is online www.linkedin.com/posts/kennet...
#archaeology #london #cityoflondon #rosetheatre #thebigbang #ppg16 #historyofarchaeology | Kenneth Aitchison
I spoke at the recent Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting 2026 on “Why Archaeology Needed the Big Bang and Actors Weeping into Handkerchiefs: The 1980s Transformation of Archaeological P...
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First round of #SAA #Ethics bowl 2026 result - Berkeley High School #BHS wins v California State University San Bernardino #CSUSB #SAA2026SFO
Turning on US tv this morning (here for a conference) and I was so moved by seeing this clip. Ice hockey in #Buffalo (NY state, USA), match against Canadian team. Anthem singer's microphone fails and the (American) crowd sings the Canadian national anthem wonderfully #OCanada x.com/Sportsnet/st...
Sportsnet on X: "After a microphone issue in Buffalo, the entire crowd helps with the singing of O Canada ahead of Game 5 👏 https://t.co/0q6HeLTCZ8" / X
After a microphone issue in Buffalo, the entire crowd helps with the singing of O Canada ahead of Game 5 👏 https://t.co/0q6HeLTCZ8
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#SAA is the biggest #archaeology conference in the world, in numbers of attendees and global breadth of content, including @archaeo-register.bsky.social sponsored #Ethics Bowl - thank you #RPA! Cultural Resource Management #CRM Career Expo sponsored by #ACRA bit.ly/4dqjWIP
#PanAf is approaching, and the deadline to submit abstracts for the PanAfrican Archaeological Congress (PanAf 2026) is imminent - 30th March. The conference will take place in #Maputo, #Mozambique from 26–30 July 2026. Learn more: panaf2026moz.com #Africa #archaeology #heritage
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🌪⚠️ In a virtually-unheard of setup, Thursday features a legitimate severe weather/tornado risk in Dubai, the UAE, northern Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Serious flooding – with up to a year's worth of rain – is expected as well. 🔗 My Radar Weather
I'm delighted, and honoured, that the Board of @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social have approved my application to become a Full Member. I look forward to participating in the #IAI community, and particularly look forward to attending next month's Annual Conference #ireland #archaeology
RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
Day 2 of #مؤتمر_التراث_الرقمي #DigitalHeritageConference in Riyadh opens with #RaedAlsufyani presenting on the #culturalgateway #nationalmemory project, and the issues of assembling and collating dispersed and variable data sources, making them accessible through one digital platform
I am honoured to be speaking today at the #DigitalHeritage conference organised by the #HeritageCommission in Riyadh #مؤتمر_التراث_الرقمي #DigitalHeritageConference #HeadlandArchaeology
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
#RSK Group has claimed the number one ranking in the #EnvironmentAnalyst’s UK #Environmental & #Sustainability (E&S) Consulting Market Assessment, confirming its position as the UK’s largest provider of environmental consulting services by revenue. rskgroup.com/news/rsk-nam...
RSK UK’s largest environmental sustainability consultancy
RSK is named the UK’s largest E&S consultancy, holding 13.2% market share, £541M in revenue, highlighting strategic M&As for growth.
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My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethi...
The Ethics of Cultural Heritage (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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#ACRA Stepping up: #leadership in #CRM #NateBoyless 1/2 #Business #Leadership even #MichaelJordan had a coach be intentional, be curious, be vulnerable, be empathetic people will then reach out and are personal in their connection
#ACRA Stepping up: #leadership in #crm #MattPiscitelli - #thought leadership 1/2 thought leaders possess a distinctively original idea, unique point of view, or an unprecedented insight into their industry very easy to be a self-declared #thoughtleader - and by doing so, you lack credibility
#ACRA Stepping up: #leadership in #crm #StephenHumphreys - field leadership 1/3 #Archaeology has selected field leaders because of technical competence - not because of leadership skills #AVAR promotion based on compassion, composure and competence - and compassion can't be taught
#ACRA #CRM Grassroots #Advocacy at the State Level #AndrewGoldberg bringing policymakers to communities (ideally in their constituency) is much more effective than arranging a (short, chaotic?) meeting at that politician's office connect with staff, they can then lead you to the elected member
News from #SQA about the Level 3 Certificate in Archaeological Practice, also known as the #archaeology #NVQ This #qualification has been withdrawn and will finish on 31/07/2026. www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/82144.html Developed in 2001, first awarded 2009, finishing in 2026
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Very happy to be at #ACRA #CRM conference 2025 in #Raleigh NC - talking about and learning about running businesses in #archaeology
State of the #Archaeological #Market 2024 has been published by #FAME Report on a busy year for commercial #archaeology in the UK in 2023-24 famearchaeology.co.uk/wp-content/u...
