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Matthew Collins@matthewcollins.bsky.social · 4w ago

There is fun to be had in *not* reviewing a manuscript. @pciarchaeology.bsky.social @cos.io #openaccess

My extra radical far loony left position is that no one should ever be allowed to make a profit from academic publishing. It is a public good. See also: education, healthcare (on a good day, public transport…)

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'Elsevier made £1.04 billion in profit in 2025, according to its parent company’s latest annual report, up 7 per cent on 2024.' 1/2

Isotope analysis of medieval Cambridge skeletons indicates that social status strongly influenced diet, with wealthier individuals consuming more animal protein than poorer townspeople.

Isotopes reveal how social status shaped diet in medieval England

Isotope analysis reveals that social status and wealth had a profound impact on diet in medieval England, showing that people from different social groups in medieval Cambridge ate markedly different food.

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📰 Chemical signatures preserved in human bones show how social inequality in medieval England could be "measured at the dinner table" 🍽️ 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @medievalists.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/02/medi...

Medieval Diets Varied by Social Status in England, Study Finds - Medievalists.net

New isotope research reveals how social status shaped medieval diets in England, showing differences between friars, townspeople, rural residents, and hospital burials.

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My first proper first-author paper has been published in Antiquity! The article is fully open access, so it’s free for anyone to read and share. The research came out of my PhD and uses a “whole-town” isotopic analysis approach to explore diet in Medieval Cambridge🏺 1/4 tinyurl.com/mu8a38zb

Detecting social differences in diet in medieval towns: isotopic evidence from Cambridge, England, c. AD 940–1538 | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Detecting social differences in diet in medieval towns: isotopic evidence from Cambridge, England, c. AD 940–1538

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New paper out, possibly one of the most tedious projects of my life... it's working name was Project ARDUOUS and boy howdy did it live up to its name 🧪🏺 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals. What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Archaeosnack online scicomm writing group starts its 2025-26 meetings on 27th Oct and is inviting new members! See archaeosnack.org for meeting dates and joining info. See examples of previous snacks at: archaeosnack.org/read/%F0%9F%...

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Communicating research-based archaeologyA writing group for archaeologists to improve their science communication skills Get involved Read More What we do We meet to discuss and exchange feedback on s...

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This #PromoWednesday, share job vacancies for whatever position could be relevant for someone active in #Zooarchaeology: PhDs, post-docs, technician, lecturer, collection manager, etc. 📜

Dear headline writers. Could you consider substituting 'delighted' fur 'shocked' and 'intrigued' for 'baffled' - thanks, archaeologists.

Jens Notroff@jensnotroff.com · 2y ago

Archaeologists baffled by headline suggesting they're shocked by major new analysis confirming long-discussed (deep) historic social phenomenon. 😲😱🙄 🏺 www.independent.co.uk/news/science... via @the-independent.com

“Early Medieval People and Things (EMPAT)” Research Scientist, UCD School of Archaeology Applications are sought for a 19-month Research Scientist position as part of the project “Early Medieval People and Things (EMPAT)” Search for “Archaeology” at my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...

'Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Archaeology of Death'. Here's a blog post containing the session abstract, paper abstracts + slides for the in-person talks + videos/links for the digital contributions for Friday's TAG session howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/m...

Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Archaeology of Death

This post provides a compilation of the in-person and digital contributions to the Theoretical Archaeology Group 46th Annual Meeting session ‘Mortuary Memes: Advances in the Digital Public Ar…

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Today our BABAO Trade and Sale of Human Remains Taskforce has published a poster at #TAG25 about digital sales of the dead. Check out @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social blog to learn more, including how you can help! #archaeology #anthropology #scicomm howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/m...

As Uni management continues to disrupt our work, important to remember the background. Part of UCU series State of the Uni 24-5, here's a summary of the vandalistic act that led to the closure of the Archaeo Dept at Sheff Uni. Share! @sheffielducu.bsky.social ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...

The closure of Archaeology: an open wound for the University and the city

In 2021, the University announced the closure of the Department of Archaeology. Learn more about how this decision has damaged the University’s reputation, and impacted its staff and students.

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Great to see BABAO making an impact and maybe some progress on the sale of human remains in the UK. www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

MP calls for government to ban human remains sales: A deep dive

An MP has called on the government to ban the sale of human remains. Here's what happened and why it matters.

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Great to see the impact the #BABAO #saleofhumanremainstaskforce is having. Shout out to Dr Lauren McIntyre @noddinggoth.bsky.social for laying the issues out so clearly in the interview www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

MP calls for government to ban human remains sales: A deep dive

An MP has called on the government to ban the sale of human remains. Here's what happened and why it matters.

patrickpester.com

Important ethical issues surrounding the trade and sale of human remains were raised at PMQs today by Bell Ribeiro-Addy following discussions with BABAO: www.bbc.com/news/article...

MP calls for ban on sales of human remains

Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy said she has been told of human remains frequently auctioned "disguised as modified items or replicas".

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Kicking off #IZAZ Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology (IZAZ) 2nd workshop Day2 The @archaeorattus.bsky.social project and the role of ZooMS in large multidisciplinary studies presented David Orton and Sam Presslee

Just started a new pack for #isotope bioarchaeologists, ecologists and so on.😀🧪 Let me know if you would like to be in/out! Hope it can help.🙌 go.bsky.app/FpHPMC6

So here we are. A lot's changed since I (David) stepped back from Twitter a few years ago. For a start my rat work has grown into a major research project, RATTUS, thanks to the ERC & UKRI - see sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/rattus/

RATTUS Project

Rats and the Archaeology of Trade, Urbanism, and Disease in Past European Societies 2023 – 2027

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More new followers- hello! As an introduction, I am currently a PDRA on the RATTUS project (@archaeorattus.bsky.social), applying isotope analysis to archaeological rats. If you want to find out more, heres an intro post I wrote for the RATTUS blog: the-rattus-project.blogspot.com/2024/09/meet... 🏺

Meet the team - Alice

Hi all! I am Alice and I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the RATTUS project. I am working with Michelle Alexander and Eric Guiry to ...

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Wondered why I suddenly had lots of new followers! Great idea, hello all 👋

Adam Markham@adammarkham.bsky.social · 2y ago

I made a zooarchaeology starter pack. 🏺🌎🧪🪶🗃️🦊🐍🦑 🦉 go.bsky.app/3gAk5Wp

Very happy that I managed to visit the 'Beneath our Feet' exhibition at the MAA in Cambridge just before it finished. It was exciting (and humbling) to see so many things on display that myself and lots of my amazing colleagues have worked on! @samleggs22.bsky.social @ecbrownlee.bsky.social 🏺

Cornish? Or live in Cornwall? Take this anonymous survey to help @uniofexeter.bsky.social Institute of Cornish Studies find out more about people’s cultural identity and what would be most important to support Cornish culture over the next decade: exeteruni.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

More bed burials, this time a deep-dive on the Trumpington girl! Featuring Sam Leggett and @alicekensa.bsky.social on their amazing isotope work, some broader context from me, and what it was like bringing everything together for the MAA Cambridge 'Beneath our feet' exhibition.

Dr Tom Horne@hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 3y ago

🆕🎙️📽️ Shindig Archaeology Podcast - Trumpington's Anglo-Saxon Teen VIP with Drs. Alice Rose, Emma Brownlee, Sam Leggett. Discover the exquisite Trumpington Cross bed burial and its Continental origins ☠️ 🛌 open.spotify.com/episode/4t0N... podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t... youtu.be/rNViaM3ALfE?...

New paper alert! "A radiocarbon-based model of changing burial rites in early medieval England" Published today in Radiocarbon Using big data to answer the question of what happens to grave goods in the 7th century, and more. Summary🧵 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....

🚨JOB KLAXON: Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) on the fascinating Rewilding Later Prehistory Project. Isotopes and aDNA your thing? Interested in early horses? The role is based on Oxford, but some time spent here at Exeter:

Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) - Rewilding Later Prehistory Project – Oxford at Oxford Arch...

An academic position as a Research Assistant (Bioarchaeologist) - Rewilding Later Prehistory Project – Oxford is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional...

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The Archaeosnack scicomm writing group starts its 2023-2024 meetings on 11 Dec and is inviting new members! See www.scisnack.com/groups/archa... for meeting dates and joining info. See examples of previous snacks at: www.scisnack.com/category/arc... 🏺

A new 'After the Plague' project paper is out today! It features some isotope research from my PhD, which I used to find out more about the origins and diet of those buried in the Medieval hospital. It was such a pleasure to work with such a lovely project team 🏺 www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge

Examination of remains in hospital grounds uses DNA analysis and other disciplines to build ‘biographies’

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