Superb paper here using raw materials within assemblages to look out and track Neanderthal movement through wider landscapes. Intriguing suggestions that some chert sources may now be buried or submerged; I love these snapshots of past tracks.

Ana Abrunhosa@anaabrunhosa.bsky.social · 6d ago

Our paper out! 🎉 This study compares cherts from Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Praia Rei Cortiço and Mira Nascente with geological samples. Procurement by Neanderthal groups was largely restricted to the area between the coast and the western flank of the first mountain ridge. rdcu.be/fw1IYhttps:/...

I've started an Instagram account to share some of the outputs from the #RACC project. Head over and take a look! www.instagram.com/racc.landfil... #LegacyWaste #HistoricLandfills #CreativeApproaches #ClimateChange #mudlarking

Desperately sad to hear how V&A are treating colleagues at their new V&A East facility. This surely needs so little thought to be adequately addressed? Just schedule regular breaks, it's not rocket science www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Staff at V&A site in London vote to strike over toilet and water breaks

Union calling for two paid breaks a day in what it says is punishing schedule for Storehouse ‘order an object’ workers

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These are such beautiful little carvings - possibly ptarmigan? So much detail yet less than 2cm long. Magical

Martin Porr@martinporr.bsky.social · 6d ago

Despite their size, they show species and behavioural characteristics, demonstrating the exceptional skills and deep ecological knowledge of the people living in the region about 40,000 years ago.

Excited to set sail on the big blue ship (#RVInvestigator) today after years of planning this voyage with the traditional owners Darumbal and neighbours Woppaburra to study the submerged landscapes and the oceanography of their sea country. Nice send off - a smoking ceremony by tribal experiences.

Good news for those of us who are incapable of going for a walk without stones creeping into our pocketses

British Geological Survey@bgs.ac.uk · 3w ago

The UK coastline will be inundated with keen holidaymakers this summer, many of whom will take a memento of their trip home in the shape of a pebble or two — but is taking pebbles home legal? Find out in our blog: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/collect...

Oh this is gorgeous! I did not know about this mosaic!

Ruth Siddall@pavementgeology.bsky.social · 3w ago

A mosaic of ‘Marley the Ilford Mammoth’ made from plastic bottle tops by artist Caitlin Atherton commemorates a mammoth skull excavated in 1863 from Uphall brick pits, Ilford. It’s a steppe mammoth, which lived c 200,000 ka 🦣 londongeopartnership.org.uk/wp/wp-conten... #londongeology

Really proud to be a trustee of @archaeologyuk.bsky.social today and seeing to amazing launch of #FestivalofArchaeology at @forestryengland.bsky.social Westonbirt Arboretum today. 7000 archaeology fans enjoying themselves. Go find your local FoA event www.archaeologyuk.org/festival.html

This has been a bit of time coming but so glad its now out in time for #FestivalofArchaeology. A call to #Archaeologists to help tackle the nature crisis. Share your examples of how archaeology has helped nature restoration? @nattrustarch.bsky.social www.nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...

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The National Trust, Oxford Archaeology and Knepp Castle Estate have launched the ‘Knepp Accord’, a new framework to tackle the nature and climate crisis.

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For recent and current ground breaking research on the Clacton Spear and related technology follow @annemiekemilks.bsky.social research.reading.ac.uk/engagement-a... scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=e...

Making a point: early wood technologies of the British Isles - Engagement and Impact

Microscopic analysis and advanced imaging of what could be the world’s oldest woodworked artefact, the Clacton spear, puts the skills of its Palaeolithic makers into sharper focus. Archaeologists from...

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Dr Matt Pope@mattpope.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hazzledine-Warren will be best remembered for the 1911 discovery of The Clacton Spear. 30cm long, made of yew, worked by stone tools, broken in antiquity. Preserved for 420,00 years in peaty mud on the Clacton-on-Sea foreshore. Its the oldest known wooden weapon in the world. #ClactonPrehistory 🦣🏺

On Line, Part Time, Graduate Programme in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Open till end July for Sept 2026 start. Contact me to discuss: details below. @ucddublin.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

Have your degree results? Lookingfor a Masters in Human origins with lots of opportunities to sprecialise? Join our MSc Programme here at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Applications are open until mid August. DM or email me with any questions. 🦣💀🧬

Apropos of nothing I'm starting an occasional thread on the importance of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, to the story of human evolution. Its one of the most important Palaeolithic landscapes in Europe and we should celebrate that fact a lot more. Look out for updates #ClactonPrehistory 🏺🦣

Still the oldest known wooden weapon from anywhere in the world

Dominic Manchee@dpmanchee.bsky.social · 4w ago

Indeed. This from @annemiekemilks.bsky.social 2024 @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social on the 'Clacton spearpoint' "Into the woods: new methods for studying Palaeolithic organic technologies" www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8F8... Dated to a time when Camp Century, Greenland was ice free #ClactonPrehistory

Ooh, one for you, @aria1027.bsky.social!

Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes@lemoustier.bsky.social · last mo.

🏺 Very very excited about this coming soon - explorations of sound and music in prehistory!

Today I'm giving a lecture at the @algao-uk.bluesky.social AGM. Protecting the Palaeolithic in the Planning System. It's a call to arms because the Palaeolithic record is being regularly trashed in the UK right now. I identity 5 reasons why this is happening and suggest some remedies: 🏺🦣 1/2

ABSOLUTELY SODDING MASSIVE WRENS!!!!! Parallel evolution of island syndromes coincides with limited parallel genetic differentiation in a passerine bird | Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society | Oxford Academic share.google/3xuIJGmZP3vr...

Parallel evolution of island syndromes coincides with limited parallel genetic differentiation in a passerine bird

Abstract. Islands host elevated levels of species endemism, as geographic isolation and unique ‘insular’ environments promote in situ evolution. As these c

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How socks helped tell the story of Mesolithic Dartmoor 🧦 Soils are a silent archive beneath our feet. But how do you bring that archive to life? For Emma Stockley’s PhD research on Dartmoor’s Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, the answer was simple: knit them. 👉 shorturl.at/d2LtL

Knitting Dartmoor’s soils

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I cannot love these more; Emma Stockley's geoarchaeological socks, inspired by test pitting for the Mesolithic on Dartmoor www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/kni... @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Knitting Dartmoor’s soils

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Bloody hell, but that was HOT

When it's too hot to sleep and it's a full PPE day tomorrow.....but also the Labrador STILL insists on lying on you in bed

The final talk from this session is @drclaireharris.bsky.social from MOLA on making impact through effective public engagement on the Palaeolithic. 🦣🏺 #UTP26

And it's not just the Langley silts; the Crayford Brickearths, the 'Brickearths' on the dipslope and dry valleys of the North Downs, contiguous with the low sea level landscapes of the outer Thames estuary - contexts of primary context Palaeolithic archaeology that require appropriate evaluation

Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026@unravellingpalaeo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Second session of the day starting off with Dr Andrew Shaw of @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social on the archaeological potential of the Langley Silt Complex. A deposit thats poorly understood, under researched and hugely important. 🦣🏺 #UTP26

Now it's @lettyingrey.bsky.social from @archsoutheast.bsky.social on how we sample for the Palaeolithic in the development sector. What do successful sampling strategies look like? What are the obstacles to implementing such a strategy? 🏺🦣 #UTP26

Grace was one of the incredible, indomitable museum assistants at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social on the Blythe House decant project. It was a SLOG. She and the team ensured that a collection that had been unregistered for over 40 years was fully registered and accessible for new research.

Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026@unravellingpalaeo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now it's Grace Thornhill on Levallois Technology in the Neolithic of Britain and Orkney 🦣🏺 #UTP26

Let someone know when you are in the cupboards

This was a fantastic talk from @nannonstevens.bsky.social ; really interesting patterns of human and animal movement after the LGM, and some key differences in time and environment between Britain and Belgian - and reindeer populations who's migration routes might lie offshore

Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026@unravellingpalaeo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now it's @nannonstevens.bsky.social on new research dating the reoccupation of Britain after the Last Glacial Maximum. Increasingly high resolution is now possible. 🦣🏺

Oh now this looks interesting; paying close attention to local landscape though foraging and making is part of what helps me feel locally grounded when I'm overwhelmed. It's a way of marking the year turning; it's elderflower time this weekend

Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London@rhulgeography.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Useful hedgerow plants – tools for wellbeing and sense of place. RHUL Geography PhD student Anna Lewis is working on a project with RBG Kew studying hedgerow plants, how they are being used across the UK and how hedgerows can impact sense of place. 🧵 1/6 #RHULGeographyResearchSpotlight