Archaeologists in Colchester have uncovered the earliest known acquisition of an ichthyosaur fossil. A vertebra was deposited in a 2nd-century Roman pit. Was it a mythological relic, ritual object, or ancient curio? #Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Earliest Known Purposefully Collected Ichthyosaurian Fossil: A Vertebral Centrum from a Second-century a.d. Roman Pit in Colchester, Essex | Britannia | Cambridge Core

The Earliest Known Purposefully Collected Ichthyosaurian Fossil: A Vertebral Centrum from a Second-century a.d. Roman Pit in Colchester, Essex

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🏺How did #language shape the ancient world? This free-access collection brings together interdisciplinary #research from #classicists, #archaeologists and #philologists to explore how communication influenced past societies. 🔗 https://cup.org/4vFajMB @saa-aap.bsky.social @classicalassociation.org

🍿 Everyone's talking about #TheOdyssey. But what made #Homer's epic one of the most influential stories ever written? Explore the scholarship behind the myth with a new free-access research collection from #Cambridge. 🔗 https://cup.org/44LzaT4 #ChristopherNolan #Odysseus @classicalassociation.org

🆕 DISCOVER the new #openaccess #research from #Cambridge shaping #archaeology right now! Free to read. Free to share. 🔗 https://cup.org/4w5nczT 📲 Download the research, explore the journals - and perhaps discover a home for your own work. 📸 Courtesy of @antiquity.ac.uk.

The Paper of the Month from @antiquity.ac.uk is "The identification and work of an eighth-century #Maya mathematician" by Franco D. Rossi, David Stuart and Heather Hurst, available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/4fJdTyx #Antiquity #Archaeology #PaperOfTheMonth

Check out the most-read articles from Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 📚 https://cup.org/3TuhLvS

New in paperback! The Origins of Concrete Construction in Roman Architecture | A study of the innovation and transfer of the building technology at the root of ancient Rome's architectural revolution. | Save 20% with discount code CLSARC26 📚 https://cup.org/4yNMyE1 #archaeology

Mark the #FestivalOfArchaeology with @antiquity.ac.uk's new themed collection, #Nature and Archaeology! Where not already #openaccess, articles are free to read until 31 August: 📚 https://cup.org/4fGAJYI #archaeology

The @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) is seeking applications for the positions of General Editor and Deputy Editor of the European Journal of Archaeology, and of Social Media Editor for the EAA. Learn more: 🔗 https://cup.org/3SD5Vz3

Calls for General Editor, Deputy Editor, and Social Media Editor

Calls for General Editor, Deputy Editor, and Social Media Editor, European Journal of Archaeology and European Association of Archaeologists

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Check out the most-read articles from International Journal of Cultural Property: 📚 https://cup.org/4vQOwRm #archaeology #culturalproperty

🆕 New #openaccess research in the #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social highlights a growing digital curation crisis in #archaeology. Read the blog and associated article! 🔗 https://cup.org/4uRYbGY #digitalhumanities #datapreservation

How the Digital Curation Crisis is endangering archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog

Archaeology and cultural heritage work have fully entered the digital age. Today, researchers rely on tools like 3D scanners, a variety of GIS software, and Lidar equipped drones to document the past in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago...

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#ComputationalHumanitiesResearch invites submissions that use computational methods to study peripheries as spaces, positions, and perspectives in their own right. Send in your work by 17 January 2027! Learn more: 🔗 https://cup.org/3TqQQkw #CHR @comphumresearch.bsky.social

Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... Explore the entire Nature and Archaeology collection: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... And check out all the amazing #FestivalOfArchaeology events across the UK: www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/fes... 13/13 🧵

Voyage to Kitsissut: a new perspective on Early Paleo-Inuit watercraft and maritime lifeways at a High Arctic polynya | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

An archaeological survey of Kitsissut, a remote island cluster in the High Arctic of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), has revealed a human presence almost 4500 years ago, during the formation of a vital marine environment—Pikialasorsuaq polynya. Kitsissut is accessible only by a difficult open-water journey, and repeated occupation thus permits inferences on the sophistication of watercraft technology and navigational skill. Here, the authors argue that this demonstrable reach of Early Paleo-Inuit communities across marine and terrestrial ecosystems enhances our understanding of their lifeways and environmental legacy, raising critical new questions about Indigenous agency in shaping emerging Arctic ecosystems.

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Explore a new free-access collection, 'Health, pollution & pathogens', featuring research from our #classicalstudies and #archaeology journals. 🔗 https://cup.org/4eBAuy6 Free access (where not already #openaccess) until 31 July. @antiquity.ac.uk @classicalassociation.org @theromansoc.bsky.social

🎬 With #ChristopherNolan's #TheOdyssey finally here, read the new #Cambridge blog and research collection and find out why #Homer's epic has captivated audiences for nearly 3,000 years 🔗 https://cup.org/4yaS6bn #Odysseus #AncientGreece #ClassicalStudies @classicalassociation.org

New Cambridge Element, Egypt and the Levant by Anna-Latifa Mourad, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4x4GlCa

From oral tradition to #ChristopherNolan’s adaptation, Homer’s #Odyssey has been retold across centuries to reflect contemporaneous issues such as imperialism, migration, and gender. This #openaccess article explores the epic’s long history of adaptation: 📚 https://cup.org/4pDFypb

Ask an Archaeologist Day is here! 🏺 Today, archaeologists from across the UK are here to answer your questions about the past, the profession and everything in between. Follow along throughout the day and send us your questions. #AskAnArchaeologist #FestivalOfArchaeology

The Cambridge Companion to the Greek Iron Age by Jane B. Carter and Carla M. Antonaccio Explores the period from the end of the Bronze Age palaces to the emergence of Greek city states about five centuries later. https://cup.org/42U1Bxn #archaeology

The Cambridge Companion to the Greek Iron Age

Cambridge Core - Classical Archaeology - The Cambridge Companion to the Greek Iron Age

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New Cambridge Element, Leo Tolstoy and Platonic Inspiration by Dominic Scott, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/453ybOt

New Cambridge Element, Proto-Elamite by Kathryn Kelley, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4wgW0yb

What can a single well with a mysterious inscription tell us about empire, infrastructure, and female patronage? A new study reexamines the Well of Junia Rufina at #Butrint, a major city of ancient Epirus, and finds that it was more than just a water source. 🧵 1/10

🍿 Everyone's talking about #TheOdyssey. But what made #Homer's epic one of the most influential stories ever written? Explore the scholarship behind the myth with a new free-access research collection from #Cambridge. 🔗 https://cup.org/44LzaT4 #ChristopherNolan #Odysseus @classicalassociation.org

🚦Spain’s #archaeology is at a crossroads. A new National Archaeology Plan is pushing for greater collaboration, stronger research, and real public impact. Read the #blog and #openaccess article for @saa-aap.bsky.social. 🔗 https://cup.org/4ahyx6V

The National Archaeology Plan and the future of Spanish archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog

A critical milestone for the archaeological ecosystem has been the publication this April of the National Archaeology Plan (NAP), part of a larger framework for cultural heritage that the Spanish Mini...

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🆕 NEW! Ritual and belief lay at the heart of ancient #Mesoamerican worlds. This new free-access collection from #AncientMesoamerica spotlights recent scholarship on sacred practices and symbolic systems across time and place. 🔗 https://cup.org/4vyE2H6 #archaeology

🔎 Read the new #blog 'Challenging neoliberalism through archaeological practice' and associated #openaccess research, out now in the SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social. 🔗 https://cup.org/4aFavTq #archaeology #neoliberalism

#Archaeological #fieldwork at #Chengcun spotlights how seasonal workers move between tea fields and excavation trenches, underlining the important role of locally recruited labor. 🛋️ Read the blog and #openaccess article for SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social. 🔗 https://cup.org/4akpvWU #archaeology

Did you know that @antiquity.ac.uk is now #openaccess for authors? This means that all research content submitted to the journal since 1 June 2026 will be published open access and 🆓 to read online. Check out the latest articles now! 🔗 https://cup.org/3PjLTIJ #archaeology

🍿 Everyone's talking about #TheOdyssey. But what made #Homer's epic one of the most influential stories ever written? Explore the scholarship behind the myth with a new free-access research collection from #Cambridge. 🔗 https://cup.org/44LzaT4 #ChristopherNolan #Odysseus @classicalassociation.org

Mark the #FestivalOfArchaeology with @antiquity.ac.uk's new themed collection, #Nature and Archaeology! Where not already #openaccess, articles are free to read until 31 August: 📚 https://cup.org/4fGAJYI