Could you be our new Lecturer in Historic Buildings, Conservation and Stained Glass? This is joint appointment with the Department of History of Art. You will teach and research historic buildings and lead the MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Management. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Please do get in touch before the 23rd of November if you are interested in applying for a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship with us. 3-year fellowships for applicants within 4 years of their PhD. See our news story below for more information www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

The Department of Archaeology at the University of York is now inviting expressions of interest for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships.

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Congratulations to my co-PI on the ReNEW project, Prof. Henny Piezonka, for this richly deserved recognition - one of the 100 top minds of Berlin science as recognised in @tagesspiegel.de Congratulations Henny! 🤗 @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social

Berlin University Alliance@berlinualliance.bsky.social · 2w ago

#100Koepfe Folge 8: Was prägt und verbindet uns? Heute geht es im @tagesspiegel.de um Geschichte, Philosophie und Kultur – und darum, was sie über unsere Gegenwart erzählen. Auch 8 Forschende aus der #BerlinUAlliance werden vorgestellt! 👉 www.berlin-university-alliance.de/kampagne-ts2...

Cuneiform was invented in Iraq. A new open-access overview of the world's largest cuneiform catalogue, co-authored by @epp.cdli.network at @ads-update.bsky.social, is out in Arabic in an Iraqi journal, for the people whose heritage it is. Read more in our news story: www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Testing of the Naburn Whale is underway! 🧬🐋 This rare specimen held by The Yorkshire Museum is believed to be a beluga whale, found stranded at Naburn Lock, York in 1905. This is one of three RICHeS projects we are collaborating with museum partners on at the moment. #RICHeS #RICHeSAccessFund #AHRC

The Green Impact Team at @york-bioarch.bsky.social have completed over 40 Green Impact Laboratory Accreditation actions to secure GILA Accreditation for our labs! This has included increased recycling, reduced energy use and incorporating bioethanol into workflows: www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Green Impact Laboratory Accreditation for the BioArCh Labs

The BioArCh Green Impact team's efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the work carried out in the labs has been recognised through the Green Impact Laboratory Accreditation.

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The Second Call of the RICHeS Access Fund is now open! Unlock new discoveries, strengthen partnerships and support the conservation of our shared cultural heritage. Find out more about RICHeS and how to apply at tinyurl.com/ymjxzhye or contact BioArCh tinyurl.com/mvyh9s7t #RICHeS #RICHeSAccessFund​

I spy with my little eye, distinguished @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social PhD, Dr Christopher Wakefield. ☺️

Cambridge Archaeological Unit@cambridgearch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last year’s Flag Fen auger survey was designed to accurately map the pre-Holocene land surface and surviving Holocene sediment sequence in the area around the Flag Fen post-alignment. This week we’ll be exploring the project and some of its findings. Photo: Emma Bothamley.

New publication from Simon Radchenko, Andy Needham, Aimée Little and colleagues on the inspiration for geometric ornaments on mammoth ivory pieces made in Ukraine 19 000 years ago. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Ice Age carvers used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, study finds

Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by the distinctive growth patterns visible in the tusks, a new study has revea...

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Do sign up for this if you are in York on the 28th!

Colleen Morgan@clmorgan.bsky.social · 4w ago

We are hosting the amazing Mo'min Swaitat at @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social as part of the Gaza on the Shelf project. He is presenting preserved and remixed Palestinian audio history during a live performance on 28 October. Sorry, in person only. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

It’s wonderful to see our research finally out. It shows that the amazing Devil’s Arrows in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire were transported 18km from Brimham Rocks (not Plumpton!) to the site. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article/4…

#job for a Technical Specialist in CSIA in @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social to support expanding analysis capabilities. This role will focus on compound-specific isotope analyses (CSIA). Apply by 29/09/2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech...

#job for a Technical Specialist in Stable Isotopes in @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social to support expanding analysis capabilities. This role will focus on bulk stable isotope analysis workflows (C, N, S). Apply by 29/09/2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech...

We are really looking forward to hosting the Society for Medieval Archaeology conference together with @yorkmedieval.bsky.social here in York on the 19th of September. Student tickets start from £20 and are on sale via Eventbrite www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

Society for Medieval Archaeology Annual Symposium

Jointly hosted by the University of York’s Department of Archaeology and Centre for Medieval Studies.

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"Spotlight on 'Stycas'" - the early medieval coinage display you never knew you needed is up at Yorkshire Museum! You can pop in to the foyer for free & see some highlights from my @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social PhD for the next year! Mega thanks to the @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social team!

Fantastic visit to the site of Vráble yesterday, currently under excavation for the @neolithicbodies.bsky.social . We were there for our ReNEW project - so many new and exciting discoveries to come from this complex site. 🤩 @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social @prehistory-berlin.bsky.social

We have uploaded 38 (!) Digital Lunch lectures to our @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social YouTube account for your enjoyment. Check them out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... In the meantime, Digital Lunches will resume in Spring 2027, after we've settled into the new lab.

Digital Lunch - YouTube

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Steve Ashby, Jessie Hendy & Sam Greeves have been awarded an AHRC grant for the #RANGIFER project. See the link below for more information about the project and a link to a new postdoc role to conduct ZooMS analysis on bone/antler artefacts and manufacturing deposits www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Knowledge is open! Our recent PhD graduate and incoming Humanities Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeology @lucymoore.bsky.social has been awarded a Silver Jubilee Award for outstanding contributions to open knowledge by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

York graduate receives prestigious award for outstanding contributions to open knowledge

A recent graduate from the Department of Archaeology has been recognised as one of the UK’s most influential champions of open knowledge.

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Open Research at York@uoyopenres.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Huge congratulations to @lucymoore.bsky.social @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social who recently won a @wikimediauk.bsky.social Silver Jubilee Award 🏆🎉 Read our case study on Lucy's work towards improving the representation of the lives and achievements of women on Wikipedia: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/jgAJCQ

⭐ New Blog Post Alert ⭐ Last month Archivists Burcu Aksahin and Marco Brunello, had the opportunity to represent the ADS and HSDS at the second ATRIUM Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) held in Athens, Greece. Read about their experience and key takeaways here: buff.ly/ommgfEp

Luke Snell, one of our PhD students and a BA Archaeology and MSc Digital Archaeology graduate, has been featured by BBC News for his work digitally surveying York Minster as part of a major conservation project, where he works as a digital surveyor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New survey will help protect York Minster from climate change

Wetter winters and hotter summers are causing challenges for the Minster's stonework.

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New article on medieval pottery production at Staxton from @archaeoyannick.bsky.social and supervisors Dr Gareth Perry & Dr Aleks McClain www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/... Wheel-coiling was used despite nearby sites wheel-throwing at the same time, highlighting variability in post-Conquest Yorkshire.

New chapter by Dr Steve Ashby tieing up his work (with Dr Jessie Hendy and Dr Sam Greeves @york-bioarch.bsky.social) on the origins of hair combs found across early-medieval Europe with ongoing research on trapping, travel and trade in upland Scandinavia. More soon! www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Pleased to be back in India for the next couple of weeks. I’m working with Kamal Vatta at Punjab Agricultural University, along with the Department of Archaeology and Museums in Haryana and the Archaeological Survey of India to develop a stronger link between #archaeology and #agriculture.

If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you will have seen photos and videos from our excavation at Skipsea. The final video from Drury Graham, our Publicity Intern is now up on our Youtube page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrTu... Take a look for student reflections on the excavation experience

New paper (I had a very minor role) with lovely folks interested in complex past social systems. Focusing on the Carpathian basin, the article argues that while social groups change with environmental variations, they do so in unpredictable and unique ways. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Adaptive connectivity networks across climatic and ecological regimes from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages in the Carpathian Basin

Investigating long-term archaeological land-use patterns is crucial for understanding how past populations adjusted settlement strategies, resource ex…

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A study led by Dr Aurore Monnereau @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social analysed DNA from archaeological sites across Sicily and found that genetic diversity has persisted through conquests, challenging the idea of large-scale population change 🧬 Open access paper in @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔓 📄

Ancient DNA reveals genetic history of medieval Sicily

A study has revealed that despite centuries of violent regime changes, medieval Sicily was a genetic ‘melting pot’, where Christians and Muslims thrived together.

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Well done to @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social ’s @leilaar.bsky.social who did a fantastic job presenting her PhD research on the impact of digital recording on knowledge production in development-led archaeology at the Visual Dialogues workshop at @durham.ac.uk 🏺

This article is the result of Oya Inanli's PhD research, supervised by Dr Nathan Wales at @york-bioarch.bsky.social and Dr Hannes Schroeder at the Globe Institute at @ucph.bsky.social, showing that 2000 years ago Chianti grapes were white

Open Research at York@uoyopenres.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Research led by @york-bioarch.bsky.social @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social has shown that vineyards were part of the Roman Empire’s sophisticated agricultural network that laid the foundation for modern winemaking 🍇 Open access paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🔓📄

New article by Dr Laura Castells Navarro and the COMMIOS project on the postmortem skeletal modification of two individuals buried in a low stone cairn by Loch Borralie in Scotland and the periodic movement of prehistoric maritime communities www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...