The joy of digging at Must Farm is that it is less about orthodox archaeological features (pits, ditches, postholes) & more about old land surfaces, animal tracks, submerged forests, preserved fence lines. Past deposits are intact, articulated, & the distinction between natural & cultural is blurred

Cambridge Archaeological Unit@cambridgearch.bsky.social · yesterday

The wood-filled deposit in the latest phase of work at Must Farm contained alder and ash trees. It is possible the deposit could be part of another palaeochannel or it may be another step or dip in the earlier floodplain.

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Lesley McFadyen@lesleymcf.bsky.social · 5d ago

Join @archscot.bsky.social and the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies for the Sustainable Archaeological Futures Symposium, 10th and 11th September. Get your in person and online tickets for Day 1 here: lnkd.in/eRSCXhCa

Join @archscot.bsky.social and the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies for the Sustainable Archaeological Futures Symposium, 10th and 11th September. Get your in person and online tickets for Day 1 here: lnkd.in/eRSCXhCa

Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.

Two Orkney-led PhDs available as part of North Sea Heritage project

Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.

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1/3 My book ‘Wild wetlands and domestic drylands’ was published with @barpublishing.bsky.social last month! The book explores the relations between wetland and dryland communities in and around the later prehistoric East Anglian Fens. See final post for a link to Chapter 1!

Material Time. Listen!

Illuminated - James Hutton and The Restless Earth - BBC Sounds

Plunge into the abyss of deep geological time with Karine Polwart.

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Workers at the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, Syria, during 1920s-30s Yale-French Academy excavations. They were vital to the project, but were never named and local voices are largely absent from publications on the site. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... #WaybackWednesday 🏺 #Archaeology

It's a Sign! come on in, you'll get a strange book if you pledge £25 , lots more on offer! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/its-a-sign...

It's a Sign!

I will make an exhibition and publication about the found, defaced, debased, hilarious and incomprehensible floods of signage in our lives.

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Urban prehistory @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social!

I’m very proud our amazing undergrad students have rated us so highly on the NSS: ranked first for archaeology teaching in the country. @lesleymcf.bsky.social’s leadership of our BAs combines incredible archaeology with real care for students, and it shows!

Lesley McFadyen@lesleymcf.bsky.social · 4w ago

What's in a national survey? The brilliance of Birkbeck's BA Archaeology and BA Ancient History & Archaeology students, the incredible archaeologists (@jenbaird.bsky.social, Esther Breithoff, Tim Reynolds) and partners (MOLA Archaeology) that teach them, and the archaeology itself!

What's in a national survey? The brilliance of Birkbeck's BA Archaeology and BA Ancient History & Archaeology students, the incredible archaeologists (@jenbaird.bsky.social, Esther Breithoff, Tim Reynolds) and partners (MOLA Archaeology) that teach them, and the archaeology itself!

Chip-Friday! #Archaeology #FenEdge

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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What is the long-term legacy of foreign excavations in places like Dura-Europos in Syria? Out today and open access in @antiquity.ac.uk with my colleague Adnan Almohamad: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Looted communities: the local contexts of illicit excavations at Dura-Europos in Syria | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Looted communities: the local contexts of illicit excavations at Dura-Europos in Syria

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When people lived on the wetlands - the Late Bronze Age pile dwellers of Fenland #Fenland #Archaeology #Prehistory #MustFarm

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We’re excited to share new free KS2 resources for teachers. Covering Must Farm and the Bronze Age, the resources include videos, reconstruction illustrations, presentations and more! We’re hoping they’ll help teachers bring the Bronze Age to life historicengland.org.uk/education/sc...

‘This house is a thing both ancient and disjointed, an entity of addition and subtraction, a palimpsest of stone and wood and caulk and mud. Its existence here, on the peninsula, is proof that everything was once something else: nothing goes away.’ Maggie O’Farrell

What can hoards reveal about life in post-Roman Britain? A @ukri.org AHRC funded project exploring the last Roman hoards deposited in Britain is reshaping what we know about 5th century society. Discover the research and learn more about hoards in museums across the UK here blogs.kent.ac.uk/hoards

I'm exploring how @coastsinmind.bsky.social can help address the gap between formal evidence systems and the lived realities of those most affected by coastal change. Supported by Coast-R Network. #CoastsInMind #ArchiveToAction #CoastR www.ukcoastalresilience.org/project/arch..

Archive to Action: Connecting Coastal Community Insights to Policy - Coast R Network

Archive to Action explores how coastal community archives can help policymakers use local knowledge in more inclusive, resilient coastal planning.

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We are delighted to announce Prehistoric Society award & prize winners for 2026/7. 🎉 The Europa 2027 honouree is Prof. Mel Giles, Univ. of Manchester. I am sure Mel needs no introduction as a well known & respected researcher of the Iron Age. Congratulations Mel! #Archaeology 🏺 #Prehistory 1/6

For historians who are endlessly organising workshops on the "material turn" - please remember that archaeology is an entire discipline predicated on material culture and we might just have something to contribute #disciplinarymyopia

Proper archaeology! An absolute joy this evening watching @nie-theatre.bsky.social perform 'Once Upon a Time in Fenland' nie-theatre.com/productions/...

Once Upon A Time in Fenland – New International Encounter

These fantastical, funny and thought-provoking tales will transport you back in time

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Recently, I have been thinking about the vulnerability of rock art and the risks that impact this very specific and quite ubiquitous type of heritage. I was kindly invited by @archscot.bsky.social to deliver a talk on this subject for their 'European Archaeology Day talks'. See you there?

European Archaeology Days 2026: Rock Art at Risk: What Future?

Join Archaeology Scotland in celebrating European Archaeology Days 2026 with this talk about the very real risks to Prehistoric Rock Art.

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Stromness was like a velodrome back in the day. This photograph of cyclists in Dundas Street was taken more than a hundred years ago by #Orkney photographer Tom Kent. It hasn't really changed much. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopædia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories (& their TV adaptations), as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip” 💙📚 1/5 www.herripedia.com/para-handy/

PARA HANDY - Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring

Including the full text of Neil Munro's Para Handy story, The Herring - A Gossip

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Lovely to see "Pathways to Inclusive Digital Archaeological Archives" available now via firstview in Advances in Archaeological Practice (open access). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‘..what mattered at the beginning of life and the world also what matters at the end, and you, real wherever you are, real in your body, however it is, all of it happening this moment, life.’ Sarah Moss, Ripeness.

Agnes Owens: Out of the Margins Agnes Owens (1926–2014) was born 100 years ago #OTD, 24 May. This short film presents Owens as a writer shaped by working-class life, whose fiction exposed power, resisted sentimentality, & centred overlooked voices. A 🎂🧵 💙📚 1/7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYR...

Agnes Owens: Out of the Margins

YouTube video by Alasdair Gray Archive

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It's striking reading this how many of these soft rock locations of intense coastal erosion are also significant parts of offshore submerged landscapes; Holderness as part of Greater Doggerland, Happisburgh and pre-Anglian rivers merging with the Yarmouth Roads share.google/NqNgbYMFwmcf...

‘There is no great master plan’: anxiety as UK homes, roads and railways sink into the sea

Increasing coastal erosion has hit communities’ livelihoods and put lifestyles under threat

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London Rivers Week kicks off today across the capital! 🌊🎉 Running until 31 May, the festival celebrates 10 years of helping Londoners “Know Your Local River”, from the mighty Thames to hidden neighbourhood waterways. Have fun all. :)

Thames through Time, the most important lesson? Work as a team! Teamwork in archaeology, it’s important - Birkbeck/MOLA!!