Neil Redfern
@neilredfern.bsky.social
Executive Director of Council for British Archaeology - Wandering with curiosity and all things archaeology. #OutAndAboutArchaeology #WalkingandTalkingYourWay
For us, it was watching all the videos and photos online of people having a great time 💛 What was your favourite Festival moment? Share below 👇 Or share your feedback in our evaluation survey to be in with a chance to win a £50 One4All Voucher 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/festivalau...
It’s #askanarchaeologist day and we are taking questions on all of our platforms - no mean logistical feat. Keep your questions coming. Here one from me - how can nature help show us where archaeological features might be?
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The Festival of Archaeology all starts tomorrow with the opening event at the National Arboretum, Westonbirt. We were there today setting up and we have had over 6500 people sign up to attend making it Fully Booked!
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Shelter, Fire, Poverty - from one side of the river to another. Thames through Time - is material and archival practice, Birkbeck:MOLA field school. With Dr Helen Chittock and @drclaireharris.bsky.social
Great to see The Oakbank Collection managed by Scottish Crannog Centre rightly recognised for its importance and I am proud to be a Trustee. Own given a quick weaving a fabric lesson as well as catching on the new crannog build.
Museums Association@museumsassociation.org · 3mo agoNews | Five Scottish collections awarded national significance status by Museums Galleries Scotland Linoleum, photography and Iron Age collections among those newly listed under Recognition Scheme
“Went here as a teen and it sparked my love of archaeology!” This place of memory and meaning was shared with us at the Festival of Archaeology closing event in 2023. Can you guess where this one is? 👀 Submit your place of memory and meaning 👉 shorturl.at/i2IyP
Trying to post some regular archaeological sites in #Derbyshire over on the Derbyshire Archaeological Society's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/69721...). This site has captured my interest lately, so thought I'd share it here, too. Farnah Hall / Champion Park nr Duffield. #archaeology
That exciting feeling when you notice you have a new book out (even though you haven't quite finished it yet!) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... @amalexathorn.bsky.social @sharonhoward.bsky.social @corabeth.bsky.social
Women Working the Past
This book offers a new history of women's integral contribution to archaeology, history, and heritage in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain and beyond. Born out of the Beyond Notability project...
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We’ve had a fantastic few days at TAG Great conversations around this year’s theme theory in action, and lovely to meet so many people at our stand. Huge well done to CBA’s Debbie Frearson for speaking today in “In theory it was a great idea” 👏 Thanks to everyone who stopped by.
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New landmark research out today: We've just launched Trowel and Error, the most in-depth look in 25 years at how audiences want to engage with archaeology. The findings are clear: people want human, accessible, story-led archaeology. Read the report here 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/our-work/tro...
Check out these amazing collages inspired by archaeology for Trowel & Error! 🎨 Across 16 workshops and 290 participants, we invited people from all walks of life to get hands-on and explore what archaeology means to them, their memories, places, stories and connections. 👉 youtu.be/_APQpuCKgdg?...
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If you're at University Archaeology Day today make sure you stop by the CBA stand and say hello to Tilly and Debbie. #UAD25
We are very sad to hear the news of Mike Corbishley's passing. Mike was a long-time supporter of the CBA and co-founder of YAC. We’ll be celebrating Mike’s life and contributions in an upcoming issue of British Archaeology. Here he is in 1986, celebrating the conclusion of a Wroxeter excavation
We’re kicking off #ADayInArchaeology with an intro from @neilredfern.bsky.social, filmed in a landscape that holds deep personal meaning From muddy boots to museum work, stay tuned today as we follow a day in the life of archaeologists, students & volunteers across the UK 🏺✨
#FestivalOfArchaeology Day 11. I know I have missed @askanarchaeologist.bsky.social Day but this question is important: youtube.com/shorts/xFEXH... @nattrustarch.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @catlodge.bsky.social
How does this many faced sundial work? #festivalofarchaeology #history
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Great to see this news and I cant wait to see it go on permanent display. We are long overdue a blockbuster exhibition on the Iron Age in Yorkshire @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iron Age hoard moves permanently to Yorkshire Museum
The Melsonby Hoard contains 800 artefacts, believed to be one of the UK's largest Iron Age finds.
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#FestivalOfArchaeology2025 learning to use YouTube Shorts for my Festival journey @archaeologyuk.bsky.social - let me know what you think 🤔 youtube.com/shorts/piqTa...
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#AskAnArchaeologist Day. @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Thats a wrap for the 20205 AAA Day. If you are missing the chat & conversation there is plenty more to come from #FestivalOfArchaeology not least #ADayInArchaeology to find out more head to www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/a-d...
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As we start our last 30 mins of #AskAnArchaeologist Day I want to give a big shoutout to two members of the CBA @archaeologyuk.bsky.social team, Jessica and Anna. This year we have expanded beyond X and tried to host AAADay over multiple platforms. 1/2
Calling all curious minds! Today is #AskAnArchaeologistDay, your chance to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about archaeology! 📱 Join the conversation on X, BlueSky, TikTok, and Instagram, just use the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist or ask your question in the comments to get involved.
What does archaeology mean to YOU? One word, a poem, anything goes. Let us know in the comments below 👇
@chalkefestival.bsky.social listening to @johnhenryphillips.bsky.social talk about Romany Archacaeology if you head over to @archaeologyuk.bsky.social you can get access to his article in our British Archaeology magazine
Day 5 of @chalkefestival.bsky.social! Come and escape from the sun in the shade of the heritage hub tent ☀️ Try fun hands-on activities, grab some free magazines, and meet the team!
📣 Join us tomorrow for our CBA Office Open Day as part of York Festival of Ideas! Drop in any time between 11am - 3pm at De Grey House, York to explore what we do, chat with the team, and take part in hands-on archaeology activities. No booking needed & totally free (donations welcome)
Today is the final excavation day at Skipsea in East #Yorkshire, and we’ve dug our way into the Early Mesolithic. And here - an elegant flint point, a razor-thin slash through time, found lying exactly where it had been dropped, some 10,000 years ago. 🏺 #FlintFriday #FindsFriday
My week has also seen me doing lots of dog walks around Clifton, York, where you can find remnants of RAF Clifton, medieval ridge and furrow and the garden tree planting for the North Riding of Yorkshire Mental Hospital at Clifton Park #OutAndAboutArchaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social
On Friday I walked from Richmond to Easby Abbey. On the way back we past a memorial to a Drummer Boy disappeared when trying to find the ‘lost’ tunnel between Richmond Castle & the Abbey. The trees growing over the path makes a natural tunnel #OutAndAboutArchaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social