The #CfP for our session at @tag26exeter.bsky.social this year is still open for submissions! We would like to look at the social aspects of pottery making from all periods of time! Deadline is September 7th, 5pm BST! And don't forget to bring (apicture of) your favourite (prehistoric) mug!

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Auch in Niedersachsen soll die Denkmalpflege / Landesarchäologie geschwächt werden! Bitte unterzeichnen und teilen! #Kulturerbe #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology www.openpetition.de/petition/onl...

Gegen die geplante Änderung des Niedersächsischen Denkmalschutzgesetzes - Online-Petition

Die Landesregierung in Hannover will das Niedersächsische Denkmalschutzgesetz (NDSchG) ändern (Link zur Pressemitteilung (https://www.stk.niedersachsen.de/startseite/presseinformationen/reform-des-den...

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Even the Spectator weighs in against 'the bonfire of the humanities' and proposed cuts at my uni: spectator.com/article/we-s...

We sacrifice the humanities at our peril

Another month, another of our great universities making brutal cuts. At Exeter (motto: lucem sequimur, ‘we follow the light’) over 500 members of staff have been notified their jobs are at risk in a p...

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How much do we know about how people choose the stones that become megaliths? If the stones are ancestors, there must be some divining element involved? Is there any work done on this in Madagascar etc? #StandingStoneSunday #I❤️Megaliths

Oscar Lozada@oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 2w ago

For #StandingStoneSunday, the skyline of the Callanish stones on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, on a bright morning last year 📸 Mine 🏺 #archaeology

Found a 5-leaved clover I the garden - does this mean super luck or no luck?? 🍀 Or do we just live too close to an out-of-use nuclear power plant??

I snorted a little into my liquorice when I read what 'bluetack' is called in Danish 😂😂😂🙈🇩🇰

Upon the question of why he had placed all of his stones from the beach in a bucket full of water, my son just casually argued that they were much prettier when wet and everything in me screamed "Ingold 2007" 😅🙈⛱️☀️ #ArchaeologicalTheory

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Sunset at the beach ⛱️ 😍 Time to relax and forget about everything 😊

As we look forward to receiving your paper proposals for TAG, we spotlight yet another site in Exeter that reflects the theme of the conference: the Church of St Mary Major!

Our session @tag26exeter.bsky.social was accepted and @sarahbotfield.bsky.social and I are looking forward to reading your papers concerning the social aspects of pottery! (Plus bring (a picture of) your favourite mug - prehistoric or not and we'll create a Wall of mugs!!)

New Cambridge Element, Incorporating Native American Philosophies and Ontologies in Archaeological Practice by Nathan R. Lawres, Delaney O'Connell and Matthew C. Sanger, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4vDDYFQ

Check out the amazing sessions that you could be contributing to this December!! It is genuinely a fantastic array of topics and ideas!

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Our call for papers is now open! Head to our website to check out the amazing 35 sessions that will be hosted during the conference. Deadline to submit abstracts is 5 pm BST, 7 September 2026.

Interested in the origins of Stonehenge? Explore how earlier monuments hint at the beginnings of the circular monument tradition in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Beginning of the circle? Revised chronologies for Flagstones and Alington Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

A shift towards constructing large circular monuments, including henges, during the Middle Neolithic of Britain and Ireland is exemplified in the monumental landscape of south-west England. Seventeen new radiocarbon dates for the Flagstones circular enclosure and the adjacent long enclosure of Alington Avenue, presented here, provide a chronology that is earlier than expected. Comparison with similar sites demonstrates that Flagstones was part of a broader tradition of round enclosures but was also distinctly innovative, particularly in terms of its size. These findings reinforce the value in developing precise chronologies for refining understanding of monument forms and associated practices.

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Each session will be arranged by the individual session organisers. To submit your paper proposal, please e-mail your title and abstract, plus any information about specific formats or requirement, to the lead organiser.

Please note that TAG Exeter will be an in-person conference. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer hybrid or remote access. In case speakers cannot travel to Exeter, please let your session organisers know, as they may be willing to accept online speakers.

Our call for papers is now open! Head to our website to check out the amazing 35 sessions that will be hosted during the conference. Deadline to submit abstracts is 5 pm BST, 7 September 2026.

*gasps theatrically* "NO WAAAAYYYY!" 😲😲😲😲😲

Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly

‘We didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers,’ says automaker

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What crazy times do we live in?? 🙃🙈

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · last mo.

Truly bizarre story of how two papers from the 1940s by physics pioneer Max Planck have been "retracted" from Naturwissenschaften, potentially by an algorithm, for anachronistic "plagiarism" issues, leaving the current editor baffled (but it is Springer Nature so.... www.science.org/content/arti...

Petition against the job losses here: c.org/ddjtYXzdQQ

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Everything that @mattpope.bsky.social says here. If you care about opportunities to discover more about our past, please consider signing this petition against cuts at the University of Exeter’s Archaeology department.

Dr Matt Pope@mattpope.bsky.social · last mo.

Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺

ATTENTION #Writers The Midsummer #Writing competition is on! Submit your pieces to @mrsoup.bsky.social and have them read live! youtu.be/wG2PhoQA93k?...

Midsummer Story Writing Moot 2026 | Theme Launch!

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Research summer life 🏖 Enjoing the warmth as long as it lasts!! 😊

New First Aid for Finds: www.firstaidforfinds.org

I just learned about it today and it's awesome!! 😊 But yeah - it's hard as hell!!

Kristina Killgrove@killgrove.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just learned about this game -- you're given 10 artifacts / day (from The Met's collection) and have to guess where they were made and when. 🏺🧪 And it's hard! I only got top 35%, which is kinda sad as an archaeologist & author of our Astonishing Artifacts column @livescience.com. anthropeum.com

Ihr seid auch bestürzt über angekündigte #DLFReform? Dann mailt dem Hörfunkrat, & zwar HEUTE! Er tagt morgen & Programmreform steht auf der Tagesordnung. Hab eben angerufen, Mailadresse erfragt & hingeschrieben. Macht Ihr mit? Adresse lautet gremienbuero@deutschlandradio.de! Was ich geschrieben hab:

Frau Büüsker@uedio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Kern der Reform ist, dass die bisherigen halbstündigen Fachsendungen in ihrer jetzigen Form entfallen." www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/deuts...

The cheese and the worms is one of the best studies I ever read! Piecing together life in a small community in Italy in the 16th century was inspiring! So sad to hear about the passing of Carlo Ginzburg, even if I turned out to find the puzzles of archaeology more interesting!

Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sad to learn of passing of eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg; his "The Cheese and the Worms" is one of the books that had the most impact on me as a grad student, as the writing is lively & builds insight from small, carefully observed details of the historical record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...

The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo

Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026

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Today at @humanists.uk we are remembering Jo, a humanist in word and deed, whose well-lived life was cut short by a far right assassin on this day, but continues to inspire us. humanists.uk/2026/06/16/j...

Jo Cox’s Courage, Ten Years On

Today marks ten years since the assassination of Humanists UK member Jo Cox MP by a far right extremist: a dark day in the history of our country, and a wound in our public life that has not healed. I...

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My essay “New Antiquities” & @laurenfklein.bsky.social’s “Why Literary Studies Must Embrace Computing” don’t EXIST yet are cited in this “peer reviewed” essay on AI and DH . Guess we didn’t lead the “cultural turn” in DH either! 🤬https://knowledgeableresearch.com/index.php/1/article/download/697/614