Well did not see myself hitting 2K followers on here! For those who are new, I'm Andy; Curator for @kentarchsoc.bsky.social and social media officer for @lpfgsocmedia.bsky.social... basically an all round material culture nerd, with an MA focused on #pseudoarchaeology and #socialmedia. Welcome!

The new PAS database is live! #portableantiquitiesScheme

Four job applications now sent into the British Museum...got to get at least one interview right? Right?!?! #archaeology #museums #BritishMuseum

My favourite day of the year, it's #askanarchaeologist day! Feel free to ask me anything on #pseudoarchaeology, being a #curator for an archaeological society or #IronAge swords and I'll do my best to answer!

Dr Tess Machling@tessmachling.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ok folks... it's that time again. It's... *drum roll* #AskAnArchaeologist day. 🎉🎉 That day when you get to ask whatever you want about #archaeology and we will endeavour to find you an answer!! #FestivalofArchaeology

Posting here and not on LinkedIn as some of my trustees/employers follow me there, but received yet another generic job rejection email. I love my current job but with a baby on the way in December and the financial impact that brings I really need a better paid, secure position.

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Looking forward to this talk at the Museums and Heritage show! "What does the Curriculum Review mean for Museums and Heritage?"

I've just had the below person trying to connect on LinkedIn, now I don't know if it's just me but their profile photo and how they've only been active for a few months suggests this might be an AI bot account. I wouldn't connect with Restore Britain anyway, but has anyone else received similar?

Just finished a quick radio interview on BBC Radio Kent; always weird hearing myself talking about my career in archaeology 😅 but the listeners all guessed my job pretty easily...a clue featuring Harrison Ford probably was a little easy!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "It is vital that curatorial decisions are independent from government influence" - THIS, nothing else, just this! seeing the harm #pseudoarchaeology does and can do the idea of governments interfering in curatorial decisions should terrify us.

Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says

Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

bbc.co.uk

Gave a very well attended talk this evening at St Margaret's Village Hall on the Vikings in Kent in my role as @kentarchsoc.bsky.social curator! 80 people and some brilliant engaged questions at the end!

Beautiful #nenevalley colour coated flagon hidden away in an archive box today. Nene Valley CC have a wide distribution across Britain from the 2nd to the 3rd centuries CE. Often decorated with barbotine or as in this case painted designs! 📸 Courtesy of the Kent Archaeological Society

All set up & ready to go!

Kent Archaeological Society@kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our Curator Andy is all set up at @favershamfleurmuseum for his first of two finds handling days, taking place today 10th April and Friday 17th April. Perfect activity for the half term and those who are #archaeologically curious! Come along and see what finds we've brought with us!

I'll be running a finds handling & ID day on the 10th & 17th April at the Fleur De Lis Museum, Faversham from 11am - 3pm. Do pop along and say hello! #archaeology #smallfinds #heritage #Kent #whatsoninKent

Why, why did anyone ever think putting metal in with cotton wool was ever going to be a good idea 😭😂 #archaeologylife #conservation #curatornightmares

Why oh why was there a practice in the 70s - 90s of some archaeologists just handing out finds from sites to people 😭😭😭

I think I'm going to be able to quote this verbatim eventually 😔 how am I supposed to know how to improve my applications and get further if no one is willing to even provide a basic level of feedback!

"We cannot simply ignore the nonsense with the idea that it will shrivel and die if we don’t give it light." - never were more true words spoken

@australianskeptics.bsky.social · 7mo ago

An article by Steve Novella on pseudoarchaeology and the “everything you have been told about history is a lie” conspiracy theories, including the mysterious ancient civilisation of Tartaria, spreading quickly on TikTok and just as quickly debunked. theness.com/neurologicab...

I've been speculatively applying to new jobs in the heritage sector, primarily for better pay but also to see if all the work I've done in the last three years have paid off...received yet another rejection email having not secured even an interview 😮‍💨 it is disheartening to say the least

Cool #zooarchaeology discovery from the Studying History & Archaeology in Lympne site I've been assisting with! A big thanks to Thomas Vaughn for his pending report and the heads up on this find!

Kent Archaeological Society@kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It’s #FindsFriday! 🦚 From the SHAL project at Lympne: animal bone analysis suggests peafowl from a secure Romano-British layer. Rare in Britain, this points to high-status diet. ID may be confirmed using ZooMS, and the adult bird could be radiocarbon dated. #Archaeology #Zooarchaeology #Roman

How do people honestly afford commuting to London? Seen a rather intriguing job, but if I was to get it, I'd be spending £600 a month for 3 days p/w train travel (that's on season ticket) which would make my take home £300 lower than it already is 🙄 heritage pay is broken. Difficult upward travel

I was sent pictures of this statue today at work, offering it for sale by a gentleman claiming to be in Egypt. His description claims its King Khasekemwy, but doesnt match the images shown so clearly a scam. Who would be best to report to? #Egyptology #AntiquitiesTrade

Famed pseudoarchaeological content creator Erich von Däniken, best known for his popularization and promotion of ancient aliens claims, has died at age 90.

Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific comm...

ctvnews.ca

With the recent passing of Erich von Däniken, here's a short article from 1987 dissecting his claims about aliens in Chariots of Gods (1968). It's a reminder that archaeologists have been debunking pseudoarchaeology for nearly 40 years.

Expedition Magazine | “Scholars Will Call it Nonsense”

<p>In 1968 an obscure Swiss hotel manager published a book entitled Erinnerungen an die Zukunft. An English edition appeared under […]</p>

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The Kent Archaeological Society thanks Kent County Council's Heritage Team and Dana Goodburn-Brown for donating archive boxes. KCC and Dana are digitising the HS1 project archive and have condensed materials, freeing up boxes for KAS's use. We look forward to more progress on the HS1 project!

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I am easily pleased it seems! #Archaeology #curator

Kent Archaeological Society@kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A different kind of #FindsFriday! We’ve just received 20 second-hand, acid-free archive boxes to help repackage and protect our archaeological collections to museum standards, improving storage at Maidstone. Thanks to AIM and The Pilgrim Trust for supporting this work! #MuseumCollections 🏺

One for my #Geospatial specialists...can you use an RTK GNSS to record individual contexts rather than features/finds in plans etc.if yes, do you need extra tools on top of the standard GNSS such as Leica? #Archaeology

I love these little Nene Valley Colour coated ware hunt cups. I think we have a fragment of the rear hind legs of the deer that is unfortunate enough to find itself being chased by a hound. 📸 courtesy of the trustees of the Kent Archaeological Society Kent Archaeology #SmallFinds #Archaeology

All set up and ready to go for this year's @lpfgsocmedia.bsky.social Symposium! Still time to join if you wish: Go to MS Teams > Calendar >Join with ID and enter the below: Meeting ID: 364 396 620 178 1 Passcode: bG2gD3ZU