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Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe

Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe

@ansoc-erc.bsky.social

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ANSOC is creating a new vision of the Bronze Age with animals as active participants in past social worlds
https://ansoc.net
Funded by the ERC Advanced Grant scheme, led by Professor Joanna Brück in the School of Archaeology at University College Dublin .. more

Joanna Bruck is an archaeologist and academic, who is a specialist on Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. Since 2020, she has been Professor of Archaeology and Head of the School of Archaeology at University College Dublin. She was previously Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bristol between 2013 and 2020. .. more

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Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe @ansoc-erc.bsky.social · Nov 17

Massive thanks from the ANSOC team & @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social to all of our brilliant colleagues & to our partners Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Monuments Service & @nmireland.bsky.social for a wildly successful #BronzeAgeForum @ucddublin.bsky.social!!! We had the best time!!!

A group of archaeologists from University College Dublin standing in front of the gold exhibit at the National Museum of Ireland Archaeology

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Animal History @animalhistory.bsky.social · 1d

NEW! "Animal Bridges: Mules in the Making of Asia's Largest Transregional Networks, 1870s-1940s" by Iftekhar Iqbal online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/4

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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 1d

My new paper on time and studies of human behavior and evolution is out - Just FYI it's a theory paper

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Adjusting the Aperture: Decolonizing Time in Studies of Human Behavior and Evolution

Biological anthropology has long positioned foraging and often pastoralist populations as the most appropriate referent communities for the rigorous study of human behavior and evolution. With this, ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Zooarchaeology Lab Sheffield @zooarchlabsheff.bsky.social · 1d

🐎 Excited to share a new project led by friend and colleague Maaike Groot at Freie Universität Berlin: “Management, supply and mobility of equids in the northwestern Roman Empire” (DFG-funded).
The project explores how horses and mules supported the Roman army.

Congratulations Maaike!!!

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Cambridge Archaeology @cam-archaeology.bsky.social · 4d

Rarely awarded Honorary MA degree for Cambridge Archaeologist Christopher Evans, former Director of the @cambridgearch.bsky.social

This honorary award is only rarely given and marks an outstanding contribution to the University, or City or County of Cambridge.

www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/rarely-...

Christopher Evans receiving his award from Professor Deborah Prentice

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OGU Bristol @ogu-bristol.bsky.social · 7d

Last few days for submitting your UKAS abstract www.ukas2026.co.uk. Deadline 8th January!

www.ukas2026.co.uk

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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 7d

What makes a place convivial? Join Professor Michael Given for a seminar on soil, herd, and home in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland from the 17th to 19th centuries - 22 January 2026 - 16:00–17:30 (UK) - Hybrid - Register now bit.ly/3Z4NDGJ

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 8d

1935, Quai d’Auteuil by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) - Excavated Beaker pits in the snow by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (2026)

1935, Quai d’Auteuil by Ben Nicholson - white carved painting: three circles and two rectilinear shapes inside a white frame.

Snow covered archaeological excavation - fully and partially excavated pits and perpendicular baulks

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UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to Dr Mark Haughton, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellow @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, colleagues from National Museum of Ireland and all the contributors to “A Brief History of Irish Wool” by the Wicklow Uplands Council.

Video available via YouTube: youtu.be/PTi89XOHCQY?...

A brief History of Irish Wool

YouTube video by Wicklow Uplands Council

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 23d

Visiting Knockroe Passage Tomb for the Winter Solstice is always a lovely way to mark the year.

Here's a short video of this morning's experience 🔆

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Solstice

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UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social · 23d

Our UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC) has come on a lot since this short introductory film was made, but it’s nice to look back at it m.youtube.com/watch?v=rRR0...

UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture: Making, Understanding, Storytelling

YouTube video by UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture

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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · 24d

Wondering how to watch the Winter Solstice livestream from Newgrange?
Our short how-to video guides you step by step.
📅 21 Dec
⏰ 8.40am
🌅 Live from inside the chamber
Save the link and tune in: gov.ie/solstice
#WinterSolstice #Newgrange #ShareTheSolstice #OPW

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Association for Environmental Archaeology @envarch.bsky.social · 24d

We are pleased to announce the 46th conference of the #AEA will be held in Spring at the University of Lancashire, between 7th & 9th May 2026.

Details: envarch.net/conferences

📸Co-host Dr Jennifer Jones presenting at the @unistavanger.bsky.social conference this month.

#environmentalarchaeology

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Sidestone Press @sidestone.bsky.social · 25d

Have you downloaded your copy of Harnessing Horses yet? Better do it before they run off!!!

www.sidestone.com/books/harnes...

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UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · 25d

🏛️ Announcing our new MSc and GradDip in Mediterranean Archaeology at UCD School of Archaeology and UCD School of Classics.
Join us in Dublin, Ireland, next academic year to take our MSc in Mediterranean Archaeology.

📝 Registration opens in January. For more details: www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 25d

The Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange is one of Ireland’s most powerful connections to the past✨

This RTÉ Brainstorm article by Terry Clavin of the @dib.ie (based at @ria.ie) explores how archaeologist Michael J. O’Kelly rediscovered the alignment in the 1960s.

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How Newgrange's spectacular Solstice light show was rediscovered

Those who flock to Newgrange on 21 December owe much to the excavation work of archaeologist Michael J O'Kelly in the 1960s

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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · 25d

A great start to the weekend of the winter solstice!
What a morning at Newgrange today.

The livestream link now available - be sure tune in on the morning of 21 December at 8:40am.
🔗 gov.ie/solstice 👈save it, share it, join in!

#ShareTheSolstice #NewgrangeSolstice #WinterSolstice
📸 OPW Guides

Sun rising behind a large standing stone on a grassy landscape under a clear sky at Newgrange Monument.

Sun rising behind a large standing stone on a grassy landscape under a clear sky at Newgrange Monument.

Sun rising behind a large standing stone on a grassy landscape under a clear sky at Newgrange Monument.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 25d

Did the megalithic monument of Newgrange inter an Irish king?
Whilst the people in the tomb were likely 'special', this need not equate to rigid social stratification and a hereditary elite. Social identity in Neolithic Ireland was likely highly fluid.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Newgrange before, during and after excavation (top: April 1950 © Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland; middle: March 1968, Howard Goldbaum (voicesfromthedawn.com); bottom: Tjp Finn, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 26d

The Cordis page for my ERC project HERDPATH is live! cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

The genomic consequences of domestication for ruminant pathogen evolution and herd diversity across ten millennia | HERDPATH | Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission

Palaeogenomics has transformed our understanding of the genetic consequences of domestication, particularly for livestock species, first brought into the anthropological sphere ~10,000 years ago in So...

cordis.europa.eu

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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · 27d

The #WinterSolstice livestream link is now available
Join us on 21 Dec @ 8:40 am to witness the solstice sunrise live from inside the #Newgrange chamber, weather permitting.
Save the link now and be part of this extraordinary moment.
🔗www.gov.ie/solstice
#ShareTheSolstice

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SAPIENS Magazine @sapiens.org · 28d

“Scientists must walk a fine line between silence and sensationalism when they share their conclusions with society. Archaeologists, in particular, should create space for both evidence and imagination.”

Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

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Bridget Alex @bridgetalex.bsky.social · 28d

apt closing from my last SAPIENS story “What archaeology asks of everyone is an openness to alternate worlds. An understanding that your society, with its ways of working, worshipping, learning, loving—even knowing a dog—is just one permutation of endless human and beyond human possibilities.”

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Gürkan Ergin @ivanhoe76.bsky.social · 29d

Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Pet Cemetery in Egypt indiandefencereview.com/2000-year-ol...

Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Pet Cemetery in Egypt

An archaeological discovery in Egypt has uncovered an ancient pet cemetery, challenging conventional ideas about the relationship between humans and animals in the past.

indiandefencereview.com

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 29d

Celebrate the Winter Solstice at the National Museum of Ireland!
✨ Discover the alignment of passage tombs like Newgrange and explore Bronze Age artifacts-lunulae and sun discs-linked to solar symbols.
📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
📅 Friday, 19th December
⏰ 13:30
youtu.be/q4S1ClJCYyg

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AaRC @aarc-community.bsky.social · 29d

For those of you who couldn't attend our #RemAaRCs seminar last week but are still interested on the topic, you can check it out now on our Youtube channel: youtu.be/XFIsZyVHg8U

RemAaRCs: on mutualism. The Science of Interrelatedness.

YouTube video by AaRC

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OGU Bristol @ogu-bristol.bsky.social · 29d

Due to popular demand, we will be extending the abstract submission for UKAS to after Christmas (8th January). Wishing a nice Winter break to everybody.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · Dec 11

Congratulations to all of the #CurrentArchaeologyAwards nominees!
Cast your vote here: bit.ly/48zAZp3

We're also excited for the Current Archaeology Live conference next year which includes our @nts-archaeology.bsky.social colleagues on their their award winning #PioneeringSpirit whisky project!

Archaeology Awards Voting - Current Archaeology

Voting has now opened for the Current Archaeology Awards! Which people, projects and publications deserve recognition?

archaeology.co.uk

Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe @ansoc-erc.bsky.social · Dec 10

ANSOC’s Nóra Nic Aoidh presenting her early results from the study of Bronze Age animal figurines from the northern Carpathian Basin!!! 🐖🐎🐄🐏🐐🐕

#animals #archaeology
@nnicaoidh.bsky.social @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · Dec 10

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UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · Dec 10

UCD School of Archaeology PhD/MLitt Research Day kicks off, an exciting range of topics being explored by our researchers

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · Dec 9

Listen now on your favourite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc, or on our Abarta Heritage website, where you can find shownotes and links to the papers:
www.abartaheritage.ie/kinship-cult...

Kinship, Culture, & Death in Neolithic Ireland Amplify Archaeology

In this episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast, Neil chats with Dr Jessica Smyth, Dr Neil Carlin and Dr Susan Greaney about Neolithic Ireland

www.abartaheritage.ie

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · Dec 9

New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!

In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.

An aerial view of Newgrange with the branding for Amplify Archaeology Podcast, and text that reads: 'Kinship, Culture & Death in Neolithic Ireland'