Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥
@dussel.bsky.social
Does Pleistocene Archaeology @ Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/gerrit-dusseldorp#tab-1
Cricket | Natural history
Cricket | Natural history
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Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This must be the awesomest animal in the history of life.
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This must be the awesomest animal in the history of life.
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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7th October 2025
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
www.noonans.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
7th October 2025
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
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In 2022, archaeologists at @uni-kiel.de's @neolithicbodies.bsky.social found 34 decapitated skeletons piled in a space the size of a parking spot. In the 3 years since, they’ve found 50 more. The mass grave is evidence for the collapse of the 1st pan-European culture 7,000 years ago. @science.org 🏺💀
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In 2022, archaeologists at @uni-kiel.de's @neolithicbodies.bsky.social found 34 decapitated skeletons piled in a space the size of a parking spot. In the 3 years since, they’ve found 50 more. The mass grave is evidence for the collapse of the 1st pan-European culture 7,000 years ago. @science.org 🏺💀
I was shocked to hear of proposed cuts to the Earth Sciences at the @uniofleicester.bsky.social.
The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment is a world class department. These cuts are a mindless destruction of academic and intellectual capital.
c.org/5rcbPjDb2x
The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment is a world class department. These cuts are a mindless destruction of academic and intellectual capital.
c.org/5rcbPjDb2x
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
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November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I was shocked to hear of proposed cuts to the Earth Sciences at the @uniofleicester.bsky.social.
The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment is a world class department. These cuts are a mindless destruction of academic and intellectual capital.
c.org/5rcbPjDb2x
The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment is a world class department. These cuts are a mindless destruction of academic and intellectual capital.
c.org/5rcbPjDb2x
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🤔In 2023 1/3 of reported metal detecting finds were exported!🤔
Yes, thats right they all left Britain😲
82% we're destined for North America, of those that went to Europe 52% went to countries where metal detecting is illegal of heavily restricted.
Yes, thats right they all left Britain😲
82% we're destined for North America, of those that went to Europe 52% went to countries where metal detecting is illegal of heavily restricted.
OK...I need someone to check my maths here.
This really is that 1/3 of the number of finds found in any one year & c.6% of the number of annual Treasure finds were exported in 2023?
The data is all from the 2023 PAS report.
Seriously, I'm not imagining this, am I?
😮
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
This really is that 1/3 of the number of finds found in any one year & c.6% of the number of annual Treasure finds were exported in 2023?
The data is all from the 2023 PAS report.
Seriously, I'm not imagining this, am I?
😮
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🤔In 2023 1/3 of reported metal detecting finds were exported!🤔
Yes, thats right they all left Britain😲
82% we're destined for North America, of those that went to Europe 52% went to countries where metal detecting is illegal of heavily restricted.
Yes, thats right they all left Britain😲
82% we're destined for North America, of those that went to Europe 52% went to countries where metal detecting is illegal of heavily restricted.
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Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
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"Detectors now can pretty much tell you what it is before you dig it. You can tell what shape it is, you've got IDs so you know what type of metal it is"
From BBC article in my last post.
#Archaeology 🏺
1/4
From BBC article in my last post.
#Archaeology 🏺
1/4
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"Detectors now can pretty much tell you what it is before you dig it. You can tell what shape it is, you've got IDs so you know what type of metal it is"
From BBC article in my last post.
#Archaeology 🏺
1/4
From BBC article in my last post.
#Archaeology 🏺
1/4
Abstracts for the ASAPA conference at the University of Mpumalanga in July can now be submitted!
Theme of the conference will be "Between Past and Present: African archaeology and its relevance today"
asapa2026.co.za
Theme of the conference will be "Between Past and Present: African archaeology and its relevance today"
asapa2026.co.za
ASAPA: 2026 Biennial Conference
asapa2026.co.za
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Abstracts for the ASAPA conference at the University of Mpumalanga in July can now be submitted!
Theme of the conference will be "Between Past and Present: African archaeology and its relevance today"
asapa2026.co.za
Theme of the conference will be "Between Past and Present: African archaeology and its relevance today"
asapa2026.co.za
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"...as the threat of a public sale loomed."
AKA the finder/landowner ransomed our shared heritage until we coughed up. 😡
Again, and again, and again, and again... it's relentless.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Unpatriotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AKA the finder/landowner ransomed our shared heritage until we coughed up. 😡
Again, and again, and again, and again... it's relentless.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Unpatriotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxfordshire museum purchases iron age hoard after fundraiser
Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum has brought the hoard which includes a 2,000-year-old horse brooch.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"...as the threat of a public sale loomed."
AKA the finder/landowner ransomed our shared heritage until we coughed up. 😡
Again, and again, and again, and again... it's relentless.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Unpatriotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AKA the finder/landowner ransomed our shared heritage until we coughed up. 😡
Again, and again, and again, and again... it's relentless.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Unpatriotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why would you name "rock dwellings" (actually 3D-printed concrete blocks) Navajoo and Hoodoo?
One a Native American Nation that do not build rock dwellings; the other a set of African American spiritual practices.
Why build "rock dwellings" in the flattest country on earth in the first place?
One a Native American Nation that do not build rock dwellings; the other a set of African American spiritual practices.
Why build "rock dwellings" in the flattest country on earth in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Why would you name "rock dwellings" (actually 3D-printed concrete blocks) Navajoo and Hoodoo?
One a Native American Nation that do not build rock dwellings; the other a set of African American spiritual practices.
Why build "rock dwellings" in the flattest country on earth in the first place?
One a Native American Nation that do not build rock dwellings; the other a set of African American spiritual practices.
Why build "rock dwellings" in the flattest country on earth in the first place?
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Er gaat een oproep rond om veel en massaal naar Vrijheid, Gelijkheid, Zusterschap van Sophie Straat op Spotify te luisteren. Als protest dat een anti-AZC nummer (gegenereerd door AI) op 1 gaat komen en dat willen we niet.
Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee?
Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee?
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Er gaat een oproep rond om veel en massaal naar Vrijheid, Gelijkheid, Zusterschap van Sophie Straat op Spotify te luisteren. Als protest dat een anti-AZC nummer (gegenereerd door AI) op 1 gaat komen en dat willen we niet.
Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee?
Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee?
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"Funding came from Arts Council England, V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, and the Friends of Leeds City Museums."
AKA
The detectorist and landowner were paid an undisclosed amount to hand over what should be ours...
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AKA
The detectorist and landowner were paid an undisclosed amount to hand over what should be ours...
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Saxon cross discovered in Leeds field to be displayed in museum
The pendant is believed to date from the 8th Century and have been a worn by a high status person.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Funding came from Arts Council England, V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, and the Friends of Leeds City Museums."
AKA
The detectorist and landowner were paid an undisclosed amount to hand over what should be ours...
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AKA
The detectorist and landowner were paid an undisclosed amount to hand over what should be ours...
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Terwijl het deze campagne nauwelijks gaat over onderwijs, stemde vandaag een rechtse meerderheid in de Eerste Kamer in met nieuwe bezuinigingen.
Weer met hulp van het CDA.
Hopelijk neemt iedereen met hart voor onderwijs of opgroeiende kinderen, dit mee in het stemhokje.
www.aob.nl/actueel/arti...
Weer met hulp van het CDA.
Hopelijk neemt iedereen met hart voor onderwijs of opgroeiende kinderen, dit mee in het stemhokje.
www.aob.nl/actueel/arti...
Vakbonden: 9 december demonstratie tegen ‘sloop’ hoger onderwijs
Er komt opnieuw een actie tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs op 9 december.
www.aob.nl
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Terwijl het deze campagne nauwelijks gaat over onderwijs, stemde vandaag een rechtse meerderheid in de Eerste Kamer in met nieuwe bezuinigingen.
Weer met hulp van het CDA.
Hopelijk neemt iedereen met hart voor onderwijs of opgroeiende kinderen, dit mee in het stemhokje.
www.aob.nl/actueel/arti...
Weer met hulp van het CDA.
Hopelijk neemt iedereen met hart voor onderwijs of opgroeiende kinderen, dit mee in het stemhokje.
www.aob.nl/actueel/arti...
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Doe. Het. Niet.
Bezuinig niet op het onderwijs! 🟥
Vandaag maakt het CDA in de Eerste Kamer wéér dezelfde fout als eerder dit jaar door de bezuinigingen van de VVD aan een meerderheid te helpen..
Stem morgen op een partij die het onderwijs niet laat vallen! 🔴🟢
Bezuinig niet op het onderwijs! 🟥
Vandaag maakt het CDA in de Eerste Kamer wéér dezelfde fout als eerder dit jaar door de bezuinigingen van de VVD aan een meerderheid te helpen..
Stem morgen op een partij die het onderwijs niet laat vallen! 🔴🟢
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Doe. Het. Niet.
Bezuinig niet op het onderwijs! 🟥
Vandaag maakt het CDA in de Eerste Kamer wéér dezelfde fout als eerder dit jaar door de bezuinigingen van de VVD aan een meerderheid te helpen..
Stem morgen op een partij die het onderwijs niet laat vallen! 🔴🟢
Bezuinig niet op het onderwijs! 🟥
Vandaag maakt het CDA in de Eerste Kamer wéér dezelfde fout als eerder dit jaar door de bezuinigingen van de VVD aan een meerderheid te helpen..
Stem morgen op een partij die het onderwijs niet laat vallen! 🔴🟢
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Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
www.uni-kiel.de
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
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Acht jaar geleden postte Wilders al ophitsende nepfoto's op social media. Het enige verschil met nu is dat de PVV nu zo groot is dat hij anderen in de fractie kan vragen dit te doen. Wilders' excuses zijn waardeloos.
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Acht jaar geleden postte Wilders al ophitsende nepfoto's op social media. Het enige verschil met nu is dat de PVV nu zo groot is dat hij anderen in de fractie kan vragen dit te doen. Wilders' excuses zijn waardeloos.
45k people calling on our politicians to pay attention to the biggest issue of our times: Climate change, which gets zero attention in the current Dutch elections.
Also my kids' first demonstration.
Also my kids' first demonstration.
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
45k people calling on our politicians to pay attention to the biggest issue of our times: Climate change, which gets zero attention in the current Dutch elections.
Also my kids' first demonstration.
Also my kids' first demonstration.
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🔥Before farming, hunter-gatherers already transformed nearly half of Europe’s #landscapes via burning and hunting!
Our new study using an #AI approach shows #Neanderthals began reshaping ecosystems; later foragers continued this process
👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#Paleoecology #Anthropocene
Our new study using an #AI approach shows #Neanderthals began reshaping ecosystems; later foragers continued this process
👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#Paleoecology #Anthropocene
On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared
Recent studies have highlighted evidence of human impact on landscapes dating back to the Late Pleistocene–long before the advent of agriculture. Quantifying the extent of vegetation transformations b...
journals.plos.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🔥Before farming, hunter-gatherers already transformed nearly half of Europe’s #landscapes via burning and hunting!
Our new study using an #AI approach shows #Neanderthals began reshaping ecosystems; later foragers continued this process
👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#Paleoecology #Anthropocene
Our new study using an #AI approach shows #Neanderthals began reshaping ecosystems; later foragers continued this process
👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#Paleoecology #Anthropocene
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🔥See our new paper led by @nikulinaav.bsky.social
People shaped Europe’s #ecosystems long before farming
🦣#Megafauna effects on #vegetation openness dropped from 77%→57% bt #Eemian & #Mesolithic
🧑🦱Mesolithic people shaped up to 47% of landscapes w Neanderthals affecting 6–14%
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
People shaped Europe’s #ecosystems long before farming
🦣#Megafauna effects on #vegetation openness dropped from 77%→57% bt #Eemian & #Mesolithic
🧑🦱Mesolithic people shaped up to 47% of landscapes w Neanderthals affecting 6–14%
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🔥See our new paper led by @nikulinaav.bsky.social
People shaped Europe’s #ecosystems long before farming
🦣#Megafauna effects on #vegetation openness dropped from 77%→57% bt #Eemian & #Mesolithic
🧑🦱Mesolithic people shaped up to 47% of landscapes w Neanderthals affecting 6–14%
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
People shaped Europe’s #ecosystems long before farming
🦣#Megafauna effects on #vegetation openness dropped from 77%→57% bt #Eemian & #Mesolithic
🧑🦱Mesolithic people shaped up to 47% of landscapes w Neanderthals affecting 6–14%
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Metal-detecting deteriorates into grave-robbing.
Visited exhibition on identification of victims from the Battle of Arnhem to encounter this case-study. Illegal metal-detectorist robbing a grave caught red-handed.
If not caught the grave would have disappeared unseen.
Visited exhibition on identification of victims from the Battle of Arnhem to encounter this case-study. Illegal metal-detectorist robbing a grave caught red-handed.
If not caught the grave would have disappeared unseen.
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Metal-detecting deteriorates into grave-robbing.
Visited exhibition on identification of victims from the Battle of Arnhem to encounter this case-study. Illegal metal-detectorist robbing a grave caught red-handed.
If not caught the grave would have disappeared unseen.
Visited exhibition on identification of victims from the Battle of Arnhem to encounter this case-study. Illegal metal-detectorist robbing a grave caught red-handed.
If not caught the grave would have disappeared unseen.
