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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
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Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe @ansoc-erc.bsky.social · 1d
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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harryfokkens.bsky.social
What stunning views from these Irish passage graves @Carrowkeel
Carrowkeel megalithic monuments and landscape
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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eswallow.bsky.social
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's a little more tired than usual this Monday morning, but well worth it for a brill weekend at BAF! Very well done to all the presenters, Jo and the team @ansoc-erc.bsky.social on a great conference.
ANSOC team pictured at the National Museum of Ireland in front of the Lunulae exhibit. Panel of speakers from a session of the Bronze Age Forum pictured during a discussion period in front of the audience of delegates.
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
Towards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spaces! New article from excellent ongoing project with @mfhansen.bsky.social aias.au.dk/events/show/...
Towards coexistence: human-animal co-construction of behaviour in shared spaces
Humans and animals have always shared spaces, food and lives, but little research sheds light on this coexistence. In a new study, AIAS Fellow, cultural biologist Malene Friis Hansen and Professor Agu...
aias.au.dk
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ansoc-erc.bsky.social
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
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Many thanks, Sue! So happy to have you here (and your good luck for Irish rugby)!
suegreaney.bsky.social Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social and the @ansoc-erc.bsky.social team for a cracking Bronze Age Forum conference. Learnt lots and met some lovely people!
Photo of the lake at the centre of UCD campus. Some big white letters are on the far right of the view. Behind the lake are a series of low concrete and glass buildings.
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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eswallow.bsky.social
It was a really brilliant first day of the Bronze Age Forum yesterday! Thoroughly enjoyed all the talks on Bronze age animal worlds and materials. Some pics of @ansoc-erc.bsky.social colleagues presenting on ongoing and exciting new projects!
Speaker Nóra and co-presenters Eleanor and Kate stand at podium in front of a presentation with a photograph of a bronze age pig figurine with a title that reads The Boar Dynamics. Speaker, Floor Huisman at the podium for her talk "Tracks in the Mud" in front of a presentation slide titled Background - The Issue with photographs and maps of archaeological excavations. Speaker, Mark Haugton, at the podium for his talk on Bronze Age Woolen textiles in front of a slide showing archaeology distribution maps and data graphs. Busy registration table on the first day of the Bronze Age Forum.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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richardmortimer.bsky.social
Dublin by night, The Liffey
#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Our sincerest thanks to @nationalmons.bsky.social for sending us so many wonderful items to share with our interantional delegates at #BronzeAgeForum 2025
#BronzeAge #archaeology @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Our sincerest thanks to @nationalmons.bsky.social for sending us so many wonderful items to share with our interantional delegates at #BronzeAgeForum 2025
#BronzeAge #archaeology @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Day 1 at #BronzeAgeForum 2025 @ucddublin.bsky.social delegates are arriving, badges and programmes in hand, and a quick coffee and chat before we get going #BronzeAge #archaeology #ANSOC
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Join us today @ucddublin.bsky.social for the #BronzeAgeForum 2025 Brought to you by @ansoc-erc.bsky.social @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Monuments Service and @nmireland.bsky.social #BronzeAge Follow the signs!
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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cambridgearch.bsky.social
Three of the log boats discovered during the Must Farm palaeochannel excavations are going on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Nine boats were found with dates ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare Bronze Age log boats on display in Peterborough first
The boats
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November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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graemewarren.bsky.social
JOB KLAXON

1 Yr Project Researcher @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social working on @britishacademy.bsky.social funded *Prehistoric Policies* with Ben Elliott (@archsoundscapes.bsky.social), Alice Rudge (@alicerudge.bsky.social) and me. Contact me with queries.

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November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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martinporr.bsky.social
Coming in April 2026!

This truly fabulous volume will be published early next year and putting this together was just a great journey. It allowed working together with many amazing scholars from different parts of the world and I profited so much from reading and engaging with all the chapters.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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archsoundscapes.bsky.social
Our 12 month environmental policy researcher position is now live! Come and work with @graemewarren.bsky.social at UCD on our @britishacademy.bsky.social funded Prehistoric Policies project with @alicerudge.bsky.social and me. It'll be fun, I promise! my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Project Researcher within UCD School of Archaeology. This position supports the British Academy funded Prehistoric Policies project. PP examines the ways in which environmental policies in Britain and Ireland, and especially those focused on the Just Transition, use figures of the prehistoric past to support their claims, often using popular science accounts as their main sources. PP will analyse environmental discourse and policy and conduct interviews with key figures to better understand why future-facing documents refer back to the human past as well as what kinds of claims are made and whether they are well-founded. PP also includes public-facing events to raise awareness of the way in which prehistory is being used in environmental policy. Fixed Salary: €46,700 Per Annum Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 3rd December 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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lesleymcf.bsky.social
Must Farm log boats on display at Flag Fen, and Iona Robinson Zeki in the Guardian ⭐️
Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory
Well-preserved oak and maple boats used for transport and fishing to be displayed in Peterborough
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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harryfokkens.bsky.social
Arrived in Dublin for 3 days of Bronze Age Forum. Looking forward to meet lots of friends and colleagues again.
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
bronze age forum 2025
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November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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deepfrieddna.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and diversification of dog morphology
Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social
📣 New Open Access Paper! Led by Dr Robin Bendrey  & published in EMPH it explores how #OneHealth approaches can aid our understanding of infectious disease dynamics associated with emergent animal farming in both the past and the present 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaf029 #EdinArch #zooarch
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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kategrossman.bsky.social
Hot off the presses - new article on the faunal remains from Hamoukar! Big thanks to co-authors Max Price, Diana Fennimore, Salam Al Kuntar, and Clemens Reichel for helping get this out into the world.
Cities are different animals: A zooarchaeology of urbanism at Hamoukar, Syria, 5th–3rd millennia BC
The advent of urbanism marks a significant shift in human lifeways, and comparative study has shown that the world has seen many different forms of ur…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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lovschal.bsky.social
Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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gingerhowley.bsky.social
Our paper on imputation of ancient goat genomes is now available at GBE - congratulations to @jolijnerven.bsky.social #aDNA
Inferring Domestic Goat Demographic History Through Ancient Genome Imputation
Abstract. Goats were among the earliest managed animals, making them a natural model to explore the genetic consequences of domestication. However, a chall
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November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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gingerhowley.bsky.social
I'll be presenting at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at the School of Biological Sciences, 2nd December, 1pm - please come along to hear about #aDNA, domestication, and disease!
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
This week the #ANSOC team are putting the final touches to the Bronze Age Forum 2025, which takes place @ucddublin.bsky.social on 14-16 November. Final programme and abstracts are now on bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com A few final tickets remain #BronzeAge
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
ansoc-erc.bsky.social
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
This week the #ANSOC team are putting the final touches to the Bronze Age Forum 2025, which takes place @ucddublin.bsky.social on 14-16 November. Final programme and abstracts are now on bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com A few final tickets remain #BronzeAge
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM