Brenna Hassett
@brennawalks.bsky.social
Archaeologist, biological anthropologist, and 1/4 of Team TrowelBlazers. I also write intense footnotes.
Went to see this most beautiful collection of Ursula K LeGuins maps in the word for world exhibit. Wandering around thru ritualised imaginings of unreal worlds; it’s archaeology and anthropology (and turtles) all the way down. Massive ht to @kjkillackey.bsky.social Let’s go play world building ;p
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Went to see this most beautiful collection of Ursula K LeGuins maps in the word for world exhibit. Wandering around thru ritualised imaginings of unreal worlds; it’s archaeology and anthropology (and turtles) all the way down. Massive ht to @kjkillackey.bsky.social Let’s go play world building ;p
The stunning landscape of mastic country μαστιχοχώρια as seen from the Chios mastic museum to present recent research 😍
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The stunning landscape of mastic country μαστιχοχώρια as seen from the Chios mastic museum to present recent research 😍
So I guess if you don’t want someone to write the kind of stuff they wrote about @toriherridge.bsky.social about you, better keep your mouth shut around big money big media projects 🤨
August 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
So I guess if you don’t want someone to write the kind of stuff they wrote about @toriherridge.bsky.social about you, better keep your mouth shut around big money big media projects 🤨
Coming for @toriherridge.bsky.social , who is the most annoyingly ethical person I know, is a particularly low blow. What is planting libellous and totally fabricated lies about someone’s ethics and expertise likely to do to their career? Huh?
August 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Coming for @toriherridge.bsky.social , who is the most annoyingly ethical person I know, is a particularly low blow. What is planting libellous and totally fabricated lies about someone’s ethics and expertise likely to do to their career? Huh?
Like science? Then you better be interested when *someone* starts putting out hit pieces on scientists. This is beyond the pale ethically and honestly anyone who doesn’t want to slide to hell on a slick of ai generated content that benefits billionaire business, maybe now is the time to get angry.
August 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Like science? Then you better be interested when *someone* starts putting out hit pieces on scientists. This is beyond the pale ethically and honestly anyone who doesn’t want to slide to hell on a slick of ai generated content that benefits billionaire business, maybe now is the time to get angry.
This may be Greece but you can still get that…
July 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This may be Greece but you can still get that…
Pls enjoy this Totally Chaotic #unboxing video of (rather appropriately) @gregjenner.bsky.social (and @rikinparekh.bsky.social and my) new book!! Yes I should invest in scissors 😅🤘https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529522495/totally-chaotic-history-the-stone-age-runs-wild/
July 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Pls enjoy this Totally Chaotic #unboxing video of (rather appropriately) @gregjenner.bsky.social (and @rikinparekh.bsky.social and my) new book!! Yes I should invest in scissors 😅🤘https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529522495/totally-chaotic-history-the-stone-age-runs-wild/
Happy #PublicationDay to @gregjenner.bsky.social @rikinparekh.bsky.social and… me! This has been the most fun I have ever had writing a book, hands down — exactly the way archaeology ought to be ;) (otherwise I’d get a real job, wouldn’t I) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
July 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happy #PublicationDay to @gregjenner.bsky.social @rikinparekh.bsky.social and… me! This has been the most fun I have ever had writing a book, hands down — exactly the way archaeology ought to be ;) (otherwise I’d get a real job, wouldn’t I) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
There could be no finer audiobook than the one that has the multitalented @gregjenner.bsky.social doing comedy stone age art school bits. You are pre ordering now ;) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
June 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There could be no finer audiobook than the one that has the multitalented @gregjenner.bsky.social doing comedy stone age art school bits. You are pre ordering now ;) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
If you’re at #saa2025 #saa2025denver and need a moment of solidarity, @blacktrowel.bsky.social have got a free nail polish station across from registration 🖤
April 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you’re at #saa2025 #saa2025denver and need a moment of solidarity, @blacktrowel.bsky.social have got a free nail polish station across from registration 🖤
Ps I look like this usually w same level of ‘huh’ expression. Not a tarsier. Come say hi if you see me offering free solidarity nail polish.
April 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ps I look like this usually w same level of ‘huh’ expression. Not a tarsier. Come say hi if you see me offering free solidarity nail polish.
I’ll be repping @trowelblazers.bsky.social on Friday in the am!
April 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’ll be repping @trowelblazers.bsky.social on Friday in the am!
We are now offering two MSc in Forensic Science! Discounts in tuition apply for US applicants too, in case anyone feels a need to get out at the moment…
March 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are now offering two MSc in Forensic Science! Discounts in tuition apply for US applicants too, in case anyone feels a need to get out at the moment…
So thrilled to get this in the post! Have been such a fan of the lovely and engaging way Dr @moudhy.bsky.social communicates the absolute humanity of the past
March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So thrilled to get this in the post! Have been such a fan of the lovely and engaging way Dr @moudhy.bsky.social communicates the absolute humanity of the past
Guess this almost real! I am become marginalia 🙌 preorder is good for authors, help @gregjenner.bsky.social and @rikinparekh.bsky.social out!!! 25% off if you do www.waterstones.com/book/totally...
February 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Guess this almost real! I am become marginalia 🙌 preorder is good for authors, help @gregjenner.bsky.social and @rikinparekh.bsky.social out!!! 25% off if you do www.waterstones.com/book/totally...
Had an amazing time down Bristol way — the Humanists were a lovely group, lots of questions, and not too much objection when they realised exactly how much I was going to talk about teeth ;)
February 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Had an amazing time down Bristol way — the Humanists were a lovely group, lots of questions, and not too much objection when they realised exactly how much I was going to talk about teeth ;)
Merry Christmas to meee!!! Mandarin edition of Growing Up Human arrived just in time for Festivus For The Rest of Us 😍😍😍🎄🤘
December 15, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Merry Christmas to meee!!! Mandarin edition of Growing Up Human arrived just in time for Festivus For The Rest of Us 😍😍😍🎄🤘
I am so very pleased to have received the 2024 Blackham Medal from @humanists.uk . If you missed the lecture the first time around, it will be online. Or — just know we ought to be giving everyone a fair shot at education ✊
November 22, 2024 at 4:42 PM
I am so very pleased to have received the 2024 Blackham Medal from @humanists.uk . If you missed the lecture the first time around, it will be online. Or — just know we ought to be giving everyone a fair shot at education ✊
Putting together lecture slides from my @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social heritage library and some familiar faces @chrisbstringer.bsky.social ! Also please note Jean Auel ❤️
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Putting together lecture slides from my @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social heritage library and some familiar faces @chrisbstringer.bsky.social ! Also please note Jean Auel ❤️
Get yourself a travel cot. And ask your collaborators if they know anyone who wants to babysit / hold the baby while you work. Also, decrease your expectations of work time by about 40% 😬 good luck!
November 12, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Get yourself a travel cot. And ask your collaborators if they know anyone who wants to babysit / hold the baby while you work. Also, decrease your expectations of work time by about 40% 😬 good luck!
New insight into peat and wetland ritual deposits: maybe they were just trying to get to work? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
December 11, 2023 at 10:11 AM
New insight into peat and wetland ritual deposits: maybe they were just trying to get to work? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Well, I guess this is blue sky. I normally tweet about science, so why not start here with… a really random #matthewperry story 🤷♀️😂
October 30, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Well, I guess this is blue sky. I normally tweet about science, so why not start here with… a really random #matthewperry story 🤷♀️😂