Dr Rachel Pope
@prehistorian.bsky.social
Rankin Reader in European Prehistory • Vice President, The Prehistoric Society • on research leave ✍️
Resolving the structure of prehistoric society • unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past • digs hillforts & Celts
Personal account #NUFC 🇵🇸
Resolving the structure of prehistoric society • unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past • digs hillforts & Celts
Personal account #NUFC 🇵🇸
Cake to keep the teen fed ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Cake to keep the teen fed ❤️
In case you’re having a crap day, here’s my dog:
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In case you’re having a crap day, here’s my dog:
Sweet meats we call the testicles - apparently my grandfather’s favourite ❤️
Recipe (very easy):
Recipe (very easy):
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sweet meats we call the testicles - apparently my grandfather’s favourite ❤️
Recipe (very easy):
Recipe (very easy):
Tarte tatin loveliness.
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tarte tatin loveliness.
Treason or sedition. Whichever, there should be an immediate warrant out for his arrest surely.
September 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Treason or sedition. Whichever, there should be an immediate warrant out for his arrest surely.
This weekend I’ll be processing, blanching and freezing a load of apples into apfelkuchen batches. Then I’ll make pflaumenkuchen with the damsons + six baby tarte tatins.
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This weekend I’ll be processing, blanching and freezing a load of apples into apfelkuchen batches. Then I’ll make pflaumenkuchen with the damsons + six baby tarte tatins.
Went for a walk along a stream bed. What global warming.
September 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Went for a walk along a stream bed. What global warming.
Not sure how related.
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not sure how related.
I made the viral courgette and cheese wrap and it’s bloody gorgeous. Recipe in Alt-text 🇮🇹
August 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I made the viral courgette and cheese wrap and it’s bloody gorgeous. Recipe in Alt-text 🇮🇹
Omg there’s fellas on Facebook having full blown meltdowns (having spent the last two days saying men are more powerful and the games aren’t comparable) 😂😂
July 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Omg there’s fellas on Facebook having full blown meltdowns (having spent the last two days saying men are more powerful and the games aren’t comparable) 😂😂
Me and my book projects
July 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Me and my book projects
Just popped up. Some of our 2014 supervisors at Penycloddiau. Deturfing I reckon, too giddy for backfilling.
July 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Just popped up. Some of our 2014 supervisors at Penycloddiau. Deturfing I reckon, too giddy for backfilling.
So ends our 120th year teaching archaeological method and practice at Liverpool. A really great cohort this year group, a real joy to teach. Employers, snap them up quick!
July 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So ends our 120th year teaching archaeological method and practice at Liverpool. A really great cohort this year group, a real joy to teach. Employers, snap them up quick!
The start of a beautiful day.
July 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The start of a beautiful day.
Decompressing at the end of the final teaching-term before research leave is truly a craft. Things like this help mind.
July 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Decompressing at the end of the final teaching-term before research leave is truly a craft. Things like this help mind.
It’s actually better this way around, as harassment comes earlier in the career and discrimination around career progress comes later.
June 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It’s actually better this way around, as harassment comes earlier in the career and discrimination around career progress comes later.
All dry and rolled up ready to store.
May 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
All dry and rolled up ready to store.
Iron staining in the dry spring bed.
May 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Iron staining in the dry spring bed.
Lying the fleeces out to dry in the sun. They’re much bigger than you’d expect. I really love the smell.
May 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Lying the fleeces out to dry in the sun. They’re much bigger than you’d expect. I really love the smell.