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All the big ideas in time.
Try our 'School on Bluesky' starter pack: go.bsky.app/JX5CP1k - Toot ☥ come in!
All the big ideas in time.
Try our 'School on Bluesky' starter pack: go.bsky.app/JX5CP1k - Toot ☥ come in!
📢🐺🐶And in our new section - 'more dog news' - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... this study attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began. Spoiler alert: it's much, much earlier than you think! 🧬🐕🐩 @gregerlarson.bsky.social
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 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📢🐺🐶And in our new section - 'more dog news' - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... this study attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began. Spoiler alert: it's much, much earlier than you think! 🧬🐕🐩 @gregerlarson.bsky.social
In the Holocene, dogs & humans migrated across Eastern Eurasia together 🧬🐕This study offers new ways to study migration events at the community level rather than at the single-species level. Groups shared dogs & diff breeds were shaped. @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social english.cas.cn/newsroom/res...
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In the Holocene, dogs & humans migrated across Eastern Eurasia together 🧬🐕This study offers new ways to study migration events at the community level rather than at the single-species level. Groups shared dogs & diff breeds were shaped. @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social english.cas.cn/newsroom/res...
Join us at 3pm today on Zoom and meet our course tutors! #openday #studyhere #archaeology #graduatestudy
Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford?
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Join us at 3pm today on Zoom and meet our course tutors! #openday #studyhere #archaeology #graduatestudy
What are museums for? Watch Dr Xa Sturgis's talk on the evolution of the role & purpose of the museum. The challenges & opportunities facing cultural institutions today as they adapt to a changing world @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/what...
WHAT ARE MUSEUMS FOR?
Watch: The Ashmolean’s Dr Xa Sturgis reflects on the evolving role and purpose of the museum
www.alumni.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What are museums for? Watch Dr Xa Sturgis's talk on the evolution of the role & purpose of the museum. The challenges & opportunities facing cultural institutions today as they adapt to a changing world @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/what...
What a brilliant study from @biology.ox.ac.uk! The deep timeline & evolution of the kiss! xxx💋xxx
I'm setting a reminder now to repost this story on #valentinesday 😍😘😗because nothing says 'romance' like 'oral microbes', right? Mwah!
theconversation.com/when-did-kis...
I'm setting a reminder now to repost this story on #valentinesday 😍😘😗because nothing says 'romance' like 'oral microbes', right? Mwah!
theconversation.com/when-did-kis...
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
Humans are not the only animal to kiss.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What a brilliant study from @biology.ox.ac.uk! The deep timeline & evolution of the kiss! xxx💋xxx
I'm setting a reminder now to repost this story on #valentinesday 😍😘😗because nothing says 'romance' like 'oral microbes', right? Mwah!
theconversation.com/when-did-kis...
I'm setting a reminder now to repost this story on #valentinesday 😍😘😗because nothing says 'romance' like 'oral microbes', right? Mwah!
theconversation.com/when-did-kis...
One day left to register for the BAFA winter conference and your chance to hear @rschulting.bsky.social's keynote talk on the Charterhouse Warren site.
⏰ Register for the 2025 BAFA conference before November 19th!
ℹ️ More: bafa-uk.org/events/winte...
💬 In a keynote speech, Prof Rick Schulting will talk about evidence of dismemberment at the Charterhouse Warren site.
Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... and www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ℹ️ More: bafa-uk.org/events/winte...
💬 In a keynote speech, Prof Rick Schulting will talk about evidence of dismemberment at the Charterhouse Warren site.
Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... and www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
One day left to register for the BAFA winter conference and your chance to hear @rschulting.bsky.social's keynote talk on the Charterhouse Warren site.
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Achieving technological and economic growth sustainably is seen by many as key if we are to meet the needs of a growing global population.
Professor Shadreck Chirikure explores whether the cosmologies of past advanced civilisations can help us address present challenges. https://bit.ly/43rMb40
Professor Shadreck Chirikure explores whether the cosmologies of past advanced civilisations can help us address present challenges. https://bit.ly/43rMb40
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... congratulations to our Palaeobarn DNA team & their international partners on this incredible research #dogs @gregerlarson.bsky.social
Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age
A new study suggests their physical transformation began much earlier than we previously thought.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... congratulations to our Palaeobarn DNA team & their international partners on this incredible research #dogs @gregerlarson.bsky.social
End of the day thoughts? Amazing what you find when you follow #archaeology on the socials. So much to unpick here but mostly I'm just sad that these shiny silver crenulations didn't last. They are: A E S T H E T I C. Maybe they went the way of the Aztecs &/or Mongol Empire. Come on, who took 'em?
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
End of the day thoughts? Amazing what you find when you follow #archaeology on the socials. So much to unpick here but mostly I'm just sad that these shiny silver crenulations didn't last. They are: A E S T H E T I C. Maybe they went the way of the Aztecs &/or Mongol Empire. Come on, who took 'em?
This 🎄 we are celebrating 70 years of innovation & impact at our Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art (RLAHA to our friends). 🎉👏⚛️🔬🧪🌋🦴🧬 The history of the lab is one long list of shameless namedropping for #archaeologicalscience! So many industry leaders through these doors!
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This 🎄 we are celebrating 70 years of innovation & impact at our Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art (RLAHA to our friends). 🎉👏⚛️🔬🧪🌋🦴🧬 The history of the lab is one long list of shameless namedropping for #archaeologicalscience! So many industry leaders through these doors!
🪧Job vacancy in Islamic Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Deadlines for applications 27 November 2025.
🚨 Job Klaxon! 🚨
@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick
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@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick
bit.ly/4oxQgfp
Job Vacancy: Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology
The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751).
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November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🪧Job vacancy in Islamic Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Deadlines for applications 27 November 2025.
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Roman Frontiers ECR network aims to connect young people working and studying Roman Archaeology with senior professionals. As part of their mission, they also run online CPD webinars.
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
Roman Frontiers ECR network - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Roman Frontiers ECR network aims to connect young people working and studying Roman Archaeology with senior professionals. As part of their mission, they also run online CPD webinars. The next one is ...
www.bajr.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Roman Frontiers ECR network aims to connect young people working and studying Roman Archaeology with senior professionals. As part of their mission, they also run online CPD webinars.
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
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Delighted to announce ‘Reporting Heritage Destruction’ is now available for free download:
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Delighted to announce ‘Reporting Heritage Destruction’ is now available for free download:
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford?
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford?
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Policy by @eamena.bsky.social & partners in Jordan & the State of Palestine calls for a uniting of natural & cultural dimensions within 1 system, recognising the interdependence between people & environment & scientific understanding of climate risks. 📸 by H. Abedalhaleem. Read more: bit.ly/4oi8Kk9
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Policy by @eamena.bsky.social & partners in Jordan & the State of Palestine calls for a uniting of natural & cultural dimensions within 1 system, recognising the interdependence between people & environment & scientific understanding of climate risks. 📸 by H. Abedalhaleem. Read more: bit.ly/4oi8Kk9
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What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
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📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences.
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences.
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
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Excited to launch our draft policy on Cultural Heritage & Climate Change in Jordan with Petra National Trust. It sets regional standard for sustainability & draws on studies from WH Sites: Petra, Jericho, As-Salt, & Baptism Site.
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Excited to launch our draft policy on Cultural Heritage & Climate Change in Jordan with Petra National Trust. It sets regional standard for sustainability & draws on studies from WH Sites: Petra, Jericho, As-Salt, & Baptism Site.
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
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The new BBC R4 documentary from Somerville historian turned investigative journalist Charlie Northcott is unmissable. ‘The House at Number 48’ uncovers a tale of secret identities, Nazi plunder and family history buried by war.
The History Podcast - The House at Number 48 - 1. Made in Britain - BBC Sounds
A man’s quest to uncover his family’s dark past & reclaim a fortune stolen under the Nazis
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The new BBC R4 documentary from Somerville historian turned investigative journalist Charlie Northcott is unmissable. ‘The House at Number 48’ uncovers a tale of secret identities, Nazi plunder and family history buried by war.
A discount code is available for the print version of this incredible book (coming out in print Nov 21st) on Feeding Medieval England. 💰📖🧑🌾🐄
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A discount code is available for the print version of this incredible book (coming out in print Nov 21st) on Feeding Medieval England. 💰📖🧑🌾🐄
Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...
Saving The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts nationally and Northumberland Wildlife Trust have an opportunity to secure the future of the historic Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. But in order to make this happen, we need y...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...
This should be a fascinating talk about the relationships between people, sled dogs, salmon & the Yukon River. 12pm, 6 Nov at the snazzy new Schwarzman Centre. #BrownUniversity Register on Torch's website. @torchoxford.bsky.social #OxTalks #PublicLecture
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This should be a fascinating talk about the relationships between people, sled dogs, salmon & the Yukon River. 12pm, 6 Nov at the snazzy new Schwarzman Centre. #BrownUniversity Register on Torch's website. @torchoxford.bsky.social #OxTalks #PublicLecture
New 📖 & stocking filler 🎁 from the FeedSax project team - Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Abstract. As in the rest of Europe, the population of medieval England grew steeply, especially between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This volume inv
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New 📖 & stocking filler 🎁 from the FeedSax project team - Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
It’s University Archaeology Day #UAD25 #britishacademy come along, we’re all here till 4pm
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s University Archaeology Day #UAD25 #britishacademy come along, we’re all here till 4pm
It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site
Teotônio is a pre-Columbian riverine archaeological site located in southwestern Amazonia, in a region with diverse cultural traditions and linguistic…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...