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Delighted to say I’ve got awarded a grant for 12 radiocarbon dates to use on animal bones from Castlepook cave, from the Speleological Union of Ireland. Thank you very much! #CaveArchaeology #IrishArchaeology #CastlepookCaveProject 🏺🦣 #Zooarchaeology
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December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Exploring the Mesoamerican Subterranean Realm has arrived!
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Exploring the Mesoamerican Subterranean Realm edited by James E. Brady and Cristina Verdugo “Shines a light on the subtle and almost whimsical ways that peoples in the past symbolically blended physically distinct domains. Fascinating.” —Dominique Rissolo, Cultural Heritage Engineering Initiative
August 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
robertmason.bsky.social
Interesting addition to the record of caves as sacred spaces, and the usefulness of dentists.

#SacredSpaces #CaveArchaeology #PrehistoricSky 🏺⚒️

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Oldest evidence of deep-cave rituals in Southwest Asia discovered
Archaeological research at Manot Cave in Galilee has unveiled evidence of ritualistic gatherings dating back 35,000 years
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December 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
The different colours of cave bone washing water … early to end ….

Like coffee but not coffee!

Speaking of coffee… time to make some!

#cavearchaeology #irisharchaeology
#irishcavebones
#bones
#zooarchaeology
#palaeoireland
#postex
June 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
4/END

So now we wait until sometime in December for all the dating results and these will feed into another paper to write. Exciting !

#CastlepookCaveProject #cavearchaeology #IrishArchaeology #zooarchaeology #IrishPalaeolithic #research
July 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
First look into the box of ‘fresh’ cave bones …..

Oooooooooooo 😯

#IrishArchaeology #PalaeoIreland #bones #cavearchaeology #caves #archaeology
May 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
The final lot of photos from our funded research cave excavation at Castlepook cave, Co. Cork, Ireland, last April 2024. The amazing team and essential equipment! Thanks to Royal Irish Academy & Irish Research Council grants. 🏺
#IrishCaveBones #IrishArchaeology #CaveArchaeology
#IrishPalaeolithic
August 11, 2024 at 6:28 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
A old c.1980s can of Fanta found inside Castlepook cave passageways last week. A blast from the past!

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#cavearchaeology
#IrishArchaeology 🏺

@ria.ie
July 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
I love the smell of cave dirt - each cave has a different smell I’m finding and I’m here for it all!

#palaeoireland
#zooarchaeology #bones
#cavearchaeology
#dirt
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June 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Day 3 … bones coming out today including brown bear and below, a reindeer distal humerus (front leg).

Sun blazing from the blue sky!

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#PALAEOIreland
#CSG #cavearchaeology
#IrishCaveBones #IrishArchaeology
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July 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Day 5
#CastlepookCaveProject excavation 2025

A very warm afternoon (26Cel in the shade now). Cooler in the cave.

A great first week and more bones coming out of the cave from various areas. Week 2 should be great!

Post-ex will be fun with me!

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@researchireland.ie

#CaveArchaeology 🏺
July 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Day 4

“All by myself …”🎶🎤

Everyone working hard in the cave in various areas…

A few bear and reindeer bones coming out today…

#Castlepookcave #CSG #PALAEOIreland #IrishCaveBones
#cavearchaeology
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July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Phil Kenny, our lead and supervisor cave archaeologist, out in the bright, warm sunshine after working with the team deep inside the cave for 5hours.

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#IrishArchaeology
#cavearchaeology
#CSG

Funded by @ria.ie & support from @researchireland.ie Cork County Council & CSG
August 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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To get to Pleistocene layers,we always need to go through the Holocene ones. Would be a pity not to use such an opportunity. Within the project we also study the Holocene traces of human occupation in Central Asia caves.

#Archaeology #ERC #HumanHistory #CentralAsia #CaveArchaeology #Fieldwork
July 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Please help cave excavation in Philippines at Ille cave 2025. Main organiser sadly lost his fight with cancer, Victor Paz, and he’s been running it for 20yrs. Co-lead by Helen Lewis @ucddublin.bsky.social Sch. Archaeology 🏺 Please share/re post. #cavearchaeology #archaeology

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Donate to 2025 ILLE CAVE FIELDWORK AND REPAIRS AT DEWIL VALLEY MUSEUM, organized by Helen Lewis
Hi, we are a team of archaeologists from the Palawan Island Pa… Helen Lewis needs your support for 2025 ILLE CAVE FIELDWORK AND REPAIRS AT DEWIL VALLEY MUSEUM
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January 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Sail over the sea to Skye with this exciting upcoming volume, which details excavations at High Pasture Cave Complex and challenges our current understanding of Iron Age cave use and function. Pre-order your copy here ➡ ow.ly/gz2Y50UU8mv
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February 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Our cave archaeologists & cavers’ group photos outside Castlepook cave, July 2025 research excavation season, taken on different days but including the first day.

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#irisharchaeology 🏺
#CastlepookCaveProject2025

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Cork County Council
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM