Adam S. Green
@adamsgreen.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sustainability at @UniOfYork. Archaeologist who investigates ancient economies to help make the world equitable and more sustainable. he/him
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Adam S. Green
@adamsgreen.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Happy to share our book, out earlier this year, which re-engages economics with archaeological data to confront elite determinism and critique the cult of the entrepreneur. You can download the e-book for free!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
The past provides our best laboratory for understanding sustainability—archaeologists should synthesise their evidence in order to better steer vital debates.
Read more about JARE's new shorter article format in this new post on the CfAS blog!
www.archsynth.org/call-for-pap...
Read more about JARE's new shorter article format in this new post on the CfAS blog!
www.archsynth.org/call-for-pap...
www.archsynth.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
The past provides our best laboratory for understanding sustainability—archaeologists should synthesise their evidence in order to better steer vital debates.
Read more about JARE's new shorter article format in this new post on the CfAS blog!
www.archsynth.org/call-for-pap...
Read more about JARE's new shorter article format in this new post on the CfAS blog!
www.archsynth.org/call-for-pap...
And evidence from the past can help us better understand where those structural factors came from, how they have changed, and how they can be changed in the future.
⚖️ 'Persistent inequalities are not inevitable'
Senior Policy Adviser @yasminibison.bsky.social highlights the ethnic groups in the UK with an elevated risk of being in poverty, and structural factors behind why this is the case.
Community-led approaches will be vital to making a difference.
Senior Policy Adviser @yasminibison.bsky.social highlights the ethnic groups in the UK with an elevated risk of being in poverty, and structural factors behind why this is the case.
Community-led approaches will be vital to making a difference.
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And evidence from the past can help us better understand where those structural factors came from, how they have changed, and how they can be changed in the future.
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All i can say is that a an archaeologist (a) i wish my specialist knowledge a was LESS relevant to the present moment and (b) nothing breaks the spell of capitalist violence faster than taking just how long we existed without it and that there have always been alternatives
Indeed, I think a core part of our problem right now is that people with humanities degrees and humanities jobs have felt obligated to constantly *apologize* for it for a long time now.
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
All i can say is that a an archaeologist (a) i wish my specialist knowledge a was LESS relevant to the present moment and (b) nothing breaks the spell of capitalist violence faster than taking just how long we existed without it and that there have always been alternatives
Out now: our new editorial in JARE!
As the new Chief Co-Editors, we are seeking research that resonates across archaeology and tackles the world's most vexing challenges.
@jenniferbirch.bsky.social
@victorloagmnh.bsky.social
@jlmunson.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
As the new Chief Co-Editors, we are seeking research that resonates across archaeology and tackles the world's most vexing challenges.
@jenniferbirch.bsky.social
@victorloagmnh.bsky.social
@jlmunson.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Meeting the Urgent Need and Growing Demand for Archaeological Synthesis - Journal of Archaeological Research
Journal of Archaeological Research -
link.springer.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Out now: our new editorial in JARE!
As the new Chief Co-Editors, we are seeking research that resonates across archaeology and tackles the world's most vexing challenges.
@jenniferbirch.bsky.social
@victorloagmnh.bsky.social
@jlmunson.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
As the new Chief Co-Editors, we are seeking research that resonates across archaeology and tackles the world's most vexing challenges.
@jenniferbirch.bsky.social
@victorloagmnh.bsky.social
@jlmunson.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Is #inequality the price of "development"?
Many economists have long been guided by the idea that as societies become more "developed" they become more unequal. Our new paper challenges this idea.
History is not a one-way street. #Archaeology 🧵(1/4)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many economists have long been guided by the idea that as societies become more "developed" they become more unequal. Our new paper challenges this idea.
History is not a one-way street. #Archaeology 🧵(1/4)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Kuznets at -7000: Is there a really long-term relationship between growth and inequality?
We use archaeological data on house sizes to generate estimates for economic inequality and economic growth from the Early Holocene to about the first…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Is #inequality the price of "development"?
Many economists have long been guided by the idea that as societies become more "developed" they become more unequal. Our new paper challenges this idea.
History is not a one-way street. #Archaeology 🧵(1/4)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many economists have long been guided by the idea that as societies become more "developed" they become more unequal. Our new paper challenges this idea.
History is not a one-way street. #Archaeology 🧵(1/4)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are now open
Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years
The deadline is 11 March
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years
The deadline is 11 March
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
International Fellowships 2026
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are now open
Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years
The deadline is 11 March
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years
The deadline is 11 March
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Check out this post-doc in landscape #archaeology here in York! This looks like amazing chance to engage with an understudied region, and build up critical African datasets, which can be used to address a whole host of #sustainability challenges.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Check out this post-doc in landscape #archaeology here in York! This looks like amazing chance to engage with an understudied region, and build up critical African datasets, which can be used to address a whole host of #sustainability challenges.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!
Let's get this party started!🏺🇨🇦
Looking for papers for #CAA2026
How do you share archaeology?
What has been your experience navigating the muddy waters between pseudoarchaeology and real research?
How can we do better as a field, a discipline, and community to combat anti-intellectualism?
Looking for papers for #CAA2026
How do you share archaeology?
What has been your experience navigating the muddy waters between pseudoarchaeology and real research?
How can we do better as a field, a discipline, and community to combat anti-intellectualism?
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!
Is "sprawl" the only way the tropics can urbanise? Check out Alders new paper in JARE, which challenges our assumptions about tropical cities. It’s time to talk about the Swahili Townland. 🧵 #Archaeology #Urbanism #DeepHistory #Sustainability
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Townlands of the Swahili Coast: A Framework for Compact, High-Density Tropical Urbanism on Eastern Africa’s Indian Ocean Rim - Journal of Archaeological Research
Urbanism shaped social, ideological, and environmental transformations on the tropical eastern African Swahili Coast from the end of the first millennium AD onward. However, it is unclear how settleme...
link.springer.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Is "sprawl" the only way the tropics can urbanise? Check out Alders new paper in JARE, which challenges our assumptions about tropical cities. It’s time to talk about the Swahili Townland. 🧵 #Archaeology #Urbanism #DeepHistory #Sustainability
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Archaeologists have uncovered the largest known corpus of late prehistoric administrative artefacts in the ancient world in western Iran, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of early bureaucratic institutions.
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Archaeologists have uncovered the largest known corpus of late prehistoric administrative artefacts in the ancient world in western Iran, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of early bureaucratic institutions.
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
Fantastic opportunity to delve more deeply into early systems for materialising credit and debt.
Archaeologists have uncovered the largest known corpus of late prehistoric administrative artefacts in the ancient world in western Iran, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of early bureaucratic institutions.
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
January 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Fantastic opportunity to delve more deeply into early systems for materialising credit and debt.
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we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Now out: a re-examination of the discovery of one of the world’s most important ancient cities.
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Unrecognized Contribution of the Survey of India in the Documentation of Ancient Settlements in Pakistan and India
The earliest documentation of hundreds of ancient settlements in South Asia, including some of the most famous and significant sites, lies in largely unacknowledged subaltern hands. Operating durin...
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Now out: a re-examination of the discovery of one of the world’s most important ancient cities.
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
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New Year, new resolution?
Thinking “I’d love to get more involved in archaeology this year”… but not quite knowing where to start? We can help 👋
📬 Sign up to our newsletter for the latest archaeology news, events and volunteering opportunities near you 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/news/newslet...
Thinking “I’d love to get more involved in archaeology this year”… but not quite knowing where to start? We can help 👋
📬 Sign up to our newsletter for the latest archaeology news, events and volunteering opportunities near you 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/news/newslet...
January 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
New Year, new resolution?
Thinking “I’d love to get more involved in archaeology this year”… but not quite knowing where to start? We can help 👋
📬 Sign up to our newsletter for the latest archaeology news, events and volunteering opportunities near you 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/news/newslet...
Thinking “I’d love to get more involved in archaeology this year”… but not quite knowing where to start? We can help 👋
📬 Sign up to our newsletter for the latest archaeology news, events and volunteering opportunities near you 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/news/newslet...
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The University of Liverpool here advertising for a postdoc fluent in four modern languages plus Latin, and I wonder if it's even possible to acquire these skills if you start out in its local state schools?
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Monastic Economies - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Recruiting now: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Monastic Economies - Grade 7 on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The University of Liverpool here advertising for a postdoc fluent in four modern languages plus Latin, and I wonder if it's even possible to acquire these skills if you start out in its local state schools?
Check out this thread and blog post flagging the ways economic growth and the environment are connected!
It highlights the need to take care and ensure we aren’t blinded by the tools we use to measure human economies.
It highlights the need to take care and ensure we aren’t blinded by the tools we use to measure human economies.
It's time to talk about emissions and growth again. Certain people got very excited about a substantial number of wealthy nations decoupled growth from carbon. This is good news. But: global emissions grew 2023-2024, and almost certainly grew again in 2025.
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Check out this thread and blog post flagging the ways economic growth and the environment are connected!
It highlights the need to take care and ensure we aren’t blinded by the tools we use to measure human economies.
It highlights the need to take care and ensure we aren’t blinded by the tools we use to measure human economies.
Archaeologists! Considering joining @simonmair.bsky.social and I at the European Society for Ecological Economics conference in Ghent to provide examples of "non-capitalist economies" that we can use to learn about sustainability.
Call for abstracts: Learning from Non-Capitalist Economies. Deadline 19th December. Details here: esee2026ghent.be/wp-content/u...
Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:
Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:
esee2026ghent.be
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Archaeologists! Considering joining @simonmair.bsky.social and I at the European Society for Ecological Economics conference in Ghent to provide examples of "non-capitalist economies" that we can use to learn about sustainability.
Very cool piece of research on the knowledge we can gain from past economies. #sustainability
Medieval agricultural and trade practices in southwestern Germany boosted plant diversity for centuries, with biodiversity peaking around 1000 CE and declining only when human activity contracted during the Black Death. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/Q6ca50XxIvC
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Very cool piece of research on the knowledge we can gain from past economies. #sustainability
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are the solutions to pressing socio-ecological challenges are hidden in data from the past?
Check out our new paper on ponds, and the role they played in #sustainable #water #governance in northern India not too long ago.
Are the solutions to pressing socio-ecological challenges are hidden in data from the past?
Check out our new paper on ponds, and the role they played in #sustainable #water #governance in northern India not too long ago.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are the solutions to pressing socio-ecological challenges are hidden in data from the past?
Check out our new paper on ponds, and the role they played in #sustainable #water #governance in northern India not too long ago.
Are the solutions to pressing socio-ecological challenges are hidden in data from the past?
Check out our new paper on ponds, and the role they played in #sustainable #water #governance in northern India not too long ago.
Check out @gfeinman.bsky.social and Linda Nicholas' insights from 33 years at JARE, archaeology's leading platform for synthesis, counteracting the data deluge. They've also pushed the journal to better represent the communities it serves.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reflective Perspectives from 33 Years at the Journal of Archaeological Research - Journal of Archaeological Research
Journal of Archaeological Research -
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Check out @gfeinman.bsky.social and Linda Nicholas' insights from 33 years at JARE, archaeology's leading platform for synthesis, counteracting the data deluge. They've also pushed the journal to better represent the communities it serves.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Very exciting @yesiuoy.bsky.social seminar coming up. Prof. Rocha challenges our thinking about land ownership in national parks, and moves toward some possible solutions for Campos Gerais in Brazil!
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil
Discover how lessons from UK National Parks are inspiring locally adapted strategies to support sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation in Campos Gerais and the Atlantic Rainforest, ...
www.york.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Very exciting @yesiuoy.bsky.social seminar coming up. Prof. Rocha challenges our thinking about land ownership in national parks, and moves toward some possible solutions for Campos Gerais in Brazil!
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
Want to learn from ancient agropastoral economies to help us figure out what makes cities sustainable?
Check out this NERC-funded opportunity for PhD study with me here at @york.ac.uk!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this NERC-funded opportunity for PhD study with me here at @york.ac.uk!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Investigating agricultural adaptation and re-urbanisation in the Yamuna-Ganges Doab of South Asia at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating agricultural adaptation and re-urbanisation in the Yamuna-Ganges Doab of South Asia at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Want to learn from ancient agropastoral economies to help us figure out what makes cities sustainable?
Check out this NERC-funded opportunity for PhD study with me here at @york.ac.uk!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this NERC-funded opportunity for PhD study with me here at @york.ac.uk!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Hello, people of Yorkshire! On November 11th, I'm doing a joint event with archaeologist Professor Nicky Milner at the University of York about the Stone Age. It's suitable for kids, but adults will learn stuff too!
Tickets FREE! 6.30pm event, but book signing before www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Tickets FREE! 6.30pm event, but book signing before www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The Stone Age Runs Wild at Star Carr: An evening with Greg Jenner and Nicky Milner
Join Greg Jenner and Professor Nicky Milner for a Stone Age talk, covering Star Carr and Greg's book, Totally Chaotic History: The Stone Age Runs Wild.
www.york.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hello, people of Yorkshire! On November 11th, I'm doing a joint event with archaeologist Professor Nicky Milner at the University of York about the Stone Age. It's suitable for kids, but adults will learn stuff too!
Tickets FREE! 6.30pm event, but book signing before www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Tickets FREE! 6.30pm event, but book signing before www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Archaeology reveals many past societies that appeared to control #inequality much better than we do today.
Interest in these societies is gaining steam. Today my paper on the Indus civilisation's egalitarian cities reached 100 google citations!
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Interest in these societies is gaining steam. Today my paper on the Indus civilisation's egalitarian cities reached 100 google citations!
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Archaeology reveals many past societies that appeared to control #inequality much better than we do today.
Interest in these societies is gaining steam. Today my paper on the Indus civilisation's egalitarian cities reached 100 google citations!
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Interest in these societies is gaining steam. Today my paper on the Indus civilisation's egalitarian cities reached 100 google citations!
doi.org/10.1007/s108...