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Antiquity Journal
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· Oct 7
Our October issue is out now! Featuring great #archaeology such as:
🐴 The medieval taboo of horse consumption
🦁 The Chinese origins of Venice's iconic Winged Lion statue
🧊 Tattooed ice mummies of the Siberian Altai
& much more! 🏺
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🐴 The medieval taboo of horse consumption
🦁 The Chinese origins of Venice's iconic Winged Lion statue
🧊 Tattooed ice mummies of the Siberian Altai
& much more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
NEW During the last Ice Age, the inhospitable highlands of modern Spain were thought to be uninhabitable, abandoned for the coasts. New research finds evidence for Upper Palaeolithic occupation in the harsh Iberian Meseta, questioning this idea.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
NEW During the last Ice Age, the inhospitable highlands of modern Spain were thought to be uninhabitable, abandoned for the coasts. New research finds evidence for Upper Palaeolithic occupation in the harsh Iberian Meseta, questioning this idea.
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“Hypotheses regarding Monte Sierpe’s purpose range from defence, storage, and accounting to water collection, fog capture, and gardening”, says lead author of the research @jbongers.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au. “The function of the site remains unclear.” 4/14
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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🏆 ‘#OuedBeht, #Morocco: a complex early farming society in north-west #Africa and its implications for western Mediterranean interaction during later #prehistory’ wins the @antiquity.ac.uk Prize 2025. 👏 Read the article here: ⏩ https://cup.org/48WQW97
#archaeology #openaccess
#archaeology #openaccess
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🏆 ‘#OuedBeht, #Morocco: a complex early farming society in north-west #Africa and its implications for western Mediterranean interaction during later #prehistory’ wins the @antiquity.ac.uk Prize 2025. 👏 Read the article here: ⏩ https://cup.org/48WQW97
#archaeology #openaccess
#archaeology #openaccess
Two monuments from the summit of Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan #MonumentsMonday
Depicting the Mesoamerican Storm God and Water Goddess, they suggest the mountain was a pilgrimage site, highlighting connections between sacred mountains and water deities.
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Depicting the Mesoamerican Storm God and Water Goddess, they suggest the mountain was a pilgrimage site, highlighting connections between sacred mountains and water deities.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Two monuments from the summit of Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan #MonumentsMonday
Depicting the Mesoamerican Storm God and Water Goddess, they suggest the mountain was a pilgrimage site, highlighting connections between sacred mountains and water deities.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Depicting the Mesoamerican Storm God and Water Goddess, they suggest the mountain was a pilgrimage site, highlighting connections between sacred mountains and water deities.
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NEW Made of thousands of aligned holes, the Andean monument Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) is iconic, but its purpose is unknown. Research supports a new interpretation of this mysterious monument as part of an Indigenous system of accounting and exchange
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
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#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NEW Made of thousands of aligned holes, the Andean monument Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes) is iconic, but its purpose is unknown. Research supports a new interpretation of this mysterious monument as part of an Indigenous system of accounting and exchange
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
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#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
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Read the new research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Read the new research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📰 DNA analysis finds the tomb of the grandmother of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang, contained an extinct species of gibbon (amongst other animals), indicating Empress Dowager Xia enjoyed keeping exotic pets 🐒
#ArchaeologyNews via @globaltimescn.bsky.social
www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
#ArchaeologyNews via @globaltimescn.bsky.social
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Gibbon unearthed in tomb of China’s first emperor Qinshihuang’s grandmother verified to be new extinct species
An international team led by Chinese scientists has discovered that a gibbon unearthed from the tomb of grandmother of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC), represents an…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📰 DNA analysis finds the tomb of the grandmother of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang, contained an extinct species of gibbon (amongst other animals), indicating Empress Dowager Xia enjoyed keeping exotic pets 🐒
#ArchaeologyNews via @globaltimescn.bsky.social
www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
#ArchaeologyNews via @globaltimescn.bsky.social
www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
Arrowheads from the 13th-century-BC conflict in the Tollense Valley 🇩🇪
Variation in their forms suggest some of the combatants came from many kilometres away, adding to evidence for a clash between local and incoming groups.
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Variation in their forms suggest some of the combatants came from many kilometres away, adding to evidence for a clash between local and incoming groups.
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Arrowheads from the 13th-century-BC conflict in the Tollense Valley 🇩🇪
Variation in their forms suggest some of the combatants came from many kilometres away, adding to evidence for a clash between local and incoming groups.
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Variation in their forms suggest some of the combatants came from many kilometres away, adding to evidence for a clash between local and incoming groups.
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Lovely coverage of our research!
What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule.
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🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
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@sydney.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Lovely coverage of our research!
What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
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🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
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🏺 #Archaeology
@sydney.edu.au
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A post I made last year about Berlin in the 1960s. Family history, so an impact on us too :) bsky.app/profile/anke...
My mother lived in Berlin in the early 1960s. She witnessed and documented the history at the time; she was herself part of that history - the wall, the people desperately trying to escape to be reunited with family and friends. The Berlin Wall went up fast and separated families and communities 1/n
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A post I made last year about Berlin in the 1960s. Family history, so an impact on us too :) bsky.app/profile/anke...
Looking for something new to read this #NationalBookAwardWeek? 📚
Whether you're interested in submerged landscapes or the archaeology of pirates, our latest #NewBookChronicle on maritime and underwater #archaeology is sure to have something for you! 🏺
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Whether you're interested in submerged landscapes or the archaeology of pirates, our latest #NewBookChronicle on maritime and underwater #archaeology is sure to have something for you! 🏺
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Looking for something new to read this #NationalBookAwardWeek? 📚
Whether you're interested in submerged landscapes or the archaeology of pirates, our latest #NewBookChronicle on maritime and underwater #archaeology is sure to have something for you! 🏺
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Whether you're interested in submerged landscapes or the archaeology of pirates, our latest #NewBookChronicle on maritime and underwater #archaeology is sure to have something for you! 🏺
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The Berlin Wall was officially opened #OnThisDay in 1989, marking the beginning of German reunification.
Explore the Wall's impact in Antiquity, where its role as an archaeological object was explored just four years later.
🔗 from 1993 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Explore the Wall's impact in Antiquity, where its role as an archaeological object was explored just four years later.
🔗 from 1993 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Berlin Wall was officially opened #OnThisDay in 1989, marking the beginning of German reunification.
Explore the Wall's impact in Antiquity, where its role as an archaeological object was explored just four years later.
🔗 from 1993 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🏺 #Archaeology
Explore the Wall's impact in Antiquity, where its role as an archaeological object was explored just four years later.
🔗 from 1993 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🏺 #Archaeology
As more people in Southwest Asia began living in cities, how did they ensure they had enough food?
#Zooarchaeology shows they were reliant on rural satellite settlements to support increasingly large and diverse urban populations #WorldUrbanismDay
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#Zooarchaeology shows they were reliant on rural satellite settlements to support increasingly large and diverse urban populations #WorldUrbanismDay
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November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As more people in Southwest Asia began living in cities, how did they ensure they had enough food?
#Zooarchaeology shows they were reliant on rural satellite settlements to support increasingly large and diverse urban populations #WorldUrbanismDay
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🏺 #Archaeology
#Zooarchaeology shows they were reliant on rural satellite settlements to support increasingly large and diverse urban populations #WorldUrbanismDay
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These are chacus: funnel-shaped hunting traps used in the high altitudes of northern Chile to capture vicuña, a wild relative of the alpaca. Even after herding and agropastoralism was adopted, chacus continued to be used by persevering forager groups.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
These are chacus: funnel-shaped hunting traps used in the high altitudes of northern Chile to capture vicuña, a wild relative of the alpaca. Even after herding and agropastoralism was adopted, chacus continued to be used by persevering forager groups.
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🏺 #Archaeology
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📰 '100 years of Woodhenge'
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
100 years of Woodhenge: Tracing an archaeological icon, from discovery to new dating evidence | The Past
December 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the identification of a remarkable prehistoric timber monument just two miles from Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Ama ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📰 '100 years of Woodhenge'
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
#FindsFriday from the historic palace of Benin City. Ranging from pre-colonial bronzework of the Benin Kingdom to late-colonial-era Nigerian police regalia, they reveal the most-comprehensive archaeological picture of Benin City’s history to date.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#FindsFriday from the historic palace of Benin City. Ranging from pre-colonial bronzework of the Benin Kingdom to late-colonial-era Nigerian police regalia, they reveal the most-comprehensive archaeological picture of Benin City’s history to date.
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🏺 #Archaeology
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Who were the Picts? Were they wiped out by the Vikings? New research in Antiquity paints a more complex picture.
Read it 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Who were the Picts? Were they wiped out by the Vikings? New research in Antiquity paints a more complex picture.
Read it 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Read it 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The oldest continuously published journal, The London Gazette, was first published #OnThisDay in AD 1665.
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
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Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
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November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The oldest continuously published journal, The London Gazette, was first published #OnThisDay in AD 1665.
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
🏺
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
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Good thread on the revised assessment of the previously-presumed 'Pictish-to-Norse' transition site at Buckquoy, Orkney. It looks like that interpretation needs to be put to bed.
NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Good thread on the revised assessment of the previously-presumed 'Pictish-to-Norse' transition site at Buckquoy, Orkney. It looks like that interpretation needs to be put to bed.
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
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New research from @antiquity.ac.uk uses laser scans and photogrammetry to digitally visualise part of the Sterkfontein Caves, making the UNESCO World Heritage Site more accessible and promoting public and scientific engagement.
Read it #openaccess here:
📚 https://cup.org/49nNQvp
Read it #openaccess here:
📚 https://cup.org/49nNQvp
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New research from @antiquity.ac.uk uses laser scans and photogrammetry to digitally visualise part of the Sterkfontein Caves, making the UNESCO World Heritage Site more accessible and promoting public and scientific engagement.
Read it #openaccess here:
📚 https://cup.org/49nNQvp
Read it #openaccess here:
📚 https://cup.org/49nNQvp
A #Roman fort and possible caravanserai from Khirbet al-Khalde, Jordan, on the Empire's eastern frontier #RomanFortThursday
The site has suffered damage from construction and looting. Identifying areas most at risk is crucial for future research.
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The site has suffered damage from construction and looting. Identifying areas most at risk is crucial for future research.
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🏺 #Archaeology
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A #Roman fort and possible caravanserai from Khirbet al-Khalde, Jordan, on the Empire's eastern frontier #RomanFortThursday
The site has suffered damage from construction and looting. Identifying areas most at risk is crucial for future research.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The site has suffered damage from construction and looting. Identifying areas most at risk is crucial for future research.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Me and the boys on a night out in 3000 BC 🍻
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
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In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Me and the boys on a night out in 3000 BC 🍻
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology