Brenna Hassett
@brennawalks.bsky.social
Archaeologist, biological anthropologist, and 1/4 of Team TrowelBlazers. I also write intense footnotes.
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Hellloooo wow how do people find time for social media these days. And welcome to my TAG talk! Which was in fact about just that “the existential panic of keeping a social media based project like @trowelblazers.bsky.social alive when we can barely keep our heads above water: a DEI Story”
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
January 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
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Hosted by Jim Morris and @brennawalks.bsky.social we will finally answer the Big Questions: how many segments of the archaeological community can Jim alienate? Is a Lada the only acceptable unit of measurement for megafauna?? Tune in to find out…
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Hosted by Jim Morris and @brennawalks.bsky.social we will finally answer the Big Questions: how many segments of the archaeological community can Jim alienate? Is a Lada the only acceptable unit of measurement for megafauna?? Tune in to find out…
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Woo! Announcing our new podcast: ‘The Archaeology Of… ‘ where we deep dive people’s pet topics.
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
January 17, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Woo! Announcing our new podcast: ‘The Archaeology Of… ‘ where we deep dive people’s pet topics.
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
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🏺 Here's Brenna's excellent @trowelblazers.bsky.social talk at TAG conf just before Christmas.
The title is intentionally 'Rumours... exaggerated', since we have a couple of exciting new projects, but the key point stands: if you don't fund/support real grassroots stuff, it can eventually wilt
The title is intentionally 'Rumours... exaggerated', since we have a couple of exciting new projects, but the key point stands: if you don't fund/support real grassroots stuff, it can eventually wilt
Hellloooo wow how do people find time for social media these days. And welcome to my TAG talk! Which was in fact about just that “the existential panic of keeping a social media based project like @trowelblazers.bsky.social alive when we can barely keep our heads above water: a DEI Story”
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
🏺 Here's Brenna's excellent @trowelblazers.bsky.social talk at TAG conf just before Christmas.
The title is intentionally 'Rumours... exaggerated', since we have a couple of exciting new projects, but the key point stands: if you don't fund/support real grassroots stuff, it can eventually wilt
The title is intentionally 'Rumours... exaggerated', since we have a couple of exciting new projects, but the key point stands: if you don't fund/support real grassroots stuff, it can eventually wilt
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Postdoc position call @univie.ac.at - happy to host projects related to introgression, great ape genomics, and more!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Postdoc position call @univie.ac.at - happy to host projects related to introgression, great ape genomics, and more!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
Exactly this.
Very true! Also, frequently it doesn't really matter if you're white, wealthy, anglophone or connected - the best sources (personal archives/letters/diaries) are broadly speaking extremely rare. What traces are in *accessible* catalogued collections can be extremely resource intensive to extract.
the way you collect data determines what kinda data you collect. Who knew? (Many people). So a survey of our archive is a survey of the data we can reach — it’s most often the history of people who were wealthy and connected enough to be remembered, and it’s pretty white and anglophone
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Exactly this.
Oh here’s the unboxing video!!
Here's @brennawalks.bsky.social (who couldn't make it to the awards last night) opening her beautiful ceramic vase at the start of her lecture today
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Oh here’s the unboxing video!!
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Still not dead ;)
Immense excitement for this incredible opportunity to immerse ourselves in the Land of Anning and begin this new @trowelblazers.bsky.social project!
Huge thanks to Landmark Trust for supporting our work.
Huge thanks to Landmark Trust for supporting our work.
📣 More NEWS! (it's quite a week...)
Thrilled to announce that we're a Landmark Trust Futures 2026 beneficiary - early next year we'll be staying at historic Belmont in Lyme Regis, to begin a new project on the networks of women centring on #MaryAnning!
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved...
Thrilled to announce that we're a Landmark Trust Futures 2026 beneficiary - early next year we'll be staying at historic Belmont in Lyme Regis, to begin a new project on the networks of women centring on #MaryAnning!
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved...
January 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Still not dead ;)
Hellloooo wow how do people find time for social media these days. And welcome to my TAG talk! Which was in fact about just that “the existential panic of keeping a social media based project like @trowelblazers.bsky.social alive when we can barely keep our heads above water: a DEI Story”
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Hellloooo wow how do people find time for social media these days. And welcome to my TAG talk! Which was in fact about just that “the existential panic of keeping a social media based project like @trowelblazers.bsky.social alive when we can barely keep our heads above water: a DEI Story”
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Guys! I have news!
December 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Guys! I have news!
Dream team @toriherridge.bsky.social and @profaliceroberts.bsky.social 🤘
Some BIG NEWS...
I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the legend that is @AliceRoberts as a presenter of Digging for Britain!
Episode 1 will be hitting your screens January 7th, 9pm on BBC2 & iPlayer.
I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the legend that is @AliceRoberts as a presenter of Digging for Britain!
Episode 1 will be hitting your screens January 7th, 9pm on BBC2 & iPlayer.
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dream team @toriherridge.bsky.social and @profaliceroberts.bsky.social 🤘
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We Didn't Start the Fire. With Bardot's passing three people mentioned in the song remain alive
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We Didn't Start the Fire. With Bardot's passing three people mentioned in the song remain alive
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A student's paper just described the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neandertals as "a situationship rather than a relationship" and I'm still laughing ten minutes later 💀🏺
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A student's paper just described the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neandertals as "a situationship rather than a relationship" and I'm still laughing ten minutes later 💀🏺
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So proud of @trowelblazers.bsky.social! This week, the four of us received the TAG Award for Outstanding Contribution to Archaeological Theory for all TrowelBlazers has done over the past 12 years @lemoustier.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social @brennawalks.bsky.social @tag2025york.bsky.social and
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So proud of @trowelblazers.bsky.social! This week, the four of us received the TAG Award for Outstanding Contribution to Archaeological Theory for all TrowelBlazers has done over the past 12 years @lemoustier.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social @brennawalks.bsky.social @tag2025york.bsky.social and
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Are you an Early Career Scholar? Do you want to learn how to publish in international journals?
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Are you an Early Career Scholar? Do you want to learn how to publish in international journals?
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
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Here's @brennawalks.bsky.social (who couldn't make it to the awards last night) opening her beautiful ceramic vase at the start of her lecture today
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here's @brennawalks.bsky.social (who couldn't make it to the awards last night) opening her beautiful ceramic vase at the start of her lecture today
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We've had quite a special 24 hours!
We've been up in York for @tag2025york.bsky.social conference where 3 of us met, Brenna gave a talk on the challenge of creating an accidental archive, AND... we only went & won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Archaeological Theory In Action 🏆!
Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺
Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We've had quite a special 24 hours!
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CONGRATULATIONS to the @trowelblazers.bsky.social for their incredible contributions to the field.
Praxis baby, praxis
Praxis baby, praxis
We've been up in York for @tag2025york.bsky.social conference where 3 of us met, Brenna gave a talk on the challenge of creating an accidental archive, AND... we only went & won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Archaeological Theory In Action 🏆!
Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺
Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to the @trowelblazers.bsky.social for their incredible contributions to the field.
Praxis baby, praxis
Praxis baby, praxis
There in spirit!
Gutted I couldn't be there in person to accept the award with the team, but so proud of the work we have done over the years as @trowelblazers.bsky.social and grateful to all those who supported us!
We've been up in York for @tag2025york.bsky.social conference where 3 of us met, Brenna gave a talk on the challenge of creating an accidental archive, AND... we only went & won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Archaeological Theory In Action 🏆!
Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺
Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There in spirit!
I’m sorry do you know put live unboxing in your academic talks 😅🤘
Here's @brennawalks.bsky.social (who couldn't make it to the awards last night) opening her beautiful ceramic vase at the start of her lecture today
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’m sorry do you know put live unboxing in your academic talks 😅🤘
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Work (also) with me!
Two years postdoc in the @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, based in Edinburgh. Will do transmission chain experiments to understand the spread of heritage-based hostility, online and elsewhere.
More info
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Two years postdoc in the @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, based in Edinburgh. Will do transmission chain experiments to understand the spread of heritage-based hostility, online and elsewhere.
More info
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📣 PDRA JOB (2 Years, full-time) based in Psychology, @schoolofppls.bsky.social: We are hiring a Post-doctoral Research Associate, to work on Strand B (experimental) of our @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk.
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Work (also) with me!
Two years postdoc in the @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, based in Edinburgh. Will do transmission chain experiments to understand the spread of heritage-based hostility, online and elsewhere.
More info
⬇️⬇️⬇️
Two years postdoc in the @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, based in Edinburgh. Will do transmission chain experiments to understand the spread of heritage-based hostility, online and elsewhere.
More info
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Ps TAG uk! You’re getting 3/4 of us! Not at the same time natch 😅🤘 catch @lemoustier.bsky.social and @toriherridge.bsky.social today then stay for the angriest data activism paper you’ve yet seen from @brennawalks.bsky.social tomorrow
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ps TAG uk! You’re getting 3/4 of us! Not at the same time natch 😅🤘 catch @lemoustier.bsky.social and @toriherridge.bsky.social today then stay for the angriest data activism paper you’ve yet seen from @brennawalks.bsky.social tomorrow
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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Hello!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hello!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!