David Petts
@davidpetts1.bsky.social
Rewriting archaeology, @durham_uni
Land/seascapes- old music/books - folk traditions - early med/ post med Britain / Armorica - views own - incorrigibly plural - Pleasant Green; Dept of Works
Land/seascapes- old music/books - folk traditions - early med/ post med Britain / Armorica - views own - incorrigibly plural - Pleasant Green; Dept of Works
UK users of Ancestry - how easy is to search census data by settlement/street rather than individual? Seems all set up for family history- but I need the data for a place study. Don't want to pay for access if I can't get the info I need
January 21, 2026 at 8:56 AM
UK users of Ancestry - how easy is to search census data by settlement/street rather than individual? Seems all set up for family history- but I need the data for a place study. Don't want to pay for access if I can't get the info I need
Talking about map projections with the students today - what's the betting that Trump is looking at Greenland on the Mercator projection....
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Talking about map projections with the students today - what's the betting that Trump is looking at Greenland on the Mercator projection....
I find myself in Reading tonight... anywhere good [and cheapish] to eat? Been years since I was here....
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I find myself in Reading tonight... anywhere good [and cheapish] to eat? Been years since I was here....
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The Northern Picts: the citadel project, rescue and research-led investigations at a Viking age power centre | Thu 21 May, Cardiff www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...
The Northern Picts: the citadel project, rescue and research-led investigations at a Viking age power centre
This lecture explores major advances in Pictish archaeology arising from the University of Aberdeen’s Northern Picts project, shedding new light on a people long obscured by limited historical and arc...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The Northern Picts: the citadel project, rescue and research-led investigations at a Viking age power centre | Thu 21 May, Cardiff www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...
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Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work:
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work:
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
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Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
Whittlesey Straw Bear :-)
January 18, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Whittlesey Straw Bear :-)
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⚡️In Iran, protesters have already taken control of the city Abdana
The police laid down their weapons and sided with them. Protesters are setting fire to cars, and there are fierce clashes in other cities.
ZSU Insider Tg
The police laid down their weapons and sided with them. Protesters are setting fire to cars, and there are fierce clashes in other cities.
ZSU Insider Tg
January 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
⚡️In Iran, protesters have already taken control of the city Abdana
The police laid down their weapons and sided with them. Protesters are setting fire to cars, and there are fierce clashes in other cities.
ZSU Insider Tg
The police laid down their weapons and sided with them. Protesters are setting fire to cars, and there are fierce clashes in other cities.
ZSU Insider Tg
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Découverte de l’épave d’un bateau antique dans la rade d’Alexandrie. #Archéologie
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
Épave d’un bateau antique dans le port d’Alexandrie
Des plongeurs ont découvert l'épave d'un bateau vieux de 2000 ans dans la rade d'Alexandrie, a annoncé l'Institut européen d'archéologie sous-marine.
ici.radio-canada.ca
December 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
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December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Update from @digventures.bsky.social on their dig diary for 2026 featuring a call for crowdfunding work at Wrexham’s Rossett Roman Villa. More details to follow, but it's on their events listing at digventures.com/calendar/
DigVentures Dig Calendar
See all the digs, talks, courses and other events coming up at DigVentures.
digventures.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Update from @digventures.bsky.social on their dig diary for 2026 featuring a call for crowdfunding work at Wrexham’s Rossett Roman Villa. More details to follow, but it's on their events listing at digventures.com/calendar/
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See, that’s the good shit right there
I left the biggest voluntary donation ever at Bristol Cathedral a) because it was voluntary and b) they had the most gorgeous welcome message by the door. I loved my visit there and their whole approach to their slavery connections was just perfect
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
See, that’s the good shit right there
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OK- I'm doing a practical session with MA [humanities] students about academic writing (soft skills) - what are people's best bits of advice about academic writing - anything from how to knuckle down to writing to style to structure?
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
OK- I'm doing a practical session with MA [humanities] students about academic writing (soft skills) - what are people's best bits of advice about academic writing - anything from how to knuckle down to writing to style to structure?
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Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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Day 4 of our post-excavation week and we have been out to visit our friends at Ad Gefrin and @davidpetts1.bsky.social on #Lindisfarne.
Lots of lovely early medieval goodness.
#northumberland #archaeology
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Lots of lovely early medieval goodness.
#northumberland #archaeology
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September 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Day 4 of our post-excavation week and we have been out to visit our friends at Ad Gefrin and @davidpetts1.bsky.social on #Lindisfarne.
Lots of lovely early medieval goodness.
#northumberland #archaeology
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Lots of lovely early medieval goodness.
#northumberland #archaeology
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Nice surprise - fragment of Roman terra sigillata from our excavations at Lindisfarne- that's our fourth bit!
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nice surprise - fragment of Roman terra sigillata from our excavations at Lindisfarne- that's our fourth bit!
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We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
Three early medieval namestones in one morning in the @digventures.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social excavations at #Lindisfarne
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Three early medieval namestones in one morning in the @digventures.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social excavations at #Lindisfarne
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Yesterday was the big day:
The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yesterday was the big day:
The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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