Derek Pitman
@derekpitman.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Associate Professor in Archaeology & Anthropology at Bournemouth University. Talks about stuff on Career in Ruins & Time Team
Oh hi there @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh hi there @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
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🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! Derek & Lawrence chat with artist-archaeologist Dr. Rose Ferraby about art, storytelling, and community in archaeology. Don’t miss this creative, inspiring conversation! 🎧
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! Derek & Lawrence chat with artist-archaeologist Dr. Rose Ferraby about art, storytelling, and community in archaeology. Don’t miss this creative, inspiring conversation! 🎧
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
Come with me on a whistle stop tour of the old town in #Brno, #Czechia Brno's Secret History
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Brno's Secret History
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October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Come with me on a whistle stop tour of the old town in #Brno, #Czechia Brno's Secret History
youtu.be/hTvaPWBBLHM
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@lawrence-shaw.bsky.social and I have been working on a little project….. youtu.be/CgE5rCsPG6Y?...
COMING SOON! Career in Ruins are back in the field
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September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
@lawrence-shaw.bsky.social and I have been working on a little project….. youtu.be/CgE5rCsPG6Y?...
🚨New podcast alert🚨now with added video. In the new episode of Career in Ruins we chat to Penny Lock, who shares her journey into archaeology, her experiences with the Young Archaeologist Club, and her passion for engaging children in history and heritage. youtu.be/CBunXu6H1qc?...
A Career in Youth Engagement
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September 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨New podcast alert🚨now with added video. In the new episode of Career in Ruins we chat to Penny Lock, who shares her journey into archaeology, her experiences with the Young Archaeologist Club, and her passion for engaging children in history and heritage. youtu.be/CBunXu6H1qc?...
You don’t always need Fishbourne @romanpalace.bsky.social when you need to stand in a hypocaust #hypocaustgate @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
You don’t always need Fishbourne @romanpalace.bsky.social when you need to stand in a hypocaust #hypocaustgate @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Crossing over from Minecraft tonreal life ar Maiden Castle youtube.com/shorts/ReudC...
When you visit your Minecraft realm in real life #maidencastle #archaeology #minecraft
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September 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Crossing over from Minecraft tonreal life ar Maiden Castle youtube.com/shorts/ReudC...
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At a bowling for soup concert with @derekpitman.bsky.social and they sell 2 pint glasses. I feel like a hobbit.
a close up of a man with curly hair saying i 'm getting one
ALT: a close up of a man with curly hair saying i 'm getting one
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February 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
At a bowling for soup concert with @derekpitman.bsky.social and they sell 2 pint glasses. I feel like a hobbit.
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At last we can break this story on @tcddublin.bsky.social and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research work on Iron Age DNA and rewriting the story of the Durotriges !!!!!
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Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
At last we can break this story on @tcddublin.bsky.social and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research work on Iron Age DNA and rewriting the story of the Durotriges !!!!!
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3D reconstructions in this weeks @timeteam.bsky.social provided by yours truly! It was great fun brining this roundhouse to life youtu.be/KlaaGGcd6Mc?...
December 22, 2024 at 5:10 PM
3D reconstructions in this weeks @timeteam.bsky.social provided by yours truly! It was great fun brining this roundhouse to life youtu.be/KlaaGGcd6Mc?...
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A big thank you to all who came to @tag45.bsky.social in Bournemouth and especially to all those who spoke, ran stalls, volunteered, organised and generally helped out over the 3 days (and more)
You're all brilliant 🥂
Hope to see you in York next year!
You're all brilliant 🥂
Hope to see you in York next year!
December 16, 2024 at 12:34 PM
A big thank you to all who came to @tag45.bsky.social in Bournemouth and especially to all those who spoke, ran stalls, volunteered, organised and generally helped out over the 3 days (and more)
You're all brilliant 🥂
Hope to see you in York next year!
You're all brilliant 🥂
Hope to see you in York next year!
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Blue sky thinking today at @tag45.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Blue sky thinking today at @tag45.bsky.social
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Thank you so much for having us!
December 14, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Thank you so much for having us!
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Right then, off to @tag45.bsky.social - several hours of train journey should get me to Bournemouth just after lunch. So many good sessions in the programme, some tough choices to be made!
December 13, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Right then, off to @tag45.bsky.social - several hours of train journey should get me to Bournemouth just after lunch. So many good sessions in the programme, some tough choices to be made!
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Really pleased with our session on “Archaeology for Recovery” at @tag45.bsky.social Great to combine perspectives from archaeology, psychology and, most importantly, the experience of #wellbeing benefits from veterans themselves 🏺 @karenburnell.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Really pleased with our session on “Archaeology for Recovery” at @tag45.bsky.social Great to combine perspectives from archaeology, psychology and, most importantly, the experience of #wellbeing benefits from veterans themselves 🏺 @karenburnell.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social
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Have arrived in Bournemouth and looking forward to Session 12: Skyscapes in Prehistory: evolution, convolution or
involution? tomorrow @tag45.bsky.social
involution? tomorrow @tag45.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Have arrived in Bournemouth and looking forward to Session 12: Skyscapes in Prehistory: evolution, convolution or
involution? tomorrow @tag45.bsky.social
involution? tomorrow @tag45.bsky.social
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📢 Attending @tag45.bsky.social, Bournemouth, UK?
Grab a cuppa & join us this Sunday PM for a relaxed, creative problem-solving workshop. We'll speculatively consider & (re)design the UK Archaeology to meet C21st challenges.
All welcome. Sign-up details: tinyurl.com/TAG45Futures...
Grab a cuppa & join us this Sunday PM for a relaxed, creative problem-solving workshop. We'll speculatively consider & (re)design the UK Archaeology to meet C21st challenges.
All welcome. Sign-up details: tinyurl.com/TAG45Futures...
December 12, 2024 at 4:38 PM
📢 Attending @tag45.bsky.social, Bournemouth, UK?
Grab a cuppa & join us this Sunday PM for a relaxed, creative problem-solving workshop. We'll speculatively consider & (re)design the UK Archaeology to meet C21st challenges.
All welcome. Sign-up details: tinyurl.com/TAG45Futures...
Grab a cuppa & join us this Sunday PM for a relaxed, creative problem-solving workshop. We'll speculatively consider & (re)design the UK Archaeology to meet C21st challenges.
All welcome. Sign-up details: tinyurl.com/TAG45Futures...
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I'm on my way to the 46th Theoretical Archaeology Group conference at Bournemouth (for the first time since I co-organised the 40th in 2018 at Chester). I'm presenting this pm in the session 'Mortuary Memes' about 'TikTok Archaeodeath' and on Sunday in the 'Cosiness' session about 'Cosy Cremation'.
December 13, 2024 at 7:25 AM
I'm on my way to the 46th Theoretical Archaeology Group conference at Bournemouth (for the first time since I co-organised the 40th in 2018 at Chester). I'm presenting this pm in the session 'Mortuary Memes' about 'TikTok Archaeodeath' and on Sunday in the 'Cosiness' session about 'Cosy Cremation'.
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Those of you coming along to the Theoretical Archaeology Group at Bournemouth today pop along & say hello - esp if you are in the ‘Is Heritage Archaeology a thing?’ Session. Some of our vets are there too & we hope for a link to Ukraine. @tag45.bsky.social #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans
December 13, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Those of you coming along to the Theoretical Archaeology Group at Bournemouth today pop along & say hello - esp if you are in the ‘Is Heritage Archaeology a thing?’ Session. Some of our vets are there too & we hope for a link to Ukraine. @tag45.bsky.social #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans
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@archaeologyuk.bsky.social stand and workshop all set up for @tag45.bsky.social. Come and visit it and take part in our creative workshop running though out the conference. We are also offering CBA Annual Student membership for £5 - so come and have a chat and sign up.
December 13, 2024 at 3:59 PM
@archaeologyuk.bsky.social stand and workshop all set up for @tag45.bsky.social. Come and visit it and take part in our creative workshop running though out the conference. We are also offering CBA Annual Student membership for £5 - so come and have a chat and sign up.
Come see us next weekend!
Just over a week to go ...! Just a quick reminder to make sure you register in plenty of time, particularly if you have any specific dietary requirements we need to cater for!
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Theoretical Archaeology Group 45th Annual Meeting
Annual conference on theoretical archaeology
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December 7, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Come see us next weekend!
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A team from Bournemouth University (BU) has said it has "conclusively mapped" the source of the Dorchester aqueduct for the first time.
A team from Bournemouth University (BU) has said it has "conclusively mapped" the source of the Dorchester aqueduct for the first time.
Dorchester: How did a 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct grow by 2km?
Archaeologists have
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November 25, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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A team from Bournemouth University (BU) has said it has "conclusively mapped" the source of the Dorchester aqueduct for the first time.
A team from Bournemouth University (BU) has said it has "conclusively mapped" the source of the Dorchester aqueduct for the first time.
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Join us for Digital Lunch 🏺 on Nov 22, 1pm GMT:
Professor Mark Gillings will be presenting:
"Mechanisms of Fascination: exploring archaeologies of frustration, obfuscation and impatience through the agency of affordance and affect"
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Professor Mark Gillings will be presenting:
"Mechanisms of Fascination: exploring archaeologies of frustration, obfuscation and impatience through the agency of affordance and affect"
Sign up to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/KNBsB1SRnj8h...
November 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Join us for Digital Lunch 🏺 on Nov 22, 1pm GMT:
Professor Mark Gillings will be presenting:
"Mechanisms of Fascination: exploring archaeologies of frustration, obfuscation and impatience through the agency of affordance and affect"
Sign up to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/KNBsB1SRnj8h...
Professor Mark Gillings will be presenting:
"Mechanisms of Fascination: exploring archaeologies of frustration, obfuscation and impatience through the agency of affordance and affect"
Sign up to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/KNBsB1SRnj8h...
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🌟 Career in Ruins is BACK! 🌟 @derekpitman.bsky.social & I kick off the new season with Chris Leonard (Cotswold Archaeology), sharing his journey from South American Studies to commercial archaeology. Plus, catch up on our antics during the break 🎧! #CareerInRuins
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Podcast – Career in Ruins
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November 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM
🌟 Career in Ruins is BACK! 🌟 @derekpitman.bsky.social & I kick off the new season with Chris Leonard (Cotswold Archaeology), sharing his journey from South American Studies to commercial archaeology. Plus, catch up on our antics during the break 🎧! #CareerInRuins
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