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Eleanor Swallow
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PhD Student @ UCD School of Archaeology. Researching European Bronze Age animal deposition🦴 ansoc.net
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ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Massive thanks from the ANSOC team & @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social to all of our brilliant colleagues & to our partners Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Monuments Service & @nmireland.bsky.social for a wildly successful #BronzeAgeForum @ucddublin.bsky.social!!! We had the best time!!!
A group of archaeologists from University College Dublin standing in front of the gold exhibit at the National Museum of Ireland Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
eswallow.bsky.social
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's a little more tired than usual this Monday morning, but well worth it for a brill weekend at BAF! Very well done to all the presenters, Jo and the team @ansoc-erc.bsky.social on a great conference.
ANSOC team pictured at the National Museum of Ireland in front of the Lunulae exhibit. Panel of speakers from a session of the Bronze Age Forum pictured during a discussion period in front of the audience of delegates.
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
It was a really brilliant first day of the Bronze Age Forum yesterday! Thoroughly enjoyed all the talks on Bronze age animal worlds and materials. Some pics of @ansoc-erc.bsky.social colleagues presenting on ongoing and exciting new projects!
Speaker Nóra and co-presenters Eleanor and Kate stand at podium in front of a presentation with a photograph of a bronze age pig figurine with a title that reads The Boar Dynamics. Speaker, Floor Huisman at the podium for her talk "Tracks in the Mud" in front of a presentation slide titled Background - The Issue with photographs and maps of archaeological excavations. Speaker, Mark Haugton, at the podium for his talk on Bronze Age Woolen textiles in front of a slide showing archaeology distribution maps and data graphs. Busy registration table on the first day of the Bronze Age Forum.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
Alexa, play Little Green Bag 🐕🎵
ansoc-erc.bsky.social Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe @ansoc-erc.bsky.social · 16d
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
This week the #ANSOC team are putting the final touches to the Bronze Age Forum 2025, which takes place @ucddublin.bsky.social on 14-16 November. Final programme and abstracts are now on bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com A few final tickets remain #BronzeAge
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
Biggest congratulations to Dr Kate Kanne of @ansoc-erc.bsky.social on the release of your new edited volume, "Harnessing Horses from Prehistory"! 🐎 #zooarchaeology #adna #Horses #animalhistory
May 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
Well, I think I speak for all of us when I say that a great time was had at the #KielConference this last week! What a privilege to be working with such brilliant colleagues - great job guys, and so much fun @nnicaoidh.bsky.social @fjhuisman.bsky.social @ansoc-erc.bsky.social!!
Speaker, Eleanor Swallow, speaking on a stage in front of a presentation slide titled "Livingstock: Deposition" with Archaeological animal deposition images and reconstruction illustrations of Bronze Age settlement scenes. Speakers Eleanor Swallow, Nóra Nic Aoidh, and Kate Kanne, standing on stage presenting the conclusions of their talk at the Kiel Conference. Members of the ANSOC research project (left to right) Eleanor, Kate, Nóra, and Floor, sat around the dinner table.
March 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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ayiaconference.bsky.social
The deadline for submissions (i.e. title and abstract of no more than 200 words) is 17:00 on Friday 25 April 2025 and should be sent to Archaeology@tii.ie

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Call for Papers - AYIA@TII Heritage Week 2025
The TII Archaeology and Heritage section, in partnership with the Association of Young Irish Archaeologists (AYIA), is inviting early career researchers, including undergraduates, to submit paper prop...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The TII Archaeology and Heritage section, in partnership with the Association of Young Irish Archaeologists (AYIA), is inviting early career researchers, including undergraduates, to submit paper proposals for the forthcoming TII Heritage Week conference in Dublin. 1/3
March 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
We've been so lucky with the weather on UCD SoA fieldtrips over the last couple of weekends! Few pictures here from today's to the National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig. Maybe time now for a nap on the journey back to Dublin...
UCD SoA's Conor McDermott giving a lecture on a reconstructed Crannog to archaeology students. Picture of a replica Viking longboat looking out onto a lake. Reconstructed Viking house pictured under a very blue sky. Reconstruction of a portal tomb in a wooded area.
March 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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What a wonderful start of the day with our very own Dr Ryan Lash leading a fantastic field trip for the module ARCH20170 Discovering Ireland Landscape! Glorious day, very engaging talk and equally engaged students! The module is open to all students @ucddublin.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Our field trip for the module #ARCH2017 Discovering Ireland Landscape at UCD School of Archaeology (coordinated by Dr Ryan Lash) ends in a glorious sunshine at Ballymoon Castle - can you imagine a better classroom for your studies?
Thank you to our School tutors Ellie and Cara for the help today!
February 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
I had an absolutely wonderful weekend at the @ayiaconference.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social. Brilliant talks, turn out, prizes, and experimental workshops @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social!
A student taking part in an craft workshop. They are sat at a table plaiting yarn to make impression decoration on hand made clay tiles. Photograph overlooking some of the audience of early careers archaeologists from the AYIA conference, connecting and networking over a coffee break. Photograph of a question and answer session with three of the conference presenters.
February 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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ayiaconference.bsky.social
Our programme for Saturday is packed with great speakers! You’ll also have the opportunity to interact with companies and organisations at our mini career fair #archaeology #AYIAconference
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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ayiaconference.bsky.social
Just over a week to go! We have a full day of presentations, a mini-career fair, an amazing keynote speaker and a pub quiz all planned for Saturday. On Sunday there will be illustration workshops and an experimental archaeology ‘field day’. Reserve your spot at tinyurl.com/ayiatickets
February 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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ansoc-erc.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce that the Bronze Age Forum will be hosted by UCD School of Archaeology, 14-16 Nov 2025, with kind support of @nationalmons.bsky.social, TII and @nmireland.bsky.social. For info see bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com #BronzeAge #Archaeology
January 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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nnicaoidh.bsky.social
Attn: eager beavers, giddy geese, and stubborn...humans! The call for papers has been extended until Monday 10th of February.

Join @ansoc-erc.bsky.social students: Ollie, Gywain, @alexsiekmann.bsky.social, @eswallow.bsky.social, and I in session #111 at #EAA2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
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February 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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eswallow.bsky.social
Happy New Year!

Calling all animal-interested-prehistorians! Join the grad students of @ansoc-erc.bsky.social Nóra, Ollie, Gywain, @alexsiekmann.bsky.social, and I for our session #111 at #EAA2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social.

Submit by 08/02/25 🐑🐎🐷🐮🫎
A call for papers poster for session #111 at the European Association of Archaeologists conference 2025. Titled "Let's address the other-than-human animal in the room: moving forward with multispecies archaeologies of prehistory".
January 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Eleanor Swallow
ayiaconference.bsky.social
The AYIA conference submission deadline has been extended to the 24th of January 2025! To submit your abstract, please visit tinyurl.com/ayia2025.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted so far - we are delighted to read such a wide range of submissions! 🏛️📚🤎 #AYIA2025
January 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
Happy New Year!

Calling all animal-interested-prehistorians! Join the grad students of @ansoc-erc.bsky.social Nóra, Ollie, Gywain, @alexsiekmann.bsky.social, and I for our session #111 at #EAA2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social.

Submit by 08/02/25 🐑🐎🐷🐮🫎
A call for papers poster for session #111 at the European Association of Archaeologists conference 2025. Titled "Let's address the other-than-human animal in the room: moving forward with multispecies archaeologies of prehistory".
January 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed today's UCD SoA Research Day! Dr Kate Kanne, resident zooarch of @ansoc-erc.bsky.social, gave a brilliant presentation with research updates from ANSOC.🐎🐮🐑🐐🐷
Speaker, Dr Kate Kanne presenting her talk at UCD Research Day. On the screen behind is the title slide of her presentation, which reads "Hooves Made Who? Animal-human sociality and dependence in the Dutch Bronze Age", over a background depicting a Bronze Age settlement reconstruction.
December 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
eswallow.bsky.social
Lovely day at SoA PhD Research Day! Presentations on everything from Viking ring pins @jp1331.bsky.social to Roman osteoarchaeology @mserranor.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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ansoc-erc.bsky.social
Continuing #CatsOfPrehistorians & ANSOC team introductions are Roger Daltrey (18 years old), and his annoying little adopted sister, Princess Leia (12 years old), relaxing after a long day working as PhD researcher Eleanor Swallow's assistant, collating & interpreting animal deposits #Archaeology
November 28, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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ansoc-erc.bsky.social
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @ercgrantees.bsky.social It is with great pleasure that we announce that the ERC-funded archaeology project ANSOC has arrived on Bluesky. For more on the project, its aims, scope, team and outputs, got to and ansoc.net.
ANSOC: Animals and Society in Bronze Age Europe
ERC-funded project (101055195)
ansoc.net
November 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM