Karen Goodlett
@goodlettk.bsky.social
Baby archaeologist.🏺 Southampton University alumna. University of Oxford incoming Masters student 😬Founding member of ESBAA (European Society of Black & Allied Archaeologists) 🇯🇲 🇪🇺 #BLM ✊🏽
CW: Racism/Colonial thought
I’m now in Oxford which has places of learning everywhere 🤩 I’ve adopted a philosophy of a library a day keeps the ignorance away. I came for the ochre but read👇🏽😡. I know some may say it was of its time but contemporary proxies for ancient hominin behaviours persist.😕🏺
I’m now in Oxford which has places of learning everywhere 🤩 I’ve adopted a philosophy of a library a day keeps the ignorance away. I came for the ochre but read👇🏽😡. I know some may say it was of its time but contemporary proxies for ancient hominin behaviours persist.😕🏺
October 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
CW: Racism/Colonial thought
I’m now in Oxford which has places of learning everywhere 🤩 I’ve adopted a philosophy of a library a day keeps the ignorance away. I came for the ochre but read👇🏽😡. I know some may say it was of its time but contemporary proxies for ancient hominin behaviours persist.😕🏺
I’m now in Oxford which has places of learning everywhere 🤩 I’ve adopted a philosophy of a library a day keeps the ignorance away. I came for the ochre but read👇🏽😡. I know some may say it was of its time but contemporary proxies for ancient hominin behaviours persist.😕🏺
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Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood
Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan
Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term for 12 months
£36,396 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
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#Archaeology job alert!🏺
Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed.
www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist
Please share!
Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed.
www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist
Please share!
Staff - Vacancies - Project Assistant
www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#Archaeology job alert!🏺
Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed.
www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist
Please share!
Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed.
www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist
Please share!
In what I hope is an isolated incident, I have experienced disbelief when I have stated that I am going to Uni of Oxford.They said: Oh, Oxford Brookes, I said: No. They said: Are you sure? 😧 I said, somewhat in shock: Yes. Of course I thought of @afuahirsch.bsky.social who had similar experiences🏺
September 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In what I hope is an isolated incident, I have experienced disbelief when I have stated that I am going to Uni of Oxford.They said: Oh, Oxford Brookes, I said: No. They said: Are you sure? 😧 I said, somewhat in shock: Yes. Of course I thought of @afuahirsch.bsky.social who had similar experiences🏺
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I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Reposted by Karen Goodlett
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🎉 We're excited to announce the launch of our new HSDS Service Small Grants Programme – designed to unlock the potential for innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. pplications open on the 1st October 2025.
To find out more visit: buff.ly/xNBjTjE
To find out more visit: buff.ly/xNBjTjE
September 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Archaeologists Against Apartheid urgent call for action! We are not anonymous. We are members of both the EAA&global archaeological community and more committed than ever to holding our representative organisations to account and anti-democratic influences.
aaaeaastatementseptember3rd.tiiny.site
aaaeaastatementseptember3rd.tiiny.site
September 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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When you ask a zooarchaeologist to help you move! 🏺
September 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When you ask a zooarchaeologist to help you move! 🏺
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Come check me out at the British Science Festival next month. It's gonna be a banger!
theguideliverpool.com/10-reasons-t...
theguideliverpool.com/10-reasons-t...
10 reasons to go to the British Science Festival in Liverpool
British Science Festival takes over Liverpool from September 10 - 14 and it’s going to be an amazing week of 100+ events. Find out more here.
theguideliverpool.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Come check me out at the British Science Festival next month. It's gonna be a banger!
theguideliverpool.com/10-reasons-t...
theguideliverpool.com/10-reasons-t...
National Archives webinar with Paula Akpan on 22 Oct… Looks fab! 👸🏾
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-we-ru...?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-we-ru...?
When we ruled: the rise and fall of twelve African queens and warriors
Discover a world of royalty, ancient civilisations, conquest and colonisation through the reigns of the queens and warriors of Africa.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
National Archives webinar with Paula Akpan on 22 Oct… Looks fab! 👸🏾
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-we-ru...?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-we-ru...?
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'These concerns are not simply a historical artefact. Colonialism remains deeply embedded in many facets of dominant science, leading to inequitable health and social outcomes.' 🧪🏺
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
'These concerns are not simply a historical artefact. Colonialism remains deeply embedded in many facets of dominant science, leading to inequitable health and social outcomes.' 🧪🏺
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📣 Work with us! 📣
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory)
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology, to start on 1 January 2026 or as soon thereafter as possible. Subject to
www.cam.ac.uk
August 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Very nice 🧬 but when, oh when, are we going to stop using “sub-Saharan Africa” in academia? 🤦🏽♀️ 🏺
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A last!
A more detailed paper
on the two 7th century burials from Britain who carried partial ancestry from West Africa. One had been published previously www.nature.com/articles/s41... but not really discussed in detail.
A last!
A more detailed paper
on the two 7th century burials from Britain who carried partial ancestry from West Africa. One had been published previously www.nature.com/articles/s41... but not really discussed in detail.
August 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Very nice 🧬 but when, oh when, are we going to stop using “sub-Saharan Africa” in academia? 🤦🏽♀️ 🏺
I finally got around to graduating from UoS last month… Of course I wore my keffiyeh… One of the lecturers told me afterwards they were so happy to see it they almost shouted out to me on the stage! 🙌🏽🏺
#Graduation #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #Archaeology #Graduate #LaterBluesky
#Graduation #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #Archaeology #Graduate #LaterBluesky
August 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I finally got around to graduating from UoS last month… Of course I wore my keffiyeh… One of the lecturers told me afterwards they were so happy to see it they almost shouted out to me on the stage! 🙌🏽🏺
#Graduation #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #Archaeology #Graduate #LaterBluesky
#Graduation #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #Archaeology #Graduate #LaterBluesky
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WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology
August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology
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Archaeological position at TraceoLab (ULiège) - reorganising prehistory collections. Need a Master's in Archaeology, lithic experience, and good organisational skills.
Apply to veerle.rots@uliege.be by 25/8/25. Start Sep-Oct.
Full details: www.traceolab.uliege.be/cms/c_127324... 🏺
Apply to veerle.rots@uliege.be by 25/8/25. Start Sep-Oct.
Full details: www.traceolab.uliege.be/cms/c_127324... 🏺
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Archaeological position at TraceoLab (ULiège) - reorganising prehistory collections. Need a Master's in Archaeology, lithic experience, and good organisational skills.
Apply to veerle.rots@uliege.be by 25/8/25. Start Sep-Oct.
Full details: www.traceolab.uliege.be/cms/c_127324... 🏺
Apply to veerle.rots@uliege.be by 25/8/25. Start Sep-Oct.
Full details: www.traceolab.uliege.be/cms/c_127324... 🏺
CW: Thumbnail has images of human remains…
This is a nifty paper illustrating the use of bespoke software to create 3D reconstructions of palaeopathological events. Trying to convince a fellow arch that the future is digital in our discipline! 🏺
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This is a nifty paper illustrating the use of bespoke software to create 3D reconstructions of palaeopathological events. Trying to convince a fellow arch that the future is digital in our discipline! 🏺
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The third dimension in palaeopathology: How can three‐dimensional imaging by computed tomography bring an added value to retrospective diagnosis?
Three-dimensional (3D) imaging is now extensively used for studying ancient human and animal bones. This method has been consensually adopted by palaeoanthropologists, but its interest in palaeopatho...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
CW: Thumbnail has images of human remains…
This is a nifty paper illustrating the use of bespoke software to create 3D reconstructions of palaeopathological events. Trying to convince a fellow arch that the future is digital in our discipline! 🏺
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This is a nifty paper illustrating the use of bespoke software to create 3D reconstructions of palaeopathological events. Trying to convince a fellow arch that the future is digital in our discipline! 🏺
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Super proud of my friend and fellow ESBAA society member Benjamina Efua Dadzie. This is her first research article in a journal and is in part synthesised from her PhD 🤩 Said I would share so here it is and open access too 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🏺
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Collecting Abeokuta: Tracing the Provenance of Egba Material Culture from the Church Missionary Society Yoruba Mission
The Reverend Henry Townsend (1815–1886) was a missionary of the Church Missionary Society who worked in the city-state of Abeokuta, in present day southwestern Nigeria, from 1846 to 1876. While the...
www.tandfonline.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Super proud of my friend and fellow ESBAA society member Benjamina Efua Dadzie. This is her first research article in a journal and is in part synthesised from her PhD 🤩 Said I would share so here it is and open access too 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🏺
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Oh I love this paper, it has so many aspects of human endeavour. 🙌🏽 The spelunking in difficult karst topography to commemorate this momentous occasion of course reminds me of our ancestors’ similar endeavours. The determination. Poor light. The artwork. Bloody gorgeous. 🏺
arxiv.org/html/2410.03...
arxiv.org/html/2410.03...
The Fear of Halley’s Comet Visit in 1910 is Preserved in a Cave in Southern Puerto Rico
arxiv.org
July 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oh I love this paper, it has so many aspects of human endeavour. 🙌🏽 The spelunking in difficult karst topography to commemorate this momentous occasion of course reminds me of our ancestors’ similar endeavours. The determination. Poor light. The artwork. Bloody gorgeous. 🏺
arxiv.org/html/2410.03...
arxiv.org/html/2410.03...
Also because I’m plotting at the mo, apart from Uni of B’ham does any other archaeology department specialise in archaeoentomology? 🏺
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Also because I’m plotting at the mo, apart from Uni of B’ham does any other archaeology department specialise in archaeoentomology? 🏺
Well I got this offer from UoO earlier this year & after dithering I accepted. Whoo hoo! Unfortunately I did not acquire the scholarship to fund it. Boo! 😕 May be able to fund some (loan) but not all of it (nearly £20k)- any ideas? The dude suggested women in STEM but I haven’t found anything yet.🏺
July 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Well I got this offer from UoO earlier this year & after dithering I accepted. Whoo hoo! Unfortunately I did not acquire the scholarship to fund it. Boo! 😕 May be able to fund some (loan) but not all of it (nearly £20k)- any ideas? The dude suggested women in STEM but I haven’t found anything yet.🏺
Some of you may have seen the video of the wounded, dead & screaming children in Gaza today. I hesitated initially but I watched it because we must bear witness. It is horrifying. It seems appropriate to post Baldwin, perhaps every day, until there is some semblance of moral clarity. #genocide #gaza
June 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Some of you may have seen the video of the wounded, dead & screaming children in Gaza today. I hesitated initially but I watched it because we must bear witness. It is horrifying. It seems appropriate to post Baldwin, perhaps every day, until there is some semblance of moral clarity. #genocide #gaza
There’s nothing congratulatory about this. I find it a colossal disappointment. 🏺
June 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
There’s nothing congratulatory about this. I find it a colossal disappointment. 🏺