Kayt Hawkins
@kayth.bsky.social
Archaeologist #roman #pottery #childhood. Join a union. UCL. My own musings. She/Her. Current obession: these pots⬇️
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17585716.2025.2478734#abstract
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17585716.2025.2478734#abstract
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Kayt Hawkins
@kayth.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Connecting with people doing amazing & important (usually voluntarily) work aimed at making archaeology safer for all has been such an incredibly inspiring process. Hugest thanks to @archaeocobb.bsky.social & also to all contributors! Out soon www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
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Researchers are now using proteomics analysis on historical books, discovering all sorts of proteins people left on them centuries ago. 🏺🧪
Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for 'curing' ailments with lizard heads and human feces
A novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos.
www.livescience.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Researchers are now using proteomics analysis on historical books, discovering all sorts of proteins people left on them centuries ago. 🏺🧪
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Come to Oulu, Finland this summer for the annual conference of @sscipchildhood.bsky.social - CFP now open
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Come to Oulu, Finland this summer for the annual conference of @sscipchildhood.bsky.social - CFP now open
This is rather special
I’ve been doing some research into the Roman graffiti in @colmuseums.bsky.social and came across this lovely example. Sabina was probably either the person that wrote this or who owned the vessel (or both).
Either way, a rare example of a Roman woman’s name written on an object.
Either way, a rare example of a Roman woman’s name written on an object.
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
This is rather special
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We're so proud to launch our new lecture series, with the inaugural lecture given by @annelisebaer.bsky.social! Come hear Annelise speak on utilising SoMe for public outreach on 17/3/26.
Sign up below. 👇🏾#pubarch
Sign up below. 👇🏾#pubarch
👋 Archaeology community, we have some fun news!
Archaeologists Engage is pleased to welcome leading social media expert Annelise Baer for our inaugural public talk covering the benefits and pitfalls of public engagement on social media.
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
#archaeology
Archaeologists Engage is pleased to welcome leading social media expert Annelise Baer for our inaugural public talk covering the benefits and pitfalls of public engagement on social media.
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
#archaeology
January 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
We're so proud to launch our new lecture series, with the inaugural lecture given by @annelisebaer.bsky.social! Come hear Annelise speak on utilising SoMe for public outreach on 17/3/26.
Sign up below. 👇🏾#pubarch
Sign up below. 👇🏾#pubarch
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This is brilliant.
So many flame wars could be avoided by the original poster simply adding "I think," "I believe," or "For me," before a sweeping statement of personal taste.
The rest could be avoided by replies actually noticing that they did.
So many flame wars could be avoided by the original poster simply adding "I think," "I believe," or "For me," before a sweeping statement of personal taste.
The rest could be avoided by replies actually noticing that they did.
I'm wrong to say I didn't enjoy it? How can that be? Unless you claim you were sitting behind me and saw me loving it...
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
This is brilliant.
So many flame wars could be avoided by the original poster simply adding "I think," "I believe," or "For me," before a sweeping statement of personal taste.
The rest could be avoided by replies actually noticing that they did.
So many flame wars could be avoided by the original poster simply adding "I think," "I believe," or "For me," before a sweeping statement of personal taste.
The rest could be avoided by replies actually noticing that they did.
I agree with Jaime here. This is about what we as members want the EAA to be. If you are an EAA member please vote.
So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I agree with Jaime here. This is about what we as members want the EAA to be. If you are an EAA member please vote.
Well I guess the very heavy redaction of the EAA special meeting minutes is accurate in reflecting the management of the meeting. Check your inboxes folks, the link to voting, draft minutes & dropbox comments arrived late last night.
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Well I guess the very heavy redaction of the EAA special meeting minutes is accurate in reflecting the management of the meeting. Check your inboxes folks, the link to voting, draft minutes & dropbox comments arrived late last night.
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Now only 15% away from its target!!! Please boost x
Only 26% away from its target!!
Please give this a boost share and donate if you can, lets get this fundraiser over the line 👌🏼
www.gofundme.com/f/rrzag2-sav...
Please give this a boost share and donate if you can, lets get this fundraiser over the line 👌🏼
www.gofundme.com/f/rrzag2-sav...
Donate to Save a LGBT, care experienced family from homelessness, organized by Jack Smith
I’ve set this go fund me up to support a friend who is care experien… Jack Smith needs your support for Save a LGBT, care experienced family from homelessness
www.gofundme.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Now only 15% away from its target!!! Please boost x
Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺
The only carnyx repost for me - love this, follow the thread!
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The only carnyx repost for me - love this, follow the thread!
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An absolute masterpiece in research by Tess using FOI requests to piece together the costs of 'rewards' paid to detectorists and the sheer volume of material lost and leaving the country because museums don't have the funds to buy. Feels like a massive kick in the teeth given all the heritage cuts
FOI requests show that in 2024/2025, payments to individual finders & landowners for 'Treasure' rewards cost us £7,280,321.26
1/2
bigbookoftorcs.com/2026/01/11/t...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
1/2
bigbookoftorcs.com/2026/01/11/t...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
‘That belongs in a museum’: The true ‘cost’ of detecting in England and Wales.
By Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] ‘My members don’t want to be quasi-archaeologists, they want to go out on a Sunday, dig around, get dirty, find …
bigbookoftorcs.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
An absolute masterpiece in research by Tess using FOI requests to piece together the costs of 'rewards' paid to detectorists and the sheer volume of material lost and leaving the country because museums don't have the funds to buy. Feels like a massive kick in the teeth given all the heritage cuts
This is a great list! Highly recomend adding these gems to your feed :)
Welcome to all our new followers!
If you're interested in getting more museums, libraries, galleries, and archives in your feed (because why the heck wouldn't you be), here's a starter pack we made earlier:
go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu
If you're interested in getting more museums, libraries, galleries, and archives in your feed (because why the heck wouldn't you be), here's a starter pack we made earlier:
go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 AM
This is a great list! Highly recomend adding these gems to your feed :)
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Ahead of tomorrow's EAA Special Meeting, my first EJA editorial has just been published. I reflect briefly on the events around last year's conference & offer some recommendations from the European Society for Black & Allied Archaeologists about receiving feedback with grace
doi.org/10.1017/eaa....
doi.org/10.1017/eaa....
Editorial | European Journal of Archaeology | Cambridge Core
Editorial
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's EAA Special Meeting, my first EJA editorial has just been published. I reflect briefly on the events around last year's conference & offer some recommendations from the European Society for Black & Allied Archaeologists about receiving feedback with grace
doi.org/10.1017/eaa....
doi.org/10.1017/eaa....
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This Friday we have an important appointment to debate the imminent future of the EAA. If you are a 2025 or 2026, attend and vote afterwards to remind leadership this is a membership-based association, and certain actions cannot be tolerated.
🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This Friday we have an important appointment to debate the imminent future of the EAA. If you are a 2025 or 2026, attend and vote afterwards to remind leadership this is a membership-based association, and certain actions cannot be tolerated.
Sharing this initiative to support #archaeologists network globally, build more stable careers, access mentoring & resources and much more. They have just 4 days left to reach their target! Please help spread the word:
🏺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
🏺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
PastForwardHub: for archaeologists, by archaeologists
PastForwardHub is a web-app built for the archaeological community. It is a place to connect with peers, find jobs & share resources.
www.kickstarter.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Sharing this initiative to support #archaeologists network globally, build more stable careers, access mentoring & resources and much more. They have just 4 days left to reach their target! Please help spread the word:
🏺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
🏺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
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This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
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Wow, hearing Ted Danson on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social talk about how he got his sense of activism from his dad, an archaeologist (Southwestern, I think?) who instilled in him a sense of the need to care for future generations, has got me in the feels.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a bookshelf with a netflix logo on it
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a bookshelf with a netflix logo on it
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Wow, hearing Ted Danson on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social talk about how he got his sense of activism from his dad, an archaeologist (Southwestern, I think?) who instilled in him a sense of the need to care for future generations, has got me in the feels.
This is a beautiful musing by @tessmachling.bsky.social I love the family lore of the bauble - our tree is likewise decorated in a wonderfully wierd mix of decs made, given, bought - each has a story shared as we put them up each year🎄
December 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is a beautiful musing by @tessmachling.bsky.social I love the family lore of the bauble - our tree is likewise decorated in a wonderfully wierd mix of decs made, given, bought - each has a story shared as we put them up each year🎄
I had the most marvellous day recently looking through the St. Pancras #Roman cemetery archive, looking for more so-called infant feeding vessels. Huge thanks to the 🏛Novium Museum, Chichester & to @romanpalace.bsky.social for allowing me access. So many lovely Roman pots!!!
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I had the most marvellous day recently looking through the St. Pancras #Roman cemetery archive, looking for more so-called infant feeding vessels. Huge thanks to the 🏛Novium Museum, Chichester & to @romanpalace.bsky.social for allowing me access. So many lovely Roman pots!!!
Really looking forward to reading this on #gender #archaeology by @anemonenyme.bsky.social & @greekvases.bsky.social !!
Now Available! 🏺
Looking for the perfect present for the archaeologist in your life?
An Introduction to Gender Archaeology by Isabelle Algrain and Laura Mary is now available on our website!
@anemonenyme.bsky.social @greekvases.bsky.social @payetatruelle.bsky.social
Looking for the perfect present for the archaeologist in your life?
An Introduction to Gender Archaeology by Isabelle Algrain and Laura Mary is now available on our website!
@anemonenyme.bsky.social @greekvases.bsky.social @payetatruelle.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Really looking forward to reading this on #gender #archaeology by @anemonenyme.bsky.social & @greekvases.bsky.social !!
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Saddened, but not surprised, to see Snettisham books nominated for 'Research Project of the Year'. Yes, there's good in those books, but there's much wrong when it comes to torcs themselves & our research was largely ignored...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
The Snettisham torcs and the British Museum
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction The recently published Snettisham hoard volumes are long awaited, and contain much that is of use a…
bigbookoftorcs.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Saddened, but not surprised, to see Snettisham books nominated for 'Research Project of the Year'. Yes, there's good in those books, but there's much wrong when it comes to torcs themselves & our research was largely ignored...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
Calling members of the European Association of Archaeologists - invites seem to have gone out to members for the special meeting being held on Jan 9th 2026, 3-5pm CET 🏺
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Calling members of the European Association of Archaeologists - invites seem to have gone out to members for the special meeting being held on Jan 9th 2026, 3-5pm CET 🏺
Ouch. Important work here by @tessmachling.bsky.social highlight the eyewatering amounts being to paid to people for their hobby 😳 the system isn't working, except it would seem for a few finders ⬇️
Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers.
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Looking for Treasure…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction Following on from my blog last week, I have been trying to find out exactly how much is being paid …
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ouch. Important work here by @tessmachling.bsky.social highlight the eyewatering amounts being to paid to people for their hobby 😳 the system isn't working, except it would seem for a few finders ⬇️
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Happy #Halloween
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Happy #Halloween
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology