Lesley McFadyen
@lesleymcf.bsky.social
archaeology, art, heritage ecologies, drumadoon, ardeer
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Lesley McFadyen
@lesleymcf.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Out today, and open access, 'The melody that's sweetly played in tune', my photo essay with @alexanderboyd.bsky.social in @landscaperesearch.bsky.social journal! Ardeer, and an archaeology of photography, they're important!! doi.org/10.1080/0142...
‘Honey and salt – land smell and sea smell,
as in the long ago, as in forever.
The days pick me up and carry me off,
half-child, half-prisoner,
on their journey that I’ll share
for a while.
They wound and they bless me
with strange gifts:
the salt of absence,
the honey of memory.’ Norman MacCaig
as in the long ago, as in forever.
The days pick me up and carry me off,
half-child, half-prisoner,
on their journey that I’ll share
for a while.
They wound and they bless me
with strange gifts:
the salt of absence,
the honey of memory.’ Norman MacCaig
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 PM
‘Honey and salt – land smell and sea smell,
as in the long ago, as in forever.
The days pick me up and carry me off,
half-child, half-prisoner,
on their journey that I’ll share
for a while.
They wound and they bless me
with strange gifts:
the salt of absence,
the honey of memory.’ Norman MacCaig
as in the long ago, as in forever.
The days pick me up and carry me off,
half-child, half-prisoner,
on their journey that I’ll share
for a while.
They wound and they bless me
with strange gifts:
the salt of absence,
the honey of memory.’ Norman MacCaig
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January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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This chapter is the result. Drawing on Ammar Azzouz's work on Domicide, I tried to use his frameworks to rethink the third century in Roman Syria using archaeological evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
This chapter is the result. Drawing on Ammar Azzouz's work on Domicide, I tried to use his frameworks to rethink the third century in Roman Syria using archaeological evidence.
Today!
The first Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies Seminar series, on Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts, kicks off next week with Hiba Alkhalaf. All welcome! Sign up via the link: www.bbk.ac.uk/events?tag=1...
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Today!
Not-Rothko for @richardmortimer.bsky.social.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Not-Rothko for @richardmortimer.bsky.social.
A manifesto for every university. Keep it present!
I'm pleased to see that the manifesto by staff and students at Aberdeen University 'Reclaiming our University' is still available on the web. It is still a terribly necessary and well-considered list of demands. reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
Reclaiming our University
Visit the post for more.
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A manifesto for every university. Keep it present!
Sharks
Ivor Cutler: Sharks
YouTube video by Burmese Colour Needles
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December 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sharks
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Here's to Chip Friday (like Christmas every week!)
December 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here's to Chip Friday (like Christmas every week!)
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December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Last day of term @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, but look what's coming up next term! The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies seminar series on Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts!! Come join us: www.bbk.ac.uk/events?tag=1...
Archaeology, it's important!!!
Archaeology, it's important!!!
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Last day of term @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, but look what's coming up next term! The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies seminar series on Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts!! Come join us: www.bbk.ac.uk/events?tag=1...
Archaeology, it's important!!!
Archaeology, it's important!!!
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Hiba's seminar will be first in Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies series, on "Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts". All welcome, in-person only, book via this link: www.bbk.ac.uk/events?tag=1...
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hiba's seminar will be first in Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies series, on "Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts". All welcome, in-person only, book via this link: www.bbk.ac.uk/events?tag=1...
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A year ago yesterday, everything changed for Syria. This January, Hiba Alkhalaf will speak at Birkbeck about "From Destruction to Recovery: Syrian Heritage, Fourteen Years On".
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A year ago yesterday, everything changed for Syria. This January, Hiba Alkhalaf will speak at Birkbeck about "From Destruction to Recovery: Syrian Heritage, Fourteen Years On".
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Empowering Young People Through Archaeology
Please contribute to our fundraising appeal, every pound you give will be matched by the Big Give and your help greatly appreciated donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#archaeology #scotland #learning
Please contribute to our fundraising appeal, every pound you give will be matched by the Big Give and your help greatly appreciated donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#archaeology #scotland #learning
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Empowering Young People Through Archaeology
Please contribute to our fundraising appeal, every pound you give will be matched by the Big Give and your help greatly appreciated donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#archaeology #scotland #learning
Please contribute to our fundraising appeal, every pound you give will be matched by the Big Give and your help greatly appreciated donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#archaeology #scotland #learning
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Looking forward to Doing Social Justice Research Now, a panel discussion with representatives from the Birkbeck Institutes, 10 December 2pm at Birkbeck.
Free but register to secure your place.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Free but register to secure your place.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Looking forward to Doing Social Justice Research Now, a panel discussion with representatives from the Birkbeck Institutes, 10 December 2pm at Birkbeck.
Free but register to secure your place.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Free but register to secure your place.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Couldn’t grab them all for a staircase photo, but it was BA graduation day @bbkhistorical.bsky.social! Archaeology, it’s important!!
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Couldn’t grab them all for a staircase photo, but it was BA graduation day @bbkhistorical.bsky.social! Archaeology, it’s important!!
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So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...
Uralter Müll zeigt, wie Steinzeitbauern erstmals lernten, mit Abfall zu leben
nachrichten.idw-online.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...
‘Atween the shaw-field and the field
o new-sown winter wheat
a snell edge tae the wind
nae cranreuch
jist the hindmaist leaves, clingin
tae the hospice o the rodden tree
black-poxt, birlin on a twig
longin tae be lowsed
longin tae be lat gane
intae the least o daiths,
waitin, and tholin some mair’
o new-sown winter wheat
a snell edge tae the wind
nae cranreuch
jist the hindmaist leaves, clingin
tae the hospice o the rodden tree
black-poxt, birlin on a twig
longin tae be lowsed
longin tae be lat gane
intae the least o daiths,
waitin, and tholin some mair’
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
‘Atween the shaw-field and the field
o new-sown winter wheat
a snell edge tae the wind
nae cranreuch
jist the hindmaist leaves, clingin
tae the hospice o the rodden tree
black-poxt, birlin on a twig
longin tae be lowsed
longin tae be lat gane
intae the least o daiths,
waitin, and tholin some mair’
o new-sown winter wheat
a snell edge tae the wind
nae cranreuch
jist the hindmaist leaves, clingin
tae the hospice o the rodden tree
black-poxt, birlin on a twig
longin tae be lowsed
longin tae be lat gane
intae the least o daiths,
waitin, and tholin some mair’
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Beech masts, late autumn in a north Dorset woodland.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Beech masts, late autumn in a north Dorset woodland.
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social first year students channelling their Keiller energy and love of the Neolithic today at Avebury! Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk!!
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social first year students channelling their Keiller energy and love of the Neolithic today at Avebury! Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk!!
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Photo 5: Lucia Speariett, Petra Jones and Iona Robinson-Zeki at breaktime in a reconstructed Iron Age Roundhouse, Flag Fen 2021 (Credit: David Matzliach/CAU)
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Photo 5: Lucia Speariett, Petra Jones and Iona Robinson-Zeki at breaktime in a reconstructed Iron Age Roundhouse, Flag Fen 2021 (Credit: David Matzliach/CAU)
Must Farm log boats on display at Flag Fen, and Iona Robinson Zeki in the Guardian ⭐️
Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory
Well-preserved oak and maple boats used for transport and fishing to be displayed in Peterborough
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Must Farm log boats on display at Flag Fen, and Iona Robinson Zeki in the Guardian ⭐️
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Our researcher @tmcasimiro.bsky.social just co-authored a paper on women's emotions in industrial places. Take a look
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Capturing emotions in the factory: an archaeological analysis of women’s lives through industrial photographs in Portugal
Studying emotions in archaeology poses significant challenges, particularly in varying chronologies and contexts. The emotions of women working in industrial sites, often overlooked and disregarded...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Our researcher @tmcasimiro.bsky.social just co-authored a paper on women's emotions in industrial places. Take a look
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...
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Glasgow glasshouse - look up!
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Glasgow glasshouse - look up!