Gemma Cruickshanks
@postexgem.bsky.social
Post-excavation artefact specialist at National Museums Scotland: iron, metalworking, craft, Iron Age, early medieval and medieval. Mum, gardener and list-maker.
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Now's your chance to make Pictish history. Please buy a copy of our Rhynie big book - you have till 6th December to order!
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Now's your chance to make Pictish history. Please buy a copy of our Rhynie big book - you have till 6th December to order!
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⭐ New on Bluesky: The 'Scottish Archaeology' Starter pack! ⭐
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
November 19, 2024 at 9:35 AM
⭐ New on Bluesky: The 'Scottish Archaeology' Starter pack! ⭐
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
We've started a list of organisations and individuals from across Scotland's archaeology sector. 🏰 ✨
If you'd like to be included, or have a suggestion, drop us a reply or a DM! We're excited to grow this vibrant community together! 🤝
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My replica of the Iron Age armlet fragment from Dunadd is off to @kilmartinmuseum. A great opportunity to work with one of the cannel coal samples I collected from the Fife coastline earlier in the year. I think it's safe to say this Scottish 'jet' lookalike stood up to the test!
November 13, 2024 at 12:31 PM
My replica of the Iron Age armlet fragment from Dunadd is off to @kilmartinmuseum. A great opportunity to work with one of the cannel coal samples I collected from the Fife coastline earlier in the year. I think it's safe to say this Scottish 'jet' lookalike stood up to the test!
Reposted by Gemma Cruickshanks
Bringing the First Millennia Studies Group seminar programme for 2024-25 over here.
Open to anyone with an interest in the first millennia BC and/or AD
All seminars except December are held in Edinburgh. But note that venues for most lectures are TBC so keep an eye on here and in your emails
Open to anyone with an interest in the first millennia BC and/or AD
All seminars except December are held in Edinburgh. But note that venues for most lectures are TBC so keep an eye on here and in your emails
November 14, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Bringing the First Millennia Studies Group seminar programme for 2024-25 over here.
Open to anyone with an interest in the first millennia BC and/or AD
All seminars except December are held in Edinburgh. But note that venues for most lectures are TBC so keep an eye on here and in your emails
Open to anyone with an interest in the first millennia BC and/or AD
All seminars except December are held in Edinburgh. But note that venues for most lectures are TBC so keep an eye on here and in your emails