Royal Archaeological Institute
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Founded in 1844, promotes the study of archaeology in the British Isles and Europe and publishes The Archaeological Journal.
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦 Dr Jim Leary and Dr Elaine Jamieson will be presenting our next lecture on ‘Life on the lake: The prehistory and history of Skipsea, Holderness’. At Burlington House and on youtu.be/dTxePLmT25I
Life on the lake: The prehistory & history of Skipsea, Holderness Dr Jim Leary & Dr Elaine Jamieson
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January 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦 Dr Jim Leary and Dr Elaine Jamieson will be presenting our next lecture on ‘Life on the lake: The prehistory and history of Skipsea, Holderness’. At Burlington House and on youtu.be/dTxePLmT25I
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
🎨 The Royal Archaeological Institute visit to Lincoln Cathedral, 1880
🎨 The Royal Archaeological Institute visit to Lincoln Cathedral, 1880
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
🎨 The Royal Archaeological Institute visit to Lincoln Cathedral, 1880
🎨 The Royal Archaeological Institute visit to Lincoln Cathedral, 1880
Application deadline: 18th January 2026
Could you be our next Events & Development Co-ordinator? 🔥
We are looking for someone confident, organised & driven to execute our exciting events programme. ✨
Fancy working in a small, passionate team in the beautiful South Downs? We'd love to hear from you!
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/vacancies
We are looking for someone confident, organised & driven to execute our exciting events programme. ✨
Fancy working in a small, passionate team in the beautiful South Downs? We'd love to hear from you!
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/vacancies
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Application deadline: 18th January 2026
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Senior Research Technician post in our department at Exeter! Closing date 4 Jan - be quick! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV452/s...
Senior Research Technician at University of Exeter
Explore professional services job openings, including the Senior Research Technician position, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and discover more about this role.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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This was excellent. Well worth a watch!
A very interesting talk this evening by Alastair Oswald at @royalarchinst.bsky.social on Neolithic monuments and their relationship to woodland. www.youtube.com/live/zhFabvh... #archaeology
Patches of the endless forest I Dr Alastair Oswald
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December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This was excellent. Well worth a watch!
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A very interesting talk this evening by Alastair Oswald at @royalarchinst.bsky.social on Neolithic monuments and their relationship to woodland. www.youtube.com/live/zhFabvh... #archaeology
Patches of the endless forest I Dr Alastair Oswald
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December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A very interesting talk this evening by Alastair Oswald at @royalarchinst.bsky.social on Neolithic monuments and their relationship to woodland. www.youtube.com/live/zhFabvh... #archaeology
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Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
PhD funding | PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
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December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦 Dr Alastair Oswald will be presenting our next lecture on ‘Patches of the endless forest: landscape, monuments and remote perception in the early Neolithic of southern England’. youtu.be/zhFabvhYk0E
Patches of the endless forest I Dr Alastair Oswald
YouTube video by Royal Archaeological Institute
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December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦 Dr Alastair Oswald will be presenting our next lecture on ‘Patches of the endless forest: landscape, monuments and remote perception in the early Neolithic of southern England’. youtu.be/zhFabvhYk0E
We are proud to sponsor Current Archaeology’s 2026 Book of the Year award. Voting is now open at archaeology.co.uk/awards/book-...
Book of the Year 2026 – Nominees - Current Archaeology
Below are some of the publications we feel most deserve to be recognised for their contribution to the field – the nominees for the Book of the Year award. Voting is now open, and all the winners of t...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are proud to sponsor Current Archaeology’s 2026 Book of the Year award. Voting is now open at archaeology.co.uk/awards/book-...
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... a special guest lecture from Nathalie Cohen from @royalarchinst.bsky.social.
The IHR Discovery Courses are designed to be accessible for anyone interested in history - family and local historians, students and academic researchers are all welcome! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The IHR Discovery Courses are designed to be accessible for anyone interested in history - family and local historians, students and academic researchers are all welcome! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Archaeology for Local History: Living in a Material World
Discovery Course 3
www.history.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
... a special guest lecture from Nathalie Cohen from @royalarchinst.bsky.social.
The IHR Discovery Courses are designed to be accessible for anyone interested in history - family and local historians, students and academic researchers are all welcome! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The IHR Discovery Courses are designed to be accessible for anyone interested in history - family and local historians, students and academic researchers are all welcome! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Want to use archaeology in your local history research? In my new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery' short course (29 April-1 May 2026) you will learn where to locate and how to use records of surveys, excavations and finds in your area. Plus a visit to the @antiquaries.bsky.social library and...
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Want to use archaeology in your local history research? In my new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery' short course (29 April-1 May 2026) you will learn where to locate and how to use records of surveys, excavations and finds in your area. Plus a visit to the @antiquaries.bsky.social library and...
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NEW Toolkit: working with experts across a number of different institutions & with support from the Royal Historical Society, we're delighted to share this FREE resource for anyone interested in or involved with the conservation & interpretation of ruins.
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#ruins 🏰
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#ruins 🏰
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW Toolkit: working with experts across a number of different institutions & with support from the Royal Historical Society, we're delighted to share this FREE resource for anyone interested in or involved with the conservation & interpretation of ruins.
heyzine.com/flip-book/77...
#ruins 🏰
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#ruins 🏰
And CONGRATULATIONS to Melissa Lambe - Highly Commended of the Early Career Archaeologist Award at the Archaeological Achievement Awards.
#ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards
We’re thrilled to announce that one of our HER Officers, Melissa Lambe, been shortlisted for the 2025 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards! 🏆
We’re thrilled to announce that one of our HER Officers, Melissa Lambe, been shortlisted for the 2025 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards! 🏆
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
And CONGRATULATIONS to Melissa Lambe - Highly Commended of the Early Career Archaeologist Award at the Archaeological Achievement Awards.
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🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to Kayleigh Hibberd - winner of the Early Career Archaeologist Award at the Archaeological Achievement Awards! 🏆
#ChangingChalk @nationaltrust.org.uk
@archaeologyuk.bsky.social @royalarchinst.bsky.social
#ChangingChalk @nationaltrust.org.uk
@archaeologyuk.bsky.social @royalarchinst.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to Kayleigh Hibberd - winner of the Early Career Archaeologist Award at the Archaeological Achievement Awards! 🏆
#ChangingChalk @nationaltrust.org.uk
@archaeologyuk.bsky.social @royalarchinst.bsky.social
#ChangingChalk @nationaltrust.org.uk
@archaeologyuk.bsky.social @royalarchinst.bsky.social
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Only a few hours left until we come together with archaeologists across the UK and Ireland to celebrate the 2025 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards!
You can join us and cheer on the winners from home by watching our live-stream, starting 8 pm today 👉 www.youtube.com/live/GA6_QaE...
You can join us and cheer on the winners from home by watching our live-stream, starting 8 pm today 👉 www.youtube.com/live/GA6_QaE...
Archaeological Achievement Awards 2025
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November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Only a few hours left until we come together with archaeologists across the UK and Ireland to celebrate the 2025 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards!
You can join us and cheer on the winners from home by watching our live-stream, starting 8 pm today 👉 www.youtube.com/live/GA6_QaE...
You can join us and cheer on the winners from home by watching our live-stream, starting 8 pm today 👉 www.youtube.com/live/GA6_QaE...
We had a great day in Canterbury yesterday for our Autumn Meeting! Many thanks to our Meetings Secretaries for arranging a fabulous programme, and to our guides at St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We had a great day in Canterbury yesterday for our Autumn Meeting! Many thanks to our Meetings Secretaries for arranging a fabulous programme, and to our guides at St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
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A splendid day was had with the @royalarchinst.bsky.social yesterday, in Canterbury. The earliest still-in-use church of St Martin, St Augustine’s monastery, the cathedral, its drains, and library ticks (arachnid variety). Thanks to Nathalie and Peter the organisers.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A splendid day was had with the @royalarchinst.bsky.social yesterday, in Canterbury. The earliest still-in-use church of St Martin, St Augustine’s monastery, the cathedral, its drains, and library ticks (arachnid variety). Thanks to Nathalie and Peter the organisers.
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My review of Amanda Chadburn and Clive Ruggles' book Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun has been published in @royalarchinst.bsky.social Archaeological Journal. Let me know if you want to read it but don't have institutional access; I've got some free 'offprint' links: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NJ7DZ...
Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun
Published in Archaeological Journal (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My review of Amanda Chadburn and Clive Ruggles' book Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun has been published in @royalarchinst.bsky.social Archaeological Journal. Let me know if you want to read it but don't have institutional access; I've got some free 'offprint' links: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NJ7DZ...
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Do you have a steady hand and an eye for detail? We're looking for volunteers to help us with our conservation work! This is an exciting opportunity to help us look after the past for generations to come.
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do you have a steady hand and an eye for detail? We're looking for volunteers to help us with our conservation work! This is an exciting opportunity to help us look after the past for generations to come.
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
If you're interested, get in touch at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
CALLING ALL ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENTS
The submission deadline for our Master's Dissertation Prize is approaching. ⌛
The winner receives £500, one year's membership and the opportunity to publish an article derived from their dissertation in the Archaeological Journal.
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The submission deadline for our Master's Dissertation Prize is approaching. ⌛
The winner receives £500, one year's membership and the opportunity to publish an article derived from their dissertation in the Archaeological Journal.
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𝐑𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
The MA Dissertation Prize will be for the best dissertation written in 2024 or 2025 on the archaeology or architectural history of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other countries.
Details at www.royalarchinst.org/grants/disse...
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
The MA Dissertation Prize will be for the best dissertation written in 2024 or 2025 on the archaeology or architectural history of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other countries.
Details at www.royalarchinst.org/grants/disse...
Dissertation prizes
The Institute awards a dissertation prize each year for either an undergraduate (the Tony Baggs Undergraduate Dissertation Prize) or Master's dissertation on an alternating basis. The prize goes to th...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
CALLING ALL ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENTS
The submission deadline for our Master's Dissertation Prize is approaching. ⌛
The winner receives £500, one year's membership and the opportunity to publish an article derived from their dissertation in the Archaeological Journal.
👇
The submission deadline for our Master's Dissertation Prize is approaching. ⌛
The winner receives £500, one year's membership and the opportunity to publish an article derived from their dissertation in the Archaeological Journal.
👇
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Absolutely cracking research session at the Royal Academy today, followed by a fantastic talk by Professor Richard Bradley for @royalarchinst.bsky.social at @antiquaries.bsky.social
Am now completely jiggered, but absolutely fizzing with thoughts. Now, homeward bound… 😊
🎨 Knowlton, John Piper
Am now completely jiggered, but absolutely fizzing with thoughts. Now, homeward bound… 😊
🎨 Knowlton, John Piper
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Absolutely cracking research session at the Royal Academy today, followed by a fantastic talk by Professor Richard Bradley for @royalarchinst.bsky.social at @antiquaries.bsky.social
Am now completely jiggered, but absolutely fizzing with thoughts. Now, homeward bound… 😊
🎨 Knowlton, John Piper
Am now completely jiggered, but absolutely fizzing with thoughts. Now, homeward bound… 😊
🎨 Knowlton, John Piper
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟐 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦
Professor Richard Bradley will be presenting our next lecture on 'Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s: King Arthur's Round Table then, and its interpretation today'.
www.youtube.com/live/xPtQIlm...
Professor Richard Bradley will be presenting our next lecture on 'Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s: King Arthur's Round Table then, and its interpretation today'.
www.youtube.com/live/xPtQIlm...
Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s I Professor Richard Bradley
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟐 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦
Professor Richard Bradley will be presenting our next lecture on 'Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s: King Arthur's Round Table then, and its interpretation today'.
www.youtube.com/live/xPtQIlm...
Professor Richard Bradley will be presenting our next lecture on 'Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s: King Arthur's Round Table then, and its interpretation today'.
www.youtube.com/live/xPtQIlm...
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Aymer's wife Lucy is in our @beyondnotables.bsky.social database beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q3...
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Aymer's wife Lucy is in our @beyondnotables.bsky.social database beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q3...
Aymer Vallance, the owner of Stoneacre, was an active member of the RAI during the late 19th - early 20th centuries:
We're delighted to be working with MJC-Associates to record the graffiti & inscriptions at Stoneacre. The house is a medieval timber-framed building, with many later alterations to the fabric, including those undertaken by Aymer Vallance, who presented the house to the National Trust in 1928.
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Aymer Vallance, the owner of Stoneacre, was an active member of the RAI during the late 19th - early 20th centuries: