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Simon Fitch
@sef049.bsky.social
#UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Geoarchaeologist at @uniofbradford.bsky.social. Currently researching Submerged Landscapes and Prehistoric Archaeology across the globe.

https://lote.teamapp.com/
Congratulations to the @submergedlands.bsky.social team for an excellent conference on Submerged Landscapes and the TATF project yesterday - It was fun presenting the LOTE project at it - well done to all 👍

More details at submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/944...
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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An interactive map of all @unesco.org UNITWIN Network activities (including the Submerged Landscape Centre @bradarch.bsky.social) is now accessible at -

unitwinunderwaterarchaeology.net/interactive-...
Interactive Map - The UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology
Interactive Map This interactive map presents the UNITWIN projects from the past three years.
unitwinunderwaterarchaeology.net
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A new publication is out from the Life on the Edge project 👍. The paper presents the project teams work on the Dalmatian Coast near Split, Croatia - plenty more to come !

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sequence stratigraphy and relative sea level variations in Kaštela Bay, Dalmatian coast, Croatia, and implications for the submerged palaeolandscapes and archaeology of the late Pleistocene, marine is...
Relative sea level, palaeoclimate, and palaeohydrology are critical variables for contextualising past hominin behaviours and the resulting archaeolog…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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David Starley is working in Lister Park today. He has painted a view of the 1904 Bradford Exhibition and is now painting the 2025 view over the top. He will then 'excavate' through to reveal/blend the two. Art imitating archaeology @bradarch.bsky.social @uniofbradford.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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It’s the last day in Doggerland for the @bradarch.bsky.social @subnordica.bsky.social , @vliz.be teams and the Simon Stevin. It’s been a very succesful trip already - plenty of lithics, cores and survey data.
June 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Enjoyable day on the Japanese coast - the views here are spectacular - spot the snow on the mountains 👍😀
June 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Greetings from Japan 👍 (with Mt. Fuji visible through the clouds). It will be great to meet up again with all our friends and colleagues there 🙂
June 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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@sef049.bsky.social @universeaway.bsky.social Simon Fitch, Robyn Pelling, and Ruth Plets (of @vliznews.bsky.social) are running a session entitled 'Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes in the Face of Development'.

www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/en
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www.vliz.be
March 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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February 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's the last day to apply for the fully funded PhD looking at the Gulf of Mexico with BOEM and supervised by @jwcookhale.bsky.social and myself 👍😀.

Deadline is tomorrow, so remember click in your completed applications in before then ! 😃

Details below:

tinyurl.com/4pznchdz
Re-evaluating BOEM's Guidelines for Identifying Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Mexico: an Extensive Geoarchaeological Approach at University of Bradford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Re-evaluating BOEM's Guidelines for Identifying Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Mexico: an Extensive Geoarchaeological Approach at University of Bradford, l...
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January 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just a reminder that there are a few days left to apply for the fully funded PhD looking at the Gulf of Mexico with BOEM and supervised by @jwcookhale.bsky.social and myself.

Deadline is the 10th Jan and Details below:

tinyurl.com/4pznchdz

Good luck to everyone 👍
Re-evaluating BOEM's Guidelines for Identifying Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Mexico: an Extensive Geoarchaeological Approach at University of Bradford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Re-evaluating BOEM's Guidelines for Identifying Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Mexico: an Extensive Geoarchaeological Approach at University of Bradford, l...
tinyurl.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Great graphic from @submergedlands.bsky.social Walker et al paper

"Winds of Change: Urgent Challenges and Emerging Opportunities in Submerged Prehistory, a Perspective from the North Sea"

www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/7/...

How do natural hazards (palaeofloods, lahars, ...) influence preservation ?
January 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Looking for something to start your New Year on a bright note ? - here is some fantastic work by the @submergedlands.bsky.social team 👍
Recent expedition with @vliznews.bsky.social to the Sheringham Shoal estuaries recovers new lithic assemblage. For detail see - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/884...
January 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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No wonder we moved to farming - try peeling a handful of hazelnuts for Xmas nosh - and then consider 6000 years of #Mesolithic meals! #Archaeology #MerryXmas
December 24, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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At this years @tag45.bsky.social @vincegaffney.bsky.social and Robyn Pelling both contributed to the session on ‘Re-Peopling Submerged Prehistory’.

Both showcasing the world leading research being conducted at the Submerged Landscapes Centre in Bradford.
December 20, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Just processing data from this year's work in Croatia is bringing back lots of happy memories - and reminding me the UK is really cold and wet today ! - still looking forward to next year's work in the Adriatic, it's going to be exciting 😃
December 17, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Our research features in the University of Bradford annual research report 2023/2024.

You can download the full report here: bradford.ac.uk/research/
December 4, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Malta's Archaeology Museum in Valletta is a little Gem - it's Neolithic display in such a historic building is quite fantastic 😃
December 1, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Greetings from Valletta 🙂
November 30, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Bit excited as Christmas has come early at the @submergedlands.bsky.social centre - in the form of a beautiful new super lightweight parametric echo sounder courtesy of www.innomar.com - we have some amazing plans to get this into action next year ! 😃
November 27, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Thanks for making it easy 😀
November 21, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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We’re looking for a PhD student! Fully funded, too. Come work with me and Simon Fitch @sef049.bsky.social on reconstructing the palaeolandscapes of the Gulf of Mexico!
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
PhD studentship Alert! We have a fully funded International position available at the centre studying with me and Jess @jwcookhale.bsky.social looking at Submerged Sites in the Gulf of México - good luck to all the applicants 👍😀
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Well that was unexpected - we were supposed to be too far south for snow (!). Guess it's a work from home day today !
November 19, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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Flint is doing amazing work here. Send #archaeology starter packs his way!
If I'm missing any #archaeology starter packs, def send them my way. This thread is part of building our community, and all are welcome

Let's fill this place with the perspective gained from uncovering our shared human past
This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs

Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives

@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM