Sam Tipper
@sntipper.bsky.social
🦴 Senior lecturer @ARU, Bioarchaeologist, Roman and Medieval periods, Community archaeology, Ancient Nubia, 💀 🦷 all things bone related 😜 Chair Cifa Osteo group
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Sam Tipper
@sntipper.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Started up a bioarch starter pack 🤩
Let me know if you want to be added or have suggestions 😊
#archaeology #bioarchaeology
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Let me know if you want to be added or have suggestions 😊
#archaeology #bioarchaeology
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Stupendous stuff from
@samleggs22.bsky.social - meta analysis of human strontium and oxygen stable isotope data from southern Britain in 2nd half of 1st Millennium AD. Too rich to summarise but if your are into complex early medieval mobility, this one’s for you.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@samleggs22.bsky.social - meta analysis of human strontium and oxygen stable isotope data from southern Britain in 2nd half of 1st Millennium AD. Too rich to summarise but if your are into complex early medieval mobility, this one’s for you.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100
THIS STUDY PRESENTS THE RESULTS of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c ad 400–1100. These patterns are gendered, regionally distin...
www.tandfonline.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Stupendous stuff from
@samleggs22.bsky.social - meta analysis of human strontium and oxygen stable isotope data from southern Britain in 2nd half of 1st Millennium AD. Too rich to summarise but if your are into complex early medieval mobility, this one’s for you.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@samleggs22.bsky.social - meta analysis of human strontium and oxygen stable isotope data from southern Britain in 2nd half of 1st Millennium AD. Too rich to summarise but if your are into complex early medieval mobility, this one’s for you.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nice use of stable isotopes to explore past human mobility. Rather than the old myths of mass migrations of 'Anglo Saxons' into Britain, such scientific studies provide valuable data.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Nice use of stable isotopes to explore past human mobility. Rather than the old myths of mass migrations of 'Anglo Saxons' into Britain, such scientific studies provide valuable data.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What are the common threads between the funerary practices of different cultures across time? 'What to expect when you’re dead' explores the ideas ancient people had about the afterlife. Read our review in the latest #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🏺 #Archaeology
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What are the common threads between the funerary practices of different cultures across time? 'What to expect when you’re dead' explores the ideas ancient people had about the afterlife. Read our review in the latest #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🏺 #Archaeology
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🦴 💀 🧬🦠🩺🩻🏺🕵🏼 My dear colleagues from @dai-weltweit.bsky.social have put together an outstanding program for the #PPAberlin2026 @paleopathology.bsky.social European Meeting 3-7 August! Check out events & speakers:
www.dainst.org/en/the-25th-...
#paleopathology #evolutionarymedicine
#bonesinternational
www.dainst.org/en/the-25th-...
#paleopathology #evolutionarymedicine
#bonesinternational
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🦴 💀 🧬🦠🩺🩻🏺🕵🏼 My dear colleagues from @dai-weltweit.bsky.social have put together an outstanding program for the #PPAberlin2026 @paleopathology.bsky.social European Meeting 3-7 August! Check out events & speakers:
www.dainst.org/en/the-25th-...
#paleopathology #evolutionarymedicine
#bonesinternational
www.dainst.org/en/the-25th-...
#paleopathology #evolutionarymedicine
#bonesinternational
Ohh cant wait to give this a read 🤓👀🏺
Very excited to see this out in the wild 👀🏺
It's a real collaborative monograph which details the excavation of the Bowl Hole & provides a wider overview of the excavations at the castle.
The first chapter, co-authored with Graeme Young & Barbara Yorke, is freely available to read 👉
It's a real collaborative monograph which details the excavation of the Bowl Hole & provides a wider overview of the excavations at the castle.
The first chapter, co-authored with Graeme Young & Barbara Yorke, is freely available to read 👉
📣Now Available📣
The Bamburgh Bowl Hole Anglian-period Cemetery is the full publication of the sixth- to eighth-century burials excavated between 1999 and 2007. It integrates archaeological, osteological and isotopic data into a comprehensive account of the cemetery. 🏺
@brparchaeology.bsky.social
The Bamburgh Bowl Hole Anglian-period Cemetery is the full publication of the sixth- to eighth-century burials excavated between 1999 and 2007. It integrates archaeological, osteological and isotopic data into a comprehensive account of the cemetery. 🏺
@brparchaeology.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ohh cant wait to give this a read 🤓👀🏺
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HEAS Seminar @heasvienna.bsky.social
This talk on Neanderthal life and death at Shanidar Cave,
Iraqi Kurdistan was delivered to a hybrid audience,
on the 1st December 2025 at the University of Vienna. 🏺🧪
Shanidar 1: Care and compassion? - Emma Pomeroy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l2...
This talk on Neanderthal life and death at Shanidar Cave,
Iraqi Kurdistan was delivered to a hybrid audience,
on the 1st December 2025 at the University of Vienna. 🏺🧪
Shanidar 1: Care and compassion? - Emma Pomeroy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l2...
HEAS Seminar - Emma Pomeroy
YouTube video by HEAS
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
HEAS Seminar @heasvienna.bsky.social
This talk on Neanderthal life and death at Shanidar Cave,
Iraqi Kurdistan was delivered to a hybrid audience,
on the 1st December 2025 at the University of Vienna. 🏺🧪
Shanidar 1: Care and compassion? - Emma Pomeroy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l2...
This talk on Neanderthal life and death at Shanidar Cave,
Iraqi Kurdistan was delivered to a hybrid audience,
on the 1st December 2025 at the University of Vienna. 🏺🧪
Shanidar 1: Care and compassion? - Emma Pomeroy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l2...
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A recently unearthed limestone sarcophagus in the ancient city of Demre, Antalya, Türkiye, may hold the remains of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the fourth-century bishop who inspired the legend of Santa Claus. Just how they hope to confirm this by C14 dating is a mystery! #TombTuesday
December 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A recently unearthed limestone sarcophagus in the ancient city of Demre, Antalya, Türkiye, may hold the remains of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the fourth-century bishop who inspired the legend of Santa Claus. Just how they hope to confirm this by C14 dating is a mystery! #TombTuesday
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Some lovely festive #archaeologynews for you! 😅
At least 73 skeletons have been found in this 13th century cemetery, mostly adult males
Evidence of tied hands strongly suggests this was a Medieval execution site!
🏺 #archaeology #news #medievalmonday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 73 skeletons have been found in this 13th century cemetery, mostly adult males
Evidence of tied hands strongly suggests this was a Medieval execution site!
🏺 #archaeology #news #medievalmonday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More remains uncovered at Buckingham 'execution' cemetery
Archaeologists believe the site in Buckingham was a burial ground for executed criminals.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Some lovely festive #archaeologynews for you! 😅
At least 73 skeletons have been found in this 13th century cemetery, mostly adult males
Evidence of tied hands strongly suggests this was a Medieval execution site!
🏺 #archaeology #news #medievalmonday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 73 skeletons have been found in this 13th century cemetery, mostly adult males
Evidence of tied hands strongly suggests this was a Medieval execution site!
🏺 #archaeology #news #medievalmonday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🏺🧪
Roman urbanism was bad for health, new study confirms
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Roman urbanism was bad for health, new study confirms
Analysis of skeletal remains from England before and during Roman occupation confirms theories that the population's health declined under Roman occupation, but only in the urban centers, suggesting p...
phys.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Join our Group as a Human Osteoarchaeology Group supporter for £15 annually.
www.archaeologists.net/groups/human...
www.archaeologists.net/groups/human...
Human Osteoarchaeology
The Human Osteoarchaeology Group represents the interests of professionals who work, or have an interest in, the area of human osteoarchaeology and burial studies.
www.archaeologists.net
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Join our Group as a Human Osteoarchaeology Group supporter for £15 annually.
www.archaeologists.net/groups/human...
www.archaeologists.net/groups/human...
Our November Cifa Osteobite is just starting! Sarah Inskip talking about oro-dental disease 🤩⚱️🦷
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our November Cifa Osteobite is just starting! Sarah Inskip talking about oro-dental disease 🤩⚱️🦷
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Paintings of Stonehenge by Victorian women are rare, and these details are tantalising: could this be Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1818-1897) and her daughter Lady Ermyntrude Russell (1856-1927)? Such precious women's artwork needs to be in the Wiltshire Museum collection.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We're continuing spooky month with a review of The Lost Tribe, aka Primevil (2009), the story of a tribe of Predator-like missing links on a Caribbean island, and the Catholic conspiracy to cover it up 🧪🏺
youtu.be/fHDbUGuGoqY
youtu.be/fHDbUGuGoqY
Episode 114: The Lost Tribe (2009) | Screens of the Stone Age Podcast
YouTube video by Screens of the Stone Age
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October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're continuing spooky month with a review of The Lost Tribe, aka Primevil (2009), the story of a tribe of Predator-like missing links on a Caribbean island, and the Catholic conspiracy to cover it up 🧪🏺
youtu.be/fHDbUGuGoqY
youtu.be/fHDbUGuGoqY
#Zooarch people this may be of interest.
The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!
If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.
@aarc-community.bsky.social
If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.
@aarc-community.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#Zooarch people this may be of interest.
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Episode 136 is up on Bioarchaeology with @janetekay.bsky.social and Jordan Wilson. We talk about what bioarchaeology is, how it works, and collaboration with other disciplines. Plus our recent article: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/.... Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2025/05/02/b...
Burial Archaeology and the First Plague Pandemic | Speculum: Vol 100, No 2
Abstract Archaeological evidence from funerary contexts is largely ignored in current scholarship on the First Plague Pandemic, despite the important information that burials and cemeteries can provid...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
June 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Episode 136 is up on Bioarchaeology with @janetekay.bsky.social and Jordan Wilson. We talk about what bioarchaeology is, how it works, and collaboration with other disciplines. Plus our recent article: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/.... Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2025/05/02/b...
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Once again urging archaeologists to critically assess the AI push into archaeology. There is a huge swath of problematic ethical issues that come with the AI tech & tech lords & we don't have to make it easier for them to insert themselves in archaeology by welcoming them in. Don't be complicit.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Once again urging archaeologists to critically assess the AI push into archaeology. There is a huge swath of problematic ethical issues that come with the AI tech & tech lords & we don't have to make it easier for them to insert themselves in archaeology by welcoming them in. Don't be complicit.
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#ReliefWednesday!
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#ReliefWednesday!
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
We have a few spots left on our Human Osteology short course in Cambridge on November 8 & 9th.
Sign up by 5th November
store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-...
Sign up by 5th November
store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-...
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We have a few spots left on our Human Osteology short course in Cambridge on November 8 & 9th.
Sign up by 5th November
store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-...
Sign up by 5th November
store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-...
Spent Saturday sorting finds from The Malandry Project. Love the colours on this one 😍
October 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Spent Saturday sorting finds from The Malandry Project. Love the colours on this one 😍
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Next Osteobites online talk: Weds 26 Nov, 6.30-7.30pm (UK time)!
“Tobacco as a risk factor for past oral health; exploring the benefits of an index of Oro-dental disease”, by Dr Sarah Inskip ⚱️🚬
Hope to see you there! More info on the booking page: www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
“Tobacco as a risk factor for past oral health; exploring the benefits of an index of Oro-dental disease”, by Dr Sarah Inskip ⚱️🚬
Hope to see you there! More info on the booking page: www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
Human Osteoarchaeology SIG Osteobites session | CIfA
www.archaeologists.net
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Next Osteobites online talk: Weds 26 Nov, 6.30-7.30pm (UK time)!
“Tobacco as a risk factor for past oral health; exploring the benefits of an index of Oro-dental disease”, by Dr Sarah Inskip ⚱️🚬
Hope to see you there! More info on the booking page: www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
“Tobacco as a risk factor for past oral health; exploring the benefits of an index of Oro-dental disease”, by Dr Sarah Inskip ⚱️🚬
Hope to see you there! More info on the booking page: www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
I do love having a wonder through graveyards.
This one is St Marys in Riseholme Lincoln. 😊⚱️
#graveyard
This one is St Marys in Riseholme Lincoln. 😊⚱️
#graveyard
October 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I do love having a wonder through graveyards.
This one is St Marys in Riseholme Lincoln. 😊⚱️
#graveyard
This one is St Marys in Riseholme Lincoln. 😊⚱️
#graveyard