Dr Susan Greaney
@suegreaney.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Neolithic Britain & Ireland | Heritage interpretation | Lecturer at University of Exeter | Editor of Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
Thanks for sharing, I didn't know this paper. The collection and use of fossils in prehistory is a fascinating topic. Currently I'm trying to persuade the author of some existing work on this topic to get it written up and out there!
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Thanks for sharing, I didn't know this paper. The collection and use of fossils in prehistory is a fascinating topic. Currently I'm trying to persuade the author of some existing work on this topic to get it written up and out there!
Feels like Turkeys voting for Xmas doesn't it? On the other hand a root and branch review of our curriculum was long overdue.
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Feels like Turkeys voting for Xmas doesn't it? On the other hand a root and branch review of our curriculum was long overdue.
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Come join our Ecologies of Governance team: we have a 30 month fieldwork based PDRA advertised @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a part of our AHRC funded project. Will work at Rendelsham, Dunadd, Navan Fort, Llangorse, Milfield royal palace sites for project. Pls RT: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM271/f...
Fieldwork Research Associate at Newcastle University
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February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Come join our Ecologies of Governance team: we have a 30 month fieldwork based PDRA advertised @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a part of our AHRC funded project. Will work at Rendelsham, Dunadd, Navan Fort, Llangorse, Milfield royal palace sites for project. Pls RT: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM271/f...
A visit for warmer times perhaps! Robin very cute.
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
A visit for warmer times perhaps! Robin very cute.
Well now I'm craving sweets
In the early medieval period, colorful glass beads were a mark of prestige and fashion. This striking necklace, comprising over 60 beads in vibrant reds, blues, yellows, and intricate patterns, was discovered in the burial of a woman at Bissingen, southwest Germany, dating 7th century. 🧵1/2
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February 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Well now I'm craving sweets
On my wish list this one!
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
On my wish list this one!
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Proud that after five years of careful analysis and discussion our paper "Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion" has now been published.
Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion - Nature
A distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry persisted 3,000 years later than in most European regions, contributing to later Lower Rhine–Meuse Bell Beaker users.
doi.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Proud that after five years of careful analysis and discussion our paper "Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion" has now been published.
No idea, sorry!
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
No idea, sorry!
Fab stuff. Thanks for the summary and congrats to @harryfokkens.bsky.social & co! Some continuity in terms of visitation/deposition at sites in Britain & Ireland but a dramatic shift away from major monument construction after c.2400 BC. But we need more precise dates to map this transition better.
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Fab stuff. Thanks for the summary and congrats to @harryfokkens.bsky.social & co! Some continuity in terms of visitation/deposition at sites in Britain & Ireland but a dramatic shift away from major monument construction after c.2400 BC. But we need more precise dates to map this transition better.
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The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social
Clash of the stars!
February 12, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Clash of the stars!
Sighting the sun - and moon? at Stonehenge. Online lecture by Prof Clive Ruggles, tomorrow night. Hosted by @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social and @cornwallarch.bsky.social www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2026-...
Sighting the Sun — and moon? — at Stonehenge | The Prehistoric Society
The connection between Stonehenge and summer solstice sunrise is well known, but decades of overspeculation, by both astronomers and archaeologists, concerning the use of the monument for observations...
www.prehistoricsociety.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Sighting the sun - and moon? at Stonehenge. Online lecture by Prof Clive Ruggles, tomorrow night. Hosted by @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social and @cornwallarch.bsky.social www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2026-...
Happy birthday Matt!
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Happy birthday Matt!
Yeah that evidence is quite convincing, hence my 'probably' for the bluestones being in there. But Hawley found large quantities of wood ash in 24 (as did Atkinson in 55), and a clear stakehole in 32. I think some were re-cut or were later marked by timber stakes.
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Yeah that evidence is quite convincing, hence my 'probably' for the bluestones being in there. But Hawley found large quantities of wood ash in 24 (as did Atkinson in 55), and a clear stakehole in 32. I think some were re-cut or were later marked by timber stakes.
Hawley's and Atkinson's records of what they saw are complex and varied! Debitage is there but not in primary contexts and difficult to know when fragments entered the pits.
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Hawley's and Atkinson's records of what they saw are complex and varied! Debitage is there but not in primary contexts and difficult to know when fragments entered the pits.
Getting some fab ideas from the undergrads for their dissertation topics
a man in a suit is smiling and holding up a sign that says " i like "
Alt: A man in a suit (Jerry Seinfeld) is smiling and pointing, with the words "I like the way you think"
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February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Getting some fab ideas from the undergrads for their dissertation topics
If you're in the area I think they're happy to talk to visitors!
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
If you're in the area I think they're happy to talk to visitors!
Oh good I can retire.
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Oh good I can retire.
Ha! Heathily scepticism is good. We don't really have enough evidence either way. Some seem to have held posts, other stones, others just pits. Need to excavate another one!
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Ha! Heathily scepticism is good. We don't really have enough evidence either way. Some seem to have held posts, other stones, others just pits. Need to excavate another one!
Probably. Unusual but not exceptional. Dragons. Yep.
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Probably. Unusual but not exceptional. Dragons. Yep.
Did you know that a new education centre is being built by hand at Stonehenge? It is based on Durrington 68, a late Neolithic square-in-circle timber structure. Watch regular updates from Luke, the project leader, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATY...
Week 17 Durrington 68 Neolithic Hall
YouTube video by Historic Concepts
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Did you know that a new education centre is being built by hand at Stonehenge? It is based on Durrington 68, a late Neolithic square-in-circle timber structure. Watch regular updates from Luke, the project leader, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATY...
Did you know @gwenofmonmouth.bsky.social did her PhD research on just this topic? Specifically on barrows: repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8w5q5/b...
Barrows in the cultural imagination of later Medieval England : CCCU Research Space Repository
They act as focal points through which wider, contemporary issues can be explored, thus allowing authors access to the past and to a landscape onto which they can project the concerns of the present, and therefore talk about them more freely
repository.canterbury.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Did you know @gwenofmonmouth.bsky.social did her PhD research on just this topic? Specifically on barrows: repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8w5q5/b...
Yes, this is a version of landscape phenomenology, widely applied and discussed in archaeology in the 1990s. The critique of these approaches is equally important e.g. Jo Brück's papers.
February 10, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Yes, this is a version of landscape phenomenology, widely applied and discussed in archaeology in the 1990s. The critique of these approaches is equally important e.g. Jo Brück's papers.
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I created a PRIVATE Facebook group 'Non-permanent MCRs in Humanities' at www.facebook.com/groups/14504...
This is a temporary measure and aims at carrying out a survey among the MCRs and offering initial peer support and advice while gathering together those with 7+ years from PhD... #MCRNetwork
This is a temporary measure and aims at carrying out a survey among the MCRs and offering initial peer support and advice while gathering together those with 7+ years from PhD... #MCRNetwork
February 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I created a PRIVATE Facebook group 'Non-permanent MCRs in Humanities' at www.facebook.com/groups/14504...
This is a temporary measure and aims at carrying out a survey among the MCRs and offering initial peer support and advice while gathering together those with 7+ years from PhD... #MCRNetwork
This is a temporary measure and aims at carrying out a survey among the MCRs and offering initial peer support and advice while gathering together those with 7+ years from PhD... #MCRNetwork