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Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford?
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
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Roman Frontiers ECR network aims to connect young people working and studying Roman Archaeology with senior professionals. As part of their mission, they also run online CPD webinars.
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
Roman Frontiers ECR network - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Roman Frontiers ECR network aims to connect young people working and studying Roman Archaeology with senior professionals. As part of their mission, they also run online CPD webinars. The next one is ...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Roman Frontiers ECR network aims to connect young people working and studying Roman Archaeology with senior professionals. As part of their mission, they also run online CPD webinars.
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
The next is on the 27th November, at 5pm UK time, and free to attend.
www.bajr.org/roman-fronti...
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Delighted to announce ‘Reporting Heritage Destruction’ is now available for free download:
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Delighted to announce ‘Reporting Heritage Destruction’ is now available for free download:
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.
Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford?
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford?
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree.
Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
Policy by @eamena.bsky.social & partners in Jordan & the State of Palestine calls for a uniting of natural & cultural dimensions within 1 system, recognising the interdependence between people & environment & scientific understanding of climate risks. 📸 by H. Abedalhaleem. Read more: bit.ly/4oi8Kk9
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Policy by @eamena.bsky.social & partners in Jordan & the State of Palestine calls for a uniting of natural & cultural dimensions within 1 system, recognising the interdependence between people & environment & scientific understanding of climate risks. 📸 by H. Abedalhaleem. Read more: bit.ly/4oi8Kk9
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What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
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📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences.
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences.
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
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Excited to launch our draft policy on Cultural Heritage & Climate Change in Jordan with Petra National Trust. It sets regional standard for sustainability & draws on studies from WH Sites: Petra, Jericho, As-Salt, & Baptism Site.
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Excited to launch our draft policy on Cultural Heritage & Climate Change in Jordan with Petra National Trust. It sets regional standard for sustainability & draws on studies from WH Sites: Petra, Jericho, As-Salt, & Baptism Site.
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
English:
zenodo.org/records/1725...
Arabic:
zenodo.org/records/1730...
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The new BBC R4 documentary from Somerville historian turned investigative journalist Charlie Northcott is unmissable. ‘The House at Number 48’ uncovers a tale of secret identities, Nazi plunder and family history buried by war.
The History Podcast - The House at Number 48 - 1. Made in Britain - BBC Sounds
A man’s quest to uncover his family’s dark past & reclaim a fortune stolen under the Nazis
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The new BBC R4 documentary from Somerville historian turned investigative journalist Charlie Northcott is unmissable. ‘The House at Number 48’ uncovers a tale of secret identities, Nazi plunder and family history buried by war.
A discount code is available for the print version of this incredible book (coming out in print Nov 21st) on Feeding Medieval England. 💰📖🧑🌾🐄
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A discount code is available for the print version of this incredible book (coming out in print Nov 21st) on Feeding Medieval England. 💰📖🧑🌾🐄
Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...
Saving The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts nationally and Northumberland Wildlife Trust have an opportunity to secure the future of the historic Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. But in order to make this happen, we need y...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...
This should be a fascinating talk about the relationships between people, sled dogs, salmon & the Yukon River. 12pm, 6 Nov at the snazzy new Schwarzman Centre. #BrownUniversity Register on Torch's website. @torchoxford.bsky.social #OxTalks #PublicLecture
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This should be a fascinating talk about the relationships between people, sled dogs, salmon & the Yukon River. 12pm, 6 Nov at the snazzy new Schwarzman Centre. #BrownUniversity Register on Torch's website. @torchoxford.bsky.social #OxTalks #PublicLecture
New 📖 & stocking filler 🎁 from the FeedSax project team - Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Abstract. As in the rest of Europe, the population of medieval England grew steeply, especially between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This volume inv
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October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New 📖 & stocking filler 🎁 from the FeedSax project team - Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Congratulations to the FeedSax team!
You can get it in print from Nov 21st.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
It’s University Archaeology Day #UAD25 #britishacademy come along, we’re all here till 4pm
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s University Archaeology Day #UAD25 #britishacademy come along, we’re all here till 4pm
It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site
Teotônio is a pre-Columbian riverine archaeological site located in southwestern Amazonia, in a region with diverse cultural traditions and linguistic…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Not all the #archaeological #fieldwork photos make it into the course brochures but if we ever need 'unofficial' staff profile pics these might do - sponge on a stick anyone? #ironage student support hugs & school mascots #behindthescenes moments we still really enjoy @butserancientfarm.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not all the #archaeological #fieldwork photos make it into the course brochures but if we ever need 'unofficial' staff profile pics these might do - sponge on a stick anyone? #ironage student support hugs & school mascots #behindthescenes moments we still really enjoy @butserancientfarm.co.uk
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The new Thematic Collection in the Journal of the British Academy, 'Decolonising Gender Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa' highlights the under-representation of Global South scholars, particularly early career researchers, in gender knowledge production.
Find out more ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eSnNbUPN
Find out more ⬇️
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October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new Thematic Collection in the Journal of the British Academy, 'Decolonising Gender Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa' highlights the under-representation of Global South scholars, particularly early career researchers, in gender knowledge production.
Find out more ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eSnNbUPN
Find out more ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eSnNbUPN
School alumna, Dr Emese Vegh, is giving a talk today for our Climate & Chronology seminar series, titled: Tiny Hopes - Assessing Biomolecules in Collagen-Depleted Bone.
You can watch her in this BBC Bitesize video on #forensic science & the "CSI effect" on court decisions youtu.be/-xakFRCWpP4?...
You can watch her in this BBC Bitesize video on #forensic science & the "CSI effect" on court decisions youtu.be/-xakFRCWpP4?...
Have you been fooled by forensics on TV? | BBC Ideas
YouTube video by BBC Ideas
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October 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
School alumna, Dr Emese Vegh, is giving a talk today for our Climate & Chronology seminar series, titled: Tiny Hopes - Assessing Biomolecules in Collagen-Depleted Bone.
You can watch her in this BBC Bitesize video on #forensic science & the "CSI effect" on court decisions youtu.be/-xakFRCWpP4?...
You can watch her in this BBC Bitesize video on #forensic science & the "CSI effect" on court decisions youtu.be/-xakFRCWpP4?...
National Trust members - there is still time to vote & use the reassuring 'quick vote system' ✅ to ensure management of these monuments, sites & landscapes remains fair and inclusive and not twisted by Tufton Street politics. Do it, then treat yourself to the most delicious scones in the land!
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
National Trust members - there is still time to vote & use the reassuring 'quick vote system' ✅ to ensure management of these monuments, sites & landscapes remains fair and inclusive and not twisted by Tufton Street politics. Do it, then treat yourself to the most delicious scones in the land!
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Wonderful light through the ‘skindow’ in the reconstructed Early Neolithic house at Butser Ancient Farm. With our new cohort of MSc Arch Sci students.
#butserancientfarm
#butserancientfarm
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wonderful light through the ‘skindow’ in the reconstructed Early Neolithic house at Butser Ancient Farm. With our new cohort of MSc Arch Sci students.
#butserancientfarm
#butserancientfarm
📸 friendly but mildly competitive cordage making @butserancientfarm.co.uk yesterday as tutors
@rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere
@rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere
October 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📸 friendly but mildly competitive cordage making @butserancientfarm.co.uk yesterday as tutors
@rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere
@rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere
Join us on Mon 27 Oct for an exciting opportunity to meet reps from archaeology depts & heritage partners from across the UK, & you get to visit the @britishacademy.bsky.social (a first for me too) &&& it's FREE!! #UAD2025 #studyhere #openday #archaeology. Register with the QR code below
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Join us on Mon 27 Oct for an exciting opportunity to meet reps from archaeology depts & heritage partners from across the UK, & you get to visit the @britishacademy.bsky.social (a first for me too) &&& it's FREE!! #UAD2025 #studyhere #openday #archaeology. Register with the QR code below
Great to see Rosie Crawford again (alumna @spcoxford.bsky.social BA Arch & Anth) sharing her success & passion for #archaeology in this video for First Lego League. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Y4...
Rosie Crawford, Archaeological Scientist, University of Cambridge
YouTube video by FIRST LEGO League
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October 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Great to see Rosie Crawford again (alumna @spcoxford.bsky.social BA Arch & Anth) sharing her success & passion for #archaeology in this video for First Lego League. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Y4...
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Not quite a #RomanFortThursday. Ground photographs from a recent survey of three temporary Roman army camps ESE of Bayir #Jordan @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social See the original report paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @antiquity.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Not quite a #RomanFortThursday. Ground photographs from a recent survey of three temporary Roman army camps ESE of Bayir #Jordan @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social See the original report paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @antiquity.ac.uk
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Our work at @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social on these sites will continue with sites visits to the camps in the near future. They also featured on a recent documentary on the Nabataean kingdom #Jordan #RomanFortThursday www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our work at @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social on these sites will continue with sites visits to the camps in the near future. They also featured on a recent documentary on the Nabataean kingdom #Jordan #RomanFortThursday www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
This summer Prof Amy Bogaard & three of our #Arch&Anth students worked at this dig at Aşıklı Höyük, a 10,000-year-old settlement, & it continues to shed light on the early stages of Neolithic human life. @kebleoxford.bsky.social www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Türkiye’s ancient legacy: 1st domestication of sheep, goats
Archaeological excavations at Aşıklı Höyük, a 10,000-year-old settlement located in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia, continue to shed light...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This summer Prof Amy Bogaard & three of our #Arch&Anth students worked at this dig at Aşıklı Höyük, a 10,000-year-old settlement, & it continues to shed light on the early stages of Neolithic human life. @kebleoxford.bsky.social www.dailysabah.com/life/history...