Aed Thompson
@aedthompson.bsky.social
‘Anglo-Saxon’ Living historian. Historic craftsperson. @thegnsofmercia CEO. trMDD survivor. MSc ForestConservation, BSc Ecology (Imperial). He/Him🏳️🌈
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A princely belt from early C7th Kent — thanks to member Phil Ratcliffe.
Replica of the Faversham buckle (found in c19th & displayed in the British Museum @britishmuseum.bsky.social) by Danegeld Historic Jewellery. Belt by member @aedthompson.bsky.social woven from plant dyed wools, on leather.
Replica of the Faversham buckle (found in c19th & displayed in the British Museum @britishmuseum.bsky.social) by Danegeld Historic Jewellery. Belt by member @aedthompson.bsky.social woven from plant dyed wools, on leather.
September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A princely belt from early C7th Kent — thanks to member Phil Ratcliffe.
Replica of the Faversham buckle (found in c19th & displayed in the British Museum @britishmuseum.bsky.social) by Danegeld Historic Jewellery. Belt by member @aedthompson.bsky.social woven from plant dyed wools, on leather.
Replica of the Faversham buckle (found in c19th & displayed in the British Museum @britishmuseum.bsky.social) by Danegeld Historic Jewellery. Belt by member @aedthompson.bsky.social woven from plant dyed wools, on leather.
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The Early Anglo-Saxon Dead at Northampton Museum howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/t...
The Early Anglo-Saxon Dead at Northampton Museum
Let’s start with an important, stark and perhaps bold claim: the middle first millennium CE – traditionally and still well-understood by the British public as the ‘early Anglo-Sax…
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January 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Early Anglo-Saxon Dead at Northampton Museum howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/t...
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Dr Sue Brunning; curator of the European Early Medieval Collections in the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at The British Museum will be visiting Lichfield Cathedral on Wed 29th Jan to present 'Silk Roads'. To book please visit www.lichfield-cathedral.org/what-s-on/wh...
January 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Dr Sue Brunning; curator of the European Early Medieval Collections in the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at The British Museum will be visiting Lichfield Cathedral on Wed 29th Jan to present 'Silk Roads'. To book please visit www.lichfield-cathedral.org/what-s-on/wh...
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Way ahead of you (ft. @thegns.bsky.social )
January 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Way ahead of you (ft. @thegns.bsky.social )
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An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out
Wow! That escalated quickly. Last time I filed my supposedly funny column, only two weeks ago, Los Angeles wasn’t on fire;…
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January 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
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Love these fakery coin moulds- but would really like to see how an experienced metalworker went about recreating how these kind of moulds worked - I'm not convinced by the method in the prog.
It plainly didn't work - bring in the specialist craftspeople folks...
Please...?
#DiggingForBritain
It plainly didn't work - bring in the specialist craftspeople folks...
Please...?
#DiggingForBritain
January 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Love these fakery coin moulds- but would really like to see how an experienced metalworker went about recreating how these kind of moulds worked - I'm not convinced by the method in the prog.
It plainly didn't work - bring in the specialist craftspeople folks...
Please...?
#DiggingForBritain
It plainly didn't work - bring in the specialist craftspeople folks...
Please...?
#DiggingForBritain
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The most westerly discovery of a Pictish carving with an inscription in Ogham - quite the discovery for #diggingforbritain - but a nightmare to draw quickly!! Pictish beast below Christian cross #drawingdiggingforbritain #archaeology
January 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The most westerly discovery of a Pictish carving with an inscription in Ogham - quite the discovery for #diggingforbritain - but a nightmare to draw quickly!! Pictish beast below Christian cross #drawingdiggingforbritain #archaeology
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January 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Q. What's the difference between a coin hoard recovered by archaeologists rather than metal detecting?
A. Context
How many organic containers (like this paper filled parcel) are lost to blind digging rather than systematic recovery?
A. Context
How many organic containers (like this paper filled parcel) are lost to blind digging rather than systematic recovery?
January 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Q. What's the difference between a coin hoard recovered by archaeologists rather than metal detecting?
A. Context
How many organic containers (like this paper filled parcel) are lost to blind digging rather than systematic recovery?
A. Context
How many organic containers (like this paper filled parcel) are lost to blind digging rather than systematic recovery?
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And now that astonishing sword from Kent with the sword ring on #diggingforbritain - very envious though I was lucky enough to see it #drawingdiggingforbritain
January 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And now that astonishing sword from Kent with the sword ring on #diggingforbritain - very envious though I was lucky enough to see it #drawingdiggingforbritain
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🏺 Scabbard lined with beaver fur!
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent
Exclusive: Sword is among striking objects unearthed from Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Canterbury
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December 26, 2024 at 8:40 PM
🏺 Scabbard lined with beaver fur!
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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December 25, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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This was fucking FANTASTIC.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
December 26, 2024 at 12:42 PM
This was fucking FANTASTIC.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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More photos from Lichfield Cathedral's Light Show showing the West Front. Photos by me this time.
December 22, 2024 at 1:46 PM
More photos from Lichfield Cathedral's Light Show showing the West Front. Photos by me this time.
Just minding my own business, preparing for a midwinter get-together, negotiating identity at a liminal place in a putative hinterland during an initial phase of the long 22nd century, but everyone keeps calling my festive plans ‘ritual’.
December 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Just minding my own business, preparing for a midwinter get-together, negotiating identity at a liminal place in a putative hinterland during an initial phase of the long 22nd century, but everyone keeps calling my festive plans ‘ritual’.
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Bit of a longshot, but anyone know of UK *seax* graves or hoards with radiocarbon data? / Access to any? #archaeology
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children .
ALT: a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Bit of a longshot, but anyone know of UK *seax* graves or hoards with radiocarbon data? / Access to any? #archaeology
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
Proud to see work of Thegns of Meecia colleagues, from a paper I contributed to, has featured in the excellent “Silk Roads” exhibition at the British Museum.
byrga.co.uk/another-outi...
This research concerns how early Anglo-Saxon treasures provide a window onto the wider early medieval world…
byrga.co.uk/another-outi...
This research concerns how early Anglo-Saxon treasures provide a window onto the wider early medieval world…
Another outing for a BYRGA GENIHT treasure | BYRGA GENIHT | Country House Consultancy
10 December 2024
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December 12, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Proud to see work of Thegns of Meecia colleagues, from a paper I contributed to, has featured in the excellent “Silk Roads” exhibition at the British Museum.
byrga.co.uk/another-outi...
This research concerns how early Anglo-Saxon treasures provide a window onto the wider early medieval world…
byrga.co.uk/another-outi...
This research concerns how early Anglo-Saxon treasures provide a window onto the wider early medieval world…
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Genetic and archaeological evidence shows West African and Scandinavian immigrants culturally merged in to early Anglo-Saxon Britain. theconversation.com/updown-girl-...
Updown girl: DNA research shows ancient Britain was more diverse than we imagined
People didn’t live in insulated communities when the Roman empire fell. Villagers buried people who migrated from far away as one of their own.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Genetic and archaeological evidence shows West African and Scandinavian immigrants culturally merged in to early Anglo-Saxon Britain. theconversation.com/updown-girl-...
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Very pleased to see this now out in Early Medieval England and its Neighbours - and open access for all to download! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Anglo-Saxons: Myth and History | Early Medieval England and its Neighbours | Cambridge Core
The Anglo-Saxons: Myth and History - Volume 51
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Very pleased to see this now out in Early Medieval England and its Neighbours - and open access for all to download! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Bit of a longshot, but anyone know of UK *seax* graves or hoards with radiocarbon data? / Access to any? #archaeology
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children .
ALT: a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Bit of a longshot, but anyone know of UK *seax* graves or hoards with radiocarbon data? / Access to any? #archaeology
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
I’ve got Buttermarket, Butlers Field Lechlade, Mill Hill, Ford, Castledyke & St Peter’s Tip Broadstairs, but I need more…
I feel like we’re overdue an Adam Curtis documentary to unpack what’s gone down this year.
With trippy found footage, he’d explain how it actually all stems back to some people, somewhere in 1959. Who thought they’d developed the perfect system.
But then, something happened they didn’t expect…
With trippy found footage, he’d explain how it actually all stems back to some people, somewhere in 1959. Who thought they’d developed the perfect system.
But then, something happened they didn’t expect…
November 30, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I feel like we’re overdue an Adam Curtis documentary to unpack what’s gone down this year.
With trippy found footage, he’d explain how it actually all stems back to some people, somewhere in 1959. Who thought they’d developed the perfect system.
But then, something happened they didn’t expect…
With trippy found footage, he’d explain how it actually all stems back to some people, somewhere in 1959. Who thought they’d developed the perfect system.
But then, something happened they didn’t expect…
Polite notice. Putting “1:2” on a drawing which could, in the future, be distributed digitally or printed at any size, does not constitute a scale.
November 30, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Polite notice. Putting “1:2” on a drawing which could, in the future, be distributed digitally or printed at any size, does not constitute a scale.
IMO there’s no place for plagiarism, exploitation & academic misconduct in our top institutions.
Anyone else out there been plagiarised / had IP stolen by a top UK #heritage / #archaeology institution?
Wonder how many others have similar stories. (Seriously. DM me.) 🥊
Anyone else out there been plagiarised / had IP stolen by a top UK #heritage / #archaeology institution?
Wonder how many others have similar stories. (Seriously. DM me.) 🥊
November 29, 2024 at 6:25 PM
IMO there’s no place for plagiarism, exploitation & academic misconduct in our top institutions.
Anyone else out there been plagiarised / had IP stolen by a top UK #heritage / #archaeology institution?
Wonder how many others have similar stories. (Seriously. DM me.) 🥊
Anyone else out there been plagiarised / had IP stolen by a top UK #heritage / #archaeology institution?
Wonder how many others have similar stories. (Seriously. DM me.) 🥊
Sometimes when I’m not making shiny things with metal, I make shiny things with data.
It’s less sparkly but I’m hugely proud of having managed to write the R-code to do these bubble-maps this week… #R #archaeology #data
It’s less sparkly but I’m hugely proud of having managed to write the R-code to do these bubble-maps this week… #R #archaeology #data
November 28, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Sometimes when I’m not making shiny things with metal, I make shiny things with data.
It’s less sparkly but I’m hugely proud of having managed to write the R-code to do these bubble-maps this week… #R #archaeology #data
It’s less sparkly but I’m hugely proud of having managed to write the R-code to do these bubble-maps this week… #R #archaeology #data
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Is this England's best doorway? Leading into the tower of the Holy Trinity in Colchester, it was built in the 11th century but is constructed from Roman bricks plundered from the ruins of the ancient city of Camulodunum #AdoorableThursday
November 28, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Is this England's best doorway? Leading into the tower of the Holy Trinity in Colchester, it was built in the 11th century but is constructed from Roman bricks plundered from the ruins of the ancient city of Camulodunum #AdoorableThursday