Chris Dwan
@archaeodwan.bsky.social
Archaeologist and Prehistorian
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Chris Dwan
@archaeodwan.bsky.social
· Feb 26
I'm thrilled to announce that this is finally a reality!
My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni
My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni
It's always a joy working with the brilliant CHP team on the Castleton/Hope Project. I can't express my admiration for the volunteers, students, and community who've kept it thriving for over a decade—excited for the next season of discovery!
Pictured: @kelseyshawn.bsky.social, onsite barista
Pictured: @kelseyshawn.bsky.social, onsite barista
August 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's always a joy working with the brilliant CHP team on the Castleton/Hope Project. I can't express my admiration for the volunteers, students, and community who've kept it thriving for over a decade—excited for the next season of discovery!
Pictured: @kelseyshawn.bsky.social, onsite barista
Pictured: @kelseyshawn.bsky.social, onsite barista
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I am pleased to announce that my review of Helen King's book, Immaculate Forms, is now published in The Classical Review (@universitypress.cambridge.org)!
If you do not have access, DM me for a free download code!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
If you do not have access, DM me for a free download code!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PARTS NAMED, THE FEMALE BODY UNMADE - (H.) King Immaculate Forms. A History of the Female Body in Four Parts. Pp. viii + 468, ills. New York: Basic Books, 2025. Cased, US$35. ISBN: 978-1-5416-0653-1. ...
PARTS NAMED, THE FEMALE BODY UNMADE - (H.) King Immaculate Forms. A History of the Female Body in Four Parts. Pp. viii + 468, ills. New York: Basic Books, 2025. Cased, US$35. ISBN: 978-1-5416-0653-1.
www.cambridge.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I am pleased to announce that my review of Helen King's book, Immaculate Forms, is now published in The Classical Review (@universitypress.cambridge.org)!
If you do not have access, DM me for a free download code!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
If you do not have access, DM me for a free download code!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Excited to have my work on the Severn Estuary published alongside incredible researchers from the 2023 Graduate Archaeology at Oxford conference! Huge thanks to @barpublishing.bsky.social and our editors Cristina Laurenti & John Dinges!
Check it out here: shorturl.at/lXvjN
Check it out here: shorturl.at/lXvjN
International Series :: Water Flowing through Archaeology
The present volume originates in the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conference an annual event for graduate students and early career researchers to present their archaeological research The 2023 conf...
shorturl.at
April 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Excited to have my work on the Severn Estuary published alongside incredible researchers from the 2023 Graduate Archaeology at Oxford conference! Huge thanks to @barpublishing.bsky.social and our editors Cristina Laurenti & John Dinges!
Check it out here: shorturl.at/lXvjN
Check it out here: shorturl.at/lXvjN
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Meet Siân Evans, a working coppersmith who investigates the ancient metalworking techniques found in archaeological relics from around the world.
Siân will be part of our annual Relics Roadshow on 15 February 10-4pm.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/relics...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social
Siân will be part of our annual Relics Roadshow on 15 February 10-4pm.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/relics...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Meet Siân Evans, a working coppersmith who investigates the ancient metalworking techniques found in archaeological relics from around the world.
Siân will be part of our annual Relics Roadshow on 15 February 10-4pm.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/relics...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social
Siân will be part of our annual Relics Roadshow on 15 February 10-4pm.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/relics...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social
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A look at what may have lain behind the 1861 newspaper claim of two mummies and a giant in Maeshowe.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
Maeshowe – the mummies, the giant and the mound-dweller…
A look at what may have lain behind the 1861 newspaper claim of two mummies and a giant in Maeshowe.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A look at what may have lain behind the 1861 newspaper claim of two mummies and a giant in Maeshowe.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
They're not wrong
Today is National Memory Day!🧠✨
What better way to celebrate than with one of our newest publications by @archaeodwan.bsky.social. This book explores the processes of memory-making using GIS-based case studies in southwestern Britain.🏺
doi.org/10.30861/978...
#ancientbluesky
What better way to celebrate than with one of our newest publications by @archaeodwan.bsky.social. This book explores the processes of memory-making using GIS-based case studies in southwestern Britain.🏺
doi.org/10.30861/978...
#ancientbluesky
March 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
They're not wrong
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Young people from the Connect project have been getting a taste of the Neolithic as part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project 'Under the Surface'.
Young people get hands-on experience of creating Neolithic jewellery
Young people from the Connect project have been getting a taste of the Neolithic as part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project 'Under the Surface'.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Young people from the Connect project have been getting a taste of the Neolithic as part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project 'Under the Surface'.
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Ah, more #archaeology 🏺reporting to be filed under "Older than Stonehenge" again …
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Ancient monument discovered under bypass is older than Stonehenge
New research shows the structure is about 200 years older than previously thought
www.independent.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ah, more #archaeology 🏺reporting to be filed under "Older than Stonehenge" again …
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
November 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM
There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
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oh wow a second white horse!
February 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
oh wow a second white horse!
I'm thrilled to announce that this is finally a reality!
My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni
My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that this is finally a reality!
My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni
My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience.
Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni