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Dr Beccy Scott
@beccyscottuk.bsky.social
Woman of Kent | recovering Curator | Wessex Archaeology| Neanderthal-botherer | Akela | submerged landscapes, paths and tracks | #IceAgeIsland #archaeology #palaeolithic
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Come work with me! It's the most fun I've had in years - lovely team, and an exceptional opportunity to explore submerged human landscapes
Marine Geoarchaeologist | Wessex Archaeology share.google/MbXadGnfgrLB...
Marine Geoarchaeologist
Marine Geoarchaeology
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Oh my goodness, YES! Why don't more people write musical covers of their papers??!
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.

If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Merry Geoarchaeological Christmas from Wessex Archaeology: out of office is ON youtube.com/shorts/vD7aW...
Season's Greetings 2025
YouTube video by wessexarchaeology
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December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Secrets of the Thames | Mudlarking exhibition | Open now | London Museum share.google/sA3ANTXfEHxP...

#intertidalarchaeology #coastalhistory #Coastalchange #coastsinmind #London #Mudlarking
Secrets of the Thames
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December 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This is a lovely animation to accompany BBC coverage of controlled production of fire at Barnham
BBC coverage of breaking news announcing the earliest evidence for humanly made fire. From Barnham, UK.
Quite probably early Neanderthal people with a late Acheulean culture 🦣🏺🔥
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Come work with me! It's the most fun I've had in years - lovely team, and an exceptional opportunity to explore submerged human landscapes
Marine Geoarchaeologist | Wessex Archaeology share.google/MbXadGnfgrLB...
Marine Geoarchaeologist
Marine Geoarchaeology
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December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh now, this looks like an amazing project, with a fantastic supervisor
Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me
at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea!

Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If anyone is feeling generous this payday, my small is fundraising for the World Scout Jamboree: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £3590 to Attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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JOB ALERT! Historic England is looking for a Marine Archaeological Project Officer (Marine Planner). Closing date 7 December 2025 app.beapplied.com/apply/ddfvme... #Maritime #Underwater #Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
An entire #Stir-upSunday episode of #TheArchers, and yet not a mention! If it doesn't get cranked into tonights episode, we'll know the end times have come
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Am totally going to be working this into conversation wherever I can!
POLRUMPTIOUS [polrum•shus] adj. Rude; obstreperous.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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note that we have a limited number of free tickets for Indigenous archaeologists. please ping the austag email if that's you
ok folks! big announcement! AusTAG 2026 call for papers is open! so is registration! are you an archaeologist doing neat theory things and in Australia 22-23 May 2026? come to Adelaide for AusTAG!
Call for Papers: AusTAG 2026
Every business has a unique potential waiting to be tapped. Recognizing the keys to unlock this growth can set an enterprise on the path to unprecedented success.
austag.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh my goodness, I would watch the hell out of this: fingers crossed it heads south! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The Devil’s Den review – folk horror opera with morris dancing and a sinister rabbit is an eccentric delight
Isabella Gellis’s first full-length stage work has the feel of a modern mystery play as it unpacks the legends surrounding an ancient Wiltshire monument
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
An historic moment - the arrival of the first £10 pint: Stephen Collins cartoon | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/KWmvFtp8Rhts...
An historic moment - the arrival of the first £10 pint: Stephen Collins cartoon
The Peronis, Madris, Buds are all jealous of my achievement
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November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Origen múltiple de Levallois: Nor Geghi-1, Armenia, y Purfleet, R.U.
The shape of technology to come: An examination of evolutionary relationships between bifacial and core technologies at the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic boundary across regions in Eurasia doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Applications are now open to join our 2026 Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is taught by experts from UCL and designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa
🦣🧪🏺
tinyurl.com/5duy6twh
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻

Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!

Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My 14 year old daughter has set up an Etsy shop (account managed by me) to raise money to attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland: do take a look and support her www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Flic...
www.etsy.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is now open for applications. ⏳

Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉
Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund
www.cardfund.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Freya has been offered a place at the World Scout Jamboree in Poland in 2027; we're really proud, but it's a big stretch.
She's got loads of fundraising ideas (FlickerAndFlowers.etsy.com), but if you feel able to donate to get her started, we'd be really grateful
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £3590 to Attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We need to see more of these calculations: decoupling the price of electricity from gas would demonstrate more quickly to people the immediate savings to each of us of investing in wind power. It's really cheering to read share.google/YkbvWPvaizOq...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
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October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
*snigger*
WANKLE [wonk•l] adj. Sickly; generally applied to a child. A man said of his wife that she was 'a poor wankle creature.'
October 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Well deserved!
Congratulations to Professor Chantal Conneller, Professor of Early Prehistory for receiving the Grahame Clark Medal from the British Academy! 🏅🦕

Find out more⬇️
https://bit.ly/43ivms8.
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Venn diagram
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM