David Osborne
@daosborne.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Midlands4Cities PhD researcher of Bronze Age stuff @ Unis of Nottingham & Leicester. UCU & Labour member.
Husband, dad to two amazing people, classical music obsessive, son of Tyneside.
https://daosborne.github.io/
Husband, dad to two amazing people, classical music obsessive, son of Tyneside.
https://daosborne.github.io/
Every time I looked for you, you were in conversation so I didn’t want to interrupt! Yes, hopefully we can catch up soon. Good luck with your research! 😊
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Every time I looked for you, you were in conversation so I didn’t want to interrupt! Yes, hopefully we can catch up soon. Good luck with your research! 😊
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A massive number of our members just got word that the courses they teach on will be "suspended" by the university, effecting out current and future students in every single faculty and school at UoN.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A massive number of our members just got word that the courses they teach on will be "suspended" by the university, effecting out current and future students in every single faculty and school at UoN.
My Deutsch isn’t great but I like the pun! 👍
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My Deutsch isn’t great but I like the pun! 👍
Of course! Fabulous area… I’ve submitted a book chapter in which the Beckhampton Road long barrow, that wasn’t far from you, plays a leading role.
September 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Of course! Fabulous area… I’ve submitted a book chapter in which the Beckhampton Road long barrow, that wasn’t far from you, plays a leading role.
Thanks for that, Tim — I searched for it unsuccessfully on the iScience site but couldn’t find it and a Google Scholar search could only find the 2023 Frontiers paper.
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thanks for that, Tim — I searched for it unsuccessfully on the iScience site but couldn’t find it and a Google Scholar search could only find the 2023 Frontiers paper.
Me too, I thought it was reporting a new paper from Rich & Angela but even though it’s a couple of years late, it’s still good to raise profile of the research.
September 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Me too, I thought it was reporting a new paper from Rich & Angela but even though it’s a couple of years late, it’s still good to raise profile of the research.
🧵2/2
although the paper is in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, rather than iScience, as reported
doi.org/10.3389/fear... for the correct source
although the paper is in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, rather than iScience, as reported
doi.org/10.3389/fear... for the correct source
Frontiers | Farming and feasting during the Bronze Age–Iron Age transition in Britain (ca. 900–500 bce): multi-isotope evidence for societal change
The Late Bronze Age saw the rise of a new site type in southern Britain, commonly termed a midden. These vast monumental mounds, some comprising tens of thou...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🧵2/2
although the paper is in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, rather than iScience, as reported
doi.org/10.3389/fear... for the correct source
although the paper is in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, rather than iScience, as reported
doi.org/10.3389/fear... for the correct source
We have a family wedding in rural southern France (north-east of Toulon) next summer and my wife and I will go by train. Wish us luck!
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We have a family wedding in rural southern France (north-east of Toulon) next summer and my wife and I will go by train. Wish us luck!
I might have one or two classical CDs that were recorded in the abbey at Fontevraud.
August 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I might have one or two classical CDs that were recorded in the abbey at Fontevraud.
I’d need classical music!🎶
August 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I’d need classical music!🎶
We went there many years ago and although it’s a big site, those tombs are what stick in my mind. Henry’s castle at nearby Chinon is worth seeing — but wine from the vineyards was the real reason for the visit 😉
August 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We went there many years ago and although it’s a big site, those tombs are what stick in my mind. Henry’s castle at nearby Chinon is worth seeing — but wine from the vineyards was the real reason for the visit 😉
Don’t forget the restaurant on the ground floor — we had a very nice lunch there during the Festival this year.
July 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Don’t forget the restaurant on the ground floor — we had a very nice lunch there during the Festival this year.
A good solution, Mark… what’s playing? (And getting technical, what turntable, arm and cartridge?)
June 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A good solution, Mark… what’s playing? (And getting technical, what turntable, arm and cartridge?)