Sophie Laidler
@drslaidler.bsky.social
Archaeologist, the impact of archaeology, intangible and tangible heritage, archaeological practice, cultural resource management, community archaeology, Prehistoric to Modern, Durham University
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Please follow our new Contemporary Archaeology account - showcasing the work being done exploring the archaeology of the contemporary world by students in the Dept of Archaeology, Durham University
@ducontemparch.bsky.social
@ducontemparch.bsky.social
Welcome to the new Bluesky account for the Contemporary Archaeology module run by the Department of Archaeology, Durham University. This is a course where we explore the archaeology of the contemporary world in a hands-on way.
February 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Please follow our new Contemporary Archaeology account - showcasing the work being done exploring the archaeology of the contemporary world by students in the Dept of Archaeology, Durham University
@ducontemparch.bsky.social
@ducontemparch.bsky.social
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Hello #Bluesky! Let us introduce ourselves...
We're Durham University Collections, home to collections from our museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Posting about amazing items, research, conservation and all things museums and archives!
Great to see you all 👋
We're Durham University Collections, home to collections from our museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Posting about amazing items, research, conservation and all things museums and archives!
Great to see you all 👋
January 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hello #Bluesky! Let us introduce ourselves...
We're Durham University Collections, home to collections from our museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Posting about amazing items, research, conservation and all things museums and archives!
Great to see you all 👋
We're Durham University Collections, home to collections from our museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Posting about amazing items, research, conservation and all things museums and archives!
Great to see you all 👋
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1/ Being an archaeologist is a wonderful thing, but we should all be paid to reflect the experience, responsibility and expertise we bring. That we are in this position more than 30 yrs after the requirement for archaeological work ahead of development was brought in is an outrage.
www.bajrfed.co.uk/bajrpress/ar...
Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
[ this time with Image ]
Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
[ this time with Image ]
Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2024
This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 644 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept w…
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November 21, 2024 at 8:54 AM
1/ Being an archaeologist is a wonderful thing, but we should all be paid to reflect the experience, responsibility and expertise we bring. That we are in this position more than 30 yrs after the requirement for archaeological work ahead of development was brought in is an outrage.
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An amber necklace dating back to ca 400 AD, found in a grave of a Germanic woman in Schleitheim, Switzerland.
The woman, who died between the age of 25 to 29 years, was buried with various valuable possessions, including silver jewelry and glass beads, in addition to the...🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The woman, who died between the age of 25 to 29 years, was buried with various valuable possessions, including silver jewelry and glass beads, in addition to the...🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
An amber necklace dating back to ca 400 AD, found in a grave of a Germanic woman in Schleitheim, Switzerland.
The woman, who died between the age of 25 to 29 years, was buried with various valuable possessions, including silver jewelry and glass beads, in addition to the...🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The woman, who died between the age of 25 to 29 years, was buried with various valuable possessions, including silver jewelry and glass beads, in addition to the...🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
Reposted by Sophie Laidler
www.bajrfed.co.uk/bajrpress/ar...
Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2024
This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 644 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept w…
www.bajrfed.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 7:29 AM
www.bajrfed.co.uk/bajrpress/ar...
Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
Reposted by Sophie Laidler
Do we #FindsFriday on this platform? Hope so
Spotted this chonky piece of #Roman ceramic in the excellent Manchester Museum yesterday
Incised with part of the ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR palindrome which may be an early Christian word square
Probably late 2nd c AD
Found in Manchester in 1978
Spotted this chonky piece of #Roman ceramic in the excellent Manchester Museum yesterday
Incised with part of the ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR palindrome which may be an early Christian word square
Probably late 2nd c AD
Found in Manchester in 1978
November 15, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Do we #FindsFriday on this platform? Hope so
Spotted this chonky piece of #Roman ceramic in the excellent Manchester Museum yesterday
Incised with part of the ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR palindrome which may be an early Christian word square
Probably late 2nd c AD
Found in Manchester in 1978
Spotted this chonky piece of #Roman ceramic in the excellent Manchester Museum yesterday
Incised with part of the ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR palindrome which may be an early Christian word square
Probably late 2nd c AD
Found in Manchester in 1978
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Just a dose of #Archaeology Zen. Sealed agricultural layers by the coast of Southwestern Norway. Black and brown layers are the old agricultural fields. The bottom one is both field and the initial forrest clearance in the Bronze Age. Fields were regularly covered by sand over time.
November 14, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Just a dose of #Archaeology Zen. Sealed agricultural layers by the coast of Southwestern Norway. Black and brown layers are the old agricultural fields. The bottom one is both field and the initial forrest clearance in the Bronze Age. Fields were regularly covered by sand over time.
This year I’ve hardly seen any bees in the North East, UK- is it the same elsewhere?
Here is one that visited our excavations last year
November 12, 2024 at 7:09 AM
This year I’ve hardly seen any bees in the North East, UK- is it the same elsewhere?
Here is one that visited our excavations last year