Mark Williams
mawillia.bsky.social
Mark Williams
@mawillia.bsky.social
Professional archaeologist and post-grad student in Ecology and Cultural Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University. Interested in old stuff and wild stuff.
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“Now, evidence is growing that, faced with a climate crisis, the civilization did not disappear but adapted and moved.” #climateheritage

ways that #archaeology provides the long view for thinking about #climatechange

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe
Experts find artefacts left behind in Caral showing how population survived drought without resorting to violence
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Oh, this is good.

From the preface to Eric Zencey's Virgin Forest...
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Interesting article which highlights the potential conflict between cultural heritage and nature. There is space for both though.
Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status
Campaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communities
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
BFI film of the week - the ever festive Watership Down. One of the most traumatic movies ever - I think Bright Eyes should become a traditional carol. ...'Following a river of death down stream Oh, is it a dreeeeeeaaaammmmmm. Merry Christmas'
December 21, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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Our new article is out now: "Animal Cultures at the Edge of Extinction" (open access). It takes a critical #envhum approach to biological research on animal cultures and asks how humanities scholars might contribute to these discussions in a time of extinctions.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
December 1, 2024 at 4:51 AM
At Wildwood in Kent today - Britain was full of wild and ferocious beasts in the past - surprised we made it through!!
November 30, 2024 at 7:17 PM
For my first post on the platform - I thought I would share a story that encapsulates some of the issues which occupy my mind - ecology, heritage and a sense of impending doom. The last may accentuated because I have had to come into the office on a Saturday though.
Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California
Roughly 10ft-long specimen discovered on Encinitas beach shortly after August spotting of the ‘doomsday fish’
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:36 AM