Penny Bickle
@pennybickle.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Orienteerer | Wanderer. Professor of Funerary Archaeology at the University of York, specializing mostly in the central European Neolithic.
The replica pots are out for the first time in a while! It’s time for prehistoric cheese.
September 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The replica pots are out for the first time in a while! It’s time for prehistoric cheese.
Thank you to the students moving out who dumped this right outside our garden yesterday. It already stinks and is covered in flies. It is so inconsiderate of you.
June 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thank you to the students moving out who dumped this right outside our garden yesterday. It already stinks and is covered in flies. It is so inconsiderate of you.
Small finds from today’s gardening. Lots of shells which surprised me. Any reason why a 1880s terrace miles from the sea would have lots of buried shells?
June 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Small finds from today’s gardening. Lots of shells which surprised me. Any reason why a 1880s terrace miles from the sea would have lots of buried shells?
Found under the floorboards. Any guesses?
May 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Found under the floorboards. Any guesses?
Average day in York obvs.
May 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Average day in York obvs.
For anyone filling out the Have your say survey there is a box to say what you’d like to see more of - perhaps somewhere to call for more archaeology programming (like the great Digging for Britain)?? @royalarchinst.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
For anyone filling out the Have your say survey there is a box to say what you’d like to see more of - perhaps somewhere to call for more archaeology programming (like the great Digging for Britain)?? @royalarchinst.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
Are they taking suggestion? The ones next to our house are not mapped.
April 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Are they taking suggestion? The ones next to our house are not mapped.
This was no luxury yachting, more like camping at sea over many years, but skill involved in taking a sail boat around the world is not to be underestimated.
April 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This was no luxury yachting, more like camping at sea over many years, but skill involved in taking a sail boat around the world is not to be underestimated.
Aspiring Archaeozoologist Hutton with his star find.
April 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Aspiring Archaeozoologist Hutton with his star find.
Morning from me and this very tame duck at Kings Manor!
April 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Morning from me and this very tame duck at Kings Manor!
Something is coming!
February 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Something is coming!
Great start to the week with the MOBILITH project - PI Solene Denis. An inspiring bunch of people to get to spend time with! The project is doing great things studying lithic apprenticeship networks and mobility in the Neolithic. Project website: mobilith.hypotheses.org @nathalieltb.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Great start to the week with the MOBILITH project - PI Solene Denis. An inspiring bunch of people to get to spend time with! The project is doing great things studying lithic apprenticeship networks and mobility in the Neolithic. Project website: mobilith.hypotheses.org @nathalieltb.bsky.social
I feel seen: Tim Dowling: my year in numbers (yes, most of them involve the new dog)
December 30, 2024 at 8:48 AM
I feel seen: Tim Dowling: my year in numbers (yes, most of them involve the new dog)
Inspired by our departmental Christmas quiz, I asked AI to design a Christmas card based on my specialisms in Archaeology. All hail the Christmas cheese! Merry Christmas everyone, wishing you a peaceful break and happy new year for 2025.
December 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Inspired by our departmental Christmas quiz, I asked AI to design a Christmas card based on my specialisms in Archaeology. All hail the Christmas cheese! Merry Christmas everyone, wishing you a peaceful break and happy new year for 2025.
Super lovely Christmas card from the Römisch-Germanische Kommission this year! I don’t think they are on here to say thank you!
December 11, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Super lovely Christmas card from the Römisch-Germanische Kommission this year! I don’t think they are on here to say thank you!
Cone of shame for the first time ❤️
December 9, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Cone of shame for the first time ❤️
Today’s surprise. A mini hot water bottle shaped like a Chinese pot. #ThankYouGifts
December 5, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Today’s surprise. A mini hot water bottle shaped like a Chinese pot. #ThankYouGifts
Some lovely double rainbows over King's Manor when I arrived this morning. Feels like an optimistic start to the week.
December 2, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Some lovely double rainbows over King's Manor when I arrived this morning. Feels like an optimistic start to the week.
For #StandingStoneSunday one of the Devil’s arrows from the #NSG spring meeting this year
December 1, 2024 at 8:52 PM
For #StandingStoneSunday one of the Devil’s arrows from the #NSG spring meeting this year
Hello blue sky! Just a quick post to say hi and that I’m moving over here. Looking forward to posting about archaeology, orienteering, travels and maybe a little about my border terrier puppy Hutton!
November 16, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Hello blue sky! Just a quick post to say hi and that I’m moving over here. Looking forward to posting about archaeology, orienteering, travels and maybe a little about my border terrier puppy Hutton!