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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thanks to @sidestone.bsky.social for publishing the volume and for generous support from @bisi1932.bsky.social , @thebiaankara.bsky.social , British Institute of Persian Studies, and the University of Reading.

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It’s been an absolute pleasure to co-edit the volume with the brilliant @claudiaglatz.bsky.social , Mónica Palmero Fernandéz and Michael Seymour.

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

This volume includes 25 papers on key transitions from friends and former students relating to Roger Matthews’ research across Iraq, Iran, Syria and Türkiye. We very much enjoyed springing the surprise on Roger in a special workshop at #ICAANE in Lyon. Our huge thanks to all who contributed!

Roger Matthews (looking surprised) sits next to Wendy Matthews at a desk in front of a room of people who were clearly in on the conspiracy

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

New book out now! 🏺Available to order or read online (for free!): Tracing Transitions and Connecting Communities in the Archaeology of Southwest Asia: Papers in Honour of Roger Matthews www.sidestone.com/books/tracin...

A paperback copy of Tracing Transitions and Connecting Communities sits in front of a stack of books

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Jana Mynářová @pudukhepa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Attention Assyriologists & Mesopotamian archaeologists! The IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar is open for submissions until March 31, 2025. Win €1,000 and gain recognition for your work! Details & submission: iaassyriology.com/iaa-prize/ #Assyriology #Archaeology #EarlyCareer

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IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar - The International Association for Assyriology

The IAA awards a prize for the best article in Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology Rules and Regulations Eligibility Requirements The article must be written in one of the official RAI language...

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Fabulous new evidence for Bronze Age textiles, weaving techniques, and even for blue dyes.

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Digital Humanities approaches and Open Research to support sustainable heritage development. research.reading.ac.uk/digitalhuman...

A map of Iraq and Iran overlaid with boxes depicting a range of digital approaches to research.

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

2. New approaches to the development of bureaucracy, through analysis of clay tokens, tablets and sealings, within the States of Clay Project. research.reading.ac.uk/statesofclay/

A map featuring sites in Mesopotamia, with a photo of a women working at a laptop next to an analyser.

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

1. 1. Long-distance networks through materials exchange in the Neolithic, building on my recent work with the MENTICA project. research.reading.ac.uk/mentica/

A map of the Fertile Crescent, with inset images of beads and the archaeological excavations at Bestansur.

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Amy Richardson @alrichardson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Hi Bluesky folks! I’m a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the University of Reading. I work on material culture and human connections in Southwest Asia from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. My research focuses on:

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