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Ross Cameron @archaeoross.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Great to catch up with some old friends and hear thought provoking presentations at #CIfA2026.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This afternoon at #Cifa2026 is the Women in Commercial Archaeology Session. The room is very full.

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Joana Valdez-Tullett @joanavaldez.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We're doing it again!! ☺️ As part of the work that Tertia Barnett and I are doing with @scarf-scot.bsky.social, we'll be running another event to celebrate rock art research and launch brand-new sections of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework. 1/

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Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Every year I hope in vain for a list of the Worst Archaeological Discoveries of the Year. Maybe one year we will get it #Archaeology

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What noise does a death metal sheep make? Blast Bleats

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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Archaeology Podcast Network @archpodnet.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It's time for another episode of The Archaeology Show! There’s a lot of Neanderthal research in the news these days and the first two articles highlight some of those achievements.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

If you want the #BLOPS7 endgame experience but don't want to buy it, can I suggest that you play the amazing Mass effect 2 to the end

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 31/10/2025

🧪 Another Halloween, another batch of highly inaccurate and horrifying plastic skeleton decorations to look at in this year’s seasonally spooky blogpost. And yes, the snail skeleton is addressed. Kinda. Ugh. animalarchaeology.com/2025/10/30/t...

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The (Entirely Inaccurate, Completely Nonsensical) Plastic Skeleton Wars Continue

Let’s be real – you know exactly what this blog post is about. I’ve been writing about these cursed plastic objects for years now. After doing an overview of the worst iterations …

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Overview of the current and multiple issues happening at HES, written up by @bajr-badger.bsky.social To echo David's sentiments, solidarity with the staff who are trying their best in this environment

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Martyn Barber @martynjb.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Interest has perked up in this again, so... here's an extract from the Wiltshire Times' report on the auction, published 25 Sept 1915 - the purchaser was Mrs Chubb, not Mr...:

Extract from the Wiltshire TImes, 25th September 1915, stating that Stonehenge, when the bidding readed £6,600, was [quote] "knocked down to Mrs. C.H.E. Chubb, the wife of a popular local landowner. There was much applause when the name of the purchaser was announced..." [end quote]

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Let me get my hands on some of that immaterial culture please

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Again let us remember that repatriation is not really the return of physical items but rather the transfer of power of who decides ownership and place of those items. If these items are illicitly stolen or stolen by conquest what demands exist in negotiation?

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 25/10/2025

The Platner discourse now being used not only as a cudgel to beat leftists with (despite most of the quick condemnations - if not complete dismissal long before this - coming from communists and other leftists) but also as a means of painting all leftists as “white” and “privileged” is really shit.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Archaeology is a mess and like I don't know how to convey that without sounding delusional Not like conspiracy wise but like we dig through rubbish and infer human behaviour, it's messy and unsure and ultimately human.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The Smeds and the Smoos is an allegory for the Troubles and no one can convince me otherwise, do you see how many times "never" is used?

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

As someone who grew up in Northern Ireland, the flag discourse in the UK is giving me serious flashbacks to my youth

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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The EAA debacle is becoming a teachable moment in real time www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025/Home...

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I just published my article Archaeology as Worldbuilding, an effort that grows out of 20+ years of digital (and analog) archaeological making. Adjacent to recent arguments about storytelling, I broaden our scope to make past worlds & tell stories in community with others. doi.org/10.1017/S095...

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Archaeology as Worldbuilding | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core

Archaeology as Worldbuilding

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 02/09/2025

🏺 With alt-text added.

A screenshot of a statement from the Black Trowel Collective titled “BTC Call for Action - EAA”.

The subheading reads, “Urgent Archaeologists: Your EAA Participation”

The main body of text reads “Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoing genocide of the population of Gaza by the Israeli government, to exclude Israeli institutions from participating. As was done in 2022 with Russian and Belarussian institutions, colleagues from Israeli institutions were given the option to attend the online Annual Meeting of the EAA in Belgrade (2-6 Sept) as non-affiliated EAA members. They were told that any mention of or affiliation to an Israeli institution and funding agency should be avoided. That affiliations are now rejected is a small step, but we are happy that the board adopted this decision, which was voted by a great majority. Even so, as has already been called out by the BDS-movement & the Archaeologists Against Apartheid, the EAA was allowing speakers from the Hebrew University, located on occupied territory, to attend alongside more than a dozen scholars affiliated with Israeli universities complicit in the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people.
Since then, there has been a concerted campaign of intimidation against individual members of the board, including large numbers of threatening and defamatory emails. Yesterday, following these attacks, the board was forced to reverse its decision: the president's decision to allow a re-vote on this matter is undemocratic and suggests that the EAA is willing to be bullied by genocide supporters. Furthermore, volunteers have been pressured to mute any presenters who speak up, and will close whole sessions in case the organizers make statements. These attacks on academic freedom will surely damage the reputation of the organisation.”

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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Utterly disappointing decision by @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to reverse this decision, and really gross to see intimidation tactics being instructed for session monitors. Support colleagues who speak up and who refuse to enforce the EAA's instructions. 🏺

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It's really sinking in that the EAA are requiring session volunteers, the least powerful people at a conference, to enforce their anti democratic decision to curb the academic free speech of presenters. It's despicable.

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CAA Australasia @caa-australasia.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

📢 Conference alert! CAA Australasia are holding their third online conference, from Thurs 2nd to Sat 4th October, 2025. We're currently calling for abstracts on digital and computational archaeology (15-min presentations or 5-min lightning talks), due Tues 19th Aug: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

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2025 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Australasia Third Online Conference

The Australasian chapter of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology is hosting our third free online conference later this year and invites contributions from archaeologists base...

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Ben Myres @benjamming.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Nyamakop has now had multiple museums reach out now to ask if we need more artifacts for Relooted, and if we'd like to 3D scan parts of their African collection. It was very much not on my bingo card that real life museums would be asking us to fictionally steal their artifacts lol

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It's a DOUBLE EPISODE day for my podcast Modern Myth. Starting with Episode 23, a conversation with @stefanmilo.bsky.social we discuss presenting archaeology to the public and more. Subscribe via your favourite podcast app or click the link www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/anarchaeolog...

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Stefan Milo - Ep 23 — Modern Myth with Tristan Boyle

Stefan Milosavljevich is an archaelogy Youtuber who talks about archaeology, anthropology and human evolution. Tristan discusses online content creation, archaeology and the fight for truth against P...

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Out this morning & Open Access! 📢 My new article in Public Archaeology on the entanglement of archaeology, the far right and ancient genetic studies, using the British National Party as a case study: ‘In Our Blood’: Archaeology and ‘Indigeneity’ in the British National Party’s Magazine Identity'

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‘In Our Blood’: Archaeology and ‘Indigeneity’ in the British National Party’s Magazine Identity

This paper presents the first diachronic analysis of the appropriation of archaeological themes in British far-right politics, focusing on the British National Party’s publication Identity from 200...

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Evelyn @dingledodie77.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

This is what I dislike about Westminster based political journos. There are 3 Green parties in the UK. This is an issue in ONE of them, the Green Party of England and Wales. The @scottishgreens.org are a separate party, and they kick out transphobes swiftly. parliamentnews.co.uk/green-party-...

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Green party leaders divided over transgender policy

Green Party divided on trans rights after Supreme Court ruling, with Carla Denyer advocating legal changes and Adrian Ramsay warning against reforms.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

So many great people doing great work in Classics, ancient history, archaeology and other related disciplines. 😊 AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EM! 📣 Nominate someone and share the story of their brilliant work. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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UCD Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We stand in solidarity with our Trans staff and students, and with our Trans comrades here and abroad. #transrightsarehumanrights

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Very cool to have my words and YouTube videos about the silly SAR pyramid conspiracy theory featured in Nat Geo

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. To the Transgender community in Illinois and around the country: You deserve to live your life proudly and openly. We see you and we will protect you.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

And in the UK we have astro-turf organisations like Restore Trust, a member of which is now a trustee of the BM.

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Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

…and for all here in Europe: this is the playbook the Right also wants to use here. The German empowered Right party has on its agenda to dictate culture institutions what they show and do, and they explicitly want them to be „German positive“.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Honestly I'm glad everyone's talking about the manosphere's effect on young (and older) men but I can't help but feel it's about 5 years late. Yes Tate has been in the news for last couple of years but the whole infrastructure has been online for years.

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Some days I'm actually ready to have a fight with the person who sets the loudness on children's toys that can't be adjusted unless you take the battery out

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Tristan Boyle - Anarchaeologist @anarchaeologist.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#Skype was so important to my growth as a podcaster, when I was 16, we used it to record our episodes and talk to each. Sad to see it go. I even had a Skype mobile phone at one point. #SkypeShutdown

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Psst…wanna buy a tomb?? For the past few years a group of us have been working to bring one of #Orkney’s major heritage sites, the Neolithic Tomb of the Eagles, into community ownership. Now we need your help to make the site safe and accessible. Please share widely and donate if you can! 🏺🧪

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Tomb of the Eagles

The Tomb of the Eagles is one of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites. We aim to re-open and restore it as a community hub and tourist locale

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This. There has been *no tenure* in UK universities since Margaret Thatcher abolished it nearly FORTY YEARS AGO. Stock was supported by her employers and union. She left of her own volition.

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