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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Don’t think I’ll ever get over how magic getting to dig at Cnoc Coig was. Oronsay is a spectacular place and holy heck what a team of brilliant archaeologists. A proper joy to learn from such a fab bunch! I’m never gonna shut up about this! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Standing on Cnoc coig

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

This project is just absolute magic. Oronsay is treating us outrageously well and Lord, we love a Mesolithic shell midden 🫶

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Was so convinced I was gonna be super chill about my first ever academic publication…turns out I was absolutely not. Go figure!! 🤣 Some really cool shell work out of the University of Mainz and UHI 🐚 within an amazing issue about deep time human impacts of marine ecosystems!!! (Link below)

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Dig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In prehistoric Scotland, deer were important for food, tools and clothing, but did people also believe they held a kind of power? 🦌 @orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...

Photo of red deer stags in a green field close to the camera

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Top tier joy being back at The Cairns this week for Iron Age goodness. Can’t believe I get six glorious weeks of this till I get sucked back into the office! Savouring every windy second of it 🤣

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Wrote this fun little piece for Dig It! Honestly it’s such a constant joy to get to talk about how weird and wonderful marine shells in archaeology are! 🐚

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Look at this! This well preserved 𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 (panther cowrie) was found in a Gloucestershire Saxon burial, alongside other items such as bracelets and beads. Panther cowrie shells are found all over the Red Sea & highlight the trade & exchange happening all over Europe during the period 🐚

Image shows three rotated angles (top, side, bottom) of a cowrie shell which is mainly white with some remainder of the speckled pattern

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Absolutely LIVING for the conclave livestream. I never had 133 cardinals carrying me through the last few months of my PhD on my bingo card for this year; but here we are.

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Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼 @archaedelle.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

In the first week of registration being open, we’ve had 79 folks register for the #IronAgeDialogues conference! This is going to be so much fun I can’t wait to see everyone I’m going to hug you all and yap your ears off until you’re so sick of me 🥹 Register here: www.ironagedialogues.co.uk/

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Iron Age Dialogues

🗓️ 30 April - 02 May 2025 📍 Cardiff University

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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

There’s a distinct UHI Archaeology Institute flavour to the new issue of Archaeology Scotland Magazine with three articles from students and lecturers. archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/07/a... #archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

Holly Young and Kath Page with the latest issue of Archaeology Scotland.

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I find that rather than being overjoyed by a large groatie buckie haul, I’m made immediately suspicious about what’s about to happen that I need all this luck for…

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Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Sending up The Batsign. I'm looking at an enigmatic red deer antler artefact from an Early Neo context in England. Broken off at upper beam and then they've used groove and splinter to make a circular arrangement of weird ?needles? with interior wear. Anyone seen similar (other than Runnymede)?

Worked red deer antler from Early Neolithic context with series of protruding, delicate needle-like tips at distal end

Worked red deer antler from Early Neolithic context with series of protruding, delicate needle-like tips at distal end. Close up of distal tips.

Detail of wear on interior of two detached (but refitting) distal tips

Worked red deer antler from Early Neolithic context with series of protruding, delicate needle-like tips at distal end. Detail of wear traces on exterior surface of lower beam towards distal end.

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Not really one for signs from the universe…but that one I’ll take ✨

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

And so it begins 2025 babyyyyyyyy 🤘

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Just a heads up, it’s a bit windy out

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Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼 @archaedelle.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Reminder of the Iron Age Dialogues conference hosted in Cardiff 30 April-2 May! 🛖🐮🌾🗡️🐦‍⬛🦴 The Call for Papers closes on 10 January. Submit an abstract of up to 250 words to IronAgeDialogues@cardiff.ac.uk if you’re interested in presenting! Website: www.IronAgeDialogues.co.uk

Screenshot of a Call for Papers poster for the Iron Age Dialogues conference to be hosted at Cardiff University 30 April-02 May. Abstracts should be 250 words and emailed to IronAgeDialogues@cardiff.ac.uk. The website is IronAgeDialogues.co.uk.

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Nice that we got our lovely office view back just in time for that bonnie Orkney winter weather…🤣

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

It’s a good day to be a shell fan 🐚

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Someone told me once that the final year of your PhD is primarily fixing the mistakes you made in the first years…never have I felt this more acutely than in the last week of phasing hell 😅

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Holly Young @archaeoholz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I recently got illustrated and turned into a gif by a very talented pal and fellow archaeology student. It serves as a far better introduction to me than I could ever actually write. Though I always keep my shoes on in the office…

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