Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 1hLovely to see early Xtian archaeology from Scotland in the news! OK so it's the usual tale of missionaries from Ireland, and the 6th century is only a tiny part of the site's history, but baby steps. Hooray for a community-run project making a real difference for Lismore, and real academic impact 070
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 3hRead the new research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...doi.orgA major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain | Antiquity | Cambridge CoreA major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain - Volume 100 Issue 413 02611
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 12h⛪️ Lost Early Medieval Monastery Found on Scottish Island 📰 Dr Tom's Early Medieval Newsletter Read the paper in @antiquity.ac.uk from 10am, UK time! drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/lost-early...drtomhornearchaeology.substack.comLost Early Medieval Monastery Found on Scottish IslandA community volunteer project has unearthed a high-status monastery on Lismore dating back to the 6th century AD 0207
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoPCA @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today we have a very special #FindsFriday ... a timelapse of the micro-excavation of the Iron Age Norfolk Carnyx Hoard. It’s pretty amazing to see the micro-excavation process and get a glimpse of the carnyx, boar standard and shield bosses as they're revealed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI9L...youtube.comMicro-excavation of the Iron Age Norfolk Carnyx HoardYouTube video by PCA archaeology 310234
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Um, this looks incredible. This Saturday 26 Sept my excellent colleague Matt Knight will be joined by Tristan Hughes of The Ancients podcast and Nicole DeRushie of prehistoric clothing fame, talking all things Bronze Age. Perfect time to go see NMS's First Warriors exhibition! Part of #ScotArchMonthnms.ac.ukIn Conversation: Understanding Prehistoric Lives Beyond Conflict | National Museums ScotlandThe exhibition curator of 'Scotland's First Warriors', Dr Matthew Knight, is joined by Tristan Hughes, television presenter, author and history podcast hos 111
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoMegan Kasten @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Have you ever been to Abercorn to see the amazing sculptured stones? Do you want to learn more about the site and its archaeology? Have you seen 3D records before and want to learn how to do it yourself? Join @celticist.bsky.social and I on 26th September from 10:30am to help us record them! 153
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Scotland's weirdest hoard? The Galloway Hoard has forced a rethink of all its contemporary early medieval hoards in Scotland. I've been working on a new interpretation of the Croy Hoard near Inverness, deposited c. 850+. Short reel on NMS socials - more soon www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlg3SE...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 083
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How do we think about the "Fall" of Rome today? What can we do to frame it in a more productive way? Our new open access article tries to tackle these questions and offer a new view of the scholarly narrative of the end of Rome. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgTowards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge CoreTowards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end 415460
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoThe Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026See Prof. Steve, all our star archaeologists, our brilliant Viking Festival, and our early medieval ring find all weekend! Our Viking-Age Fest, Glasgow Doors Open Days event, and dig are all on from 11am-4pm Sat and Sun, and it's all FREE! 🔗 Link to Prof. Driscoll's interview in the comments ⤵️ 2125
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026BREAKING NEWS 💍 More remarkable early medieval finds in the 1,500-year-old churchyard at Govan Old, home of the @govanstones.bsky.social, and featuring my own photos of the roughout of a finger ring that's just been unearthed! drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/breaking-n...drtomhornearchaeology.substack.comBREAKING NEWS! Early Medieval Finger Ring Workshop Unearthed in GlasgowA partially finished 'roughout' of a shale finger ring has been discovered during a dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard 22713
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Archaeology of The Hobbit series on And My Trowel has finally reached the Troll Cave and I've got some THOUGHTS Thanks Ash and Tilly for inviting me on this expedition! @archaeoteacup.bsky.social @archpodnet.bsky.socialarchaeologypodcastnetwork.comArchaeology of the Hobbit: Hoards and hobbits with Dr Adrián Maldonado (part 1) - Ep 73 — And My TrowelAsh and Tilly have finally made it to the Troll Caves, and they’re not alone… Joining them as a return consultant is hoard expert Dr Adrián Maldonado! Listen in as the three of them discuss the possib... 021
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoAlmost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Living the dream today: the Playable Heritage conference at National Museums Scotland, on how to collect and preserve videogame culture. Here's James Newman, whose 'Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence' (2012) first introduced me to this world almostarchaeology.com/post/8158827... 041
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"There are a mere 6 women depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, out of the 626 human figures. While women are rather marginalised (often literally) on the Bayeux Tapestry, it is important to remember that it was women who created it. Every single stitch was done by a woman’s hand." 1259
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This should be a great one, and all online! 043
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoTrevor Wiley @mearcsteppende.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Want to learn how early medieval people living on the coast in Scotland hunted seals and seabirds? Or how collecting sea snails on the beach was part of new Christian practice? You should check out my new article in Water History! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalskylink.springer.comWild animals, small practices, and the formation of an early medieval coastal landscape on the Firth of Forth - Water HistoryThe large-scale landscape changes that occurred in northern Britain from roughly 400–800 C.E. were built on a vast array of smaller shifting practices which reflected the realities of local environmen... 510345
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoAlmost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Rendering the familiar unfamiliar." Great stuff from @johnschofyork.bsky.social in the latest @currentarchaeology.bsky.social "Contemporary archaeology gives us the tools to interrogate the material traces of our own lives...reminding us that the present is already becoming the past"the-past.comUnearthing the present: Why archaeologists should study the contemporary world‘There’s no time like the present’, as the adage goes – and those who specialise in Contemporary Archaeology certainly agree. John Schofield explores how applying archaeological techniques to the material remains of our own times can illuminate current issues, as well as improving our understanding of the past. 0149
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoAlmost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My archaeological review of the 9/11 Memorial Museum in 2014 soon after it opened. I wonder what it would be like to revisit it nowalmostarchaeology.comDeath at a Funeral: The Archaeology of the 9/11 MuseumBy Adrián Maldonado I enjoyed my visit to the new 9/11 Memorial Museum. I’m immediately conflicted about typing that sentence. The new museum on the 9/11 attacks opened in May 2014, and has already... 021
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A Viking-age boatyard on the Isle of Eigg! Watch via National Museums Scotland socials www.instagram.com/reel/DdJXyv9... or old skool text version here www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...nms.ac.ukA Viking Age boatyard on Eigg | National Museums ScotlandTwo oak boat stems dating to 880-1050 AD from the isle of Eigg show the arrival of Scandinavian seafaring technology to Scotland.These rare survivals revea 0133
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One of Scotland's finest Pictish stones, the Hilton of Cadboll cross slab was erected in the Highlands some 1,200 years ago ⚒️ Now archaeologists have returned to the original site to explore new evidence of Pictish activity and you're invited to take a peek: www.digitscotland.com/events/cadbo... 06516
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Coolest thing about this story is a brilliant case of the past in the past: the 5.5m tall "Battle Cross" now in Aldborough, dated to the 15th c, is now proven to have been carved from one of the Devil's Arrows standing stones 084
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thor *and* Christ in the Rebild Hoard? Some thoughts on some very special ingots, and a guest appearance from the Trendgården mould. drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/thor-and-c...drtomhornearchaeology.substack.comThor and Christ in the Viking-Age Rebild HoardSome silver ingots from the newly-discovered Rebild silver hoard feature *both* Crosses and Thor's hammers. What might this mean? 1186
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoThe Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Have you got your tickets yet? Our online conference on 3-4 Oct will focus on the 'Pictishness' of Pictish art, with expert speakers on Pictish sculpture, symbols, metalwork, archaeology and representation in popular culture. Book now! #EarlyMedieval #MedievalSkythepictishartssociety.org.ukConf | The PAS 0126
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoScotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"Pupils discover ‘1,000-year-old Viking church’ on uninhabited island" An archaeological field school visit to the island of Swona, in the Pentland Firth, has potentially uncovered the remains of a Viking era church 👇 news.stv.tv/highlands-is...news.stv.tvPupils discover ‘1,000-year-old Viking church’ on uninhabited islandDuring the excursion they stayed in an abandoned house which had not been lived in for a century 0165
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🚨 Breaking News The ASTOUNDING find of Denmark's biggest-ever Viking-Age silver hoard! drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/breaking-d...drtomhornearchaeology.substack.comBREAKING: Denmark’s Largest Viking-Age Silver Hoard Found in GardenFound during a gardening project, the Rebild Silver Hoard is Denmark's biggest-ever Viking-Age silver cache 14713
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ta @archaeonado.bsky.social, who reminds me of Sheehan's Hib-Scand X-marked ingot ideas in @jk-viking.bsky.social et al.'s Silver, Butter, Cloth: Connecting Ire, Cuerdale, Eng, Den, their distribution fits my Cuerdale Corridor / Market Kingdom model drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/breaking-d...drtomhornearchaeology.substack.comBREAKING: Denmark’s Largest Viking-Age Silver Hoard Found in GardenFound during a gardening project, the Rebild Silver Hoard is Denmark's biggest-ever Viking-Age silver cache 1244
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoKenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Two (very likely) Neolithic axe fragments from the #CamphillDig26 site found in the past 24 hours. Nothing like this has been found in Glasgow for well over a century! 714630
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoFiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Congratulations to @celticist.bsky.social for getting this important project funded!bbc.co.ukSculpted stone study could shed new light on lost kingdomsSome artefacts are considered "at risk" as they are in, or near, churches earmarked for closure and sale. 212831
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoThe Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Our recumbent gravestones, originally covering the graves of Strathclyde elites in the c. 9th - 11th centuries, feature crosses and beautiful interlace and knotwork. In later centuries locals reused them as their own tombstones, carving their initials in the already ancient stones. 📷 Dr Tom Horne 13411
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you like this, you'll love James Barrett's 'Pirate fishermen' 2007, available here www.academia.edu/34575731/The...academia.eduThe pirate fishermen: The political economy of a medieval maritime societyargues that the husband in question was not Malcolm II. He opts instead for Malcolm mac Máel Brigtí, a member of the rival dynasty of Moray. 0154
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026⚖️ Weight, what?! The Curious Case of a Viking Weight Within a Weight... drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/weight-wha... 1124
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Love to see the Govan recumbents But also #AngleKnob 031
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026New book - publication date April 2027 - #booksky #medievalsky 1835278
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoAlmost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026First Andy Samberg does Digman, now this! Is archaeology having a comedy moment? 081
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoNy Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026Oops… - they still had books in Scotland too… - and sale in the National Museum’s bookstore… 392
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Glasgow mafia strikes again! Hi Cathy! Also staying tuned in case anything early medieval turns up... 1111
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 24/07/2026With today's theft of Vix torc, here's what has been taken... The torc was found as part of a burial & placed around neck of the interred. Despite its size, it weighs only 480g (less that half the weight of the Snettisham Great torc). It is STUNNING. #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs 🏺 1/2 820187
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoRichard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Super work by my friend @drtobydriver.bsky.social and colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHeatwave reveals lost archaeological sites across WalesThe Royal Commission of Wales said some of these known sites have not been seen clearly in decades. 111023
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 24/07/2026A Viking-age boatyard on Eigg - new page on some old finds in National Museums Scotland. Inspired by the @seamuseum.bsky.social Galloway Hoard exhibition, which features a new 3D-printed replica of one of these boat stems. Don't miss the two incredible new 3D models by @hugowhymark.bsky.socialnms.ac.ukA Viking Age boatyard on Eigg | National Museums ScotlandTwo oak boat stems dating to 880-1050 AD from the isle of Eigg show the arrival of Scandinavian seafaring technology to Scotland.These rare survivals revea 0135
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoHelen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A mould for a C6th/ 7th pilgrim's flask has been excavated at a monastery in the Judean desert, 10 miles east of Jerusalem. It supports the idea that the flasks like those in the treasuries at Monza & Bobbio were made in & near Jerusalem. www.timesofisrael.com/forget-keych... 2171
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Should be another bumper year for cropmarks 060
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoSimon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New from Jane Kershaw so definitely worth reading! @jk-viking.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026💥 What a weekend of the 18th and 19th July we'll have at the @govanstones.bsky.social. Includes LIVE ARCHAEOLOGY all weekend in our 1,500-year-old churchyard, Vanguard Centre medieval weapons workshops, a Hobby Clan dig, Giant Chess & a FREE TALK with Little Kingdoms author, @alexharvv.bsky.social! 155
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoJudith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026In honour of today, I have written a little blogpost. norseandviking.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...norseandviking.blogspot.comThe Norwegians Row the SnakeIllustration by Wilhelm Wetlesen for Harald Hardrådes saga, Heimskringla 1899-edition : «Kvinner frå Nidaros står og ser på at skipet vert ... 03014
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoEleanor Ghey @eleanorghey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What can hoards reveal about life in post-Roman Britain? A @ukri.org AHRC funded project exploring the last Roman hoards deposited in Britain is reshaping what we know about 5th century society. Discover the research and learn more about hoards in museums across the UK here blogs.kent.ac.uk/hoards 04015
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoThe Vikingology Podcast @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social · 25/06/2026New episode with Shane McLeod is out! Take a look 👀 vikingology.substack.com/p/viking-log...vikingology.substack.comViking LogisticsWatch now | Our chat with Shane McLeod, scholar of vikings in England and Scotland 083
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Stories spun from the smallest, simplest crosses in the National Museum of Scotland www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dnu...facebook.com 010
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoThe Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Unmissable lecture for anyone interested in Pictish art. Professor Heather Pulliam of the University of Edinburgh delivers this year's Groam House Museum Annual Academic Lecture on monsters in Pictish sculpture. Online this Thursday 25 June at 7.30pm, tickets £3 members/students and £6 non-members.groamhouse.org.ukWhat lies beneath? Pictish Monsters and the Living Frame - Groam House MuseumFind out all about Pictish monsters in this talk by Heather Pulliam, Professor of Medieval Art at Edinburgh School of Art 0146
Reposted by Adrián MaldonadoDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026🗣 Wed 24th June, 6:30pm! 'The Viking Great Army in Northern Britain' - my History Scotland webinar and Q&A - is tomorrow!🎙 Date: 24 jun • 18:30 • £10 @historyscotland.bsky.social 🔗 Link in comments ⤵️ 295