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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📽️ 'Digging into Bristol’s Past: Royal Fort Gardens Training Excavation 2026' Many thanks to our colleagues and students at the Film & TV Department for creating this wonderful record of our 2026 dig! @uobartsmatter.bsky.social Check it out!👇 youtu.be/GULTjYXw4YQ?...

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Digging into Bristol’s Past: Royal Fort Gardens Training Excavation 2026

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Avebury Papers – A new exhibition from Prof @mgprolix.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) project is now on display at Southampton City Art Gallery Drawing on the rich archive of the Avebury Papers project, the exhibition reimagines the history of the world-famous site brnw.ch/21x4kAO

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you're looking for a fun evening tomorrow do consider attending this event by the Redland Library, where our own Dr. Becerra-Valdivia will be disclosing which books made her an archaeologist 👇

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🚨Want to work with us? We’re hiring a Lecturer! Check out the details 👇🏽 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#ICYMI: Drs @kitopie.bsky.social & @scottclaessens.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduced us to their new project which aims to resolve current debates about the origins and drivers of inequality in human societies Read more about this @leverhulme.ac.uk project 👉 brnw.ch/21x24tn

Mumbai’s Lower Parel skyline as seen from Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai’s iconic open-air laundromat.

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Talk announcement through the Egypt Society at Bristol! 🔈

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Congrats to Seán Roberts and colleagues, including our own Prof Fiona Jordan, on the paper and animation! Check out the clip to lear how language evolves 👇📽️

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

✍️ Drs @kitopie.bsky.social & @scottclaessens.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) tell us about their new project which aims to resolve current debates about the origins and drivers of inequality in human societies. Read more about this fascinating @leverhulme.ac.uk project 👉 brnw.ch/21x24tn

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🕵️‍♀️ We spy our own Prof Stuart Prior at an Alverston Local History Society meeting, giving a talk about the Berkeley Castle excavations 🕵️‍♂️

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Shots from yesterday’s PGR symposium, organised by PhD student, Jacob 🙌🏽

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Final BAARS talk tomorrow! See you at G10 😀

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Reminder for our next BAARS session tomorrow with our very own Prof Jordan 👇

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The 2026 Postgraduate Researcher Symposium is happening on April 28th! Reminder for our PGRs to sign up and all students to attend 😊

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Last day of UKAS26! First pic features some of the amazing undergrad volunteers ❤️

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Day two at UKAS26 👇🏽 Some pics from the busy poster session.

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Bristol is hosting the UK Archaeological Science conference. Here are some snaps from yesterday’s keynote talk by Prof Richard Evershed (Chemistry) 🧪👨‍🔬

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Lovely new @nature.com paper including one of our own, @lorenabecval.bsky.social! Have a read at this thread by one of the senior authors to learn more about it 👇

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 17/03/2026

We're hosting a virtual town hall on 24 Mar, 3-4pm, where our CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, will outline UKRI's upcoming five-year strategy & new mission. He'll be joined by an executive panel and a Q&A will follow. Registration closes 23 Mar, 5pm. Register here⬇️

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Reminder for tomorrow if you're on campus! Promises to be a great talk 😀

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Thank you, @flintdibble.bsky.social, for a great talk today! Full room and long Q&A 😎

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

For those of you on campus tomorrow, this is a reminder for our next BAARS with @flintdibble.bsky.social!

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#ICYMI: Dr Antonella Mazzone (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduced us to her River Comics @leverhulme.ac.uk project which explores the ways Amazonian communities adapt to climate change & the lessons we can learn from them Read more about this important research 👉 brnw.ch/21x0j9L

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Reminder for tomorrow: our very own Dr Zhang tomorrow in BAARS!

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

✍️ Dr Antonella Mazzone (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduces her River Comics @leverhulme.ac.uk project which explores the ways Amazonian communities adapt to climate change & the lessons we can learn from them Read more about this timely research 👉 brnw.ch/21x0j9L @cabot-institute.bsky.social

Naia (far left), research assistant on the project, and the Tukano collaborators in Sao Gabriel de Cacoeira, State of Amazonas, with their ecological calendar.

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Reminder for tomorrow for those of you on campus!

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Yesterday, Dr Fulminante hosted a special interdisciplinary BAARS workshop 'Beyond binary: navigating the spectrum of gender in the Past to disseminate EDIB in the Present'. Here some pics from the event. Thank you to all the wonderful speakers and contributors!

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Congratulations to Dr Becerra-Valdivia and her colleagues on this new publication! 🐢 🌊

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Reminder for tomorrow at BAARS 👇 See you there!

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Congratulations to Prof Mhairi Gibson and Dr Hannelore Van Bavel for their new publication! This work is a broad review on how anthropologists are contributing to understanding on FGMC. Read through link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aman...

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

How monogamous are humans compared to other animals? Check out this BBC interview with @kitopie.bsky.social to learn more!

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Recent research by @kitopie.bsky.social also discussed in The Archaeology Channel 👇🏽👏🏽 www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/... @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Nice to have heard Kit on the radio yesterday discussing his recent publication on @nathumbehav.nature.com! Congrats on all the engagement 🙌 🎉 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Thank you to Dr Adam van Casteren (@adamvanc.bsky.social) for a great (& very active) BAARS talk today on human and ape biomechanics 🚶🏾‍♀️ 🦍!! Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I am pleased to share that my review of David Pendery’s Transnational Taiwan: Crossing Borders into the 21st Century has now been published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. This marks my first academic publication after joining @bristolantharch.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1163/2468...

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

'It may feel worlds apart, but the challenges and choices facing states today have been playing out since the dawn of the earliest states, thousands of years ago.' Dr @kitopie.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) writes in a new piece for The Conversation theconversation.com/the-real-rea...

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The real reason states first emerged thousands of years ago – new research

New findings add weight to the theory that states didn’t just spring up from any kind of farming – it had to be grain.

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Here’s @theconversation.com piece accompanying the recent paper by Kit and colleague. Check it out👇🏽

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏 Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Jonathan Stamp, former consultant on the award-winning HBO series Rome, for a public lecture on Bringing Ancient Rome to Life The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g @clahbristol.bsky.social

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Everyone who visited our department today during the Open Day got to vote for their favourite staff/student pumpkin 🎃 The votes are in and the clear winner is… Fiona’s moai 🗿 from Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island)! 🏆 Congrats, F! 🙌🏽 👏🏽 Upon hearing the good news, Fiona said: “Life goal achieved!”

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash). Spooky stuff!

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Some pics from today during the #Archaeology University Day at the British Academy in London 📍 Lovely day to meet colleagues and potential students! Thank you to the organisers for a great event and to our staff, @helenfewlass.bsky.social & @lorenabecval.bsky.social, for representing us! 🙏🏽 🙌🏽

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Congratulations to our own Dr Becerra-Valdivia and colleagues on this new publication!

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