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Emma Richard-Trémeau

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PhD student Archaeology (Durham) |🏺⚱️| Pottery and technology She/Her

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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
PhD candidate Emma Richard-Trémeau has been cataloguing ceramics at our Falerii Novi excavation and the story they tell about diet and change over time is fascinating. From rich imperial feasts to late antique stews: food, fire and everyday life at Falerii Novi. 🏺 bsr.ac.uk/stories-from...
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Stories from Falerii Novi #3 | Food, Fire and Everyday Life at Falerii Novi: A Conversation with Emma Richard - Trémeau - bsr.ac.uk
Emma Richard-Trémeau is undertaking a Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Durham and BSR. As part of her training, she spent a placement month at Falerii Novi, assisting with the care, w...
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A number scratched into clay before firing. A 2nd century BCE Roman craftsman already knew exactly where this terracotta piece would fit on the temple roof: piece number six in an ancient assembly sequence. Falerii Novi keeps rewriting what we thought we knew. 🏛️ bsr.ac.uk/stories-from...
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Stories from Falerii Novi #2 | Traces of the Sacred: Architectural Terracottas from Falerii Novi - bsr.ac.uk
Among the most remarkable finds from the excavation at Falerii Novi is a fragment of architectural terracotta dating to the second century BCE, a reminder that the site’s history stretches far beyond ...
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What does Roman life look like up close? Cinnabar pigment, precious but poisoning containing mercury. A perfectly intact bone die. Glass gaming pieces. Tiny cosmetic containers and bone hairpins. All from our excavation at Falerii Novi. 🏺 Read more: bsr.ac.uk/stories-from...
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Stories from Falerii Novi #1 | Falerii Novi Reveals Its Treasures - bsr.ac.uk
This year Falerii Novi tells the story not only of the wealthier members of society but also of the normal citizens in Roman period – their domestic lives, the games they played, the objects women use...
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Great progress being made in our second week of excavations at Falerii Novi!
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We are thrilled to share the latest updates from our ongoing excavations at #FaleriiNovi! This week we had a full trench tour of our excavations, led by our talented participating students. Stay tuned for more updates as the season progresses, there is so much more to come!
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A new season of excavations commenced this week at Falerii Novi! Over the next 4 weeks the joint BSR & ICS team will continue investigating the monumental building discovered last year.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The British School at Rome is excited to present the City of Rome public lecture programme 2026! bsr.ac.uk/city-of-rome...
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CITY OF ROME Public Lecture Programme 2026 is out now! - bsr.ac.uk
The British School at Rome is excited to present the City of Rome public lecture programme 2026. City of Rome is an intensive eight-week residential course directed by Dr. Christopher Siwicki, designe...
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Next Saturday, 21 March at 10:30am, Stephen Kay (BSR Archaeology Manager), Sara Fabbri (BSR Archaeology Survey Technician) and Elena Pomar (BSR Geophysics Researcher) will take part in the annual Furfo Project public conference in Barisciano (L’Aquila).
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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Working in oasis-based and mobile or semi-mobile weaving contexts allowed her to assess how domestic space, landscape and movement shape textile production and knowledge transmission. Watch this short Youtube video which captures a formative moment in Cory's fieldwork: youtu.be/MDqZUZNWYng
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Amazigh Weaving in Southern Morocco.
YouTube video by Cory Ettiene
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 05/02/2026
The next episode of #DiggingForBritain is tonight and features Antiquity authors Benjamin W. Roberts & R. Alan Williams on their excavations of the Bronze Age tin trade at St. Michael's Mount! Can't wait? They wrote on their findings in an #AntiquityBlog 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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Excavating the British tin trade that shaped the Bronze Age
In 2025, we published an article in Antiquity, demonstrating through chemical and isotopic analyses that, c. 1300 BC, tin ingots made from tin ores in southwest Britain are found on shipwrecks off…
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A child’s footprint frozen in time - pressed into a #Roman tile as it dried before firing nearly 1,800 years ago. A tiny, timeless reminder of everyday life in the ancient world. 📷 online.landessammlungen-noe.at/objects/1306... 🏺
A close-up photo of a Roman tile, featuring a clearly imprinted footprint of a small child's right foo. The tiles shows a rough, broken edge on the left and top, with the detailed five-toed impression visible on the worn surface against a neutral gray background.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Me, pretending Monday isn’t happening... #MondayMotivation 📷 Paul Browning
A Blue Tit is perched on a branch, fluffed up into a perfect little ball with its head tucked deep into its feathers, fully committed to ignoring the outside world. Its soft blue, yellow, and green plumage looks extra cosy, and its tiny claws cling to the branch as if refusing to face the day and determined not to budge...giving off strong “nope, not today” vibes.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Just 2 days to go until the #BigGardenBirdwatch kicks off! Bold Blue Tits ranked 2nd in last year's results... could they take the top spot this time? 💙 Get involved: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 📷 Peter Christian
A Blue Tit sits in a moss-lined bird bath, its yellow and blue plumage soaked and fluffed up from an enthusiastic splash. Droplets of water scatter into the air, catching the light like tiny stars...capturing a moment of pure joy in nature.
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Samuele Papeschi サムエレ パペスキ | Geology is the way ⚒️🧪 @calamitaman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Another "thinnie for fun". Lizardite crystals from the 'Monte Fico lizardite', a material that is used by experimentalists, kindly donated by prof. Cecilia Viti ⚒️ #geology #serpentine #minerals
lizardite crystals under the microscope
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Emma Richard-Trémeau @brokensherds.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Bravo @courrierinter.bsky.social pour avoir laissé les femmes en parenthèses, comme un détail du passé.
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Winter quarters. Northern Britannia, late 1st Century AD. #PlaymobilInfestation
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 16/12/2025
We're back at it again @tag2025york.bsky.social! Come and grab some #Archaeoswag before it's all gone 🏃
Table covered in Antiquity swag, with an Antiquity tablecloth
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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help. Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology survey.app.do/archaeologis...
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BAJR SURVEY PIR III: ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this anonymous survey will help to understand the level of Financial Crisis we are in as archaeologists - as individu...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪
A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: “BIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.
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Emma Richard-Trémeau @brokensherds.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#FossilFriday: Take a look at these microfossils (foraminifera, mostly globigerinid) that we find in early #Neolithic Għar Dalam ceramics in #Malta!
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MégaNéo @meganeo.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
A lire dans le dernier #archeologia un dossier complet sur #Carnac l'occasion de faire le point sur la dernière campagne de prospection géophysique réalisée par des membres de notre association : V. Ard @umr5608traces.bsky.social, V Mathé @univ-larochelle.fr et G Bruniaux. 👉https://short.do/QKEjvs
Couverture archéologia dossier Carnac
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Emma Richard-Trémeau @brokensherds.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I always said I'd never pass the life in the UK test if they asked me to make tea properly... But the pub maybe I could pass 😉
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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
My final #urbangeology walk for this year will take place on 4 October. Reservations and more information on #LondonWalks website at www.walks.com/our-walks/th.... Hope to see you there, this is my favourite walk!
Poster for the walk. The text reads ‘discover fossils, stone and astronomy in the city of London! The Monument, the Moon and Malta: urban geology on Eastcheap. Meet at 14.30, Monument Station, Fish Street Hill.’ The background image shows a photo of the Malta War Memorial, a block of squared stone with attached black plaques with maps of the Mediterranean and a description of the siege of Malta during World War II.
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Dr Elodie Chabrol @eloscicomm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
👩‍🔬J'ai commencé un kit de démarrage "chercheuses en France" go.bsky.app/TBEzKC #FemmesEnScience J'ai besoin de votre aide pour le remplir et donner de la visibilité aux chercheuses que vous connaissez et qui sont sur Bluesky ! ▶️Taguez celles que vous connaissez, je les ajoute !
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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Some recent views of the lovely geology of the south coast of Gozo. Lovely limestone. ❤
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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Important new paper on early Neolithic pottery in Malta. Congrats to the authors. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Early Neolithic Pottery Production in the Maltese Islands: Initiating a Għar Dalam and Skorba Pottery Fabric Classification
The Early Neolithic (EN) period (5500–4800 BCE) marks the first sedentary settlement of the Maltese Islands by farmers. Despite advances in petrographic and archaeometric studies of pottery in Maltese...
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Emma Richard-Trémeau @brokensherds.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🏺 New publication! Our latest article explores pottery production in the Maltese Early Neolithic: “Early Neolithic Pottery Production in the Maltese Islands: Initiating a Għar Dalam and Skorba Pottery Fabric Classification” doi.org/10.1515/opar-2025-0057
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British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📖 Opportunity alert! 📕 The BSA invites applications for the role of Co-Editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history. For more information, visit: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/16/v...
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British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We're hiring! 🔬 The BSA is currently seeking a Fitch Laboratory Scientific Research Officer, full-time, fixed-term appointment (5 years). Check out the full job advert on our website for further information and the application form: www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/09/04/f...
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 02/09/2025
A Jérusalem-Est, des élèves palestiniens privés de rentrée après la fermeture de six écoles gérées par l’UNRWA
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A Jérusalem-Est, des élèves palestiniens privés de rentrée après la fermeture de six écoles gérées par l’UNRWA
Six établissements gérés par l’agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés palestiniens dans la partie orientale de la Ville sainte ont été fermés sur décision israélienne. Près de 600 enfants sont menacés de déscolarisation.
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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Delighted to see our new book on Toraja rock-cut tombs fresh from the press! Many thanks to Julie Gardiner and @oxbowbooks.bsky.social
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Recommended read: 'Monuments as active cooperation: Crisis, mound construction, and society in Scandinavia in the 6th century AD'. The mound at Raknehaugen, Norway is usually associated with power and hierarchy, but this paper links it to climate crisis: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dan Lawrence @dl-arch.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Postdoc Job! Come and work with me in Durham, and a bunch of @sse1k.bsky.social heroes in Venice and Basel, doing agent-based modelling of socio-environmental systems in the Ancient Mediterranean... durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and Agent-Based Modelling
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I made some short explanations of Ancient Greek Pottery shapes for my classes: ✨Part 1: common shapes✨
Ancient Greek pottery: part 1, common shapes
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Marie Turcan @turcanmarie.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Famine à Gaza : « À cause du manque de nourriture, les plaies des patients pourrissent » www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
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Famine à Gaza : « À cause du manque de nourriture, les plaies des patients pourrissent »
L’état de famine dans la bande de Gaza a été déclaré vendredi par l’ONU. Le responsable en est le gouvernement israélien. Les humanitaires préviennent de la catastrophe depuis des mois. Les conséquen…
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Meet Emma Richard-Tremeau @brokensherds.bsky.social who is currently at the British School at Rome (BSR) working on her PhD research! ‪ @durham-university.bsky.social Read her blog here: bsr.ac.uk/tracing-trad...
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Tracing Trade and Technology: Emma Richard-Tremeau’s Study of Roman Ceramics in the Middle Tiber Valley - bsr.ac.uk
The British School at Rome is pleased to highlight the research of Emma Richard-Tremeau, who is currently based in Rome as part of her PhD project at Durham University. Her doctorate is supported by a...
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
So pleased that we have MA funding available this year for our MA Archaeology & Heritage Programme. Please spread the word (or get in touch if you have questions)! www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...
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The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies Postgraduate Scholarships - Birkbeck, University of London
Find out more about the Carena Institute postgraduate scholarships with project themes and how to apply.
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Clare Burke @thesherdnerd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
📢JOB!📢 Assistant Professor in Roman History jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... 🏺 #archaeology #classics #Romans
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Assistant Professor in Roman History
The Department of Classics and Archaeology seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Roman History from 1 September 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter).We are delighted to offer this exciting op...
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
On the evening of 30th June, BSR staff celebrated the end of the academic year with an informal reception in the BSR Gardens. The party was organized thanks to the generosity of Prof. John Osborne, an Ashby Patron and true BSR friend. Here are some photos of the reception!
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
That’s a Wrap – For Now! As our 2025 excavation season at Falerii comes to a close, we’re reflecting on an amazing few weeks of discovery.
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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Extremely productive excavation season at Falerii Novi once again! Some very helpful material coming from the hard work of our @ics.bsky.social @bsrome.bsky.social team 🙌 🏺 #Classicsbluesky
A hand holding decorated sherds of black gloss Roman pottery with other ceramic sherds in the background. An ancient terracotta loom weight on a green plastic tray with two more behind held by a person. An excavated ancient stone wall faced in plaster with incised decoration. Soil in front and behind. A hand holding an excavated black gloss ceramic cup with plastic sheets and soil in the background.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🍶 Sacred Shards: Ceramics and Ritual at Falerii Novi Ceramic specialist Letizia Ceccarelli has been working on an extraordinary assemblage of black gloss pottery, dating to the late 3rd century BCE—right around the time historical sources tell us the city was founded.
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The staff at Iran's National Museum in Tehran have sandbagged the exhibitions they cannot move. I just...
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
BSR Archaeology Manager Stephen Kay considered how the scale and construction techniques point to an important early phase of the city. We're just at the beginning, but the streets and structures here are telling a powerful story of urban planning in early Falerii.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
What’s emerging? A monumental structure built with opus quadratum blocks of local tuff—likely dating to the Republican period.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🧱 Exploring Early Falerii Novi This season, we've moved about 100 meters north of last year’s excavation area, still along the ancient Via Amerina but now closer to the northern gate of Falerii Novi.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Once the samples are processed, they'll be studied under the microscope back at the BSR to help reconstruct diet and environmental exploitation across the centuries—from the Roman Republic to the Middle Ages.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
From carbonized seeds and charcoal to animal bones and even a dormouse tooth, these small finds offer big insights into past foodways and environments. Some of this season’s contexts are remarkably early or well-preserved, including ancient floors and drain fills with trapped biological remains.
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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🔍 Unseen Stories in the Soil Angela Trentacoste and her team are once again leading the environmental program—collecting tiny but vital traces of ancient life.
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Emma Richard-Trémeau @brokensherds.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Lovely stroll in Nepi
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