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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thinking back to February when a team from @bumaritime.bsky.social and @nattrustarch.bsky.social excavated and lifted a piece of a 17th cargo vessel (the Fame of Hoorn) from the sand of Studland Bay #Dorset With children's play shovels 👍 #FindsFriday #Maritime #Archaeology

Archaeologists clean and record timbers from a 17th century ship preserved in sand with the sea in the distance

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dancing the stone Research by Fiona Colbert @bournemouthuni.bsky.social on the Bronze Age so-called *dancing stones* using timelapse photography "No instructions, no context, just bodies and feet" 💃🕺 Featured in this month's British Archaeology magazine #KeepDancing #Archaeology

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another great find from the sea Heather and Liv from our maritime unit discovered this grindstone during a circle search near the 13th century Mortar Ship Wreck Such stones were rotated to sharpen tools and are known from the 9th century Could this be contemporary with the wreck? #FindsFriday

Two divers recover a medieval grindstone from the sea bed

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Huge congratulations to two of our students, Niamh and Liv, on reaching some fantastic milestones while diving on the medieval Mortar Wreck 🥳 Niamh 50 dives Liv 75 dives Exploring history and experiencing the past from a whole new perspective 🏺⚓️ #ArchaeologicalDiving @bumaritime.bsky.social

Two archaeological divers explore the remains of a medieval ship wreck

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And now onto Maiden Castle as @durotrigesdig.bsky.social takes the new archaeology intake round the ramparts of Dorset's mighty Iron Age hillfort (with added Roman temple)

Grass covered Iron age hillfort ramparts

Archaeologists on grass covered Iron age hillfort ramparts

Archaeologists investigating the walls of a Roman temple

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is #amphitheatrethursday a thing? Anyway, here's the great Maumbury Rings at Dorchester which we're visiting today Top notch #Roman Archaeology

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Taking our cast (plastic) skeletons on the road today @bournemouthuni.bsky.social lecturer in Biological Anthropology @megsdigs.bsky.social teaching human osteology, demography and funerary interpretation with the wonderful people @brightonhovearch.bsky.social

Archaeologist stands in front of a table with a cast (plastic) human skeleton with a screen introducing Anatomy 101 behind

Archaeologists examining and recording a cast (plastic) human skeleton and grave goods

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Remembering the excavations at Stonehenge conducted by staff and students of Bournemouth University in April 2008 Happy days in the sun, rain, hail and snow ☀️🌧⛈️❄️ © BU April 2008 #StandingStoneSunday

Archaeologists sieving excavated spoil in front of a Stonehenge sarsen trilithon

Archaeologists excavating within the sarsen trilithons and bluestone uprights of Stonehenge

Archaeologists in orange hi viz vests load soil samples onto a green trolley in the snow at Stonehenge

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Sorry, there currently seems to be a absence of pastry based treats on campus Can't think why...

Paul Cheetham in checked shirt eats a pork pie whilst sitting on a wooden bench in front of a castle

Paul Cheetham in a checked shirt eats a pork pie standing in front of a Neolithic dolmen

Paul Cheetham in a hi viz vests eats a pork pie in a cabin whilst a seatedJon Milward looks surprised

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Great to welcome @harbourbirds.bsky.social Young Birders Club into our Zooarchaeology Lab 👍 A chance to look at, and identify, a range of bird bones from archaeological sites with @buosteo.bsky.social @peoplepuffins.bsky.social Even a Great Auk on loan from @portlandmuseum.bsky.social 🐦🐦‍⬛🦢

Bird bones in a clear plastic box being held by a human hand

A human hand sorting archaeological bird bones in a white tray

People in a bird bone identification laboratory

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Year 2 Archaeology encountering some serious bits of Roman and Medieval military architecture today at Portchester Castle #Hampshire They are happy 🌞

Students in the sunshine on the road outside the landgate of a medieval stone built castle

The substantial stone keep of a medieval castle with Roman walls either side, grass with trees in front and blue sky behind

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Oh, is it #HillfortsWednesday? Here's the magnetometer survey for Woodbury Hill Dorset done by Bournemouth student Arias Jordens in 2012 Much activity relates to the annual post medieval September market which inspired *Greenhill Fair* in Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel *Far from the Madding Crowd*

Magnetometry survey plot for the inside of a hillfort showing lots of building activity and fairground related disturbance

Black and white photograph of the early 20th century fairground, with rides, inside Woodbury hillfort

Black and white photograph of the late 19th century fair ground inside Woodbury hillfort

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Follow us for news, events and research updates from the world of #archaeology and #anthropology at Bournemouth University Also pies

Students and volunteers on the Bournemouth University big dig wave from the gulley of an Iron Age roundhouse

A Bournemouth University diver uncovers a 13th century grave slab from the cargo a ship wreck in the English Channel

Students from anthropology and archaeology at Bournemouth University having a lecture inside a reconstruction prehistoric house

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Jon and Nick were also privileged enough to stand in the footsteps of many other admirers of the underfloor heating system, but don't tell @durotrigesdig.bsky.social #hypocaustgate

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Last week, some of our students visited the Russell Cotes Museum and Art Gallery as part of their Working with Cultural Heritage studies. It was great to see the Artists in Purbeck exhibition too! Well worth a visit!

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

To mark LGBTQIA+ History Month, Rainbow Office Hours have been set up by BU’s PRIDE Network to support LGBTQIA+ students across the University. These are open to all students, regardless of how they identify.

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Some of our final year students explored the productive landscapes of Purbeck this week. From the extractive industries at Newton Clayworks and Worth Matravers quarries to some well-earned local fayre😘👌!

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Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

📢 Tonight at 7 pm a brand new @timeteam.bsky.social special will be released, bringing Time Team from the field to the studio. This was an amazing challenge made possible by the brilliant staff and students at @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Episode link 📺 youtu.be/KV54I_f9DbE?...

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