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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Yeah … nice, I suppose. I always thought that having the Chevin as a backdrop made my old home town Otley a bit special.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰 𝗔𝗗 𝟰𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400–1100. doi.org/10.1080/0076...

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Paul Lindsay Dawson throws new light on the so-called 'Battle' of Wakefield in late December 1460. The article comes from the Spring 2025 issue of 'Briefing', the magazine of the Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society. www.academia.edu/145647137/Th...

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 Report appgarchaeology.wordpress.com/.../appag-in.... All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group appgarchaeology.wordpress.com/inquiry/

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This article documents the survival of gender inequalities in UK archaeology. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I mean, it’s a close thing between a baby red panda and a baby tree kangaroo. They both look as if they’re the sort of toy you buy YOUR baby to play with. Is that anthropomorphism or what?

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Not just ‘a’ cute red panda, as if it’s an unusually cute one - all red pandas are cute! But a baby red panda!! THAT’S CUTE!!

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This is the tallest one in Britain at Rudston, Yorkshire - 7.6m.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Here’s the doorknob spear butt from his spear!

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

𝗔 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 A user-friendly app for genome-wide data from ancient Britain and Ireland, enabling researchers to explore genetic connections ancient and modern populations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In recent years, genome-wide data from thousands of ancient human remains have been sequenced, offering unprecedented insights into past populations. This vast dataset of ancient human genomes and their associated metadata holds immense value for archaeologists, anthropologists, and biologists. However, extracting insights often requires advanced bioinformatics knowledge, creating barriers for non-experts. To address this challenge, we present a curated dataset and user-friendly web application for published genome-wide data from ancient Britain and Ireland, including new data produced by the COMMIOS Project. The platform integrates visualization tools, enabling researchers to explore genetic connections between ancient and modern populations without requiring bioinformatics expertise.

Here we present the COMMIOS app, which draws on data collected by the COMMIOS Project (37.6% of the individuals) and individuals collected as part of other studies and collated in the AADR database (62.4%, Figure 1), and is a comprehensive, user-friendly tool that facilitates access to integrated data visualisation and exploration functionalities, lowering barriers for interpretation of the genetic dataset from Britain and Ireland.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 The new issue of 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 features the excavation of a Roman landscape at Holme Hall Quarry, between Doncaster and Rotherham - right up front. reader.exacteditions.com/issues/12206...

CA - Holme House Quarry, South Yorkshire

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

You're very kind Spencer, thanks. You'll have noticed the YoungYAHS section in Briefing now? With AnswerBack articles from Ian Hodder and Martin Millett?

YoungYAHS section in YAHS magazine, Briefing.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

𝗞𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘆 Kay Hartley, an international scholar in mortarium studies, has died. For seventy years she was ‘the oracle on Romano-British mortaria’. She single-handedly developed her discipline, beginning in the 1950s. and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Newcastle University in 2023.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝗼𝘂𝘁! Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society members are now receiving the latest issue of our magazine, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨. It includes an article on the astonishing Melsonby hoard, some innovative insights into the battle of Wakefield ... and much more! www.yahs.org.uk

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝘀 New Perspectives on Coined Money, c. 400–1100 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This volume explores how people and societies dealt with changes to monetary systems. www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10....

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 Records in Britain have referred to periods of ‘sweating sickness’ or ‘epidemic fever’ which may have been caused by 𝘉. 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴, but limited data means the likely cause of these outbreaks remains unknown. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

Map showing four sites providing genome data.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Is this toad trying to drown the fish?? My partner separated them but he had his claws well into her eyes!

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study reveals. tinyurl.com/cwh8c8uj

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Not sure if this will work. Living year to year and not knowing if the journal will be Open Access or old-style? What do others think?

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This seems to be a great way to decide where not to go in America. Some surprises!

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The fact that it might be difficult to do this, without anyone who knows how to do it, doesn’t seem to have occurred.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵; 𝗟𝗲𝘆𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 Archaeological Inveﬆigation 2014–2015 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗼𝗺𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗽𝗼𝘅 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This article presents a case of osteomyelitis variolosa from a skeleton excavated in the Western Cemetery at Cirencester (𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮) in Britain. shorturl.at/Qvyzp

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The Melsonby Hoard www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Book soon - the seats are going fast! www.yas.org.uk/Meetings/Rom...

Conference: Roman Towns in Yorkshire and the North.
Yorks St Johns University, 5th April 2025. Book online
https://www.yas.org.uk/Meetings/Roman-Towns-in-Yorkshire-and-the-North

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 Later Prehistoric Mortuary Activity in Caves in Scotland and Northern England 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This paper examines the evidence for funerary practices in the caves of Scotland and northern England in the context of later prehistoric funerary ritual. shorturl.at/UFCQg

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Push it along guys. You don’t want people thinking you gave Musk money, do you?

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

They need to fall a lot more. They’re down to where they’ve been for most of the last five years. So, keep your fingers crossed. Hopefully, driving a Tesla will soon become a sign of uncaring idiocy: unacceptable.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Whereas Telegraph readers are steadily plummeting.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 This chunky silver Roman bracelet was found at Cadeby, near Doncaster, probably buried as part of a hoard. The stone is an opaque milky orange/brown carnelian. finds.org.uk/database/art...

Chunky Roman silver bracelet, with carnelian gem.

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 There have been no firm expressions of interest from UK museums, and so the Committee has decided that the the two mosaic panels from the Fullerton Roman villa, near Andover, may be exported. shorturl.at/2UNvT

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 A Summary and Brief Discussion 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This paper aims to provide a brief summary of counterfeit Roman coin moulds. It includes discussion of finds from Aldwark; from Fulford; and from Doncaster ... www.brepolsonline.net/doi/epdf/10....

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 Strontium isotope analysis of cremated human remains from the Late Iron Age cemetery at Westhampnett, West Sussex, UK 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 The narrow range of isotopic variation indicates a homogenous group, emphasising community stability. www.sciencedirect.com/.../abs/pii/...

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This volume explores Latinization, local languages, and literacies in the Roman West, including Britain, in the later Iron Age and Roman period. britishmuseum.iro.bl.uk/concern/book...

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Buttermere again - I'm not supposed to be working on this just now but stuff keeps cropping up. Who was the Swiss naturalist walking from Craven in Yorkshire to Buttermere? I haven't made up my mind yet, but an engraving of what it must have looked like arrived yesterday. The Inn is by the lake.

That's the 'Inn at Buttermere' by the lake.

'Buttermere Lake & Village, Cumberland'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: D. Buckle; G. Pickering . Provenance: Plate 36, "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland"; from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., with Descriptions by T. Rose, 1832, Published by H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, London

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David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Tonight’s the night! The night of the Superb Owl!

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