Reposted by Gavin MacGregorGavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 15hAnd pause, wrapped, cool sea mist. Hear feint, whispered Saints. Grasp sword and stake, step with care, through telling time. #Whitby #archaeology #history #heritage 053
Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 15hAnd pause, wrapped, cool sea mist. Hear feint, whispered Saints. Grasp sword and stake, step with care, through telling time. #Whitby #archaeology #history #heritage 053
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 16h🧪🏺 #Archaeology is about the past, but it's also about now and what's to come cc @hannahfluck.bsky.social 0136
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The “used future” trap ... "Sometimes it’s not enough to design for a new future; we also have to design the conditions and new thinking that make shaping nascent paradigms possible, reorienting how we define progress, value, and success." www.ideo.com/journal/the-...ideo.comThe “used future” trap5 techniques for avoiding outdated visions of tomorrow. 051
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorDr Laura Hodsdon @laurhod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Falmouth University's Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society welcomes PhD applications for 2027 that take creative, critical approaches to heritage www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/cen... #research #phd #heritage #ICHfalmouth.ac.ukCentre for Heritage, Culture & SocietyThe Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society addresses people’s relationships with past, present and future cultural places and landscapes. 186
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorCommunity Land Scotland @communitylandsc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Three residencies. Six communities. Three languages: Gàidhlig, Scots and English. We're commissioning storytellers to help communities capture and share the community owners' stories of land and identity. £3,500 fee. Apply by 9 Oct, 1pm. buff.ly/TUT3YUA 01815
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ancient and beautiful amber pendants worn by hunter-gatherers during the Danish Mesolithic some 10,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology 5516122
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This book has been a year in the writing, will be my life for at least another year, and was at least 30 years in the making. Hoping to see plenty of youse out on the road... More info: triskeleheritage.com/the-building... 0279
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You can get 20% off my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from bookshop.org and help support independent bookshops! 12715
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorLesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Memories of Ardeer - There are still some tickets left, come join us at the Scottish Maritime Museum this Saturday, morning drop-in or afternoon ticketed Brew&Blether with me and @linda83ross.bsky.social! #Ardeer #Ivine #CommunityHeritage www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000317866...eventbrite.co.ukMemories of ArdeerBrew & Blether - A space to reminisce about family members and friends who worked at the Ardeer. 053
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sadly no longer posting here, but this from from the inspirational @mmcfadyen.bsky.social (h/t: @sarahmay1.bsky.social LinkedIn) weaves together key themes & topics that have occupied much of my thinking in recent years. If you read nothing else this week: mairimcfadyen.substack.com/p/cultural-d...mairimcfadyen.substack.comCultural Darning: Rewilding with People and PlaceA talk given at ‘The Big Picture Conference,’ Scotland’s Rewilding Event, which took place in Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 19th September 2026 11710
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorSarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We've decided to start a discussion series. Lunchtimes once a month, to remember why we 'do heritage' all welcome, please share with students and networks. 42618
Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wonderful discoveries by @govanstones.bsky.social & great example of the power of #communityarchaeology brilliant engagement by the whole team. So much passion about the story of Govan and getting people actively involved in learning. @hornesupremacy.bsky.social #glasgow #archaeology 2197
Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Do you know @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social artefacts excavations of Oakbank Crannog have been recognised as Nationally Significant, including 2500 year old fabrics. Real privilege to present on behalf of @archscot.bsky.social on Why Archaeology Matters At This Time? as part of #ScotArchMonth 17317
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorGareth E. Rees @garetherees.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Pleasantly bleak walk in northwest Devon. 1225
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Some nice coverage of our ongoing project with @gbptrust.bsky.social @archscot.bsky.social exploring the remains of Harvie’s Dyke - a site of radical community action in the east end of Glasgow. share.google/CFZxMmcwGyOW...share.googleArchaeologists to probe radical riot that brought down Glasgow tycoon's wallsThe 1823 riot was a victory for the people, and now the hunt is on to find the evidence 1106
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorKathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"This is not a collection of occasional pieces, such as a writer brings out to supplement his real work; instead this is my real work, such as it is" I learned so much from Annie Dillard. 3528
Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One for @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social @eddiecstewart.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorLego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fragments of people's lives, washed up on the beach. 12454117
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorRosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Upcoming edited volume; including a new chapter about nuclear art that is me edging toward another book www.google.com/url?q=https:... 041
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorCLEAR lab @clear-lab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Technoscience Research Unit is excited to continue the 2026/7 Technoscience Salon Series: Indigenous Science and Ethical Grounds, an open forum for entangling intellectual and political questions about technoscience. RSVP at techscisalon-liboiron.eventbrite.ca 032
Reposted by Gavin MacGregor@chatarchaeology @chatarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The CHAT HOPE 2026 final program with abstracts is now online! Take a peek: hopechat.chat-arch.org/program/ See you in Innsbruck! #CHAT #HOPE #chathopehopechat.chat-arch.orgProgram – CHAT│HOPE 2026 022
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClemency Cooper @clemencycooper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Initially, I naively believed the researcher's position is to be impartial but the more I learn, the more I appreciate that research is not neutral and that I have a responsibility to speak to power and have an opportunity to make change. 191
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorScottish Ecological Design Association @scotecodesign.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Just one week to go until the third of our ‘Championing the Local’ series. We’ll explore why some decisions about land use are best made at landscape-scale, and how RLUPs and bioregions with natural, not political, boundaries enable this. ⏰ 4-6pm 📆 Mon 21 Sept 📌 online 🔗 seda.scot/championing-... 032
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorFirst Millennia Studies Group @firstmillennia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We're not quite ready to announce our speakers and their topics yet, but please save the dates below for our 2026-27 Seminar Series. Keep an eye here and on our website for the finalised programme firstmillennia.wordpress.com/lecture-cale... 022
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorLesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026*26th and 27th September* Come and share photographs and memories of Ardeer, drop-in and brew & blether, joined by historian @linda83ross.bsky.social! Or go on our guided walk and eco-poetry session on nature at Ardeer with photographer @alexanderboyd.bsky.social and poet Gerry Cambridge! 1105
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClimateXChange @climatexchange.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We’re pleased to see this research on the evolution of Scotland’s climate policy and the role of knowledge brokerage published as an Edinburgh Climate Change Institute Evidence Statement! 📚 Read the full statement: edinburghcentre.org/news/439 011
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorThe Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Event announcement! We have some special guests joining Cumbraland at our Viking-age Festival on Sat 19 & Sun 20 of Sept! Hamish from Pictavia Leather and Rona from Wasted Remains Jewellery will be exhibiting their artefacts, inspired by Celtic history & archaeological finds. FREE ENTRY ALL WEEKEND 03210
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorLorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026At this point, should the question be ‘what WILL British archaeology look like under the Reform government’? How can a fragmented occupation like archaeology (commercial, HE, volunteer sector) counter white supremacist narratives? Can we be activists or should archaeology be politically neutral? 183
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorKenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/p...theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.comPuzzles of prehistory‘And, I asked myself at low moments, could I actually solve any of the countless puzzles of prehistory?’ Wet and windy, cold and dreary, another storm. We headed from Haymarket Station in Edinburgh… 1106
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorArchaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 We‘re excited to be co-organising this session with @lornarichardson.bsky.social. What does an antifascist archaeology look like under increasing consolidation of state power by the far-right? How might we avoid such a future? We hope to see you there! 065
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Spotted this mediaeval painted glass featuring a pipe-playing pig recently at Scarborough Rotunda. This morning, I found time to look up the iconography and discovered this excellent and fun discussion by Pilgrims & Posies (Tom and Sue Hughes)... pilgrimsandposies.blogspot.com/2015/09/of-p... 1379
Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And still we puzzle, perhaps first, sense. Our hands hold. All possibilities, through time. First Conundrum by Remco de Fouw (2000) #Archaeology #Sculpture #Scotland #Heritage 1205
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorRuth Broadbent @ruthbroadbent.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Salmonsbury: a celebration of art and archaeology is now open at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester until 11 October. Artwork by six artists, including myself, plus artefacts from the archive coriniummuseum.org/event/salmon... 141
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Star Carr Pendant is an 11,000 year old engraved shale pendant and possibly the oldest Mesolithic art in Britain. It was discovered during the Star Carr archaeology project near Scarborough. Similar decoration has been found on amber pendants of the same age from Denmark. 512116
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 12/09/2026THE CITY IS WILDER THAN YOU THINK AND KINDER THAN YOU THINK. IT IS A VALLEY AND YOU ARE A HORSE IN IT IT IS A HOUSE AND YOU ARE A CHILD IN IT SAFE AND WARM HERE IN THE FIRE OF EACH OTHER —Robert Montgomery, Light Poem (recycled sunlight) #BookWormSat #poetry www.robertmontgomery.org/recycledsunl... 0237
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorAlmost 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 Gavin MacGregorDr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This thread explains some helpful facts re historic tree cover. We don't need to perpetuate inaccuracy to justify increasing tree cover now. Current & future environments & needs are different. Better to explain why than keep pretending we can return to some halcyon days to fix the mess we've made. 65018
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorDr. Angry Anarchist (Free 🇵🇸) @archhelmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Now on my researchgate: Anarchism and Archaeology 🏺🖤researchgate.net(PDF) Anarchism and ArchaeologyPDF | Anarchism has been gaining traction in archaeological theory and practice. In a field marked by quotidian anarchisms such as collective... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Rese... 12610
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off. 1553136711
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Pulling together a list of IDBM (Inclusive & Democratic Business Models) orgs e.g. collectives, cooperatives, employee owned etc w/in the UK Historic Environment sector - I haven't got very far! If you're aware of any, please let me know. I'm looking to support and boost them where possible. TIA🙏 023
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorMaxine Ross @maxineross.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m doing a thing for Archaeology month on Sunday at Dalzell. Learn about the history and of course the Yews #YewTreesoftheClydeValley Guided walk Dalzell Estate, Motherwell www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-wal...eventbrite.co.ukGuided walk Dalzell Estate, MotherwellJoin Clutha Archaeology Group for a guided walk through Dalzell Estate, Motherwell. 044
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Scottish Archaeology Month 2026 is in full swing with over 300 in-person and online events to join and enjoy. Full programme: www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/events/ @archscot.bsky.social #ScotArchMonth #ScotlandThroughTime #CommunityArchaeology #HeritageForAll #HESSupported 074
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Unfortunately even more relevant given AfD's victory today. Here's a fresh gift link: as.ft.com/r/68f961b0-b...as.ft.comRerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascismHow nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future 515869
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorTim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 06/09/2026CFP: SANKOFA: GHANA JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES SPECIAL ISSUE: 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF GHANA’S INDEPENDENCE TOPIC: Ghana’s Independence: Archives of Optimism and the Trauma of Unfinished Freedom journals.ug.edu.gh/index.php/sg...journals.ug.edu.ghSankofa - Ghana Journal of Archaeology and Heritage StudiesSankofa - Ghana Journal of Archaeology and Heritage Studies 041
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorTim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 06/09/2026A call for book chapters: Walking and Heritage: Embodiment, Place and Memory , Richard White & Thomas Kampe (eds) networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.org 042
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorPictCon @pictcon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We have 99 people coming to PictCon2 the SF convention in Scotland (Perth) about Scottish Science Fiction. Do you have your ticket yet? We will be releasing the programme this weekend. Date: October 17th; Guest: @neilwilliamson.bsky.socialeventbrite.co.ukPictCon2A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches. 14021
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This Monday, 7 September, 19:00-20:00 BST (Online) Workshop 2: Understanding Archaeology's Value Further details & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-2... This free 1 hour practice focused workshop is repeated on Thursday, 9 September, 14:00-15:00 BST. @archscot.bsky.social #NLHF #HESeventbrite.co.ukWorkshop 2: Understanding Archaeology's ValueWhat difference does archaeology make to people and places? Help identify archaeology's social, cultural, environmental and economic value. 073
Reposted by Gavin MacGregorNess of Brodgar @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The recording of the UHI Archaeology Institute's Associate Professor Antonia Thomas' recent talk to the Orkney Archaeology Society.nessofbrodgar.co.ukVideo: Art and architecture at the Ness of Brodgar with Associate Professor Antonia ThomasThe recording of the UHI Archaeology Institute's Associate Professor Antonia Thomas' recent talk to the Orkney Archaeology Society. 0216
