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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Flythrough video of UNESCO rock-cut tomb site of Mesu ‘e Montes (Ossi, Sardinia) and its decorated tomb 2 dated to the Late Neolithic vimeo.com/1226944957?f... Video made by Lucas Knepper (student at @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social ) based on our 2017 3D survey with Florian Soula @inrap.fr

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3d visualisation of a neolithic rock-cut tomb

This animation, assembled from 3d data collected by Guillaume Robin (University of Edinburgh) and Florian Soula (INRAP) as well as publicly available terrain data, shows tomb 2 of the neolithic-middle...

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On Tue 22nd September I’ll have the pleasure to give a talk in Bonorva (Sardinia) on our ongoing excavation at Punta Ferulosu (Chalcolithic-Bronze Age hilltop settlement)

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Edinburgh Archaeology @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨 We’re HIRING! ☠️ Lecturer in Human Osteoarchaeology* (full-time, 2-year post starting January 2027). 📅 Application deadline: 14 September 2026🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbxrwbh #AcademicJobs #Archaeology #Osteology #Teaching #Edinburgh #EdinArch #HEjobs @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Just completed another excavation season at Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva, Sardinia), with students from @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social and colleagues from @inrap.fr . We worked on a Middle Bronze Age cluster of domestic buildings, incl. a “megaron” (monumental structure with porched entrance)

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 17/06/2026

📕 #BookReview 🏺 Sulawesi 🇮🇩 is the only place where rock-cut tombs are still being made. @guillaume-robin.bsky.social & Ron Adams' 'Ethnoarchaeology of rock-cut tombs' explores the elaborate burial practices of the Torajan highlands and their changes over time 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Cover of the book reviewed, depicting a person chiselling the entrance to a cave into a doorway. Text overlaid reads 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

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École française de Rome @ef-rome.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

#EFRagenda 📌 𝐋’𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐞𝐭 𝐥’𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐮 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞́𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐧 (𝟖𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐤𝐚) 🗓️ 28 et 29 avril 2026 - École française de Rome ℹ️ Programme complet : ow.ly/QV4x50YP0N9

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L’Italie et l’Europe au Paléolithique ancien et moyen (800-120 ka)

28 et 29 avril 2026 École française de Rome

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Joana Valdez-Tullett @joanavaldez.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We're doing it again!! ☺️ As part of the work that Tertia Barnett and I are doing with @scarf-scot.bsky.social, we'll be running another event to celebrate rock art research and launch brand-new sections of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework. 1/

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Joana Valdez-Tullett @joanavaldez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Between 2017-22 I was a Post-doc researcher with Scotland's Rock Art Project. The project was funded by the AHRC and recently the @ukri.org invited us to feature their new Future Makers series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPsR... 1/

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Ancient rock art connecting communities | Future Makers Ep 3

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Edinburgh Archaeology @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🇫🇷 Thursday’s Research Seminar 12/2/26 @16:15 in the Meadows LT will be given by Dr Florian Cousseau (Durham) “Central #Brittany in the Middle #Neolithic: A Landscape Far from Empty” 🔗https://hca.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/research-seminars/archaeology-seminars @hcaatedinburgh #edinarch #archaeology

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Dr. des. Sarah Bockmeyer @sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

There's an amazing job up for grabs in Cork, Ireland!! Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology! Not only would the post be focussing on Neolithic Ireland and Europe but also have some archaeological theory on the side!! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

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Lecturer in Archaeology (Prehistoric) | University College Cork

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 30/11/2025

📣 Call for Papers! International Research Network on Quarries and Rock-cut Sites, third conference. The deadline is 31 December 2025 for conference on 14-15 May 2026 at University of Edinburgh. The four wide-ranging themes offer broad scope from #archaeology, #geology, #history, #envhums 🏺

Poster. Pen and ink image of an opening in a stone cliff face to left. Text to right giving notice of the third conference on quarries and rock cut sites, archaeological perspectives, University of Edinburgh 14 to 15 May 2026. The conference examines human-stone relationships through quarries, rock-cut architecture and rock art.

Poster. Call for papers to left including conference themes. Facing risks, Cuting into Living Roack, Heritage and Recent and ongoing research. Deadline 31 December 2025. Text to right giving notice of the third conference on quarries and rock cut sites, archaeological perspectives, University of Edinburgh 14 to 15 May 2026. The conference examines human-stone relationships through quarries, rock-cut architecture and rock art.

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ScARF @scarf-scot.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New chapters of the South East Scotland Archaeological Research Framework (SESARF) are now live on the ScARF website and ready for your input! Read all about the framework, how you can contribute, and more exciting updates in our November newsletter: bit.ly/4ohXxPO

Top: Cramond causeway, Edinburgh © Bess Rhodes; Bottom left: Fulton Tower, Scottish Borders © Jane Bower; Bottom right: Settlement Fort in Carved in Stone © Anine Bösenberg

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Edinburgh Archaeology @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📣 New Open Access Paper! Led by Dr Robin Bendrey & published in EMPH it explores how #OneHealth approaches can aid our understanding of infectious disease dynamics associated with emergent animal farming in both the past and the present 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaf029 #EdinArch #zooarch

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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

ONLINE FELLOWS’ MEETING: Scotland’s Earliest Megalithic Monuments In 2024, we awarded funding to @archscot.bsky.social to investigate Scotland’s Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs. Hear an update at this Fellows-only event on 13 November: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...

Photo of a stone cairn in a green field with the text "Online Fellows' Meeting" overlaid

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 06/11/2025

There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh. Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!

Call for Papers poster, 3rd IRAAR Conference, Quarries and Rock-cut Sites through the lens of archaeology. Conference themes. Facing Risks (Challenges, adaptations and transformations in quarrying and rock-hewing practices). Cutting into Living Rock (Dialogue between quarries, rock-cut architecture and rock art studies). Heritage (Archaeological Quarries and rock-cut sites in the present). At the Cutting Edge (Current research on quarries and rock-cut sites). Abstracts maximum 300 words and one image to iraargroup@gmail.com

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Today at 4pm (UK time) I’ll give a talk at the University of Glasgow archaeology seminar about our excavations at Punta Ferulosu (Copper Age settlement, Sardinia). This will also be on Zoom www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma... Thank you Arianna Magyaricsová for the invite!

House ST4.1 during excavation at the Copper Age site of Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva, Sardinia)

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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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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Just-announced programme for the Highland Archaeology Festival in Inverness next month. I'll be there talking about evidence for the early church in Urquhart, the Aird and Strathglass, drawing on some of my most recent research. Looking forward to meeting and hearing from others!

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Highland Archaeology Festival Research Conference 2025

Our annual conference on 27th-28th September highlighting recent work on archaeology and heritage of the Highlands.

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Oxbow Books @oxbowbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Some ethnoarchaeological excitement is coming your way! This upcoming volume is the first book dedicated to Toraja rock-cut tombs, providing a detailed overview of and fresh insights into this unique burial tradition. Learn more ➡ bit.ly/3HvRbg9

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Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Three ancient rock-cut chamber tombs of a type known as "Domus de Janas" have been uncovered in Sardinia’s Sant’Andrea Priu archaeological complex. archaeology.org/news/2025/08/01/ancient-sardinian-tombs-uncovered/

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Today, the unique Neolithic rock-cut tombs of Sardinia (domus de janas) have been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. A much deserved recognition! whc.unesco.org/en/list/1730

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Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sardinia – The domus de janas

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Many thanks to Bonorva municipality, Soprintendenza di Sassari, Forestas, and our partners @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @inrap.fr @umr5608traces.bsky.social for another successful season. See you again next year!

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

End of the 2025 excavations at Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva, Sardinia). This year we explored a Middle Bronze Age cluster of round and rectangular stone houses, representing a later phase of occupation at the site.

Aerial view of Middle Bronze Age round house ST8.4 at Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva) during the 2025 excavation

Middle Bronze Age decorated sherd from Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva) 2025 excavation

Middle Bronze Age spindle whorl from Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva) 2025 excavation

Aerial view of Middle Bronze Age rectangular buildings ST8.1 and ST8.3 at Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva) during the 2025 excavation

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Florian Soula and Antonio d’Agostino from @inrap.fr Corsica have just joined the excavation team at the Chalcolithic settlement site of Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva, Sardinia). They will dig with us until the 26th June. Ben tornati (welcome back) Florian and Antonio!

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Excavations have resumed this week at the Chalcolithic settlement site of Punta Ferulosu (Sardinia) with archaeology students from @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social

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Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Very excited to read these two new books that have just arrived by the post: Pierre Pétrequin’s final two volumes of the JADE project’s monograph series, and Serge Cassen’s “monumental” monograph on the Gavrinis decorated chambered tomb in Brittany #neolithic

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