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Dr R. Helen Farr

@helenfarr.bsky.social
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Maritime Archaeologist, sailor, commercial diver, writer, mum. @University of Southampton.

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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Back in the studio recording the next series of the #BeforeUs podcast!
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Welcoming the Equinox light in at La Hougue Bie. A deliberate and powerful Neolithic alignment that illuminates the burial chamber just twice a year. Very lucky to be invited to witness this prehistoric spectacle. 🏺
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University of Southampton News @uosmedia.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Great to hear @helenfarr.bsky.social of our Centre for Martime Archaeology on BBC World Service charting the fortunes of Spanish galleon, the San José - thought to be the most valuable shipwreck in the world: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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What in the World - Could this be the most valuable shipwreck in the world? - BBC Sounds
Colombian authorities say they’ve retrieved items from what they think is the San Jose
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Scientists Used Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe, Then Paddled Across 140 Miles of Ocean
Researchers and expert seafarers teamed up to re-create an ocean journey from more than 30,000 years ago
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I paid a visit to the #NewportMedievalShip and wow! I Managed to combine two of my favourite things with the fantastic preservation of this leather #shoe that was found on board! (I’m holding a lovely replica- very small and narrow!)
Replica of medieval shoe found on the Newport ship
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Dr Kiki Kuijjer @evelinekiki.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Check out Before Us podcast by @helenfarr.bsky.social and Erich Fisher! I'm featured in their latest episode, talking about early seafaring, ocean currents and winds 🌊💙
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Going with the Flow - Before Us
There is unambiguous agreement that early humans had to cross open water when they traveled from Sundaland to Sahul before 40,000 years ago. How were they able to do this and would ocean winds and cur...
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Just the usual Sunday: want to take the kids paddling on the River Itchen: check the weather, tides and… sewage levels. theriverstrust.org/key-issues/s... 🤮🛶
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Raw sewage in our rivers
Sewage is discharged into rivers across the UK and Ireland on a daily basis. This isn’t an isolated problem; it occurs up and down the country, affecting…
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Thank you all for supporting and listening! Our podcast @BeforeUs is ranking 15th in UK in socSci and it’s only been a few weeks. Thank you 🩵💙💚 beforeus.buzzsprout.com
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Before Us
Every living person can trace their ancestry back to Africa, where modern humans evolved some 300,000 years ago before expanding out of Africa and around the world. Those early humans lived lives fill...
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MSDS Marine & MSDS Heritage @msdsmarine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Calling all @unisouthampton.bsky.social archaeology students! We've just posted a year in employment opportunity on the jobs board... and the best bit is its paid! Come and join us for a valuable year of on the job training 😊 @danpascoe79.bsky.social @fsturt.bsky.social @helenfarr.bsky.social
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🌊 🔬 🌏 This International Day of #WomenAndGirlsInScience, we recognize the achievements and contributions of women and girls in science and technology. Swipe to meet a few of the incredible scientists making waves here at Scripps Oceanography (and around the world!) with their innovative research.
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Women in Science - YouTube
A playlist featuring women in science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Before Us Episode 2 this week: something fishy? 🐟🐠🐟. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Before Us
Social Sciences Podcast · 3 Episodes · Updated weekly
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It’s physically impossible to write a grant application without using some of these terms. And did you notice that ‘female’ and ‘woman’ are on the list, but not ‘male’ or ‘men’? 🚩🚩🚩
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Scheduled a work thing this morning and thought: Feb 14th? That rings a bell. Just realised why 🤦‍♀️ 😂
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
New podcast series: Before Us explores human origins and the sea! open.spotify.com/show/5vhsP8f...
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Podcast · Erich Fisher and Helen Farr · Every living person can trace their ancestry back to Africa, where modern humans evolved some 300,000 years ago before expanding out of Africa and around the wo...
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So great to see so many familiar friends in here now! Waving!
A seal waving on the beach in Norfolk
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 10/12/2024
At #AGU24? Stop by the #WHOI booth (126) for great swag and conversation! You can also check out all the academic opportunities we offer online: whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/ P.S. @mitofficial.bsky.social -WHOI Joint program #gradschool applications are due on Dec. 15! 🎓
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I’m remembering #ProfLordRenfrew tonight. Such a formative presence in my undergraduate and then later in my PhD at Cambridge University. He leaves a huge legacy in archaeology and heritage.
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Ok so it may all be green out, but snow flurries, on the south coast, in Nov! So unusual. Do I have to go and teach now? Surly just having snow flakes on the forecast constitutes a snow day?!
Screenshot of weather forecast
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Sean Ulm @seanulm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Excavations in Boodie Cave on Barrow Island off northwest Western Australia in Thalanyji Country recovered 27 scaphopod segments in deposits dating between 13,500 and 10,600 years ago. #australianarchaeology
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Sean Ulm @seanulm.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived theconversation.com/aboriginal-p... via @theconvo-bot.bsky.social
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Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
Pottery made more than 1800 years ago by Aboriginal communities on Jiigurru in the Lizard Island group in the Great Barrier Reef is the oldest ever found in Australia.
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great talk by @rewildarch.bsky.social tonight, anything that brings together #MustFarm #skylarks #pike and The incredible work of @roseferraby is a win!
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'Rewilding' Later Prehistory Project (@rewildarch.bsky.social)
UKRI project led by Anwen Cooper, exploring 'the wild' in Bronze & Iron Age Britain. Oxford Archaeology with University of Oxford, Historic England, Archaeology Data Service, Knepp Estate & University...
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I always love popping up from the tube, to see the Cutty Sark like this. #RoyalMuseumsGreenwich
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Dr R. Helen Farr @helenfarr.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hello BlueSky people! Just made the overdue move across- follow me for #MaritimeArchaeology #Ocean and #Heritage plus just general boats, ships, diving news (and anything that captures my imagination) 🩵💙💚
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