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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Excited to be giving a talk this Thursday for the Badenoch Heritage Festival on Croftgowan (the sometimes-forgotten site from my PhD! www.eventbrite.com/e/fragments-...

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Fragments of Life: Insights into Croftgowan

Following the archaeological dig at the Pictish barrow cemetery at Croftgowan in 2021, Lucy Koster will tell of the latest findings.

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Emma Legrand @emmalegrand.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🗣️ New paper! 🗣️ The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇

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Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Ever wondered what life was like at the end of the Ice Age? What did people eat? How did they make tools? Come and meet the PALaEoScot team at Explorathon on Sept 14th 11am-4pm at UoA’s King’s College in Old Aberdeen and meet our living prehistorians at their camp! Link below ⬇️

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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We are on our way to @isba11.bsky.social 🚅 Ready for a week of archaeology and science 🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕

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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A slightly more accessible route in to our research on Neolithic Ireland and the early breakdown of genetic kin as an organising principle for burial, as early at 3600 BC (from memory) - due to increasing mobility. Thanks for the heads up @pennybickle.bsky.social 👍🏼

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*! *mainly Britain. crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

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(Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist

Salary for this Role: LRS level from £36,535 per annum plus benefits SLRS level from £45,700 per annum plus benefits Job Title: (Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist Reports to: Po...

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Hannah James @toothdetective.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our bioavailable strontium baseline for Corsica is out! ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranges from 0.7075 to 0.7169 and was established from 245 plant & soil leachate samples from 125 sites. Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw

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Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project @sedgefordarch.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Impromptu talk by @lucyjkoster.bsky.social on determining animal versus human bone on trench, following up on yesterday's training our volunteers had with our reference collection.

A group of volunteers stand rapt in attention as Lucy examines some charred bone recovered from a deposit.

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Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project @sedgefordarch.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

After a rainy few days, we're finally getting into the nitty gritty and delving into the silty sand.

Screenshot of an Instagram story. The camera looks out over a trench with a hive of activity hoeing and toweling to bring up features. A caption above in the beautiful blue sky says 'sun's out, trowels out'

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I had a wonderful time celebrating my PhD and saying goodbye to @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social last week! Especially grateful to @flinklinus.bsky.social and @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social for being excellent supervisors and seeing me off!

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Taking a couple of weeks away from @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social for fieldwork at @sedgefordarch.bsky.social in Norfolk! Our human remains volunteers have made an excellent start so far and I will be spamming updates as we go 😊💀💀

George, our anatomical model skeleton, is stood in at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Sedgeford where human remains is based. He appears to be shrugging with his right arm. Some of our admin tables are visible behind him. He is excited for the wonderful osteology we will get to record this year.

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I've had the best time in Aberdeen! I'm sad to be leaving but excited for everything to come in Belgium ☺️

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SHOC VUB @shoc-vub.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Meet Patxi Pérez Ramallo, new SHOC member! Patxi will be working as a postdoctoral researcher on the Make-Up of the cities project under the supervision of Bart Lambert. Click on the link below to read his bio. shoc.research.vub.be/en/patxi-per...

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PATXI PEREZ RAMALLO JOINS SHOC

SHOC welcomes new member Patxi Pérez Ramallo! Patxi will be working as a postdoctoral researcher on the Make-Up of the cities project under the supervision of Bart Lambert.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Honestly, same. People are like "well you *must* be smart with a PhD!". Absolutely not, I am merely obsessively interested in an extremely niche topic and far more stubborn than is good for my health, and otherwise I am content to bumble through my life, occasionally walking into walls.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

This is useful, from Scientific American Biology doesn’t give us a simple binary model of sex Society, law and infrastructure needs to catch up so that everybody can have privacy, dignity and safety www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

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Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic

Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Biological sex is messy. It’s isn’t a simple case of XX and XY. It’s far more complicated than that. So how can you define a woman based on biological sex? What is meant by ‘biological sex’? This ruling by the UK Supreme Court is just so stupid, dangerous and a travesty for trans women, 1/

A diagram that shows all of the different combinations of possible biological sex outcomes from conception through puberty. There are many and are dependent on a whole raft of factors not just XX and XY. I don’t know who to credit as I copied this without taking the name. Grrrrrr. Apologies, and if someone knows who did this, please let me know.

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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I would like to say that I have never felt that trans women's rights in any way reduce my rights as a cis gendered woman.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The law needs to catch up with our understanding of human biology - this book is out early next month and is v illuminating: if we can cope as a society with the embodied complexities of how people develop and experience a spectrum of sexualities, then we can cope with a gender-sex spectrum

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Dr Martin Roberts @robertsmartino.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Solidarity with the trans community from this ally today! With those ace, intersex, & all who see themselves LGBTQIA+, too! I expected the SC ruling tbh (it's not a liberally minded outfit) but I'm also putting this out there because even biological sex is massively complex & certainly not binary.

Biological sex is complicated. Document explaining why. Source unknown.

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 15/04/2025

'What’s the problem? Well, pretty much everything. These aren’t species returned from extinction.' @oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️

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Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature

Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

NO THEY ARE NOT DIRE WOLVES. These animals do not have their ecosystem to return to. These animals do not have a real pack to rear them. And DO NOT BE BAMBOOZLED- storing and archiving animal's genetic material is NOT an effective bulwark against the human-driven planetary extinction crisis.

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It's been a week since I passed my viva and became Dr Koster (pending minor corrections)! The most exciting part was of course my excellent long cist cake by the wonderful @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social #PhDdone

Me laughing as I cut my celebratory cake. I am wearing grey trousers, a pink shirt with ammonites on it, and a black velvet waistcoat, and my blonde hair is back in a bun. The cake is on a table in a bright room. It has fondant long cists (stone-lined graves) with mini skeletons in it, and green grass around them. There are other people around celebrating.

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Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project @sedgefordarch.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A massive thank you goes to everyone who has donated, as thanks to you we have met our target! Were also happy to say that we're putting some of the gift aid towards our John Hensby Bursary fund, which subsidises places for those who who cannot take part for financial reasons.

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Sustainable Heritage at SHARP

Making archaeology at SHARP sustainable and greener by purchasing our own composting toilets, solar power generation and shower units.

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Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project @sedgefordarch.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

We're 94% of the way to our goal, so are very close to being able to achieve our goals of becoming more sustainable and eco-friendly.

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Twigstats, a new method for high-resolution analysis of genetic history using #aDNA published yesterday in @nature.com, is an exciting move towards more nuanced studies of past human interactions and mobility. www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Finally have a #HillfortsWednesday contribution! Caer Bran on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall from the family walk yesterday, featuring views of the sea from all sides

Image of a rampart and ditch surrounding a hillfort. They are covered with gorse and bracken. In the distance there is a hill and there is the sea, but not visible in the photo. The weather is overcast and drizzling.

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Chaos occurring in the Koster household! Cornish cream tea with Welsh jam on Dutch oliebollen 🤣 Happy New Year!

A Dutch doughnut, called an oliebollen, cut in half on a counter. It has jam and cream on it (jam first, the Cornish way!) like a scone for cream tea. It looks messy and is surprisingly delicious

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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Happening everywhere. By increasing toxicity, micromanagement, and money-squandering in academia, management opens the door for downscaling & even closure, which will be loved by those in power. In the ideal neoliberal society, culture & education must be suppressed. www.scotsman.com/education/co...

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Cost-cutting university hires 'turnaround specialist' to deliver 'substantial change'

Appointment comes as prestigious institution plans to cut jobs to help balance the books

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Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project @sedgefordarch.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Want to have a go at archaeology? Don't know what to get an archaeology-mad person for Christmas? SHARP runs 'dig for the day' taster sessions. These include getting to dig on a real archaeological site, as well as taking part in processing finds and enviro samples.

Flyer for the Dig for the Day. It includes images of people excavating on site, along with a qr code to the website (given in the next post below).

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Who better to help grade an essay on cat domestication than a thoroughly domesticated cat?

A tuxedo cat, Viktor, is curled up on my knee on a blanket looking incredibly cosy. We are cuddled up on a squishy black leather sofa. He is looking towards my laptop.

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The Research Whisperer @therealrw.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It's that time of year again. The extended anticipation of knowing exactly what you want but wondering if you'll get it. 🎁 #AcademicSky #postdoc #PhDsky [Comic by The Upturned Microscope]

One cartoon scientist says: "I asked Santa for a research grant." Their lab colleague exclaims, "You still believe in research grants?"

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Meg Brinkley @makermab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Terry Pratchett was a wise and gifted writer!

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Dr Shalen Prado talks about her research on phytoliths and ceramics to help uncover what plant-based foods were used by the Picts. Some of this research was covered in a recent publication, check that out too: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bq1...

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Flavours of Pictish life: using starch grains and phytoliths to trace late Roman and early medieval culinary traditions

Understanding the seasonal and daily aspects of late Roman and early medieval life in northern Britain has been hugely challenging due to a dearth of …

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I'm Lucy, and I am autistic, have several mental health conditions, chronic pain, and am proud to be #DisabledinSTEM. I am a biomolecular archaeologist and I've just finished my PhD on isotopes and aDNA in early medieval Scotland!

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Once upon a time (a very long time ago) universities were communities of teachers and scholars (universitas magistrorum et scholarium) rather than a means of making profits

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I realise that we all think our immediate world is the most important. But… this is mad, right? Half of the UK universities overturning departments & programmes and government utterly disinterested? The Education Committee not even wanting to ask questions?

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Owen Exie Hurcum 💜🤍💙🍉 @owenexiehurcum.com · 26/11/2024

I've been writing about memes in archaeology all day, which reminded me of this one that I came up with in a flash of inspiration a few months ago. Thought I'd share it here for those that didn't see it on the other place...

A meme using Micheal from Netflix's 'The Good Place'. In the top panel he is saying "You're a processualist" and on the bottom it says "It's an archaeology insult. It's devastating. You're devastated right now"

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Starting my Sunday with a book and a cup of tea... Finally have the time and energy post-thesis submission! 📚

There is a book open in a handy pink book holder on my lap. The postcard I use with a cartoon stegosaurus is the background, and some of the living room is visible. The book is written in French.

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

www.bajrfed.co.uk/bajrpress/ar... Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022. Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues. Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook [ this time with Image ]

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Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2024

This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 644 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept w…

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This little goon (Viktor) thinks cuddles are more important than grading...

Viktor, a tuxedo cat with big amber eyes, is sat on my lap. He is getting a scritch behind the ears and looks blissed out.

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Lucy Koster @lucyjkoster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hi, I'm Lucy! I'm an #archaeologist specialising in human #isotopes, #aDNA, and #osteoarchaeology, and I've just submitted my PhD thesis at the University of Aberdeen! I'm also a supervisor with sedgefordarch.bsky.social, and cat mum to Smokey and Viktor.

Lucy is her aDNA lab gear. She is wearing a white hazmat with a hood, a blue hairnet just visible, and a mask. You can tell that she is smiling (just!) from her eyes. She is in front of a door which leads into the lab.

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