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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My new favourite excavation tool! Hess Metalworks were so kind to hand-forge some of these leaf trowels (Stuckateuereisen) for us. Far better than the floppy stuff from the hardware store.😍 🏺 #Archaeology, #CRM

Photo of hand-forged leaf trowel (archaeological excavation tool).

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 2009 we made a whole calendar, "ArchäoÖrtchen", with toilets on excavations 🏺. Two of my favourites below: The flooded Wolkenwehe 2007 excavation by @uni-kiel.de and Gala Abu Ahmed, Sudan in 2008 with @unicologne.bsky.social.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Danke! Ich freue mich auf den Autausch! 🙂

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To highlight from my POV: The hobby archaeologist stopped digging after he found several coins using a metal detector & called the Office for #Archaeology. That's why the hoard could be excavated properly. 👍

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great GIS study on neolithic and bronze age burial mounds 🏺as markers of prehistoric paths. 👍

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Heute beginnt die Tagung des West- und Süddeutschen Verbandes für Altertumsforschung - #WSVA - am LVR-Landesmuseum in Bonn. Wer ist dabei?😉 🏺 #archäologie Programm👇 wsva.net/media/wsva_p...

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Heute ist noch bis 18 Uhr der #TagderArchäologie in Titz (Kr. Düren) mit: - Grabungsbesichtigung - Fund-Highlights - Reenactment & experim. Archäologie - Kinderprogramm - lecker Essen & Trinken Eintritt ist frei! #Archäologie #TagDerOffenenTür #NRW www.lvr.de/bodendenkmal...

Unsere Taberna verkauft heute einen Schweinegulasch nach römischen Rezept und Moretum, eine Art Feta-Dipp.

Auch Reenactor sind mit dabei und es wird archäolog. Experimente geben.

In unserer Ausstellung zeigen wir spannende Neufunde. Wissenschaftler*innen stellen ihre Projekte und Grabungen vor.

Eines der kleinen Eisenzeithäuser mit authentischer Coca Cola-Flasche und Feuerlöscher. ;-)

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#Archäologie erleben für Alle. Heute erzählen rund 20 Archäolog*innen von Ihren Forschungsprojekten beim #TagderArchäologie in Titz. Mit dabei Kolleg*innen von @unicologne.bsky.social , @vfg-arch-bonn.bsky.social , @bocas-news.bsky.social , @ruhr-uni-bochum.de , @goetheuni.bsky.social & @lmu.de.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

LVR-ABR’s ‘Find of the Month’ is a remnant of a uniform with a cigarette case from the wreck of a british #WWII bomber, which we had to excavate near Kerpen-Manheim last year. Four crew members are still missing. A very moving find. #archaeology 🏺 more Info: 👇 www.lvr.de/bodendenkmal...

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Everyone here is currently busy preparing for our open day on 19 September. There will be: an exhibition, around 15 research projects, a guided tour of the excavation site 🏺, re-enactors, archaeological experiments and pizza! You’re all warmly invited! 😊 #archaeology 🏺 www.lvr.de/bodendenkmal...

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Tag der Archäologie in der Außenstelle Titz | LVR-Bodendenkmalpflege

Tag der offenen Tür

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My colleague has made these beautiful window coverings from animal hide for our Iron Age house. They protect against wind and rain, but let some light filter through. I’m not sure if there is evidence for parchment-like windows in the Iron Age, but it’s a plausible idea. 🏺 #Archaeology

Look inside a reconstruction of an Iron Age house at the Iron Age farmstead Titz

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Noch 30 Tage, und langsam laufen wir uns warm für unseren Tag der offenen Tür, den "Tag der #Archäologie 🏺" in Titz, zu dem ich Euch herzlich einlade!

Veranstaltungs-Flyer für den "Tag der Archäologie" am 19.9.2026 in der Außenstelle Titz des LVR-Amts für Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland.

Flyer mit dem Text: Wir laden Sie herzlich ein!
- Grabungsbesuch mit kostenlosem Pendelbus
- Funde und Forschungen
- Reenactment und Experimentelle Archäologie
- Historisches Handwerk
- Kinderprogramm und Kulinarisches

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

30 km² are burning at the High #Fens (Hohes Venn) in Eastern Belgium. I visited this unique & beautiful landscape last year - what a loss! Due to the ongoing #ClimateCatastrophe of course. #forestfire #nature

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

After the robbery on 24 July 2026, only a wooden board remains where the golden Torque de Vix (5th c. BC) used to be at the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais. What a sad sight! 😞 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vix_Grave #archaeology 🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Repair the roof while the sun is shining 😎. Thiel, a specialist thatched-roofing firm, helped us to thatch the ridges and roofs of our small Iron Age house reconstructions. Great Job! #archaeology 🏺

Photo of two people reparing the roof of a small house at the Iron Age farm in Titz.

Photo of the house after the repair of roof.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Langweiler might be the worst archaeological 🏺site name ever (meaning long hamlet but also “a bore” in 🇩🇪), but I had to stop & make a photo at the approximate spot where the important #Linearbandkeramik settlement was excavated in the 70s. 🏺 #Archaeology, #Neolithic Your #FavouriteWorstSiteName? 😉

Place-name sign for the village of Weiler-Langweiler (Aldenhoven, Düren district)

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Despite ‘hydration breaks’ and parasols providing artificial shade, our fieldwork and excavations are being significantly hampered by the current #heatwave 😰. Archaeological fieldwork, too, will have to adapt to the #ClimateCrisis in order to protect those involved. #archaeology 🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Rees-Bergswick - very important fortified settlement from the Late Iron Age in the sandy region of the Lower Rhine. Looking forward to reading the book! #archaeology 🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Am Donnerstagabend erzählen Claudia Koppmann und ich etwas zur Arbeit der Außenstelle Titz in Elsdorf. #Archäologie 🏺

Plakat für Abendvortrag zur "Archäologie in Elsdorf. 40 Jahre Forschung im Tagebau" am 21.5.2026, 18 Uhr.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Als Ex-Vorsitzender 👴(lange ist es her 😉), freut es mich sehr, dass die Präges jetzt auch hier präsent ist. 👍 Liebe @praeges-koeln.bsky.social, falls ihr mal einen Abstecher in die Außenstelle Titz machen wollt, meldet euch gerne! #Archäologie🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Under 27 and interested in #archaeology 🏺? You would like to dig? We still have a place left on our volunteer programme. Join us for a gap year and work on our excavations. Internationals welcome! 👇 freiwilligesjahr-nrw.ijgd.de/fsj-denkmal

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Yes, a great conference! I'm going home with lots of new info about Neolithic sites in the Netherlands and methodological suggestions. 👍 #archaeology 🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Looks funny, but it's a great way to learn about lithic technology. 😅 #archaeology 🏺

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Interested in #archaeology and the #Mesolithic - #Neolithic transition? You can still register for the Transformations conference taking place in Groningen April 7-10 weleer.nl/transformati... Organized by @hanshuisman.bsky.social at @rug.nl

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Transformations conference

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Mini Megalith! 🏺 We have (almost) none in the Rhineland, so we have to build our own. 😅 cc @megalithic.bsky.social

A minitature "Megalithic tomb" build out of pebbles at an excavation.
Foto: me

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

What a remarkable Mesolithic burial 🏺!?! And it is probably one of the earlist known cremation burials as well. 👇

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Unter 27 & interessiert an #Archäologie 🏺? Absolviere ein Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr (FSJ) oder Bundesfreiwilligendienst (BuFDi) in der Außenstelle Titz der LVR-Bodendenkmalpflege und unterstütze uns auf unseren archäologischen Ausgrabungen! 👇 freiwilligesjahr-nrw.ijgd.de/fsj-denkmal #Archaeology

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Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr in der Denkmalpflege

Jugendbauhütten in NRW – Informationen über deinen Freiwilligendienst in der Denkmalpflege und Denkmalschutz.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Enjoyed a pleasant walk last Sunday through the "Aachener Hügelland" near Orsbach, with some flint raw material collecting. 😉 This beautiful Vetschau/Orsbach flint was primarily used by Mesolithic hunter/gatherers, but also in the Late Neolithic 🏺in the Rhineland. 📷me

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A fascinating but also somewhat eerie story: in 2004, the Archaeodrome open-air museum in Burgundy (France) had to close and became a kind of archaeological site 🏺/ #lostplace itself. Read more here: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch%C3... www.glauqueland.com/archeodrome/

Photo by https://www.glauqueland.com/archeodrome/

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Some (archaeology) #museums 🏺 are like all-you-can-eat buffets. There is too much on offer, & afterwards you feel stuffed, but somehow dissatisfied. 😶

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Fascinating results on genetics of the Neolithic in the Netherlands👇

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Beautiful and intriguing non-fiction comics by @ullilust.literatur.social.ap.brid.gy about human evolution and life in the Palaeolithic era that go beyond the usual narratives. #archaeology 🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

@npkk.bsky.social is absolutely right: Photogrammetry, 3D scans, & #SfM 📷 are fantastic new tools, but they should supplement not replace the proper description and interpretation of archaeological features 🏺& stratigraphies!

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Lovely exhibition for kids on bronze age river finds at Limburgs Museum in Venlo. It is inspired by the children book by L. Dielemans (in German titled “Zeit der Bronze”). Goed gedaan! 🏺 #Archaeology, #Museum www.limburgsmuseum.nl/tentoonstell...

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Interesting to see how well connected the early neolithic sites (LBK) in the Rhineland, Hesse, Westphalia and Bavaria were, regarding stone tool exchange. The exchange with E and SW Germany was less pronounced, however. Looking forward to the results from @hescor.bsky.social. 👍 #archaeology 🏺

Screenshot from www.hescor-project.com. Examples of contact networks for younger LBK phases. The size of each circle (node) shows its degree — how many connections it has to other places. A higher degree means more links and more contact; a lower degree means fewer connections.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Fascinating evidence of interaction between the Linear Pottery Culture and the Mesolithic period! However, I do not agree with the blanket interpretation of earthworks/enclosures as fortifications. 🏺 #Archaeology

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Left the cosy office to take a look at our frosty Iron Age farmstead and think about what life might have been like without central heating. 🥶❄️ 📷me #archaeology 🏺

Photo of the Iron age farmstead in Titz covered in light snow.

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Talk at @bocas-news.bsky.social on the British WWII aircraft excavated by my colleagues near Kerpen-Manheim last year in collaboration with the AG Luftkriegsgeschichte. #ConflictArchaeology 🏺, #WWII

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Come work with us! 🙂 #archaeology🏺

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Falls Ihr plant, eine archäologische Korrespondenzanalyse mit #rstats zu rechnen, kann ich sehr die gute Einführung von @franksiegmund.bsky.social empfehlen – eine praxisnahe Erklärung inklusive Beispieldatensätzen und R-Skript. 👍 #Archäologie 🏺 frank-siegmund.de/images/opend...

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wir suchen zum 1.7.26 eine Archäologin oder einen Archäologen🏺mit dem Schwerpunkt Mittelalter und/oder Neuzeit (Vollzeit, unbefristet, E14 TVöD). Bewerbung bis zum 11.1. unter diesem Link 👇 jobs.lvr.de/index.php?ac...

Screenshot der Stellenausschreibung "Wissenschaftliche Referentin/Wissenschaftlicher Referent (m/w/d) für archäologische Maßnahmen in der Außenstelle Titz des LVR-Amts für Bodendenkmalpflege"

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"Herman would have probably hit you, if you called him a German/Germanic". 😅 I very much enjoyed K. Banghard's book on myths and stereotypes surrounding the "Germanic peoples". 🏺#archaeology, 💙📚 #booksky #skystorians 📷me (left), M. Pereckas (right)

Cover of the book "Die wahre Geschichte der Germanen" by Karl Banghard.

Hermann Memoria in Detmold. Detailed view of the statue

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A very interesting site! However, it should be noted that there is also evidence of continuity between the Linear Pottery culture 🏺and the Post-LBK period in certain regions of Central Europe. It is evidence of crisis that makes headlines, not evidence of continuity.

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