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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre at the School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences, University of Bradford, U.K. submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com

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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
@bradarch.bsky.social research on submerged landscapes and #doggerland recognised by @britishacademy.bsky.social with our very own @vincegaffney.bsky.social receiving their Landscape Archaeology medal this week! @subnordica.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/993...
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Team App | News | Submerged Landscapes | News | Medal Award for DAFS Archaeologist Outstanding in their Field!
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The @subnordica.bsky.social team are currently conducting fieldwork in the North Sea in order to improve our understanding of the Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene landscape around the Dogger bank and eastern sectors of the North Sea. #doggerland #northsea #archaeology #submerged
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Jess Cook Hale @jwcookhale.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A very nice discussion here from Simon Fitch @sef049.bsky.social about what the LOTE project has been up to these days: www.bradford.ac.uk/blogs/resear... @uniofbradford.bsky.social @submergedlands.bsky.social
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Exploring submerged archaeological landscapes in Japan and across the world - Research - University of Bradford
Dr Simon Fitch describes his work exploring submerged landscapes across the world, including a recent project in Japan, and explains why the work is particularly timely now as offshore developments fo...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Patrick Chau from Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University to discuss future collaborations. We also showcased some of our work! @subnordica.bsky.social @bradarch.bsky.social More here - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/972...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New paper from Europe's Lost Frontiers - Early colonization before inundation consistent with northern glacial refugia in Southern Doggerland revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA by Allaby et al. More at - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/clubs/764920... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Early colonization before inundation consistent with northern glacial refugia in Southern Doggerland revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA | PNAS
Prior to the formation of the present-day North Sea during the mid-Holocene, North-Western Europe was connected through the Doggerland landmass. Wh...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
PhD alert! Come join us on the @erc.europa.eu Synergy funded Subnordica project. Deadline is fast approaching (28th January). Details below. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Al and Behavioral Modelling - using artificial intelligence and machine learning for underwater archaeology at University of Bradford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Al and Behavioral Modelling - using artificial intelligence and machine learning for underwater archaeology at University of Bradford, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Earlier this week “Taken at the Flood” @bradarch.bsky.social hosted a meeting at the @britishacademy.bsky.social on marine palaeolandscape research. Participants represented national curators, marine agencies, developers, archaeological consultancies and academics. More at - tinyurl.com/2my9cvty
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
An interactive map of all @unesco.org UNITWIN Network activities (including the Submerged Landscape Centre @bradarch.bsky.social) is now accessible at - unitwinunderwaterarchaeology.net/interactive-...
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Interactive Map - The UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology
Interactive Map This interactive map presents the UNITWIN projects from the past three years.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Today our PhD student, Robyn Pelling, is at the Submerged Landscapes and Coastal Change research group conference @slacc-qra.bsky.social hosted by @york.ac.uk presenting her research on Palaeolandscapes of Northern Japan @bradarch.bsky.social
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
@subnordica.bsky.social partners exploring settlement in the Bay of Aarhus. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Settlement swallowed by rising sea levels discovered after 8,500 years
Animal bones and stone tools have been uncovered by divers so far
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A blast from the past! Roby Pelling talks on - #supervolcanoes and the #palaeolandscapes of Aomori, North Japan(青森県小川原湖の古景観調査) 15th July, starting at 4:15 am UK. #archaeology @bradarch.bsky.social submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/920...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It’s the last day in Doggerland for the @bradarch.bsky.social @subnordica.bsky.social , @vliz.be teams and the Simon Stevin. It’s been a very succesful trip already - plenty of lithics, cores and survey data.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It’s been a busy couple of days at sea, taken up by dredging and grabs of targets during the day, and surveying through the night. We’re still sorting through all the material but hopefully we’ll have more to report soon🤞 @bradarch.bsky.social @vliz.be #archaeology #northsea #doggerland
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Another busy day on the RV Simon Stevin. Today we focused on dredging a number of priority areas, and started the long process of sorting through all the material! In the afternoon we also captured a number of video frames of the seabed @bradarch.bsky.social @vliz.be
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
It’s the beginning of day 2 on the RV Simon Stevin and we’ve just finished our first night of survey. We’ve a busy day ahead, with a number of targets within the first survey area before moving up the southern river valley @vliz.be @bradarch.bsky.social
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
During Robyn and Simon's recent field work planning trip to Lake Ogawara, Northern Japan, they had the opportunity to visit the Towada Volcano, a highly eruptive force during the Late Palaeolithic which has now formed into a caldera.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
We’re now on our way to the southern river area of the North Sea, as part of work with the Taken at the Flood project. We’ll keep you updated on all our progress on the RV Simon Stevin over the next 7 days @bradarch.bsky.social @vliz.be
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Last week two of our LOTE project team (Simon and Robyn) made their way to Lake Ogawara, Northern Japan to start planning fieldwork for next year. You can follow their progress on our Instagram. www.instagram.com/submerged_la...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Only a week left to apply for two fully funded PhD's as part of the @subnordica.bsky.social project! Successful candidates will join us here at the Submerged Landscapes Centre @bradarch.bsky.social Details - www.findaphd.com/phds/univers...
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University of Bradford synergy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in synergy at University of Bradford.
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subnordica.bsky.social @subnordica.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Last week, a small SUBNORDICA delegation from the Department of Geoscience, @au.dk visited Moesgaard Museum. projects.au.dk/subnordica/n...
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Geoscientists and archaeologist meet
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The simulations produced as part of the Unpath’d Waters project are featured in this month’s Current Archaeology @currentarchaeology.bsky.social @bradarch.bsky.social the-past.com/shorts/the-p...
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Digitising Doggerland | The Past
Until around 8,000 years ago, Britain and the European mainland were connected by a land bridge that today is known as Doggerland. Although now submerged be ...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We are currently advertising two PhD's as part of @subnordica.bsky.social. Both PhD's will be based at @bradarch.bsky.social Details below: 1. AI and Behavioural Modelling www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 2. Comparative Studies of Flevoland www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Recent visit from the AHRC to look at the investment through the RICHeS (Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science) programme @bradarch.bsky.social More details here - archaeoforensicsatbradford.teamapp.com/articles/900...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The exhibition examines the relationship between offshore wind energy and Doggerland, by presenting curated and adapted material from archaeological research and wind energy construction. More info on the exhibit can be found here: norwichuni.ac.uk/events/launc...
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The New Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm Information Centre
The New Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm Information Centre is a research-led visual arts exhibition that looks at the relationship between offshore wind energy and Doggerland, the submerged landmass t...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A new visual arts exhibition, 'The New Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm Information Centre', launches today at East Gallery in Norwich, by artists Arieh Frosh and Ed Compson. The exhibit includes material from a number of our projects @bradarch.bsky.social More info below
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@sef049.bsky.social @universeaway.bsky.social Simon Fitch, Robyn Pelling, and Ruth Plets (of @vliznews.bsky.social) are running a session entitled 'Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes in the Face of Development'. www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/en
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Less than a week left to get your abstracts in for the International Congress for Underwater Archaeology(IKUWA 8) Deadline 15th March Submit your abstracts here - form.vliz.be/nl/form/ikuw...
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IKUWA 8: Abstract submission form | Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Publication Alert! The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe (edited by Liv Nilsson Stutz, Rita Peyroteo Sjerna and Mari Torv) is now available to order, which includes a contribution from the Submerged Landscapes centre on Doggerland. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Happy Chinese New Year! But which submerged monument is so big you can see it from space (allegedly!)? More details here - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/888...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Job Alert!!! Postdoc position available in Marine Geophysics and Marine Geoarchaeology, as part of the @subnordica.bsky.social project. international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Postdoctoral position in Marine Geophysics and Marine Geoarchaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The panel’s goal was to establish a multidisciplinary consensus towards best practices for archaeological investigations in coastal areas. More info here - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/888...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Dr Jess Cook Hale (@jwcookhale.bsky.social) has just returned from the annual Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in New Orleans, where she was one of several panellists invited to discuss the evolution of best practices in managing cultural heritage in the intertidal and sub-tidal zones.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
More details of the trip can be found here - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/887...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Last week, SLRC’s @sef049.bsky.social visited the Chinese National Centre for Archaeology, in Beijing. Whilst there he visited the Institute of Underwater Archaeology and met Dr. Guoqing Liang (Deputy Director), and marine archaeologist, Dr. Guangcan Xin. @uniofbradford.bsky.social
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
His talk, entitled, ‘The prehistory of a lost landscape beneath the North Sea: past, present and future’, focused on the prehistoric archaeology of the North Sea (Doggerland), and the research being carried out at the Submerged Landscapes Research Centre.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This week, our very own James Walker was invited to speak at the U3A Bradford archaeology and geology interest group, as part of their 2025 guest speaker series.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The research focuses on the degree of ridge attrition on these artefacts, assessed by examining the rounding or flattening of triangular ridges—a feature indicative of post-depositional movement. More details here - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/887...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The lithics recently recovered from the Sheringham Shoal estuaries by the Taken at the Flood project are undergoing microscopic analysis by Dr Adrian Evans as part of our work to understand the nature of the assemblage.
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Jess Cook Hale @jwcookhale.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Last call! Who wants to come joins us at the Submerged Landscapes Research Centre working on our BOEM-funded PhD project, with myself and @sef049.bsky.social?
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Recent expedition with @vliznews.bsky.social to the Sheringham Shoal estuaries recovers new lithic assemblage. For detail see - submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/884...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Happy Xmas from everyone in the Submerged Landscape Research Centre. Image by Philip Murgatroyd -taken from the Unpath'd Waters Doggerland Simulation. More information at - historicengland.org.uk/research/cur...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
At this years @tag45.bsky.social @vincegaffney.bsky.social and Robyn Pelling both contributed to the session on ‘Re-Peopling Submerged Prehistory’. Both showcasing the world leading research being conducted at the Submerged Landscapes Centre in Bradford.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The documentary highlights the cutting edge research being undertaken to explore Florida’s rivers, and continental shelf to uncover some of the states earliest prehistory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOdQ...
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Megafauna in Ice Age Florida | Finding the First Floridians excerpt
YouTube video by WFSU Ecology
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The American PBS documentary, ‘Finding the Floridians’ which features our own @jwcookhale.bsky.social , airs tonight (Wednesday, December 18) at 8pm ET, on WFSU-TV. tinyurl.com/4z9vduhp
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Finding the First Floridians: Underwater Archeologists Uncover Florida’s Prehistory | The WFSU Ecology Blog
A new documentary tells a story thousands of years in the making, uncovered by scuba diving scientists beneath Florida waters. Watch Finding the First Flori ...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Follow the link below to read up on our role on the Unpath'd Waters project. Th article also contains links to the Undream'd Shore simulation which is freely available. submergedlandscapes.teamapp.com/articles/882...
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We were delighted to support the visit of the China University of Geosciences to Bradford this week. With a strong, joint interest in marine sciences, the opportunities for collaborative research were discussed and plans to develop links in marine technology.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Fleeting finds: Investigating intertidal discoveries in the Severn Estuary | The Past
Intertidal archaeological sites are challenging to investigate, often being exposed for just a few hours at a time, but they can be rich repositories of org ...
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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
under the billions of waves & millions of boat wakes @vincegaffney.bsky.social & @submergedlands.bsky.social reveal the formerly terrestrial (but now undersea) world of Doggerland hakaimagazine.com/features/con... way to go @hakaimagazine.com for this nice coverage!
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Conjuring the Lost Land Beneath the North Sea | Hakai Magazine
New research reveals that Doggerland—a sunken swath of Europe connecting Britain to the mainland—was more than a simple thoroughfare. It was home.
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Submerged Landscapes Research Centre @submergedlands.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Our research features in the University of Bradford annual research report 2023/2024. You can download the full report here: bradford.ac.uk/research/
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