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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

And here is the big reveal! We hope you are as inspired as we are ✍️🎨 Head to our website to purchase Sketching Sherds for just £24! (And remember you have 20% off if you receive our newsletter!) 📰

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Floor Huisman @fjhuisman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

1/3 My book ‘Wild wetlands and domestic drylands’ was published with @barpublishing.bsky.social last month! The book explores the relations between wetland and dryland communities in and around the later prehistoric East Anglian Fens. See final post for a link to Chapter 1!

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋: 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 Further details at www.royalarchinst.org/publications...

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

hello fish bone archaeology/historical ecology world! does anyone have a length (or mass) - vertebrae diameter relationship for ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus?

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I can't wait for this book to be out! It's been super fun to work on ✏️🏺🎨

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. I work with historians and archaeologists to reconstruct our nation's built heritage assets using archaeological and measured survey data and by developing detailed 3D models. Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

A digital reconstruction of Dun da Lamh – an Iron Age Pictish Hillfort near Laggan, Badenoch, Scotland, by Bob Marshall. © Badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

A digital reconstruction of Baldow (Easter Raitts)–a post-medieval township near Kingussie, Badenoch, Scotland, as it may have looked in the mid-1700s, illustrated by Bob Marshall. © badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

A digital reconstruction of the chambered cairn monument at Easter Delfour near Alvie by Bob Marshall. © badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

A speculative digital reconstruction of Tor Alvie hillfort near Aviemore, Scottish Highlands, by Bob Marshall. © badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Very predictable book choices from me: shells and Orkney, of course! To prove my credentials, here is a bonus picture of me enjoying a classic Orcadian summer on site at the Ness of Brodgar about 15 years ago (so essentially Prehistoric in its own right!) 🐚🏺

Photo of a wet woman in full rain gear smiling with running mascara. There are other wet archaeologists in the background, as well as a wooden hut building.

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We are accepting nominations for the RAI Tony Baggs #Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. The details and nomination form are available at www.royalarchinst.org/grants/disse.... 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 9 December 2026 #Archaeology #StudentPrize

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

For the first time, we are planning a lecture outside London - the Talbot Green lecture will take place in York in April 2027. For more details about this and all of the other lectures, please check out our Events Page: www.royalarchinst.org/events

Sutton House papercuts: National Trust / James Dobson

Experimental archaeology making Neolithic cheese: Flo Brooks

Project team at Bodiam Castle: National Trust

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We're delighted to share our 206-7 Lecture Programme with presentations on a range of topics: Neolithic cheese making, Roman plasterwork & hoards, fieldwork at Yeavering & Bodiam, graffiti at Royston, archaeology & nature recovery at the National Trust & 17th century papercuts from Sutton House

Senior Specialist Han Li laying out fragments of Roman plaster: MOLA

Graffiti and inscriptions at Royston Cave

Peatland restoration project on Exmoor: SW Peatland Partnership

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It was such a pleasure to work on this book with such a fantastic group of people. I had a few copies at RAC/TRAC hot off the presses, and they've all sold within the first two hours!

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our Editor Tansy will be in Aarhus this week (21st-23rd May) at the RAC/TRAC Conference! 🏺 Find her at the conference to chat about your current projects and publishing with us! P.S. you can get our newly published book 'Communities, Connectivity and Complexity in Roman Britain' at our stall!

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Come work with me! This part-time entry level role will give a good opportunity to experience the full breadth of the book publishing process. Let me know if you have any questions at all 📚

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺 This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We don’t just write about archaeology! Here is our editor Tansy (pictured in red) who participated in a resistivity survey with the Suffolk Archaeological Field Group this past weekend! 🏺

Two men and a woman stand in a grassy field holding surveying equipment. They’re are all smiling at the camera.

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This is so enormously sad! Unbelievable that the university management can't see the value in a collection like this.

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Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut @oeai.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

👏👏 Congratulations to our colleague Marjolein D. Bosch on receiving an #ERC Starting Grant for her COPE project. She will explore how Ice Age hunters and gatherers responded to cold temperatures, resource scarcity 💦 🦌 🌱 , and environmental changes 30,000 years ago. More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🚨Archaeo-Science Job Klaxon🚨Please Share! We're hiring an interim Lab Manager here at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Would be esp suited to someone with experience of running Archaeobotany, Human Osteology or Zooarchaeology lab. £53-64k in a great department. 🏺🧪🦴🌱🔬🦣 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Win a signed copy of the wonderful new book Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. To enter please repost and like this post and follow us on here if you haven’t already. More… 1/

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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11am (UK/Lisbon time) to hear from @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and @tansybranscombe.bsky.social in the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/9355232390...

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Are you a graduate student thinking about career paths outside academia? Come listen to me and @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social talk about working in publishing at the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths seminar 📚

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It's time for Martin Bell's Europa Lecture! Looking forward to learning all about landscape connectivity in Prehistory 🏺 @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social #Europa2025Reading

Martin Bell presents a PowerPoint slide. On the left is a photo of a woodland path and on the right is a map showing an entangled connection of routes.

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Very excited to see some molluscan representation at the @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social's Europa conference! Nick Barton is presenting on connectivity in the Mesolithic landscape, including shell beads from Mesolithic sites in South Wales 🐚🏺 #Europa2025Reading

Photo of lecture theatre, including the back of some heads in front of a screen showing a photo of King Arthur's cave with images of cowrie and periwinkle artefacts. Nick Barton stands behind a lectern on the left of the photo.

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Attending The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2025 today? Find our Editor Tansy to discuss publishing with us!🏺 @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our Editor Tansy is enjoying her time in Cardiff at the Iron Age Dialogues conference! Here is Mary Davis speaking about hoards this morning. 🏺

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Ever wondered what medieval England may have sounded like?🎶 Dive into the soundscape of Early Medieval society with Lucy-Anne Taylor's new book. With in-depth archaeological analysis and captivating video re-creations of ancient instruments, it's a full sensory journey into history. 🏺 #medievalsky

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Chris Dwan @archaeodwan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm thrilled to announce that this is finally a reality! My thesis is now available as a book through @barpublishing.bsky.social. My thanks to the whole BAR team for their hard work and patience. Check it out here shorturl.at/fdB4o #archaeology #landscapearchaeology #prehistory #sheffielduni

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders in Western Europe and North Africa by @clairemillington.bsky.social!🏺 Now available here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The crossover we never knew we needed - today is World Anthropology Day and National Love Your Pet Day! 🏺🐕 Gwyn would like to celebrate by sharing her favourite BAR book, The Future is Indigenous!

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 20/02/2025

Today is my 32nd birthday and I’ll be donating £32 to a couple of Palestinian fundraisers - like Mustafa’s! Mustafa has lost so much and needs our help to support his family in Gaza . Please consider donating at the link below and share his fundraiser widely! tiny.cc/helpmustafa

A graphic split in three sections - the top section has white text on a red background which reads, "Donate to help out Mustafa and his family in Gaza!" with a white line drawing of an olive branch. The bottom left section depicts a photo of a small boy in a yellow jumper standing in the centre of a destroyed room on a black background. The bottom right section depicts a green background with a QR code and in white text a link: http://tiny.cc/helpmustafa

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here! Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺 #ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky

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Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🔊Calling all School of Archaeology staff, students, projects and alumni! So far I've found 27 of our School community on here, let us know if there are more! go.bsky.app/JX5CP1k

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Vacancy for Project Curator: Registration of Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Collections British Museum bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/templates/CI...

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Project Curator: Registration of Palaeolithic-Mesolithic collections

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Marcy Rockman @liftingrocks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

If you've lost your home in a wildfire and it held cremains that you weren't able to take with you- contact Alta Heritage Foundation. They're archaeologists who have developed methods of recovering cremains from ashes of homes. Non-profit, at no cost. #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #AltadenaFire

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our newest Open Access title The Future is Indigenous: Stories from the new Native North America Hall at the Field Museum! 🔓📚🏺 Read it here: doi.org/10.30861/978... #ancientbluesky #archaeology

The photo depicts two images of the same book titled The Future is Indigenous and says "Now Available"

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 25/12/2024

For Christmas, I’ll be reposting a bunch of fundraising campaigns for Palestinians all day - if you’re able to, please do donate! But at the very least, please share them!

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Almost left it too late for a Christmas #HillfortsWednesday! I give you Castell Nadolig (Christmas Castle), an #IronAge Hillfort in Ceredigion and home of the Penbryn Spoons 🎄🏰🏺 rcahmw.gov.uk/castell-nado... 📸: Crown copyright RCAHMW

Aerial image of a hill fort. A central circular field enclosure on top of the hill is surrounded by a wider circle of fields. Fields are all green grass, and a road cuts through the bottom of the hill towards the bottom of the picture.

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Waiting in Lands End airport in the hopes that some flights may eventually leave today. Keep your fingers crossed and pray to Boreas for me! 🎄🤞🏻

Small SkyBus plane stationary from the airport window.

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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Lights over Hadrians Wall ✨🌌🏛️🏺 #art #illustration #HadriansWall

Art by flaroh illustration. A snowy scene of Hadrians wall. The 4 soldiers stationed on the wall and the two cavalrymen and horses walking on the ground are looking up at the sky which has two strands of northern lights dancing across. The palette is greens blues orange pinks and lavender.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

If anyone lost a monkey at the @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social this week, fear not, he's still here and having a lovely time. He is ready to go home though, so if he was with you, get in touch with us and we'll get him home for Christmas!

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David Roberts @davidrobertsarch.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Absolute props to Owen Humphreys for this phenomenal caption in his Roman tools volume with BAR...

Images of a series of iron roman tools with the caption: " Figure 4.11. Boring tools from Roman London (aren't they all?)"

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Some great auk representation at the Association for Environmental Archaeology conference today! #archaeology 🏺

Conference presentation being given. Screen shows a picture of each of the British auk species in ascending size order.

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Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I'm not going to tell you which one you vote for, but the competition is hot in our work gingerbread house contest this year... 🎄

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UCPH School of Archaeology @ucph-soa.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

✨ We are hiring! Assistant Professor European/North European Iron Age & Medieval/Renaissance archaeology (500 BC - 1500 AD). Particularly digital methods. Permanent position from Sept 2025 Research & teaching focus Located in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Tenure track to Associate Prof after 6 years

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Tenure-track assistant professor in archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

✨We are thrilled to announce that our book In Search of Norfolk’s First Stone Churches by Peter Wade-Martins has been nominated for a CA award! ✨🏺 Please vote for us here: archaeology.co.uk/vote

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