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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dr Jacqueline Ortoleva writing for @theconversation.com about her research using #AI to study tombs theconversation.com/confronting-...
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Confronting demons: how acoustic and AI technology brought ancient Etruscan tombs back to life
Our research suggests these tombs were designed and constructed not simply to house the dead, but to affect the living.
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My student Erin Barr's work (whilst at the ANU) on 14C and pangolins is out! It works as a cool dietary isotope. These insectivores look such individuals in what they choose to eat. What are the implications for conservation? @sf14c.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @isotopesuk.bsky.social
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An unknown scale: Radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis of keratinous pangolin scales | Radiocarbon | Cambridge Core
An unknown scale: Radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis of keratinous pangolin scales
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 30/09/2026
NEW: Oxford has been named the world's number one University for a record-breaking 11th consecutive year in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Oxford has held the top spot since 2017 – the longest run at number one in the rankings' history. [1/3]
Aerial view of Oxford’s Radcliffe Camera and surrounding University buildings at sunset. Text reads: ‘Oxford named best university in the world for record 11 years in a row.’
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Archaeologists get to choose what they specialise in, anywhere in the world & any time in 3 million years of human existence. We asked our new Head of School, Professor Damian Robinson to tell us how he became a #maritime #archaeologist 📽️ 👨‍🎓🌊🪣 @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @oxfordcareers.bsky.social
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨📕👀Watch this space for Prof Chirikure's new book 'How #Africa Made the World" @chirikure.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/rights/hutch...
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Hutchinson Heinemann wins five-way auction for Shadreck Chirikure’s How Africa Made the World
Hutchinson Heinemann has acquired How Africa Made the World: A History from the Beginning by Oxford professor Shadreck Chirikure.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨Tomorrow is the last day for the early bird ticket rate to the @britishacademy.bsky.social & Arcadia's 'Mapping the World' archaeology conference this Dec in Oxford. @eamena.bsky.social #Arcadia #Satellites #Heritage @uclarchaeology.bsky.social #BigData #Ethics #Maps eamena.org/british-acad...
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British Academy & Arcadia 'Mapping World Archaeology' Conference
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great work by our Practical Mariner project team! #maps #maritime #archaeology
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CAAInt.bsky.social @caaint.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How do we preserve, connect, and make the most of the digital traces of archaeological research? Share your work on archiving, open data, and FAIR practices at #CAA2027 before October 1st! 2027.caaconference.org/call-for-pap... #archaeology #digitalarchaeology
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Track 6: Archiving, Linked Open Data, FAIR Principles

Archiving, Linked Open Data, and FAIR principles, with a focus on communicating research workflows, augmented reality using semantic ontologies, and the reuse of archival data.

3 Session (S29-S31): research workflows (reflection, communication, and review); augmented relatity and semantic ontologies, and the reuse of archival data.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Meanwhile in Oxford... 🍂🔥🥰🥹🧡 I guess it's not such a bad spot to study and research in...
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St Hugh's College @sthughscollege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to Prof Peter Mitchell, Tutorial Fellow in Archaeology & Vice Principal on his new book First Dogs in which he uses archaeological and anthropological evidence to explore our relationship with dogs from prehistory to the present day bit.ly/4yJUxRy #newbook #dogs #R #research #Oxford
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St Hugh's Fellow publishes book which explores human relationships with dogs - St Hugh's College
St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Archaeology Professor Peter Mitchell has published a book called First Dogs exploring our relationship with dogs
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gaze upon this picture & let's have a quick cry because we forgot to do a postgraduate degree in archaeological science with a specialism in tephrochronology so we could work in places like this too. Well done @oxfordtephra.bsky.social & @danielmaclean.bsky.social 👏👏👏
A lush tropical forest surrounds a bright blue lake in caldera. Green leaves, pink flowers and fluffy white clouds against a bright blue sunny sky.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Whilst migrating the School website to its new form (TBC) I have found incredible photos taken by our Trephrochronolgy team on a sampling trip to the islands of Terceira, Graciosa & Faial & I think they found the starting point of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth! 🌋📷 @oxfordtephra.bsky.social
A lush green forest now fills a once active volcanic crater. It is massive!
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dr @bijanrouhani.bsky.social was interviewed for this BBC InDepth piece on the destruction of cultural heritage in #Ukraine #Gaza "We have satellite imagery, remote sensing and monitoring teams. The obstacle is jurisdiction and political will." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @eamena.bsky.social
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Cultural treasures are being destroyed worldwide - so why is no-one being punished?
A cauldron of conflicts is bubbling across the world, with cultural monuments being destroyed. These people are fighting against it.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When is a dog a dog? 🐾🐕‍🦺 Fascinating paper from A.B, Sophy & @gregerlarson.bsky.social ponders the dangers of assumptions and presumptions when drawing conclusions about #domestication of our furry... friends(?) #dogsofbluesky #zooarchaeology #aDNA #dogs
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dr Ortoleva's project uses AI to explore the sensory possibilities of ancient Etruscan tombs. shorturl.at/tG2Ow She regularly updates her very popular Instagram account (www.instagram.com/soundsofsile...) with fieldwork updates & cool videos. Well worth a watch! @leverhulme.ac.uk
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AI helps reveal the immersive sensory experiences of ancient Etruscan tombs
The Etruscan painted tombs in Tarquinia, Italy, date to the first millennium BCE and are known for their vivid scenes of music, feasting, processions and the afterlife. While these tombs have been ext...
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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How hunter-gatherers shaped early dogs for life in different environments | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new book traces how hunter-gatherers and dogs shaped each other across 15,000 years of climate, work, and cultural change.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thinking about studying #archaeology & #anthropology at University? Our next open day takes place on: 📆Friday 18th Sept (all day, in person, no registration required) Find out more here: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/open-days
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Open Days
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📕🚨Prof Peter Mitchell (@sthughscollege.bsky.social)'s latest book tells the story of the very special place dogs have held in our lives through time 🐾🐕‍🦺 #bestfriends 'First Dogs - Hunter-Gatherers & Their Canine Companions' #dogsofBluesky #domestication #rockart #prehistory #dogs #genetics #ecology
The book cover has a rock art painting of a hunter accompanied by three dogsThe book blurb text
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
👀🎬And here's a video short by @joel-alves.bsky.social (of Palaeobarn), made with the help of the incredible #BBCIdeas team, telling his story (based on his analysis of #DNA) of the rabbits who brought chaos to #Australia🐇🌏 Warning: although no rabbits are harmed in this video, they are SHAMED! 🐰😡
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We can't wait to share our latest series of bitesize films we made this summer - ⭐ Prof Amy Bogaard, Dr Jane Kershaw, Prof Damian Robinson & Dr Dylan Gaffney - each telling stories about their fascinating #research in #archaeology 🎥🎞️🍿🎬 #watchthisspace #screening #excited! @socsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
A spotlight shines down on the School of archaeology logo and the words 'Research spotlight' hover in the light. The whole image is stamped with text in red ink stamp of 'coming soon'
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨📕🏆Congratulations to our #FeedSax team led by Prof Helena Hamerow - 'Feeding Medieval England' has won the @EAA Book Prize 2026! "a foundational reference for medieval archaeology, bioarchaeology, & environmental history, shaping... future archaeological practice for years to come!
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Book Prize 2026 Winner
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Come to Leicester on Mon 26 Oct & meet staff & students from archaeology schools and departments from across the UK. We'll see you there! #UAD26 #studyhere #archaeology #anthropology #openday
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Prof Tim Forssman's important new book is out now. It examines #Africa’s past within wider intellectual and transregional contexts. Tim is a Research Associate at the School & Professor at the University of Mpumalanga. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Archaeology in Africa: Why the Past Matters
The book aims to present the sequence of change within archaeology as it was practiced in Africa from the nineteenth century until the present day
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 13/08/2026
EXPLAINED: What happens when I receive my results? This page has essential information for students who have received their A-level results, IB results, Scottish Highers or results for other equivalent qualifications ⬇️ bit.ly/4xwktQ8 #ALevelResultsDay #GoingToOxford
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our college gargoyles & grotesques are looking particularly anxious this morning, definitely picking up on what our degree candidates who are waking up to find out their #ALevelResults are feeling. #ResultsDay2026 #Studyhere Good luck to all our Archaeology & Anthropology candidates! @ox.ac.uk
A grotesque is waking up and pokes out its tongue as it scratches its eyesa nervous grotesque on the side of an Oxford collegethis grotesque is so nervous it is chewing the Oxford college stonework!
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨📕Dr Anke Hein's latest publication is out now! 48 chapters by a diverse community of scholars (archaeologists, historians, heritage & museum specialists) from Asia, Europe & North America. The chapters cover many of the most significant issues in Chinese archaeology academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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The Oxford Handbook of the History and Practice of Chinese Archaeology
Abstract. This volume focuses on the history and practice of archaeology in the Sinophere (China and Taiwan). It brings together 48 chapters by a diverse c
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Oxford Tephrochronology Group @oxfordtephra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It has been a productive few weeks here in the Oxford Tephra Lab. We have been blasting through the sample preparation, ready for geochemical analysis. 💥🌋 @elowilkinsonrowe.bsky.social @danmclean.bsky.social & Louis Chambers @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NT's Senior National Archaeologist Hannah Fluck was recently interviewed for Radio 4's Artworks series "Above and Below: The Battle to Save Britain's Prehistoric Art". Listen here: bit.ly/3SpgENM
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Artworks - Above and Below: The Battle to Save Britain's Prehistoric Art - BBC Sounds
Eleanor Barraclough explores the threat from climate change to our ancient creative past.
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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What if archaeology could help tackle biodiversity loss? 🌱🏺 However the Government's Biodiversity Net Gain Scheme doesn't always consider the historic environment. Nick Overton takes us through how the past can build a better present and future: tr.ee/Better-BiodiversityNetGain
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Better Biodoversity Net Gain for the past, present, and future
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For #WorldElephantDay 🐘 2026 we are delighted to share this video in which Dr David Chivall talks about (starts 0.54 secs) how our #archaeologicalscience lab uses #radiocarbon dating to tighten policy & law on the illegal poaching & trade in elephant ivories. youtu.be/7yA-KNzOzBw?...
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Introducing our Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) & how radiocarbon dating helps elephants!
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Fascinating study by our friends @oxford-anthro.bsky.social 🐒Monkey friendships with dogs, deer, and pigs offer clues to the evolutionary origins of pet-keeping!
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If Wes Anderson made a film in our Radiocarbon lab, it would be this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQka...
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The Radiocarbon Dating Process: the Journey of a Sample
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YAC @yac-cba.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Welcome to Youth Day! ✨ We’ve got lots going on today as part of the #FestivalofArchaeology! New blogs and posters, launching Unearthing Futures' digital legacy, opening recruitment for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board, and releasing a new Welsh-language activity. 🧵1/2
Teal green graphic saying welcome to Youth Day with timetable and RAI logo
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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Explore the past through sketching with artist Janet Swailes ✏️ Book Here: tr.ee/NxQGEX A half day session exploring archaeology, local history and the Eden Valley Landscape. Materials provided | A gentle 1.2 km route | No experience needed @cotswoldarch.bsky.social
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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tomorrow (Friday 24th) National Trust archaeologists will be on hand to answer your questions for #AskAnArchaeologist as part of the #FestivalofArchaeology. It's probably one of our favourite days of the year! Join us here between 9.15am and 4pm. @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social
Two people digging in a trench with yellow and black tape around the edge which reads 'archaeology'
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Knepp Accord has been agreed & signed by 50 specialists from across archaeology, farming, heritage & nature recovery incl. Prof Amy Bogaard, Dr Anwen Cooper (Rewilding) & colleagues in the NT & Oxford Archaeology (@oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social) 8point9.com/knepp-accord...
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Knepp Accord aims to unite history and nature for climate‑resilience - 8.9ha
Knepp Accord aims to unite history and nature for climate‑resilience
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Oh the fun we had at the Festival of Archaeology @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social over the weekend! #CBA #FestivalofArchaeology2026 #museums #outreach. Thanks to all our staff & students who designed & led such exciting activities & a special prize for outdressing us all to Nicole of Grounded History!
A collage of photos of activities and people running them at the Festival of Archaeology in the Ashmolean Museum
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I know what you're all thinking - finally! An event offering you the opportunity of a lifetime: to excavate archaeological poo! Remember, the CBA's #FestivalofArchaeology is for grown ups too! See you tomorrow @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social from 11am for free fun exploring how nature shapes us.
Poster for the Festival of Archaeology at the Ashmolean Museum on Sat 17th July 2026. The photo at the top shows families with kids in the museum, and a demonstrator is showing them replica jewelry.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
👀📹 Archaeologists are working alongside the @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social at the #RothburyEstate to see how landscapes change & can be managed now & in the future - archaeology, ecology, biocultural heritage in this precious landscape vimeo.com/1189383632/2...
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Soil Sampling on The Rothbury Estate
This is "Soil Sampling on The Rothbury Estate" by Wildlife Trusts on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🚨TODAY at 4.30pm - current DPhil Alice Dobinson will join this panel discussing zooarchaeology & biomolecular evidence for prehistoric horses in Britain for the #Rewilding later prehistory project 🐎 #domestication #extinction #prehistory #horses & #nature restoration
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This Saturday we'll be welcoming families & their friends of all ages to @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social from 11am–4pm for the #CBA (free!) #Festival of #Archaeology. Come along & explore how people used plants in the past! #archaeobotany #crafting 🌷🌼 Event details👇 www.ashmolean.org/event/festiv...
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FESTIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY 2026
Join our Festival of Archaeology day for all the family and take part in a range of exciting, free activities and tours across the Museum and its galleries.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨Dr Jane Kreshaw @jk-viking.bsky.social has edited a new special issue of our #Archaeometry Journal titled: "The movement and circulation of silver in early medieval north‐west Europe". Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754754...
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The movement and circulation of silver in early medieval north‐west Europe: Archaeometry: Vol 68, No S4
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Fran's (alumna DPhil) thoughtful study of bioanthropological, radiocarbon dating & sequential analyses of teeth & hair to reconstruct an archaeological biography for one woman who lived & died in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile +500 years ago. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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Tracking the life and last journey of an Altiplano woman from the Atacama Desert
Abstract. The unusual burial of a young woman in the Pica Oasis in the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 900–1450) ra
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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
One week to go until our next research seminar🐴 The Horse in Prehistory Thursday 16th July | 16:30 - 18:30 Saddle up and book your space here: tr.ee/OA-Year-of-the-Horse #prehistory #zooarchaeology #heritagetalks
An event banner for Oxford Archaeology's ninth research seminar - The Horse in Prehsitory
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We planted sunflowers in our School’s front garden and they are giving sunbeams even on this cloudy, overcast day 🌻🌞 Happy Monday all!
Photo of sunflowers growing outside the School porch. The test says: these new sunflowers additions to our porch look so welcoming! A big sunflower head with pale yellow petals and dark brown seeds
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Some gratuitously arty shots of zooarchaeology in action (for our #UNIQ Summer School for #archandanth) 🐏🐏🐑
Photo of a class studying animal bones, a sheep’s skull is in the forefront of
Another sheep’s skull
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Oxford Journal of Archaeology Vol. 45, No. 3 (2026) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680092... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology: Vol 45, No 3
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Tom Hill @tomcbhill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The @envarch.bsky.social 2026 conference will be held in York in November! Very excited to be helping organise this year’s event. Fascinating academic-commercial #archaeology theme. See details below and consider submitting a paper! #geoarchaeology #environmental
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We are running a workshop on sampling for radiocarbon and statistical analysis of dates at the IPPA (Yogyakarta) in Nov (with Shimona Kealy). Slots are filling rapidly, so sign up asap/ send on to anyone who might be interested! @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.ippasecretariat.org/ippa2026/wor...
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Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association - Workshops
We are delighted to announce that different workshops for the IPPA community will be available on the 1st of November 2026, the day before the official opening of the Congress. All delegates are invit...
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