Rick Schulting
@rschulting.bsky.social
I study death, diets and dating, not necessarily in that order.
Just randomly watched a 1977 episode of Mastermind. I'm slightly stunned by what they considered to be general knowledge.
August 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Just randomly watched a 1977 episode of Mastermind. I'm slightly stunned by what they considered to be general knowledge.
This is nuts (#hazelnuts), congrats to Amy Holguin and colleagues!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
July 11, 2026 at 9:55 AM
This is nuts (#hazelnuts), congrats to Amy Holguin and colleagues!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Great to see this paper come out on the life history of a woman traveller from the #LateIntermediatePeriod in the #Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Well done @fransantanas.bsky.social and a host of colleagues!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
July 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Great to see this paper come out on the life history of a woman traveller from the #LateIntermediatePeriod in the #Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Well done @fransantanas.bsky.social and a host of colleagues!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Delighted to have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for 'Stocking the Past' which will investigate the balance between arable farming and stockkeeping in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain and Ireland using a range of isotopic and genomic approaches with a great team. Should be fun!
June 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Delighted to have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for 'Stocking the Past' which will investigate the balance between arable farming and stockkeeping in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain and Ireland using a range of isotopic and genomic approaches with a great team. Should be fun!
It's been a good year – congrats to #RuairidhMacleod and all the contributors to this great paper, just out in nature.com! A fantastic example of the power of combining ancient DNA and archaeology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago - Nature
Analyses of ancient DNA from hunter-gatherers near Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia around 5,500 years ago indicate that highly virulent Yersinia pestis emerged earlier than previously estimated, far&...
www.nature.com
June 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
It's been a good year – congrats to #RuairidhMacleod and all the contributors to this great paper, just out in nature.com! A fantastic example of the power of combining ancient DNA and archaeology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Honoured that our paper ‘The darker angels of our nature’: Early Bronze Age butchered human remains from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK was awarded Antiquity's Ben Cullen prize. Thanks to all my co-authors for making this possible!
antiquity.ac.uk/open/prizes
antiquity.ac.uk/open/prizes
Prize winners
Antiquity awards two prizes annually for outstanding work in the field of archaeology that can be read for free.
antiquity.ac.uk
June 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Honoured that our paper ‘The darker angels of our nature’: Early Bronze Age butchered human remains from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK was awarded Antiquity's Ben Cullen prize. Thanks to all my co-authors for making this possible!
antiquity.ac.uk/open/prizes
antiquity.ac.uk/open/prizes
Great to see this paper come out! I usually work with teeth and bone fragments – beautiful in their own way of course, but these amazing #Amazonian objects from the Trombetas are on another level. It was a privilege to be involved in their study.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Great to see this paper come out! I usually work with teeth and bone fragments – beautiful in their own way of course, but these amazing #Amazonian objects from the Trombetas are on another level. It was a privilege to be involved in their study.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Canadian content in Liverpool! But no actual caribou, not that that would be a thing…
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Canadian content in Liverpool! But no actual caribou, not that that would be a thing…
Very happy to see this paper come out on Guanahaní, The Bahamas. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Many thanks to colleagues Mary Jane Berman, Grace Turner and Joanna Ostapkowicz for all their hard work helping to bring this to fruition. It is a companion paper to a previous study.
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Many thanks to colleagues Mary Jane Berman, Grace Turner and Joanna Ostapkowicz for all their hard work helping to bring this to fruition. It is a companion paper to a previous study.
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very happy to see this paper come out on Guanahaní, The Bahamas. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Many thanks to colleagues Mary Jane Berman, Grace Turner and Joanna Ostapkowicz for all their hard work helping to bring this to fruition. It is a companion paper to a previous study.
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Many thanks to colleagues Mary Jane Berman, Grace Turner and Joanna Ostapkowicz for all their hard work helping to bring this to fruition. It is a companion paper to a previous study.
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Wonderful light through the ‘skindow’ in the reconstructed Early Neolithic house at Butser Ancient Farm. With our new cohort of MSc Arch Sci students.
#butserancientfarm
#butserancientfarm
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wonderful light through the ‘skindow’ in the reconstructed Early Neolithic house at Butser Ancient Farm. With our new cohort of MSc Arch Sci students.
#butserancientfarm
#butserancientfarm
It’s hard to get my archaeological brain around this one.
#rewilding ?
#rewilding ?
October 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s hard to get my archaeological brain around this one.
#rewilding ?
#rewilding ?
A younger and rounder Tanu (aka "Bruno") and his sister are the poster pups on the cover of the 2026 GB spinone club calendar! Do we get royalties?
#Italianspinone
#Italianspinone
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A younger and rounder Tanu (aka "Bruno") and his sister are the poster pups on the cover of the 2026 GB spinone club calendar! Do we get royalties?
#Italianspinone
#Italianspinone
New arrival Tanu, weighing in at 17 kg - he’s a big puppy! Our older dog Kenta is just about tolerating him.
#italianspinone
#italianspinone
October 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New arrival Tanu, weighing in at 17 kg - he’s a big puppy! Our older dog Kenta is just about tolerating him.
#italianspinone
#italianspinone
September 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
8) into the smoker!
September 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
8) into the smoker!
6) skip messy step of gutting, left to Bill for forgetting to gas up.
7) cure fish overnight, and dip into maple syrup (that’s Bill).
7) cure fish overnight, and dip into maple syrup (that’s Bill).
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
6) skip messy step of gutting, left to Bill for forgetting to gas up.
7) cure fish overnight, and dip into maple syrup (that’s Bill).
7) cure fish overnight, and dip into maple syrup (that’s Bill).
5) show Dave’s 8 lb coho just because it’s bigger (with adipose fin) - only allowed to be kept by First Nations until 1 October when it opens to all.
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
5) show Dave’s 8 lb coho just because it’s bigger (with adipose fin) - only allowed to be kept by First Nations until 1 October when it opens to all.
4) catch fish, in this case a 4 lb hatchery coho (distinguished by removed adipose fin)
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
4) catch fish, in this case a 4 lb hatchery coho (distinguished by removed adipose fin)
3) heading into Victoria harbour because “somebody” (Bill) forgot to put gas in the boat.
September 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
3) heading into Victoria harbour because “somebody” (Bill) forgot to put gas in the boat.
2) heading to good fishing spot off Victoria harbour, on advice of Dave (First Nations, fishing all his life - i.e. we pay attention)
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
2) heading to good fishing spot off Victoria harbour, on advice of Dave (First Nations, fishing all his life - i.e. we pay attention)
Documenting the entire process of making delicious smoked wild Pacific salmon.
1) on the boat at ungodly hour before sunrise.
1) on the boat at ungodly hour before sunrise.
September 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Documenting the entire process of making delicious smoked wild Pacific salmon.
1) on the boat at ungodly hour before sunrise.
1) on the boat at ungodly hour before sunrise.
Getting my sister into bonsai. Zen in theory. I must be on holiday.
September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Getting my sister into bonsai. Zen in theory. I must be on holiday.
Smoked coho salmon, 24 hours after caught. Not bad on Vancouver Island!
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Smoked coho salmon, 24 hours after caught. Not bad on Vancouver Island!
And introducing Tanuki (Tanu), new member of the household, arriving early October!
August 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
And introducing Tanuki (Tanu), new member of the household, arriving early October!