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antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Nov 18
NEW In the heart of the Eurasian steppe, a #BronzeAge metropolis has been unearthed, showing that the settlements of nomadic steppe societies were just as sophisticated as contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations.

#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵

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Drone photograph of the archaeological site of Semiyarka, looking from the south-east to the north-west, taken in July 2018. The outlines of several rectilinear buildings are visible running in a line across a flat grassland (credit: Peter J. Brown)
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 great news!

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boothicus.bsky.social Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · Jun 30
I’ve got a new job! From October until 2027 I’ll be an Associate Lecturer in Quantitative Archaeology & Later European Prehistory at UCL Institute of Archaeology. 80% role so I’ll still be working one day a week in the aDNA laboratory at The Francis Crick Institute. Very excited to get going!
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Penultimate update from #GreenArch25 from Phoebe!

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May 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Day 1 at Royal Parks Greenwich is go! With students and staff from the @ucl.ac.uk IoA and UCL @archsoutheast.bsky.social it’s our 3rd year working with the awesome Royal Park’s Archaeologist Andrew Mayfield!

What will we find this year??? #LocalAndGlobal
May 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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…meanwhile in Wiltshire Dr Paul Wordsworth & @gabemoshenska.bsky.social were with a group of Masters students, visiting #Stonehenge and #Avebury as part of their degree!

Perfect stone spotting weather! #LocalAndGlobal
March 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This is 100% magical! Beautiful Greenwich #GreenArch25 with the London city skyline behind! Wow!

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andersarchaeology.bsky.social Andrew Mayfield @andersarchaeology.bsky.social · May 30
Thanks to the #drone skills of Pete Barry we now have some #aerial 📸 of the 2025 #Roman dig in #TheRoyalParks #GreenwichPark with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social and some very interesting #cropmarks 🔍🌳🏛️👍🏻❤️
May 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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This bronze age wooden spear shaft is over three thousand years old! Radiocarbon dated to 1610-1430BC, it was recovered from excavations at Shardlow Quarry, Derbyshire.

Read more in our #OpenAccess monograph, Beside The River Trent: tinyurl.com/2nhfz3mv

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Part of the wooden spear shaft is shown in situ, during excavation. The surrounding earth is grey and clayey.
January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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As we head into Full on Fieldwork or #FoF we ask again 'Where on Earth are our Students?' 🌏

PhD student Stefano Cecatiello is in Uzbekistan working with the Uzbek-Italian Archaeological project on the UNESCO site of Kafir Kala.

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June 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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We would like to wish all @uclofficial.bsky.social Institute of Archaeology & @archsoutheast.bsky.social friends & colleagues, past & current staff and students, Season’s Greetings & all best wishes for 2025.

2024 Newsletter:

📲 bit.ly/IoANL24 🎄

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December 19, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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Great to see @archsoutheast.bsky.social on Bluesky! #FridayFollow for them! 🎉🎉🎉

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archsoutheast.bsky.social UCL Archaeology South-East @archsoutheast.bsky.social · Dec 13
Hi BlueSky! 👋 We're Archaeology South-East, part of the UCL Institute of Archaeology! And we can't wait to share our discoveries with you!

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December 13, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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Meet Nicole and find out more about day 3 of #SuffArch25

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June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Day 2 of #GreenArch25 is go! Meet Jayden, a first year undergraduate digging with the team!
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May 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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An addition to #FocusFriday #FuturesFriday highlighting the taught Postgraduate Degree:

📜 Palaeoanthropology & Palaeolithic Archaeology MSc

📲 bit.ly/IoAPAPA

Coordinated by @mattpope.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

🎥 filmed on 1st April 2025 at London Zoo.

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November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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David Wengrow to give the Tanner Lectures on Human Values for 2026 @utah.edu entitled 'The Elementary Forms of Human Freedom.'

More here:

📱 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Image: @davidwengrow.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology (Image credit: Tom Jamieson)

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David Wengrow to give the Tanner Lectures on Human Values for 2026
David Wengrow (UCL Institute of Archaeology) has been invited to give the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the University of Utah in March 2026.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Great day at the @currentarchaeology.bsky.social Awards! Thanks for having us! #CALive25

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Two humans, both wearing striped t-shirts, stand behind a table at the current archaeology awards at the Institute of education at Ucl.
March 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🚨New Open Access Book 🚨

"Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt" Prof @alicestevenson.bsky.social

📚 bit.ly/40z7rDH

Read More Here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

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Images shows the front cover of the new free open access book from Alice Stevenson
January 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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We declare today #FishbourneFriday for reposting this video (see still below with the IoA coming in at 03:48).

An amazing film from
1964 and, in itself, a piece of the history of #archaeology.

Thanks to @durotrigesdig.bsky.social for posting to @romanpalace.bsky.social

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December 6, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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🚀 Take a whistle stop tour through the decades with us as we unveil our new look! #ThrowbackThursday

PLUS every Thursday we'll share recordings from our 50th anniversary conference last April! From palaeolithic to postmedieval there’s something for everyone.

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April 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Massive congrats to Prof David Wengrow @davidwengrow.bsky.social

"World-renowned archaeologist...has received the prestigious 2025 Wenjin Book Award for his international best-seller ‘The Dawn of Everything’ about the origins of human civilisation.

📲 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...

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UCL archaeologist wins one of China’s highest literature awards
World-renowned archaeologist, Professor David Wengrow, has received the prestigious 2025 Wenjin Book Award, for his international best-seller ‘The Dawn of Everything’, about the origins of human civil...
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April 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"I am extremely honoured to receive this award for outstanding scholarship from the School of Advanced Research, in recognition of my work with David Graeber...

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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Not one but two job alerts today!

Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m
Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O

Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025

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UCL – University College London
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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December 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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🐘 Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone 🦴 is the oldest discovered in Europe

New paper from Simon Parfitt @ucl.ac.uk IoA & Scientific Associate @nhm.org & Silvia Bello
Merit Researcher at the NHM

Read more via the links:
📲 bit.ly/45JQp8r
📚 bit.ly/3ZqKAsG

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Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone is the oldest discovered in Europe
A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England and analysed by archaeologists from UCL and the Natural His...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Tomorrow at the UCL IoA ⬇️

More information here: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

All welcome!

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uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social UCL Institute of Archaeology / British Museum Medieval Seminar @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social · Dec 2
Friends and colleagues! Our next seminar takes place tomorrow at 18:15 in Room 612 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Murray Andrews (UCL IoA) will give a paper entitled 'All that Glistens? The Role(s) of Gold Coinage in Northern Europe, c.1250-1550' Free, all welcome - we hope to see you there!
December 2, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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Islamic Archaeology Day 2025

The 9th annual Islamic Archaeology Day, co-organised by @soasuni.bsky.social & @uclofficial.bsky.social will be held at the IoA on Saturday 1 February.

Read more & buy tickets here:

📲 bit.ly/41JJE4X

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Islamic Archaeology Day 2025
The 9th annual Islamic Archaeology Day, co-organised by SOAS and UCL, will be held at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on Saturday 1 February.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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Prof David Wengrow @davidwengrow.bsky.social to speak at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival in Hay-on-Wye from 22–25 May 2026, where he will explore what’s really new about the “new” world order.

More info here: bit.ly/4syiFU9

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David Wengrow to speak at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival 2026
David will appear at the Festival in Hay-on-Wye from 22–25 May 2026, where he will explore what’s really new about the “new” world order.
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March 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM