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25ᵗʰ Radiocarbon Conference @radiocarbon25.bsky.social · 4d

The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed.

The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!

Congratulations to Tokyo team!

Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.

Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.

detailed poll results for selecting Radiocarbon 26 Conference host. 58% Tokyo, 28% Cologne, 16% Ottawa, 1% other

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Radiocarbon @14cjournal.bsky.social · 6d

👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology

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Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources @dmnes.bsky.social · 8d

New blog post! We're not dead!

"On the Identity (and Individuation) of Proper Names"

dmnes.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/o...

On the Identity (and Individuation) of Proper Names

Though this blog has been rather quiet for rather longer than we might have liked, this doesn’t mean work isn’t being done…it’s just quiet, background work. But there’…

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 14d

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A fine new article by Chris Fowler discussing the complexities of genetic relatedness at Neolithic funerary sites across Europe. Argues the emphasis on patrilineal patterns and fitting established kinship/marriage schemes means subtle complexities are missed.

journals.openedition.org/bmsap/16175

Contextualizing descent in Neolithic northern Europe

Introduction Our ability to investigate kinship practices in Neolithic communities has been revolutionized by combining measurements of biological relatedness through ancient DNA analyses with oste...

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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 15d

New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:

This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.

“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”

doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

#stableisotopes

Redirecting

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 26

To celebrate the start of the 2025 excavation season, we've just released the Gefrin Trust's recent conversation with Professor Sarah Semple. Read on for more! gefrintrust.org/conversation...

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 23

Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 16

Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:

Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...

Applications welcome!

Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics

Skoglund lab

sites.google.com

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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · Aug 15

If you want to know more (or just about everything) about AMS, check out a brand new online book by one of the old masters Keith Fifield (ANU) with input from another - Martin Suter (ETH); hdl.handle.net/1885/733767269

The Methodology and Physics of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 13

Free UK Genealogy, the charity behind FreeBMD, FreeREG and FreeCEN, has started a crowdfunder for a new free probate records website:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · Aug 6

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Andrew Millard @archaeometer.bsky.social · Aug 6

Looks interesting but the link is not working.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our first tour of the day is underway, led by Professor Sarah Semple (Durham), Gefrin Trust trustee and lead site excavator. #Yeavering #EarlyMedievalNorthumberland

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔬 Behind the scenes of a research facility for #ADayInArchaeology

Lisa-Marie Shillito shares how they're building NEMCAS, @durham-university.bsky.social 's new high-tech research hub using micro-CT & thin section analysis to reveal what the eye can’t see 👉 shorturl.at/dvub7

#FestivalOfArchaeology

A Day in Archaeology: developing the NEMCAS (North East Material Culture Analytical Suite) research facility at Durham University

Learn more about the diverse work we carry out at the CBA.

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · Jul 18

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Semple, of our Department of Archaeology, who has been elected as a Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social ‬. Her fellowship recognises Sarah’s contribution to the research of early medieval Britain and northern Europe. Discover more 👉 durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Professor Sarah Semple elected Fellow of the British Academy - Durham University

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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · Jul 15

Does microCT reduce the amount of collagen we can extract from a bone/tooth for dating and stable isotope work? We think it might. With Mathieu Duval and Laura Martin Frances @cenieh.bsky.social; www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On the impact of micro-CT scanning on radiocarbon dating of fossil material: A cautionary note for the palaeoanthropological community and beyond | Radiocarbon | Cambridge Core

On the impact of micro-CT scanning on radiocarbon dating of fossil material: A cautionary note for the palaeoanthropological community and beyond

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Gefrin Trust is now on Bluesky! Follow along as we head back to the field this September, uncovering new finds and charting old trowel-marked features at #Yeavering. #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DurhamArchaeology

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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · Jul 15

Catch our member Luke Connell on @bbcsounds.bsky.social talking about his medieval comedy show, Bloody Marvellous - coming to @edfringe.bsky.social on 31 July!

🎙️Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🎟️Buy Tickets: www.edfringe.com/.../luke-con...

📚Luke's research: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/luke-s...

Upload with Emma Millen - A Medieval Comedy Show - BBC Sounds

Luke Connell shares his love for medieval history in new fringe show.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · Jul 10

#JournéesdelaSAP Attention young researchers 🚩👀
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Each year, the SAP awards the SAP Prize, which recognizes a doctoral dissertation in biological anthropology defended in English or French during the year preceding the application deadline.

More information here: sapweb.fr/index.php/en...

a man holding a trophy with the words " you deserve a trophy " behind him

ALT: a man holding a trophy with the words " you deserve a trophy " behind him

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VCH Oxfordshire @vch-oxon.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hello Bluesky! Like many of you in recent months we're moving here from a different platform and need to rebuild our profile - so if you've any interest in @vchlondon.bsky.social and local history in its many guises, please follow us and repost!

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Andrew Millard @archaeometer.bsky.social · Jul 3

My Garrod number is 3: Garrod > Kenyon > Cramp > me

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DUACE2025 @duace2025.bsky.social · Jun 13

Day 5 - We have walls! We have finds! We have a tower? 1) uncovering a large stone surface which has the trench playing the game “Tower or Buttress?”, 2) chasing the curtain wall in the top trench, & 3) finding amazing things (such as a base of a small cauldron).

@arcdurham.bsky.social

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DUACE2025 @duace2025.bsky.social · Jun 12

Day 4 - A day of recording, finds, and fashion! From recording the well from Day 3, to medieval pottery, a bishop’s roasted pig, to site fashion…It’s been a full day of #archaeology with the @arcdurham.bsky.social students!

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DUACE2025 @duace2025.bsky.social · Jun 11

Day 3 - Well, well, well…we have a well/spring! Just in time too as it may help keep us all cool as we enter some warmer days on site…meanwhile, some interesting mortar-material has appeared in the #archarology of Trench D.

📸 Photo 1- Jamie Armstrong
Photos 2, 3- Intern Tom
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Archaeometry @archaeometry.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our special issue on Chronological Modelling is out now! This issue features 9 articles that provide a snapshot of current research on approaches to chronology in archaeology. buff.ly/ITt4x5n

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · Jun 1

Very impressive and incredibly dense paper on the Neolithic transition to farming in Denmark in the centuries around 4000 BC. Specifically squaring the biomolecular evidence for sharp shifts in genetic ancestry and diet indicative of migrations…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark

The transition to farming in the coastal environments of southern Scandinavia remains a key conundrum in European prehistory. This region was heavily …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Martin R. Smith @palaeosmith.bsky.social · May 9

An early "mollusc" reconsidered: Is Shishana, in fact, a chancelloriid?
Read our new paper @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Emerson W. Baker @emersonwbaker.bsky.social · May 6

Chris Gerrard of @arcdurham.bsky.social and I will be speaking on "Landscapes of Indenture: the Scots of York Maine’s Scotland District and the Piscataqua Region" on May 30 at 6pm, at the York Land Trust yorklandtrust.org/event/landsc...

Landscapes of Indenture: the Scots of York’s Scotland District and the Piscataqua Region – York Land Trust

This talk discusses the history of the former Scots Prisoners that settled York's Scotland District, and particularly current efforts by a team of international

yorklandtrust.org

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25ᵗʰ Radiocarbon Conference @radiocarbon25.bsky.social · May 3

Just 2 days left until the abstract submission deadline on May 5th! Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your research at the #Radiocarbon25 conference. Submit now! 🗓️
Submit here: radiocarbon25.agh.edu.pl/en/register-...
#ConferenceAlert #AbstractDeadline

Abstract submission

Radiocarbon 25 Conference, AGH University, Kraków, 29 June - 4 July 2025

radiocarbon25.agh.edu.pl

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25ᵗʰ Radiocarbon Conference @radiocarbon25.bsky.social · Apr 29

🚨 Final Call!
The extended deadline for abstract submissions is approaching fast — May 5th is your last chance! 🕔
Don’t miss the opportunity to contribute.
Submit now: radiocarbon25.agh.edu.pl/en/register-...
#Radiocarbon25 #abstractdeadline #lastcall

Abstract submission

Radiocarbon 25 Conference, AGH University, Kraków, 29 June - 4 July 2025

radiocarbon25.agh.edu.pl