Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her)
@artefactual.bsky.social
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1/20 Hi! I’m Katy, a p/t PhD student with @SWWDTP @UniRdg_Arch. I’m taking this opportunity to reflect on my extended experience and the amazing people I’ve been working with, who have introduced me to different ways of thinking and doing archaeology. #HiddenLandscapes
My old tweets are porting over (sorry for the flood) but here’s a thread for a lockdown conference that I keep thinking about…
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27/11/25 - nocturn
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
27/11/25 - nocturn
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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Twenty-five years a foot-soldier,
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Twenty-five years a foot-soldier,
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
Also, #DailySarsen. You can see the one at the building corner protecting the brickwork from vehicle strike. There are others in similar locations around the wharf. Unclear if they are from a local population of sarsens or brought up the Medway or Thames from westerly locations as ballast.
The medieval Monk's Granary in Faversham claims to be 'the oldest warehouse still in use in the country'. Faversham was a very important port from the mid-16th to mid-18th centuries #industrialarchaeology #faversham
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Also, #DailySarsen. You can see the one at the building corner protecting the brickwork from vehicle strike. There are others in similar locations around the wharf. Unclear if they are from a local population of sarsens or brought up the Medway or Thames from westerly locations as ballast.
Not really in the mood for sparkles and a noisy audience tonight. V good visit to the Holburne with college pal to see the Renaissance stuff and amble around the other galleries. Sorry no pics, too much looking/chatting. Thinking about what it meant to people to have images of friends and family.
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Not really in the mood for sparkles and a noisy audience tonight. V good visit to the Holburne with college pal to see the Renaissance stuff and amble around the other galleries. Sorry no pics, too much looking/chatting. Thinking about what it meant to people to have images of friends and family.
Congratulations @laraband.bsky.social !
Today was a big day for UHI Orkney with the annual graduation ceremony taking place in St Magnus Cathedral, #Orkney.
#archaeology #postgraduate #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
#archaeology #postgraduate #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
Graduation day at UHI Orkney
Today was a big day for UHI Orkney with the annual graduation ceremony taking place in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Congratulations @laraband.bsky.social !
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Before the storm.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Before the storm.
Very good mail day: @ryancordell.org @deliadraws.bsky.social & other @skeuomorphpress.org students' gorgeous handmade (book, letterpress, illustrations>lino) edition of Ursula K Le Guin's "A Rant about 'Technology'" #DHmakes Some poster versions from the book may still be available? (link in QT)
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
It’s a great book by @corinnefowler.bsky.social and her co-authors do it was interesting to listen to this conversation www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I’m holding the notion of ‘calling people in’ rather than calling them out ❤️
I’m holding the notion of ‘calling people in’ rather than calling them out ❤️
Ramblings - India in the Cotswolds with Corinne Fowler and Raj Pal - BBC Sounds
Clare and guests discuss how the British countryside is connected to colonial history.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It’s a great book by @corinnefowler.bsky.social and her co-authors do it was interesting to listen to this conversation www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I’m holding the notion of ‘calling people in’ rather than calling them out ❤️
I’m holding the notion of ‘calling people in’ rather than calling them out ❤️
And after all that noisy sparkly shenanigans, I can quietly remind myself just how brilliant Robert Hardy was.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And after all that noisy sparkly shenanigans, I can quietly remind myself just how brilliant Robert Hardy was.
Anyone got a way of keeping non-slip shower/bath mats from
getting manky, even with regular cleaning? Do I give up and not have one? I don’t want to waste the plastic in landfill by getting regular replacements.
getting manky, even with regular cleaning? Do I give up and not have one? I don’t want to waste the plastic in landfill by getting regular replacements.
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Anyone got a way of keeping non-slip shower/bath mats from
getting manky, even with regular cleaning? Do I give up and not have one? I don’t want to waste the plastic in landfill by getting regular replacements.
getting manky, even with regular cleaning? Do I give up and not have one? I don’t want to waste the plastic in landfill by getting regular replacements.
Today I learnt that Liechtenstein has a postal museum as well as fabulous views and mountain huts so now I want to visit.
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today I learnt that Liechtenstein has a postal museum as well as fabulous views and mountain huts so now I want to visit.
This evening has included…removing the muffles after All Souls and Remembrance Sunday ringing 🔔
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This evening has included…removing the muffles after All Souls and Remembrance Sunday ringing 🔔
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You have until Saturday to submit your abstract! See more: spma.org.uk/pmac26
#archaeology #conference #postmedieval
#archaeology #conference #postmedieval
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
You have until Saturday to submit your abstract! See more: spma.org.uk/pmac26
#archaeology #conference #postmedieval
#archaeology #conference #postmedieval
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Results of the autumn round of #SPMA Research Grants are in! We'll showcase the winning projects over the coming days. For the first time, one of the grants went to Ukraine for the research project led by Liudmyla Myronenko (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Archaeology) 1/3
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Results of the autumn round of #SPMA Research Grants are in! We'll showcase the winning projects over the coming days. For the first time, one of the grants went to Ukraine for the research project led by Liudmyla Myronenko (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Archaeology) 1/3
You have one week left to submit abstracts for the 2026 @postmedarch.bsky.social Congress!
The conference is in May next year, hosted at Reading University, UK.
Share your fascinating research with international delegates!
The conference is in May next year, hosted at Reading University, UK.
Share your fascinating research with international delegates!
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You have one week left to submit abstracts for the 2026 @postmedarch.bsky.social Congress!
The conference is in May next year, hosted at Reading University, UK.
Share your fascinating research with international delegates!
The conference is in May next year, hosted at Reading University, UK.
Share your fascinating research with international delegates!
Some nice #DailySarsen, thanks @johnnythin.bsky.social Interesting to see a few boulders dotted around the edge of the plot in which the monument stands, and the enclosed landscape beyond from which sarsen surface spreads had largely been cleared (although boulders are shallowly buried in places).
It’s William Stukeley’s birthday 🎂 His landscape views are often just as interesting as the drawings of monuments - here’s his Prospect of Kits Coty House in Oct 1722
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Some nice #DailySarsen, thanks @johnnythin.bsky.social Interesting to see a few boulders dotted around the edge of the plot in which the monument stands, and the enclosed landscape beyond from which sarsen surface spreads had largely been cleared (although boulders are shallowly buried in places).
There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
Just brilliant. I need to collect all of @darrellwakelam.bsky.social ‘s archaeological creations (like the Sutton Hoo helmet from a paper plate (!)) for a Young Archaeologists’ Club session ❤️
I'm currently making the four god-heads from the Ancient Egyptian 'canopic jars' (the jars that contained the removed organs) Here's two of them, the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, and the baboon-headed Hapi.
Recycled tubes and wooden spoons.
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
Recycled tubes and wooden spoons.
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just brilliant. I need to collect all of @darrellwakelam.bsky.social ‘s archaeological creations (like the Sutton Hoo helmet from a paper plate (!)) for a Young Archaeologists’ Club session ❤️
cc @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Myfanwy’s work is excellent.
Just gonna pin this to the top of my account - with a reminder that pre-orders really help (bookshops order stock in if they see pre-orders are high). Coming out in May ‘26. Thank you! www.waterstones.com/book/noisy-v... #graphicnovels #books #rhondda #protest
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
cc @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Myfanwy’s work is excellent.