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Dr Beccy Scott
@beccyscottuk.bsky.social
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Woman of Kent | recovering Curator | Wessex Archaeology| Neanderthal-botherer | Akela | submerged landscapes, paths and tracks | #IceAgeIsland #archaeology #palaeolithic
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beccyscottuk.bsky.social
An entire #Stir-upSunday episode of #TheArchers, and yet not a mention! If it doesn't get cranked into tonights episode, we'll know the end times have come
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
Am totally going to be working this into conversation wherever I can!
kentishwordbot.bsky.social A Kentish Word-bot @kentishwordbot.bsky.social · 6d
POLRUMPTIOUS [polrum•shus] adj. Rude; obstreperous.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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cjfrieman.bsky.social
note that we have a limited number of free tickets for Indigenous archaeologists. please ping the austag email if that's you
cjfrieman.bsky.social Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 7d
ok folks! big announcement! AusTAG 2026 call for papers is open! so is registration! are you an archaeologist doing neat theory things and in Australia 22-23 May 2026? come to Adelaide for AusTAG!
Call for Papers: AusTAG 2026
Every business has a unique potential waiting to be tapped. Recognizing the keys to unlock this growth can set an enterprise on the path to unprecedented success.
austag.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
@markknight63.bsky.social who knew??!!
In its early series, Knightmare lacked a single major antagonist or 'baddie'. Originally, Treguard was specifically a neutral character, neither on the side of good nor evil. The closest there was to a main villain was Mogdred (portrayed by John Woodnutt), but his primary duty was (according to wizard Merlin in the penultimate episode of Series 2) to "scare you into making a mistake", though he did kill two dungeoneers, one in Series 2 and another early in Series 4. In Series 5 (1991), however, changes were made. The majority of the characters were split into two sides: the righteous "Powers that Be", and the villainous "Opposition", the leader of which was Lord Fear played by Mark Knight. By this time, Treguard's stance had now fully evolved into that of a strictly good character. The words 'Lord Fear played by Mark Knight' are highlighted
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
Oh my goodness, I would watch the hell out of this: fingers crossed it heads south! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The Devil’s Den review – folk horror opera with morris dancing and a sinister rabbit is an eccentric delight
Isabella Gellis’s first full-length stage work has the feel of a modern mystery play as it unpacks the legends surrounding an ancient Wiltshire monument
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
An historic moment - the arrival of the first £10 pint: Stephen Collins cartoon | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/KWmvFtp8Rhts...
An historic moment - the arrival of the first £10 pint: Stephen Collins cartoon
The Peronis, Madris, Buds are all jealous of my achievement
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November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Origen múltiple de Levallois: Nor Geghi-1, Armenia, y Purfleet, R.U.
The shape of technology to come: An examination of evolutionary relationships between bifacial and core technologies at the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic boundary across regions in Eurasia doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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mattpope.bsky.social
Applications are now open to join our 2026 Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is taught by experts from UCL and designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa
🦣🧪🏺
tinyurl.com/5duy6twh
Picture of 6 postgrad students sat at a table in a lab studying bones. Text says: The UCL Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic (PaPa) MSc programme is an established, pioneering course in human origins delivered by a world-leading university. It will bring you a deep and expert understanding of the scientific record of human evolution which powerfully combines opportunities for the study of palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and wider scientific approaches to the early human story. Coordinated by UCL’s Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology departments and drawing on expertise from across the University and other institutions, it will provide you with training in the specialisms of your choice, while also ensuring you are introduced to the wider scope of approaches to the study of human evolution.  Having run now for over 15 years, we have PaPa alumni actively leading a new generation of human origins research across the world. Our programme is a proven springboard to PhD programmes, careers in academia, archaeological science, specialist archaeological fieldwork, science media and much more.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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freshwaterbio.bsky.social
Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻

Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!

Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
My 14 year old daughter has set up an Etsy shop (account managed by me) to raise money to attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland: do take a look and support her www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Flic...
www.etsy.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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archaeologyuk.bsky.social
The Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is now open for applications. ⏳

Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉
Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund
www.cardfund.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
Freya has been offered a place at the World Scout Jamboree in Poland in 2027; we're really proud, but it's a big stretch.
She's got loads of fundraising ideas (FlickerAndFlowers.etsy.com), but if you feel able to donate to get her started, we'd be really grateful
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £3590 to Attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Attend the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
We need to see more of these calculations: decoupling the price of electricity from gas would demonstrate more quickly to people the immediate savings to each of us of investing in wind power. It's really cheering to read share.google/YkbvWPvaizOq...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
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October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
*snigger*
kentishwordbot.bsky.social A Kentish Word-bot @kentishwordbot.bsky.social · Oct 26
WANKLE [wonk•l] adj. Sickly; generally applied to a child. A man said of his wife that she was 'a poor wankle creature.'
October 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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shumon.bsky.social
Well deserved!
newcastleuni.bsky.social Newcastle University @newcastleuni.bsky.social · Oct 21
Congratulations to Professor Chantal Conneller, Professor of Early Prehistory for receiving the Grahame Clark Medal from the British Academy! 🏅🦕

Find out more⬇️
https://bit.ly/43ivms8.
Professor Chantal Conneller sitting on a pebble beach gazing towards the sea, with rocky formations in the background.
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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markknight63.bsky.social
Heartwood #BogOak #Fenland #FlagFenBasin
Cross section through preserved oak branch - black heartwood, tree-rings
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Venn diagram
Venn diagram with Bono in the left circle, an oboe in the right, and a bonobo in the centre.
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
This is a lovely story: neighbours working together and creating a shared community space share.google/sM5KMuI6uqVC...
Neighbours muck in to transform overgrown alley
An overgrown alleyway on Merseyside is transformed from an "overgrown mess" into a social space.
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September 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
This is a really neat bit of work on Bankside as an entertainment space, based on years of painstaking professional excavation. A hard read for a dog-lover, but fascinating nonetheless www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ - Volume 99 Issue 404
www.cambridge.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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lucytimbrell96.bsky.social
Join us on Wednesday for our final webinar of series by @jcsvenning.bsky.social on:

“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”

More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
I absolutely love this bit of Scotland: massive fieldwork envy
graemewarren.bsky.social Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · Aug 24
Just finished a week of fieldwork on Late Glacial/Early Holocene landscapes/archaeology in Glen Dee, Mar Lodge Estate, Cairngorms, w/ colleagues Sam Kelly @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, Phillipe de Smedt & teams. Tx to @nts-archaeology.bsky.social, Mar Lodge Estate & @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social 1/8
View down Glen Dee from Devils Point
August 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
I love these 'restorations' precisely because they're palimpsests: this is just one gloriously camp moment in this statue's life. The craftspeople who have given her her various makeovers will always brought different visions and levels of skill
August 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
This is a lovely read on why natural history museums matter, as a fragment of the ecosystems that once existed, but also as assemblages of human actions, impacts, and biases
jackdashby.bsky.social Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Aug 15
The last known Rodrigues parakeet died exactly 150 years ago. This story ticks a lot of natural history museum bingo boxes:
✔️Sex bias in natural history
✔️Colonial legacies
✔️Dodos
But also, how museum specimens act as irreplaceable records of lost biodiversity:
theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...
The Rodrigues parakeet’s last day: what one extinct bird tells us about the role of museums
Two specimens at a museum in Cambridge are the only physical evidence this bird ever existed.
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
beccyscottuk.bsky.social
I'm absolutely mesmerized by this fantastic animated infographic: brilliant way of presenting processes
sasbrune.bsky.social Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · Nov 20
About me: I am interested in geodynamics, plate tectonics, natural hazards, georesources and the carbon cycle - using numerical models like the one below. 🧪⚒️

I co-organize and post about the monthly online #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar. More infos here: tinyurl.com/RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar
August 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Neatly dated early hominin presence on Wallacea: securely excavated stone tools from site of Colio, on Sulawesi -between 1.04 Ma and 1.48 Ma.
August 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM