Brenna Hassett
@brennawalks.bsky.social
Archaeologist, biological anthropologist, and 1/4 of Team TrowelBlazers. I also write intense footnotes.
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Hellloooo wow how do people find time for social media these days. And welcome to my TAG talk! Which was in fact about just that “the existential panic of keeping a social media based project like @trowelblazers.bsky.social alive when we can barely keep our heads above water: a DEI Story”
Tonight! I’ll be giving the University of Liverpool Rankin Lecture — come along and hear about the site that just will not quit with the weird (socially sanctioned?) murders: Basur Hoyuk!
17:00 Central Teaching Hub, Lecture Room D
17:00 Central Teaching Hub, Lecture Room D
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Tonight! I’ll be giving the University of Liverpool Rankin Lecture — come along and hear about the site that just will not quit with the weird (socially sanctioned?) murders: Basur Hoyuk!
17:00 Central Teaching Hub, Lecture Room D
17:00 Central Teaching Hub, Lecture Room D
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And here's a video - Wild beaches! Cosy house! Gorgeous views! Ammonites galore! Gifts for #MaryAnning! The Cobb! Palaeontology-themed wine!
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 AM
And here's a video - Wild beaches! Cosy house! Gorgeous views! Ammonites galore! Gifts for #MaryAnning! The Cobb! Palaeontology-themed wine!
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This Victorian observatory tower was 👌 www.instagram.com/reel/DUadfGP...
trowelblazers on Instagram: "But have you ever had your own Victorian observation tower with hand cranked rotating roof. I ASK YOU. 😍🤩😍"
But have you ever had your own Victorian observation tower with hand cranked rotating roof. I ASK YOU. 😍🤩😍
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February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This Victorian observatory tower was 👌 www.instagram.com/reel/DUadfGP...
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Everyday is a Jurassic adventure on our epic Landmark Trust stay at Belmont House in Lyme Regis. Today: damn the tides, damn the busses; we’re going to Charmouth! (And meeting a fossil shop dog 😍)
www.instagram.com/reel/DUYj0RE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUYj0RE...
@trowelblazers on Instagram: "Everyday is a Jurassic adventure on our epic @landmark_engagement stay at Belmont House in Lyme Regis. Today: damn the tides, damn the busses; we’re going to Charmouth! (...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Everyday is a Jurassic adventure on our epic Landmark Trust stay at Belmont House in Lyme Regis. Today: damn the tides, damn the busses; we’re going to Charmouth! (And meeting a fossil shop dog 😍)
www.instagram.com/reel/DUYj0RE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUYj0RE...
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Really fun episode to record, Allie’s work on Anglo Saxon cemeteries is fascinating
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Really fun episode to record, Allie’s work on Anglo Saxon cemeteries is fascinating
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youtube.com/watch?v=6ONR... brand new episode! Meet Dr Allison Stewart and The Archaeology of Dental Biographies! And brush your teeth. Probably ;)
S1 Ep3 The Archaeology of...Dental Biographies AKA Teeth
YouTube video by Lancashire Uni Research Centre for Archaeology
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February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=6ONR... brand new episode! Meet Dr Allison Stewart and The Archaeology of Dental Biographies! And brush your teeth. Probably ;)
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It’s all Very Serious here ;)
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It’s all Very Serious here ;)
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Incredibly grateful to Landmark Trust for the opportunity for all four of us to come together in iconic #TrowelBlazers territory, Mary Anning’s Lyme Regis, to reflect on the last 13 years and figure out the next ;)
February 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Incredibly grateful to Landmark Trust for the opportunity for all four of us to come together in iconic #TrowelBlazers territory, Mary Anning’s Lyme Regis, to reflect on the last 13 years and figure out the next ;)
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We're down on the Jurassic Coast at Lyme Regis for a week of @trowelblazers.bsky.social work inc planning new writing project on #MaryAnning, and some epic fossiling - staying at the stunning late 18th-early 19th century Belmont House thanks to Landmark Trust Futures grant
February 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
We're down on the Jurassic Coast at Lyme Regis for a week of @trowelblazers.bsky.social work inc planning new writing project on #MaryAnning, and some epic fossiling - staying at the stunning late 18th-early 19th century Belmont House thanks to Landmark Trust Futures grant
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
None of the directions my career takes me are directions you would reasonably expect 😂
Pretty sure I’m in this, hopefully snarking about Brits and their damn hazelnuts
None of the directions my career takes me are directions you would reasonably expect 😂
Pretty sure I’m in this, hopefully snarking about Brits and their damn hazelnuts
The Fibre Factor - Munching Plants to Manufacturing - BBC Sounds
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores how our fibre intake has changed over human history.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 2:36 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
None of the directions my career takes me are directions you would reasonably expect 😂
Pretty sure I’m in this, hopefully snarking about Brits and their damn hazelnuts
None of the directions my career takes me are directions you would reasonably expect 😂
Pretty sure I’m in this, hopefully snarking about Brits and their damn hazelnuts
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The article grew out of a sense of unease we had while reading debates over decolonisation in archaeology, especially about where the conversation is being shaped. I’m really glad to finally see it out in the world.
🧵 I highlight in this thread some of our core arguments.
🧵 I highlight in this thread some of our core arguments.
📢 New article out in Public Archaeology: Invisible Archaeologies of Decolonization: Western Asian Archaeology, a View from Türkiye
🔓 Open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
🔓 Open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
January 27, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The article grew out of a sense of unease we had while reading debates over decolonisation in archaeology, especially about where the conversation is being shaped. I’m really glad to finally see it out in the world.
🧵 I highlight in this thread some of our core arguments.
🧵 I highlight in this thread some of our core arguments.
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🏺🎥
I'm a writer, but I also ♥️ creative collaborations, and do a lot of consultancy.
This film #InTheBlinkOfAnEye, which I advised on a while ago, is finally coming out and has a showing at Sundance: a connections-through-time story which includes #Neanderthals...
Out Hulu next month then Disney+
I'm a writer, but I also ♥️ creative collaborations, and do a lot of consultancy.
This film #InTheBlinkOfAnEye, which I advised on a while ago, is finally coming out and has a showing at Sundance: a connections-through-time story which includes #Neanderthals...
Out Hulu next month then Disney+
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🏺🎥
I'm a writer, but I also ♥️ creative collaborations, and do a lot of consultancy.
This film #InTheBlinkOfAnEye, which I advised on a while ago, is finally coming out and has a showing at Sundance: a connections-through-time story which includes #Neanderthals...
Out Hulu next month then Disney+
I'm a writer, but I also ♥️ creative collaborations, and do a lot of consultancy.
This film #InTheBlinkOfAnEye, which I advised on a while ago, is finally coming out and has a showing at Sundance: a connections-through-time story which includes #Neanderthals...
Out Hulu next month then Disney+
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One ref it 'cites' for this (actually a paper written by us!) says re: our outreach that we've "spoken to wide audiences as diverse as the Skeptics in the Pub and the UK Womens Institute"...
I guess this confused it because – say it all together – gen-AI is NOT ACTUALLY INTELLIGENT 🙄
I guess this confused it because – say it all together – gen-AI is NOT ACTUALLY INTELLIGENT 🙄
In preposterous gen- #AI news, a grokipedia (ugh) entry on us ENTIRELY INVENTS an inaugural TrowelBlazers meeting
"over drinks in a London pub in 2013".
This never happened (we only all met IRL years after forming) 🙄
plus, it makes up criticism of our work...
p.s. not giving it traffic by linking
"over drinks in a London pub in 2013".
This never happened (we only all met IRL years after forming) 🙄
plus, it makes up criticism of our work...
p.s. not giving it traffic by linking
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 AM
One ref it 'cites' for this (actually a paper written by us!) says re: our outreach that we've "spoken to wide audiences as diverse as the Skeptics in the Pub and the UK Womens Institute"...
I guess this confused it because – say it all together – gen-AI is NOT ACTUALLY INTELLIGENT 🙄
I guess this confused it because – say it all together – gen-AI is NOT ACTUALLY INTELLIGENT 🙄
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
(Yeah I know this is niche but also my theme song)
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
(Yeah I know this is niche but also my theme song)
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 AM
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
(Yeah I know this is niche but also my theme song)
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶F you I won’t krig what you told me
🎶Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
(Yeah I know this is niche but also my theme song)
Includes curling?!?!? You’re in for a treat ;)
One month left to submit your abstracts for the University of Lancashire AEA conference 7-9th May 2026. We've got some fantastic keynotes linked up, a conference dinner that involves curling and a field trip add on!
Abstract submission: tinyurl.com/5fdv7e3c
Registration here: tinyurl.com/3x5jnz3c
Abstract submission: tinyurl.com/5fdv7e3c
Registration here: tinyurl.com/3x5jnz3c
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Includes curling?!?!? You’re in for a treat ;)
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Our staff an students feature on #DiggingForBritain tonight BBC2 9pm! + iPlayer. Find out more about the work on our new podcast ‘The Archaeology of…’ available on YouTube, Spotify, etc!
youtu.be/Y06aZRS_c58?...
youtu.be/Y06aZRS_c58?...
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Our staff an students feature on #DiggingForBritain tonight BBC2 9pm! + iPlayer. Find out more about the work on our new podcast ‘The Archaeology of…’ available on YouTube, Spotify, etc!
youtu.be/Y06aZRS_c58?...
youtu.be/Y06aZRS_c58?...
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If you’d like to know more about the amazing discoveries recently made by archaeologists studying the Stone Age, I co-wrote this fun children’s book with archaeologist @brennawalks.bsky.social
It’s for kids aged 8+, but adults seems to like it too!
www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
It’s for kids aged 8+, but adults seems to like it too!
www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
Totally Chaotic History: The Stone Age Runs Wild! - Walker Books
The fantastically funny new history series from best-selling author and chart-topping podcaster Greg Jenner takes on the Stone Age!Think history is just a bo...
www.walker.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you’d like to know more about the amazing discoveries recently made by archaeologists studying the Stone Age, I co-wrote this fun children’s book with archaeologist @brennawalks.bsky.social
It’s for kids aged 8+, but adults seems to like it too!
www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
It’s for kids aged 8+, but adults seems to like it too!
www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
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Still one week to apply! Come work with us!
🚨 We're hiring 🚨
Still a week left to apply for the advertised post-doc position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project Weaponised Pasts! We are looking for an early career researcher with experience in experimental design, programming and statistical analysis.
Still a week left to apply for the advertised post-doc position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded project Weaponised Pasts! We are looking for an early career researcher with experience in experimental design, programming and statistical analysis.
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Still one week to apply! Come work with us!
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Double episode drop tomorrow — and it ain’t just Anglo-Saxons (whoever they are). It’s also The Archaeology of… Drugs!
youtube.com/@lancashirea...
youtube.com/@lancashirea...
January 19, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Double episode drop tomorrow — and it ain’t just Anglo-Saxons (whoever they are). It’s also The Archaeology of… Drugs!
youtube.com/@lancashirea...
youtube.com/@lancashirea...
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New pod! 🎙️ Get your archaeological ponderings from our very own @brennawalks.bsky.social!
Woo! Announcing our new podcast: ‘The Archaeology Of… ‘ where we deep dive people’s pet topics.
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM
New pod! 🎙️ Get your archaeological ponderings from our very own @brennawalks.bsky.social!
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
January 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
This is the kind of archaeology publication the world needs. 🙌 @gabemoshenska.bsky.social
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
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Hosted by Jim Morris and @brennawalks.bsky.social we will finally answer the Big Questions: how many segments of the archaeological community can Jim alienate? Is a Lada the only acceptable unit of measurement for megafauna?? Tune in to find out…
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Hosted by Jim Morris and @brennawalks.bsky.social we will finally answer the Big Questions: how many segments of the archaeological community can Jim alienate? Is a Lada the only acceptable unit of measurement for megafauna?? Tune in to find out…
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Woo! Announcing our new podcast: ‘The Archaeology Of… ‘ where we deep dive people’s pet topics.
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
January 17, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Woo! Announcing our new podcast: ‘The Archaeology Of… ‘ where we deep dive people’s pet topics.
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!
Kicking off with a double episode drop next week: The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and the Archaeology of Drugs.
youtube.com/@unilancashi... or wherever you get your podcasts!