Dr Sue Oosthuizen
@drsueoosthuizen.bsky.social
Professor (Em.) of Medieval Archaeology, University of Cambridge.
Early #medievalEngland c400-1200CE; #commonrights & governance; #fen #watermanagement; #landscape⚱️& 🗃️. #medievalsky
Research & publications @ https://profsusanoosthuizen.wordpress.com
Research & publications @ https://profsusanoosthuizen.wordpress.com
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New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland*
Abstract. This article examines some early medieval Insular texts on the ideal king: three examples of Old Irish tecosca (wisdom) texts and the ninth secti
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
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Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific
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I highly recommend this incredible Christmas lecture 😉🎄🎄
A chance to spend a year in one night with the Royal Commission's survey team, while leaving enough time to also attend the @cambriansarch.bsky.social Christmas lecture later in the same evening!
A chance to spend a year in one night with the Royal Commission's survey team, while leaving enough time to also attend the @cambriansarch.bsky.social Christmas lecture later in the same evening!
🎄 Tickets for our Christmas event are going fast! 🎄 Over 100 gone since Monday afternoon. Book now to join us as we celebrate and share the amazing discoveries of 2025… including a buried Roman temple! 🏛️✨ zurl.co/DSJZz
#Discovering #Wales #CItyOfLiterature
#Discovering #Wales #CItyOfLiterature
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I highly recommend this incredible Christmas lecture 😉🎄🎄
A chance to spend a year in one night with the Royal Commission's survey team, while leaving enough time to also attend the @cambriansarch.bsky.social Christmas lecture later in the same evening!
A chance to spend a year in one night with the Royal Commission's survey team, while leaving enough time to also attend the @cambriansarch.bsky.social Christmas lecture later in the same evening!
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#HillfortsFriday 🧐🤔
The enormous & majestic Treryn Dinas coastal promontory fort, West Penwith, Cornwall 🤩, seen with a dawn sun rising through cloud.
Home of the magical Logan Rock, perched high on a wall of granite at the heart of the liminal outcrop
📷 Yesterday
The enormous & majestic Treryn Dinas coastal promontory fort, West Penwith, Cornwall 🤩, seen with a dawn sun rising through cloud.
Home of the magical Logan Rock, perched high on a wall of granite at the heart of the liminal outcrop
📷 Yesterday
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#HillfortsFriday 🧐🤔
The enormous & majestic Treryn Dinas coastal promontory fort, West Penwith, Cornwall 🤩, seen with a dawn sun rising through cloud.
Home of the magical Logan Rock, perched high on a wall of granite at the heart of the liminal outcrop
📷 Yesterday
The enormous & majestic Treryn Dinas coastal promontory fort, West Penwith, Cornwall 🤩, seen with a dawn sun rising through cloud.
Home of the magical Logan Rock, perched high on a wall of granite at the heart of the liminal outcrop
📷 Yesterday
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Dover Bronze Age boat.
Excavated in September 1992, the boat it thought to date to 1575–1520 BCE, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world. The boat was constructed using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings.
Excavated in September 1992, the boat it thought to date to 1575–1520 BCE, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world. The boat was constructed using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings.
August 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Dover Bronze Age boat.
Excavated in September 1992, the boat it thought to date to 1575–1520 BCE, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world. The boat was constructed using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings.
Excavated in September 1992, the boat it thought to date to 1575–1520 BCE, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world. The boat was constructed using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings.
Such empathy with these huddled beasts on a 10th/11thC whalebone chesspiece, perhaps a rook or a bishop, snuggling up against cold and damp autumn days…
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Such empathy with these huddled beasts on a 10th/11thC whalebone chesspiece, perhaps a rook or a bishop, snuggling up against cold and damp autumn days…
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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Today's Knowledge Commons share 'Warfare and Peoplehood: The Vikings and the English' from Y. Stouraitis ed. War and Collective Identities in the Middle Ages East, West, and Beyond (ARC Humanities Press: 2023) works.hcommons.org/records/sass... #medieval #viking #history #archaeology #warfare
October 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today's Knowledge Commons share 'Warfare and Peoplehood: The Vikings and the English' from Y. Stouraitis ed. War and Collective Identities in the Middle Ages East, West, and Beyond (ARC Humanities Press: 2023) works.hcommons.org/records/sass... #medieval #viking #history #archaeology #warfare
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Today's Knowledge commons share "Coastal Communities and Diaspora Identities in Viking Age Ireland" (2016) #medievalsky #diaspora #history #archaeology works.hcommons.org/records/dhde...
Coastal Communities and Diaspora Identities in Viking Age Ireland
The nature of cultural integration between Gaels and Scandinavians during the Viking Age has been a much discussed topic in the fields of archaeology, history, literature and linguistics over many yea...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today's Knowledge commons share "Coastal Communities and Diaspora Identities in Viking Age Ireland" (2016) #medievalsky #diaspora #history #archaeology works.hcommons.org/records/dhde...
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NEW Satellite imagery reveals 76 hunting traps and 100s of undiscovered settlements in the Andean highlands, indicating hunting and foraging were still major aspects of life long after researchers believed people transitioned to agropastoralist farming.
#AntiquityThread 1/11 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/11 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
October 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NEW Satellite imagery reveals 76 hunting traps and 100s of undiscovered settlements in the Andean highlands, indicating hunting and foraging were still major aspects of life long after researchers believed people transitioned to agropastoralist farming.
#AntiquityThread 1/11 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/11 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
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Funnels on common grazing enabling easy movement of livestock onto tracks, one of the first features you learn to look for on a map.
Link is to a paper from Karst Plateau of the Adriatic where funnels were used for hunting in the Bronze Age compare with Andean study.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Link is to a paper from Karst Plateau of the Adriatic where funnels were used for hunting in the Bronze Age compare with Andean study.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Funnels on common grazing enabling easy movement of livestock onto tracks, one of the first features you learn to look for on a map.
Link is to a paper from Karst Plateau of the Adriatic where funnels were used for hunting in the Bronze Age compare with Andean study.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Link is to a paper from Karst Plateau of the Adriatic where funnels were used for hunting in the Bronze Age compare with Andean study.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Workshop: Monastic Landscapes in Northern Mesopotamia in the 6th–10th centuries, 24-25 Oct, University of Frankfurt www.uni-frankfurt.de/177344484/Po...
www.uni-frankfurt.de
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Workshop: Monastic Landscapes in Northern Mesopotamia in the 6th–10th centuries, 24-25 Oct, University of Frankfurt www.uni-frankfurt.de/177344484/Po...
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I know I’m not team bovid, but it would take a heart of stone not to admire this 10,600 year old Aurochs from Vig in Denmark. #archaeology 🏺
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I know I’m not team bovid, but it would take a heart of stone not to admire this 10,600 year old Aurochs from Vig in Denmark. #archaeology 🏺
'Thor's stone' rising above Thurstaton [=Thorstein+tūn] Heath (Wirral), the latter used for common grazing since time began. The stone’s encircled by a broken ring of peaty ponds, the result of quarrying - but I can't help thinking of other monuments where the juxtaposition was deliberate
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
'Thor's stone' rising above Thurstaton [=Thorstein+tūn] Heath (Wirral), the latter used for common grazing since time began. The stone’s encircled by a broken ring of peaty ponds, the result of quarrying - but I can't help thinking of other monuments where the juxtaposition was deliberate
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=shared
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=shared
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Thanks to the excellent work by Annemarie Franz and Prof. Driscoll of UofG Archaeology, producing and editing the latest Govan Early Medieval podcast was an absolute breeze, and what an exciting early medieval discovery in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard!
open.spotify.com/episode/06EP...
open.spotify.com/episode/06EP...
Breaking News: Early Medieval Gateway Found at Govan Old?
open.spotify.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanks to the excellent work by Annemarie Franz and Prof. Driscoll of UofG Archaeology, producing and editing the latest Govan Early Medieval podcast was an absolute breeze, and what an exciting early medieval discovery in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard!
open.spotify.com/episode/06EP...
open.spotify.com/episode/06EP...
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Resurrecting ponds and lakes would add biodiversity and possibly also provide more freshwater fish for our diets (presumably there's a whole possible thread about historic fishponds). And we just need to make ponds where the landscape tells us they should be!
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Resurrecting ponds and lakes would add biodiversity and possibly also provide more freshwater fish for our diets (presumably there's a whole possible thread about historic fishponds). And we just need to make ponds where the landscape tells us they should be!
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PS I wrote a very short piece some years ago about the 'Flood and Flow' project to map ancient place names and their relation to water: www.tim-waterman.co.uk?p=376
Tim Waterman | Flows off the Tongue: Charting climate change futures in ancient place names
www.tim-waterman.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
PS I wrote a very short piece some years ago about the 'Flood and Flow' project to map ancient place names and their relation to water: www.tim-waterman.co.uk?p=376
Inspiring #research in action from @carlsayer.bsky.social, restoring #ice-age ponds in Norfolk. The resurrected ponds include rare species lost from other, surviving ponds, such as various-leaved pondweed, which is only found on one other site in Norfolk.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds
An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Inspiring #research in action from @carlsayer.bsky.social, restoring #ice-age ponds in Norfolk. The resurrected ponds include rare species lost from other, surviving ponds, such as various-leaved pondweed, which is only found on one other site in Norfolk.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
September 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
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Benedict Cumberbatch reciting powerful words by the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish at the Together for Palestine concert at Wembley, London. Happening right now and live streamed (link below).
September 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Benedict Cumberbatch reciting powerful words by the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish at the Together for Palestine concert at Wembley, London. Happening right now and live streamed (link below).
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A quick reminder: if you read something you love, don't forget to write to the author to thank them for it, and tell them why you loved it.
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A quick reminder: if you read something you love, don't forget to write to the author to thank them for it, and tell them why you loved it.
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*EVENT*
Brean Down Guided Walk
Sunday 28th September
11am - 1pm
Places are limited - please book via email [email protected] or call 01823 272429
Families welcome - we kindly ask for a £5 donation per adult
Brean Down Guided Walk
Sunday 28th September
11am - 1pm
Places are limited - please book via email [email protected] or call 01823 272429
Families welcome - we kindly ask for a £5 donation per adult
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
*EVENT*
Brean Down Guided Walk
Sunday 28th September
11am - 1pm
Places are limited - please book via email [email protected] or call 01823 272429
Families welcome - we kindly ask for a £5 donation per adult
Brean Down Guided Walk
Sunday 28th September
11am - 1pm
Places are limited - please book via email [email protected] or call 01823 272429
Families welcome - we kindly ask for a £5 donation per adult
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The thick time mountain clapper bridge forever crossing the black waters of the Afon Arthog stream and leading to the enigmatic ancient hut remains of Llys Bradwen #Meirionnydd
September 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The thick time mountain clapper bridge forever crossing the black waters of the Afon Arthog stream and leading to the enigmatic ancient hut remains of Llys Bradwen #Meirionnydd
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The fabulous wall paintings of Pickering church, which cover both sides of the nave. Done c1460, they were whitewashed over 100yrs later at the Reformation. Uncovered again in 1852, they were restored in the 1870s.
Here’s the martyrdom of St Edmund (below) & St Thomas Becket (above).
Here’s the martyrdom of St Edmund (below) & St Thomas Becket (above).
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fabulous wall paintings of Pickering church, which cover both sides of the nave. Done c1460, they were whitewashed over 100yrs later at the Reformation. Uncovered again in 1852, they were restored in the 1870s.
Here’s the martyrdom of St Edmund (below) & St Thomas Becket (above).
Here’s the martyrdom of St Edmund (below) & St Thomas Becket (above).