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Love Caught by the River? Wish you could undertake a paid membership to read our delicious bonus content, but just can’t afford it at the moment? We’re making a year’s worth of paywall access available to 15 people free of charge. More info: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/stea...
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Love Caught by the River? Wish you could undertake a paid membership to read our delicious bonus content, but just can’t afford it at the moment? We’re making a year’s worth of paywall access available to 15 people free of charge. More info: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/stea...
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Next online seminar from @livingmaps.bsky.social
"The Waterways Collective is a Scotland-based art-science collaboration, currently following Atlantic salmon and their migrations into local landscapes, distant seascapes, multi-species histories, and possible futures."
tinyurl.com/mry8zw7u
"The Waterways Collective is a Scotland-based art-science collaboration, currently following Atlantic salmon and their migrations into local landscapes, distant seascapes, multi-species histories, and possible futures."
tinyurl.com/mry8zw7u
The Waterways Collective: Multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon
Join us to explore multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon migration and ideas of interconnectedness
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January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Next online seminar from @livingmaps.bsky.social
"The Waterways Collective is a Scotland-based art-science collaboration, currently following Atlantic salmon and their migrations into local landscapes, distant seascapes, multi-species histories, and possible futures."
tinyurl.com/mry8zw7u
"The Waterways Collective is a Scotland-based art-science collaboration, currently following Atlantic salmon and their migrations into local landscapes, distant seascapes, multi-species histories, and possible futures."
tinyurl.com/mry8zw7u
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Brand new from @sit-gsa.bsky.social, a longer format in-depth video exploring our MSc in Heritage Visualisation. It covers a lot of ground, research, experience and destinations.
Applications are open for a Sept 26 start.
#digitalheritage #heritage #visualisation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaZ...
Applications are open for a Sept 26 start.
#digitalheritage #heritage #visualisation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaZ...
In Depth: MSc Heritage Visualisation
YouTube video by GSA School of Innovation and Technology
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Brand new from @sit-gsa.bsky.social, a longer format in-depth video exploring our MSc in Heritage Visualisation. It covers a lot of ground, research, experience and destinations.
Applications are open for a Sept 26 start.
#digitalheritage #heritage #visualisation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaZ...
Applications are open for a Sept 26 start.
#digitalheritage #heritage #visualisation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaZ...
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Project update @archscot.bsky.social:
"A journey through the Real Wild West. Our Project Assistant Dr Eleanor Harrison continues her exploration of Audrey Henshall’s work in the latest blog: Return to the Real Wild West and Goodbye to Ardnamurchan.”
www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/return-to-th...
"A journey through the Real Wild West. Our Project Assistant Dr Eleanor Harrison continues her exploration of Audrey Henshall’s work in the latest blog: Return to the Real Wild West and Goodbye to Ardnamurchan.”
www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/return-to-th...
January 15, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Project update @archscot.bsky.social:
"A journey through the Real Wild West. Our Project Assistant Dr Eleanor Harrison continues her exploration of Audrey Henshall’s work in the latest blog: Return to the Real Wild West and Goodbye to Ardnamurchan.”
www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/return-to-th...
"A journey through the Real Wild West. Our Project Assistant Dr Eleanor Harrison continues her exploration of Audrey Henshall’s work in the latest blog: Return to the Real Wild West and Goodbye to Ardnamurchan.”
www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/return-to-th...
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Happy 50th Anniversary year to AHF 🎉
2026 marks a major milestone for HEF member the AHF, celebrating half a century of championing community‑led regeneration.
As part of the celebrations, a touring exhibition will showcase five decades of impact across the UK - which will you visit? 👇
2026 marks a major milestone for HEF member the AHF, celebrating half a century of championing community‑led regeneration.
As part of the celebrations, a touring exhibition will showcase five decades of impact across the UK - which will you visit? 👇
Huge news! The Architectural Heritage Fund is officially kicking off a massive year of celebration for our 50th anniversary in 2026. We’ve supported thousands of projects and invested over £180 million in heritage-led regeneration since 1976, and now we're celebrating this massive impact! (1/4)
January 15, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Happy 50th Anniversary year to AHF 🎉
2026 marks a major milestone for HEF member the AHF, celebrating half a century of championing community‑led regeneration.
As part of the celebrations, a touring exhibition will showcase five decades of impact across the UK - which will you visit? 👇
2026 marks a major milestone for HEF member the AHF, celebrating half a century of championing community‑led regeneration.
As part of the celebrations, a touring exhibition will showcase five decades of impact across the UK - which will you visit? 👇
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Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains.
shorturl.at/DfOrj
@graemewarren.bsky.social @mcornelissen.bsky.social @subfossilguy.bsky.social @farsouthhistory.bsky.social
shorturl.at/DfOrj
@graemewarren.bsky.social @mcornelissen.bsky.social @subfossilguy.bsky.social @farsouthhistory.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains.
shorturl.at/DfOrj
@graemewarren.bsky.social @mcornelissen.bsky.social @subfossilguy.bsky.social @farsouthhistory.bsky.social
shorturl.at/DfOrj
@graemewarren.bsky.social @mcornelissen.bsky.social @subfossilguy.bsky.social @farsouthhistory.bsky.social
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When I finished my undergrad I did an internship in archaeology but based at a contemporary art museum in the town of Amarante, the birth place of the amazing Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. I spent a bit of time looking at his work. He accomplished so much and was only 30 when he died of influenza.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
When I finished my undergrad I did an internship in archaeology but based at a contemporary art museum in the town of Amarante, the birth place of the amazing Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. I spent a bit of time looking at his work. He accomplished so much and was only 30 when he died of influenza.
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A massive multi-stem oak which #Dendrochronology revealed has an early 19th C stem origin date. It looks much older. This is in the wood pasture ‘Dairy Wood’ at Borders Forest Trust’s Corehead estate near Moffat.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A massive multi-stem oak which #Dendrochronology revealed has an early 19th C stem origin date. It looks much older. This is in the wood pasture ‘Dairy Wood’ at Borders Forest Trust’s Corehead estate near Moffat.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
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👋 Archaeology community, we have some fun news!
Archaeologists Engage is pleased to welcome leading social media expert Annelise Baer for our inaugural public talk covering the benefits and pitfalls of public engagement on social media.
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
#archaeology
Archaeologists Engage is pleased to welcome leading social media expert Annelise Baer for our inaugural public talk covering the benefits and pitfalls of public engagement on social media.
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
#archaeology
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
👋 Archaeology community, we have some fun news!
Archaeologists Engage is pleased to welcome leading social media expert Annelise Baer for our inaugural public talk covering the benefits and pitfalls of public engagement on social media.
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
#archaeology
Archaeologists Engage is pleased to welcome leading social media expert Annelise Baer for our inaugural public talk covering the benefits and pitfalls of public engagement on social media.
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
#archaeology
Stormy weather inspired mark making, remembering all those standing stones over looking Atlantic seascapes
#ArtArchaeology #ArchaeologyLife #StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #art
#ArtArchaeology #ArchaeologyLife #StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #art
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Stormy weather inspired mark making, remembering all those standing stones over looking Atlantic seascapes
#ArtArchaeology #ArchaeologyLife #StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #art
#ArtArchaeology #ArchaeologyLife #StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #art
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You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
July 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Mull / Cornwall Artist Exchange:
We are inviting applications from artists based in Cornwall (incl. Isles of Scilly) & on the Isle of Mull, Iona, & Ulva to take part in a new cross-regional artist exchange exploring creative practice in rural places.
associates.creativekernow.org.uk/mull-cornwal...
We are inviting applications from artists based in Cornwall (incl. Isles of Scilly) & on the Isle of Mull, Iona, & Ulva to take part in a new cross-regional artist exchange exploring creative practice in rural places.
associates.creativekernow.org.uk/mull-cornwal...
An Tobar | An Fenten (The Well): Mull/Cornwall Artist Exchange - Creative Kernow Associates
Organised by CAMP, Creative Kernow Associates (CKA), and An Tobar and Mull Theatre
associates.creativekernow.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Mull / Cornwall Artist Exchange:
We are inviting applications from artists based in Cornwall (incl. Isles of Scilly) & on the Isle of Mull, Iona, & Ulva to take part in a new cross-regional artist exchange exploring creative practice in rural places.
associates.creativekernow.org.uk/mull-cornwal...
We are inviting applications from artists based in Cornwall (incl. Isles of Scilly) & on the Isle of Mull, Iona, & Ulva to take part in a new cross-regional artist exchange exploring creative practice in rural places.
associates.creativekernow.org.uk/mull-cornwal...
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Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Women's work in embroidery globally can act as a powerful form of preserving culture, heritage and identity. Examples include Hausa (Northern Nigeria) left, Palestinian tatreez (top right), Kantha (Bangladesh, West Bengal) and Ukrainian Vyshyvanka #Womensart
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Women's work in embroidery globally can act as a powerful form of preserving culture, heritage and identity. Examples include Hausa (Northern Nigeria) left, Palestinian tatreez (top right), Kantha (Bangladesh, West Bengal) and Ukrainian Vyshyvanka #Womensart
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Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
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Just over 1 week til our #BurnsSupper225 conference. We’re thrilled that Derek Alexander (@n-t-s.bsky.social) will deliver the 2026 Burns Scotland lecture: ‘“That curst restriction”: The Archaeology and History of Illicit and Legal Whisky-Making in Scotland’ 🥃
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference
A conference exploring the life, work, and legacy of Robert Burns, this year celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Burns Supper
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Just over 1 week til our #BurnsSupper225 conference. We’re thrilled that Derek Alexander (@n-t-s.bsky.social) will deliver the 2026 Burns Scotland lecture: ‘“That curst restriction”: The Archaeology and History of Illicit and Legal Whisky-Making in Scotland’ 🥃
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
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Book Launch: Katrina Navickas, "Contested Commons: A History of Protest and Public Space in England." Housman's Books, London, 21 Jan housmans.com/events/
Events from Wednesday May 22, 2019 – Wednesday June 12, 2019 – Housmans Bookshop
housmans.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Book Launch: Katrina Navickas, "Contested Commons: A History of Protest and Public Space in England." Housman's Books, London, 21 Jan housmans.com/events/
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🆕Foresight in heritage: fostering future consciousness to proactively face change”, by Hana Morel, Gustav Wollentz, Sarah Forgesson, Amy Iwasaki and Alison Heritage.
👉https://blogg.lnu.se/unesco/?p=4457
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy
👉https://blogg.lnu.se/unesco/?p=4457
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy
New publication: Foresight in Heritage - UNESCO
A new publication focusing on the value of Foresight in heritage was just published with Gustav Wollentz from the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures as a co-author. The article is named “Foresight in h...
blogg.lnu.se
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
🆕Foresight in heritage: fostering future consciousness to proactively face change”, by Hana Morel, Gustav Wollentz, Sarah Forgesson, Amy Iwasaki and Alison Heritage.
👉https://blogg.lnu.se/unesco/?p=4457
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy
👉https://blogg.lnu.se/unesco/?p=4457
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy
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A new #UrbanPrehistory blog post, Close to home, considering the impact of development-led archaeology on the story of the Lanarkshire town I grew up in, Larkhall. 'This deep time dive took on something of an investigation into my own prehistory'
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/c...
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/c...
Close to home
I grew up in a town called Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, not far from Glasgow. It would be fair to say that this is a place that has a negative reputation at least in west central Scotland, and I …
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A new #UrbanPrehistory blog post, Close to home, considering the impact of development-led archaeology on the story of the Lanarkshire town I grew up in, Larkhall. 'This deep time dive took on something of an investigation into my own prehistory'
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/c...
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/c...
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Greenland seems to be in the news. Inuit people have lived there since around 2400 BCE and continue to do do. Our contributor Drew visited and has also posted photos of artefacts in Ilulissat Museum as well as other sites. 1/
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Greenland seems to be in the news. Inuit people have lived there since around 2400 BCE and continue to do do. Our contributor Drew visited and has also posted photos of artefacts in Ilulissat Museum as well as other sites. 1/
Circle of the Monoliths https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/circle-of-the-monoliths-1938
January 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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📕 #BookReview 🏺
Brent K.S. Woodfill & Lucia R. Henderson (ed.)'s 'Archaeology in a living landscape' explores the non-human persons, such as landscape features endowed with vitality and veneration, that populate the Indigenous Americas 1/2
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Brent K.S. Woodfill & Lucia R. Henderson (ed.)'s 'Archaeology in a living landscape' explores the non-human persons, such as landscape features endowed with vitality and veneration, that populate the Indigenous Americas 1/2
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
January 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
📕 #BookReview 🏺
Brent K.S. Woodfill & Lucia R. Henderson (ed.)'s 'Archaeology in a living landscape' explores the non-human persons, such as landscape features endowed with vitality and veneration, that populate the Indigenous Americas 1/2
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Brent K.S. Woodfill & Lucia R. Henderson (ed.)'s 'Archaeology in a living landscape' explores the non-human persons, such as landscape features endowed with vitality and veneration, that populate the Indigenous Americas 1/2
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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I think Kit Boyd is one of the most underrated artists in the universe right now. I truly don't understand why people aren't yelling about his prolific psychedelic brilliance from the rooftops. www.greenwichprintmakers.co.uk/kit-boyd
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I think Kit Boyd is one of the most underrated artists in the universe right now. I truly don't understand why people aren't yelling about his prolific psychedelic brilliance from the rooftops. www.greenwichprintmakers.co.uk/kit-boyd
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Really looking forward to this one - there's still time to join the @pictishartssociety.bsky.social if you'd like to attend this and the other lectures coming up in the series.
We've a great series of lectures coming up in the next few months - starting Friday 16 Jan with a lecture from Heather Ford of @glasgow.ac.uk on the Pictish re-use of prehistoric standing stones. Find out more at www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk/lectures-202....
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Really looking forward to this one - there's still time to join the @pictishartssociety.bsky.social if you'd like to attend this and the other lectures coming up in the series.