Dr Matt Pope
@mattpope.bsky.social
Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme.
Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte.
Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE.
He/Him 🏺
Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte.
Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE.
He/Him 🏺
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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
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Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
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On the Origin of Species was published on this day in 1859.
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Opening Lines - On the Origin of Species - BBC Sounds
John Yorke investigates Charles Darwin’s world-changing book On The Origin of Species.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On the Origin of Species was published on this day in 1859.
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Align it properly and it's totally a Winter Solstice-appropriate garden decoration for the festive season. ❄️🏺
Is that... is that an inflatable light up Stonehenge????
Oh no i want one
Oh no i want one
@clonehenge.bsky.social Taken by our colleague Amy.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Align it properly and it's totally a Winter Solstice-appropriate garden decoration for the festive season. ❄️🏺
In regularly scan sensitive landscape on Google Earth have just seen that a really sensitive parcel of land, with provable Palaeolithic archaeology was developed last year. I really hope a brilliant programme of evaluation took place. Otherwise its another total failure. I'll find out Monday 🦣🏺
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In regularly scan sensitive landscape on Google Earth have just seen that a really sensitive parcel of land, with provable Palaeolithic archaeology was developed last year. I really hope a brilliant programme of evaluation took place. Otherwise its another total failure. I'll find out Monday 🦣🏺
I'm hosting the next @sussexpast.bsky.social online this Tuesday, 25th, finishing November off with what appears to be the rediscovery of Harold Godwinson's Xanadu, right here on the Sussex coast. Join me in welcoming Dr Duncan Wright telling us about this fascinating discovery!
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November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'm hosting the next @sussexpast.bsky.social online this Tuesday, 25th, finishing November off with what appears to be the rediscovery of Harold Godwinson's Xanadu, right here on the Sussex coast. Join me in welcoming Dr Duncan Wright telling us about this fascinating discovery!
shorturl.at/uVIpt
shorturl.at/uVIpt
Basically there is a slow moving band of rain from northern Spain to Sweden. The Paris Basin is getting the worst of it but it's quite unpleasant here. 🌧️
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Basically there is a slow moving band of rain from northern Spain to Sweden. The Paris Basin is getting the worst of it but it's quite unpleasant here. 🌧️
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Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A late breakfast accompanied by a rapid defeat in the Ashes. Not great for the digestion.
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A late breakfast accompanied by a rapid defeat in the Ashes. Not great for the digestion.
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On Tuesday at RAG 🌑
UCL anthropologist Jerome Lewis will be reporting back on his experience in Belem at COP30 when he helped to launch the Flourishing Diversity Manifesto.
UCL anthropologist Jerome Lewis will be reporting back on his experience in Belem at COP30 when he helped to launch the Flourishing Diversity Manifesto.
Everybody welcome LIVE and ZOOM
🌒Tues Nov 25 🌓 18:30 (UTC London)
'The Flourishing Diversity Manifesto'
Jerome Lewis
LIVE Archaeology 612, 6th Floor Archaeology Institute, Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
🌒Tues Nov 25 🌓 18:30 (UTC London)
'The Flourishing Diversity Manifesto'
Jerome Lewis
LIVE Archaeology 612, 6th Floor Archaeology Institute, Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
On Tuesday at RAG 🌑
UCL anthropologist Jerome Lewis will be reporting back on his experience in Belem at COP30 when he helped to launch the Flourishing Diversity Manifesto.
UCL anthropologist Jerome Lewis will be reporting back on his experience in Belem at COP30 when he helped to launch the Flourishing Diversity Manifesto.
Keeping cosy here 🔥🍷
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Keeping cosy here 🔥🍷
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When you have a lawless criminal and 5-time draft-dodging coward as commander-in-chief, it’s fair to remind our military not to obey UNLAWFUL orders.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
When you have a lawless criminal and 5-time draft-dodging coward as commander-in-chief, it’s fair to remind our military not to obey UNLAWFUL orders.
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Part 3 #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc
Meet Tess Sikora current @ucl.ac.uk MSc BAFA student.
Find out more about Tess & the MSc below...
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Meet Tess Sikora current @ucl.ac.uk MSc BAFA student.
Find out more about Tess & the MSc below...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Part 3 #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc
Meet Tess Sikora current @ucl.ac.uk MSc BAFA student.
Find out more about Tess & the MSc below...
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Meet Tess Sikora current @ucl.ac.uk MSc BAFA student.
Find out more about Tess & the MSc below...
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Today we #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc
Meet Jennifer Wilburn current @ucl.ac.uk PhD candidate & MSc BAFA graduate 2024.
Find out more about Jennifer & the MSc below...
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Meet Jennifer Wilburn current @ucl.ac.uk PhD candidate & MSc BAFA graduate 2024.
Find out more about Jennifer & the MSc below...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today we #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc
Meet Jennifer Wilburn current @ucl.ac.uk PhD candidate & MSc BAFA graduate 2024.
Find out more about Jennifer & the MSc below...
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Meet Jennifer Wilburn current @ucl.ac.uk PhD candidate & MSc BAFA graduate 2024.
Find out more about Jennifer & the MSc below...
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We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Long Man Lecture speaker: Raksha Dave! 🎉Raksha is an archaeologist, author, broadcaster, and current President of the Council for British Archaeology. Thurs 26th March 2026, ACCA, Brighton. Early Bird tickets now on sale, starting at £10: https://loom.ly/f0zNR6w
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Long Man Lecture speaker: Raksha Dave! 🎉Raksha is an archaeologist, author, broadcaster, and current President of the Council for British Archaeology. Thurs 26th March 2026, ACCA, Brighton. Early Bird tickets now on sale, starting at £10: https://loom.ly/f0zNR6w
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Please see our new guide folks
Understanding land rights, responsibilities for Landowners & Authorities
We look at metal detecting & many other subjects
"Consider donating important finds to a local museum to benefit the local community"
davidbexhill.wixsite.com/sussexherita...
#HeritageCrime
Understanding land rights, responsibilities for Landowners & Authorities
We look at metal detecting & many other subjects
"Consider donating important finds to a local museum to benefit the local community"
davidbexhill.wixsite.com/sussexherita...
#HeritageCrime
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Please see our new guide folks
Understanding land rights, responsibilities for Landowners & Authorities
We look at metal detecting & many other subjects
"Consider donating important finds to a local museum to benefit the local community"
davidbexhill.wixsite.com/sussexherita...
#HeritageCrime
Understanding land rights, responsibilities for Landowners & Authorities
We look at metal detecting & many other subjects
"Consider donating important finds to a local museum to benefit the local community"
davidbexhill.wixsite.com/sussexherita...
#HeritageCrime
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"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Surrey Metal Detecting Club sees membership leap in six years
Founded with 60 members in 2019, the Surrey club now has more than 3,000 members across the county.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At the @cbalondon.bsky.social autumn forum and listening to @archsoutheast.bsky.social 's Ian Hogg talking about excavation at Wick Lane on the Lea Valley. What happened to Gissing Place?
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
At the @cbalondon.bsky.social autumn forum and listening to @archsoutheast.bsky.social 's Ian Hogg talking about excavation at Wick Lane on the Lea Valley. What happened to Gissing Place?
Primate encounters for our #PaPa MSc students today at @zslofficial.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Primate encounters for our #PaPa MSc students today at @zslofficial.bsky.social
So shocking, and yet the same shits blocking gun control are taking away reproduction rights from women.
New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women.
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership
This cross-sectional study examines firearm homicide rates in pregnant compared with nonpregnant women and whether estimated state-level firearm ownership is associated with homicide deaths among preg...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
So shocking, and yet the same shits blocking gun control are taking away reproduction rights from women.
Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
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Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
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November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
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Free community fediscience, please boost!
Everybody welcome LIVE and ZOOM
🌘Tues Nov 18 🌑6:30pm
'Brideservice, the politics of intimacy and Miskitu women's baseball'
Mark Jamieson
LIVE Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor,
UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
Please […]
[Original post on c.im]
Everybody welcome LIVE and ZOOM
🌘Tues Nov 18 🌑6:30pm
'Brideservice, the politics of intimacy and Miskitu women's baseball'
Mark Jamieson
LIVE Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor,
UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
Please […]
[Original post on c.im]
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Free community fediscience, please boost!
Everybody welcome LIVE and ZOOM
🌘Tues Nov 18 🌑6:30pm
'Brideservice, the politics of intimacy and Miskitu women's baseball'
Mark Jamieson
LIVE Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor,
UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
Please […]
[Original post on c.im]
Everybody welcome LIVE and ZOOM
🌘Tues Nov 18 🌑6:30pm
'Brideservice, the politics of intimacy and Miskitu women's baseball'
Mark Jamieson
LIVE Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor,
UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
Please […]
[Original post on c.im]
Just about to give a talk to @surreyarch.bsky.social 's AGM on London's Ice Age Archaeology.
I love giving this lecture, as it develops every time I give it and as I understand the subject more.🦣🏺
I love giving this lecture, as it develops every time I give it and as I understand the subject more.🦣🏺
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just about to give a talk to @surreyarch.bsky.social 's AGM on London's Ice Age Archaeology.
I love giving this lecture, as it develops every time I give it and as I understand the subject more.🦣🏺
I love giving this lecture, as it develops every time I give it and as I understand the subject more.🦣🏺
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Looking forward to talking about public archaeology…title TBC when I can get my thoughts together!
We're really looking forward to welcoming @rakshadigs.bsky.social to Sussex to deliver the 2026 Long Man Lecture.
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Long Man Lecture speaker: Raksha Dave! 🎉Raksha is an archaeologist, author, broadcaster, and current President of the Council for British Archaeology. Thurs 26th March 2026, ACCA, Brighton. Early Bird tickets now on sale, starting at £10: https://loom.ly/f0zNR6w
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looking forward to talking about public archaeology…title TBC when I can get my thoughts together!
We're really looking forward to welcoming @rakshadigs.bsky.social to Sussex to deliver the 2026 Long Man Lecture.
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Long Man Lecture speaker: Raksha Dave! 🎉Raksha is an archaeologist, author, broadcaster, and current President of the Council for British Archaeology. Thurs 26th March 2026, ACCA, Brighton. Early Bird tickets now on sale, starting at £10: https://loom.ly/f0zNR6w
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We're really looking forward to welcoming @rakshadigs.bsky.social to Sussex to deliver the 2026 Long Man Lecture.
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺