Trevor Wiley
@mearcsteppende.bsky.social
History PhD candidate at Boston College dissertating on the environment, community, and landscape on the 4th-8th century Forth, Clyde, and Tay in Scotland. Originally from Appalachia.
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Trevor Wiley
@mearcsteppende.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Getting a lot of new followers from the excellent medieval starter pack - so hello! I'm a Ph.D. student writing a dissertation about the estuary landscapes of fifth- to eighth-century southern Scotland, and more importantly, about the people who lived in them and transformed them.
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I promise not to seal post all day but I DO promise to use "no scrolling, just rolling" or a variation for the foreseeable future. 🦭 #SeaSky
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I promise not to seal post all day but I DO promise to use "no scrolling, just rolling" or a variation for the foreseeable future. 🦭 #SeaSky
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If you haven’t seen it, there’s a cunning plan underway to refight the Battle of Hastings at a scale of 1 man = 1 miniature. This is the Peter’s Paperboys ‘Hastings 960’ project, using units of around 200-300 18mm minis to put 16,000 figures onto the gaming table in October 2026. #spreadthelard
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you haven’t seen it, there’s a cunning plan underway to refight the Battle of Hastings at a scale of 1 man = 1 miniature. This is the Peter’s Paperboys ‘Hastings 960’ project, using units of around 200-300 18mm minis to put 16,000 figures onto the gaming table in October 2026. #spreadthelard
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Some homes hold their ghosts with quiet forbearance. They do not boast of their phantoms nor advertise for psychic researchers to poke and test them. They accommodate both living and dead residents, afford privacy to both sides. Places of gentle spectral tolerance. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Calling all archaeology students 🎓
The Scottish Student Archaeology Society Conference takes place from the 21st - 22nd of February. Organised by University of Aberdeen Archaeology Society, the conference is a fantastic opportunity to hear new research & connect with peers 👉 tinyurl.com/8bd4eu7w
The Scottish Student Archaeology Society Conference takes place from the 21st - 22nd of February. Organised by University of Aberdeen Archaeology Society, the conference is a fantastic opportunity to hear new research & connect with peers 👉 tinyurl.com/8bd4eu7w
January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Calling all archaeology students 🎓
The Scottish Student Archaeology Society Conference takes place from the 21st - 22nd of February. Organised by University of Aberdeen Archaeology Society, the conference is a fantastic opportunity to hear new research & connect with peers 👉 tinyurl.com/8bd4eu7w
The Scottish Student Archaeology Society Conference takes place from the 21st - 22nd of February. Organised by University of Aberdeen Archaeology Society, the conference is a fantastic opportunity to hear new research & connect with peers 👉 tinyurl.com/8bd4eu7w
Had a great time today talking about my (incredibly wildly messy) working research map in QGIS at our department Digital Humanities showcase. 2,000+ sites, 26 layers, and a lot of time spent data cleaning, but a personal resource I return to again and again!
January 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Had a great time today talking about my (incredibly wildly messy) working research map in QGIS at our department Digital Humanities showcase. 2,000+ sites, 26 layers, and a lot of time spent data cleaning, but a personal resource I return to again and again!
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An excavation at Hilton of Cadboll by Kirkdale Archaeology began #OTD in 2001. It would culminate in the discovery of the lower section, pictured, of the famed Pictish cross-slab. The upper section - it may have detached in a storm - resides in Edinburgh.📸Ewen Weatherspoon #medievalsky
January 22, 2026 at 10:27 AM
An excavation at Hilton of Cadboll by Kirkdale Archaeology began #OTD in 2001. It would culminate in the discovery of the lower section, pictured, of the famed Pictish cross-slab. The upper section - it may have detached in a storm - resides in Edinburgh.📸Ewen Weatherspoon #medievalsky
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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Someone should do a piece about golf course prehistory!
Nice Neolithic class II henge you have there. Shame if anyone were to fill in parts of the ditch to construct golf bunkers, and place a putting green in its centre.
Castle Hill Henge, now hole 13 of the Muir of Ord Golf Club, Highland, Scotland.
* maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
Castle Hill Henge, now hole 13 of the Muir of Ord Golf Club, Highland, Scotland.
* maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Someone should do a piece about golf course prehistory!
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If you like books about linguistics and languages (perhaps you'd like to write your own?), here's a free talk for you!
On the 27/1, I'll be putting questions to four fabulous authors over Zoom, getting their experience of writing linguistically for the public. Link:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
On the 27/1, I'll be putting questions to four fabulous authors over Zoom, getting their experience of writing linguistically for the public. Link:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
If you like books about linguistics and languages (perhaps you'd like to write your own?), here's a free talk for you!
On the 27/1, I'll be putting questions to four fabulous authors over Zoom, getting their experience of writing linguistically for the public. Link:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
On the 27/1, I'll be putting questions to four fabulous authors over Zoom, getting their experience of writing linguistically for the public. Link:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the John Carter Brown Library Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
Registration is required. Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
Registration is required. Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at noon in the John Carter Brown Library Conference Room for a viewing of JCB copies of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense featuring Dr. Joseph Adelman.
Registration is required. Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
Registration is required. Please register at forms.gle/iWKYHdfb5dQm....
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Roman sites in Scotland dating to the first century - the initial Roman invasion of Scotland
January 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Roman sites in Scotland dating to the first century - the initial Roman invasion of Scotland
Another visit from yesterday - the grave of Horace Kephart, author of Our Southern Highlanders and instrumental part of the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, resting on a hill surrounded by the mountains he lived in and protected.
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Another visit from yesterday - the grave of Horace Kephart, author of Our Southern Highlanders and instrumental part of the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, resting on a hill surrounded by the mountains he lived in and protected.
Took a hike on the "Road to Nowhere" in the Smokies today, an unfinished road which was supposed to supply access to areas cut off by the flooding of Fontana Lake, which submerged several smaller Appalachian towns. It was never finished, leaving the promise unfulfilled. (1/3)
January 19, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Took a hike on the "Road to Nowhere" in the Smokies today, an unfinished road which was supposed to supply access to areas cut off by the flooding of Fontana Lake, which submerged several smaller Appalachian towns. It was never finished, leaving the promise unfulfilled. (1/3)
A cold stream in the Smokies slowly melting and rushing down into Deep Creek.
January 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A cold stream in the Smokies slowly melting and rushing down into Deep Creek.
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Ripples in sand, Wester Ross.
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Ripples in sand, Wester Ross.
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Seeing this in the flesh blew my mind. Please go down the rabbit hole if you don’t know about this beautiful 7th c. depiction of Mary holding baby Jesus, on St Cuthbert’s reliquary, held in beautiful Durham Cathedral. Mary’s fingers can be seen around Jesus’ left shoulder and his feet dangle. Ctd..
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Seeing this in the flesh blew my mind. Please go down the rabbit hole if you don’t know about this beautiful 7th c. depiction of Mary holding baby Jesus, on St Cuthbert’s reliquary, held in beautiful Durham Cathedral. Mary’s fingers can be seen around Jesus’ left shoulder and his feet dangle. Ctd..
If anything can solve writer's block, it has to be an early morning sky in the mountains.
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
If anything can solve writer's block, it has to be an early morning sky in the mountains.
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WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯
Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize!
The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr...
The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr...
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize!
The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr...
The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr...
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Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
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i’d get some good energy flowing, subfield. and i grew up when chain letters were a thing. can we do the obverse? what if we all email one person today to tell them we like their work or otherwise appreciate them (non-creepily)?
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
i’d get some good energy flowing, subfield. and i grew up when chain letters were a thing. can we do the obverse? what if we all email one person today to tell them we like their work or otherwise appreciate them (non-creepily)?
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JOINT ONLINE EVENT: Care-full: An Examination of Care in Archaeology and Heritage
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
JOINT ONLINE EVENT: Care-full: An Examination of Care in Archaeology and Heritage
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
On 22 January, Prof Hannah Cobb FSA FSAScot discusses how care can be an act of radical and transformative resistance in archaeology at our free event with @antiquaries.bsky.social: www.sal.org.uk/event/care-f...
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Not assessed. Online. Open to everyone.
If you can't read all the books no problem (I'll provide extracts)
If you can't come every week, no problem (I record my talk)
If you can't do extra work, no proble
Everyone interacts at the level they have time for.
If you can't read all the books no problem (I'll provide extracts)
If you can't come every week, no problem (I record my talk)
If you can't do extra work, no proble
Everyone interacts at the level they have time for.
I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Not assessed. Online. Open to everyone.
If you can't read all the books no problem (I'll provide extracts)
If you can't come every week, no problem (I record my talk)
If you can't do extra work, no proble
Everyone interacts at the level they have time for.
If you can't read all the books no problem (I'll provide extracts)
If you can't come every week, no problem (I record my talk)
If you can't do extra work, no proble
Everyone interacts at the level they have time for.
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Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.