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TAG 2025 @ York @tag2025york.bsky.social · 19d

📢 Registration is now open! 📢

Sign up for in-person attendance before 31 October 2025 to get Early Bird prices.

Waged delegate fee is £110
Unwaged delegate fee is £40

More information and links to register can be found on the TAG York website: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/registrat...

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to University Archaeology Day #UAD25 on Monday 27th October! Look out for a countdown re who you can expect to chat to @britishacademy.bsky.social.

If you're at all curious about studying archaeology at university, this is the event for you! book your free ticket HERE!

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Introducing the new Arches for Reference and Sample Collections (RaSColls) webpage! Learn about this new Arches application (currently in development) and how it will support the data management for heritage science reference and sample collections.

🔗 www.archesproject.or...

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 16d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social · 17d

📢 Reminder: Nominations are now open for the Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes Awards 2025! For more information about the judging criteria, check out the Official Guidance Document. Nominate your exceptional volunteers here 👉 bit.ly/HeritageHeroes2025

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · 16d

Arches-related #job: The #GettyResearchInstitute is seeking a Metadata Specialist who will support metadata enrichment efforts and Getty-wide initiatives, working with Linked Open Data and the Arches platform. Apply here:

Metadata Specialist III in Los Angeles, California | Careers at Getty

Getty is now hiring a Metadata Specialist III in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

bit.ly

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MAEASaM @maeasamproject.bsky.social · 16d

Are you interested in remote sensing and geospatial analyses in the context of African heritage and its future monitoring? If so, MAEASaM project has a new position!
Applications are now open until 17 October 2025
To apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · 22d

Join us on Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 PDT for a community to learn more about Arches for Science (AfS) and explore the new AfS interactive demo site!

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · 27d

🌟 New initiative: The GCI is migrating MEGA-Jordan–Jordan’s national archaeological inventory–into Arches! This partnership with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan builds on the original deployment of MEGA-Jordan over 14 years ago.

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The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social · Sep 10

📢 THA Members and Non-Members: We want to hear from you! The Heritage Alliance is seeking input for a report on heritage and placemaking.

📅 Complete the survey and submit your case studies by Friday 17 October!

forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Fill | Heritage & Placemaking Survey

The Heritage Alliance is planning to publish a report that showcases how heritage makes places better. This will explore how the heritage sector is helping to create vibrant, creative, thriving, and sustainable...

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Sep 9

🏺 We have tons of FREE and #OpenAccess research in every issue! To check out all our Open Access #archaeology, go to www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Archaeologists digging in a desert with the text 'Free archaeology research and reviews, Antiquity'.

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Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 In June HEF launched the new Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2), providing a clear roadmap for collaborative working to deliver a robust & resilient heritage sector. Find out more & read the plan online: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/hef-activiti... #HeritageResiliencePlan

Screenshot of cover of Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · Sep 8

Welcome to Bluesky Professor Shadreck Chirikure!

The Director of our RLAHA (awesome archaeology lab) is here!

Find out about his vision for archaeology here: www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
and give him a follow: @chirikure.bsky.social

Professor Shadreck Chirikure: We owe a lot to the past. Archaeology

Professor Shadreck Chirikure defies expectations: an archaeologist of ancient civilisations who is fixed on the future; an expert in highly-technical sciences, who likes to mend random things, and a

www.ox.ac.uk

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Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Stop dredging the Goodwin Sands! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Running riot through graves’: King Charles urged to protect Goodwin Sands from dredging

Crown estate owns seabed of treacherous sandbank off Kent that has entombed more than 2,000 shipwrecks

www.theguardian.com

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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · Aug 11

EOIs open for the 2026 Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ Conference, hosted by Historic England. Themes: climate change, new developments in the science of preservation & progress over the last 30 years.

📅: 14-16 May 2026
📍: London & online

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The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social · Aug 11

Are you looking to make a positive change for the heritage sector? Come and join our team at The Heritage Alliance!

📢We’re recruiting a full time Comms Manager to start Late September. Discover more details and how to apply at bit.ly/THACommsMana...

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Heritage Network @heritagenetwork.bsky.social · Aug 6

Heritage Network is proud to announce the launch of our new initiative, the Heritage Network Expert Panel – and we’re recruiting!

Are you passionate about mentoring, problem-solving, and using your sector experience to help others?

Learn more and apply: buff.ly/1njAlXP

A group of people sit around a table, they are all involved in a discussion and look engaged.

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · Aug 4

The NMDC August Newsletter is out now with member news and a catch up across the museum sector. Images this month come from Museum of Liverpool, their new exhibition 'Treasure: History Unearthed' opens in September. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet...

Photograph of a hand wearing a blue glove in the hand is a silver brooch about the width of the hand in size, it is silver and ornate.

Photograph of an empty terracotta pot lying on its side. In front of the pot are an assortment of metal objects including coins, ingots and fragments of jewellery.

Photograph of a gold lock ring. Circular in shape it has a hole in the middle of the disc. It is damaged and dented.

Photograph of a hoard of coins still embedded in dirt. They are coppery bronze in colour and part of a terracotta pot pokes out from the mound of earth they are stuck in.

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Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social · Aug 4

Are you passionate about the #heritage sector? Do you want to be at the heart of sector collaboration? We are seeking an outstanding person to join the #HEF team as Operations & Engagement Manager (maternity cover).

Apply by noon, Tuesday 12 August: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/vacancy-for-...

we're hiring

historic environment forum
operations & engagement manager (0.8FTE) (MATERNITY COVER)
Are you passionate about the heritage sector?

We are seeking an outstanding person to manage the Forum and its Steering Group

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Museums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · Aug 1

Yesterday First Minister John Swinney delivered a speech on culture which recognised that museums play an important role in enriching the lives of Scotland’s people.

He also expressed his support for our Museum Futures programme. To find out more about the programme, visit: buff.ly/3lf1rbi

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Aug 1

Happy #YorkshireDay to all who celebrate!

Fill in the blank: my favourite place to visit in Yorkshire is _______.

The ruins of a monastic abbey viewed from a higher patch of ground, looking down. The ruins are by water and have green grass surrounding.

Landscape view to a rotunda surrounded by trees

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · Jul 28

Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...

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Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social · Jul 23

Are you passionate about the #heritage sector? Do you want to be at the heart of sector collaboration? We are seeking an outstanding person to join the #HEF team as Operations & Engagement Manager (maternity cover).

Apply by noon, Tuesday 12 August: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/vacancy-for-...

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Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social · Jul 21

Look out for this transformative improvement to finding stuff on ADS

Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · Jul 21

🏛️ After 27 years, ArchSearch is being retired this September to make way for an upgrade - The ADS Data Catalogue! Featuring:
✨ Access to 5k ADS Archives and 100k reports
🗺️ Interactive maps & timeline views
🔍 Multi-parameter searching (What/Where/When)
🔗 Read more on the ADS website buff.ly/jW414wt

A laptop showing the ADS Data Catalogue interface

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Jul 21

#AskAnArchaeologist Day is on Bluesky this year! 🏺

Get your questions ready for this Friday, when tons of archaeologists will be on hand to answer your #archaeology queries.

@archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Banner with an image of archaeologists wearing orange hi-vis clothing answering questions. The CBA Festival of Archaeology and Antiquity logos sit on the bottom, next to the text '#Ask An Archaeologist Day. 25 July 2025. Got a question?'

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