Sarah Bockmeyer
@sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Archaeologist AND single mother of one. PhD researcher in Neolithic megaliths, earthen burials and archaeological theory at Kiel University and @ClusterROOTS.bsky.social (Cluster of Excellence ROOTS). Boardmember @agtida.bsky.social . Views my own.
That explains it pretty accurately!! He absolutely should know better!
Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
That explains it pretty accurately!! He absolutely should know better!
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Safe the date!
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Safe the date!
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...
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Now the Conference has a Blue Sky account we can shout about it on here.
Finally, Unravelling The Palaeolithic is coming to London and UCL. Tickets sales and the the Call For Papers are open. Follow their account, and join us when we gather together at the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social this June! 🏺🦣
Finally, Unravelling The Palaeolithic is coming to London and UCL. Tickets sales and the the Call For Papers are open. Follow their account, and join us when we gather together at the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social this June! 🏺🦣
Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Unravelling the Palaeolithic
Welcome to the website for the Unravelling the Palaeolithic conference 2026!
Unravelling the Palaeolithic is an ECR and student-led conference with a history of showcasing excellence in research in P...
sites.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Now the Conference has a Blue Sky account we can shout about it on here.
Finally, Unravelling The Palaeolithic is coming to London and UCL. Tickets sales and the the Call For Papers are open. Follow their account, and join us when we gather together at the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social this June! 🏺🦣
Finally, Unravelling The Palaeolithic is coming to London and UCL. Tickets sales and the the Call For Papers are open. Follow their account, and join us when we gather together at the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social this June! 🏺🦣
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
2 days ago I received my PhD certificate and gave the valedictorian speech (don't know if we would call it that in Germany...).
📸 thanks to the fabulous Katharina Zerzeropulos!!
📸 thanks to the fabulous Katharina Zerzeropulos!!
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
2 days ago I received my PhD certificate and gave the valedictorian speech (don't know if we would call it that in Germany...).
📸 thanks to the fabulous Katharina Zerzeropulos!!
📸 thanks to the fabulous Katharina Zerzeropulos!!
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Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 36 UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula
It comes after some batches made by Nestle and Danone were recalled after being contaminated with a toxin.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For their article “Mapping Place Names”, linguists Søren Wichmann and Lennart Chevallier from @uni-kiel.de have been chosen to receive the American Name Society's prestigious award for the 2025 Best Article of the Year.
Congratulations! 👏
#linguistics #toponomastics
Congratulations! 👏
#linguistics #toponomastics
Best Article Award 2025 of the American Name Society goes to Kiel Linguists
Søren Wichmann and Lennart Chevallier are honoured for study on computer-aided place name research.
www.uni-kiel.de
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
For their article “Mapping Place Names”, linguists Søren Wichmann and Lennart Chevallier from @uni-kiel.de have been chosen to receive the American Name Society's prestigious award for the 2025 Best Article of the Year.
Congratulations! 👏
#linguistics #toponomastics
Congratulations! 👏
#linguistics #toponomastics
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Full time AHRC doctoral studentships now available in Arts & Humanities at University of Hertfordshire for October 2026 start - please do share widely!! This includes both History & Heritage Studies among other subjects 🌟😀 www.herts.ac.uk/research/res...
AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award studentships
The AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award is a major new funding scheme from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Its aim is to grow the UK’s capacity for doctoral research in the arts and humanit...
www.herts.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Full time AHRC doctoral studentships now available in Arts & Humanities at University of Hertfordshire for October 2026 start - please do share widely!! This includes both History & Heritage Studies among other subjects 🌟😀 www.herts.ac.uk/research/res...
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Niche question but my brain and a search of the literature is failing me - what examples do we have of cursus monuments with clusters of arrowheads at the terminus ends? I feel like this is an oft-repeated 'fact' but don't know any sites where this is the case.
February 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Niche question but my brain and a search of the literature is failing me - what examples do we have of cursus monuments with clusters of arrowheads at the terminus ends? I feel like this is an oft-repeated 'fact' but don't know any sites where this is the case.
I am on my way to Borger in the Netherlands to give a talk at Jan Albert Bakkers latest book presentation about the megalithic tomb D26!! It was the last excavation of a megalithic tomb in the Netherlands so far!!
Fingers crossed the snow will be little and gone soon!! 🤞🤞🤞
Fingers crossed the snow will be little and gone soon!! 🤞🤞🤞
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 AM
I am on my way to Borger in the Netherlands to give a talk at Jan Albert Bakkers latest book presentation about the megalithic tomb D26!! It was the last excavation of a megalithic tomb in the Netherlands so far!!
Fingers crossed the snow will be little and gone soon!! 🤞🤞🤞
Fingers crossed the snow will be little and gone soon!! 🤞🤞🤞
I love it when they're being called out like that!! 😂😂
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I love it when they're being called out like that!! 😂😂
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Do we want to align with Trump's America? I don't.
Do we want to align with Europe? I do.
Let's make sure the government knows this.
Please sign and share widely.
Do we want to align with Trump's America? I don't.
Do we want to align with Europe? I do.
Let's make sure the government knows this.
Please sign and share widely.
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Do we want to align with Trump's America? I don't.
Do we want to align with Europe? I do.
Let's make sure the government knows this.
Please sign and share widely.
Do we want to align with Trump's America? I don't.
Do we want to align with Europe? I do.
Let's make sure the government knows this.
Please sign and share widely.
Found this and while it is grim.and dark humoured - it made me laugh om a grey and icy cold day!! 😂😂
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Found this and while it is grim.and dark humoured - it made me laugh om a grey and icy cold day!! 😂😂
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Sorry in advance, I just need to rant/vent/scream into the void...
My contract ended last month, which is fine. Due to Christmas and other things I don't get unemployment benefits just yet and nobody knows when that will be the case. Not a problem, I have savings etc. etc...
But... 1/
My contract ended last month, which is fine. Due to Christmas and other things I don't get unemployment benefits just yet and nobody knows when that will be the case. Not a problem, I have savings etc. etc...
But... 1/
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Sorry in advance, I just need to rant/vent/scream into the void...
My contract ended last month, which is fine. Due to Christmas and other things I don't get unemployment benefits just yet and nobody knows when that will be the case. Not a problem, I have savings etc. etc...
But... 1/
My contract ended last month, which is fine. Due to Christmas and other things I don't get unemployment benefits just yet and nobody knows when that will be the case. Not a problem, I have savings etc. etc...
But... 1/
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So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:
There's an amazing job up for grabs in Cork, Ireland!!
Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology!
Not only would the post be focussing on Neolithic Ireland and Europe but also have some archaeological theory on the side!!
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology!
Not only would the post be focussing on Neolithic Ireland and Europe but also have some archaeological theory on the side!!
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Lecturer in Archaeology (Prehistoric) | University College Cork
www.ucc.ie
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
There's an amazing job up for grabs in Cork, Ireland!!
Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology!
Not only would the post be focussing on Neolithic Ireland and Europe but also have some archaeological theory on the side!!
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology!
Not only would the post be focussing on Neolithic Ireland and Europe but also have some archaeological theory on the side!!
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
The sun is trying!! Currently we're at -12°C though it is supposedly going up to a warm -7°C this afternoon!! 🥶
January 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The sun is trying!! Currently we're at -12°C though it is supposedly going up to a warm -7°C this afternoon!! 🥶
After the snowstorm that lasted all of yesterday today had ideal conditions for sledging down the dykes!! 😅🛷❄️
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
After the snowstorm that lasted all of yesterday today had ideal conditions for sledging down the dykes!! 😅🛷❄️
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Massive Arbeitsüberlastung in der Wissenschaft lässt sich nicht durch KI beheben. Sondern durch mehr Grundfinanzierung, weniger Drittmittelirrsinn & verlässliche berufliche Perspektiven. KI zielt auf Symptome, nicht Ursachen — & stabilisiert so 1 überhitztes System mit grundlegendem Reformbedarf.
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Massive Arbeitsüberlastung in der Wissenschaft lässt sich nicht durch KI beheben. Sondern durch mehr Grundfinanzierung, weniger Drittmittelirrsinn & verlässliche berufliche Perspektiven. KI zielt auf Symptome, nicht Ursachen — & stabilisiert so 1 überhitztes System mit grundlegendem Reformbedarf.
Sie sollten mal die KI nutzen um die Forschungsanträge zu stellen!! Dann hätten wir wieder mehr Zeit *zum* Forschen!!
DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung
www.dfg.de
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Sie sollten mal die KI nutzen um die Forschungsanträge zu stellen!! Dann hätten wir wieder mehr Zeit *zum* Forschen!!
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Last year I wrote about the sudden, sometimes violent end of Europe's first farmers and a ditch in Slovakia filled with almost 100 headless bodies. @science.org put together a cool video about @neolithicbodies.bsky.social's finds, narrated by me: www.youtube.com/shorts/3obLg... #lbk
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
YouTube video by Science Magazine
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Last year I wrote about the sudden, sometimes violent end of Europe's first farmers and a ditch in Slovakia filled with almost 100 headless bodies. @science.org put together a cool video about @neolithicbodies.bsky.social's finds, narrated by me: www.youtube.com/shorts/3obLg... #lbk
That would be a plottwist I'd be happy to see!! 😂😂😂🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
That would be a plottwist I'd be happy to see!! 😂😂😂🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Franca Lehfeldt ist vom Stromausfall in Berlin betroffen und beschwert sich warum die Infrastruktur so einfach zugänglich ist...
Vielleicht liegt es auch mit daran, dass Menschen wie Christian Lindner und sie selbst zu wenig Steuern zahlen??
web.de/magazine/unt...
Vielleicht liegt es auch mit daran, dass Menschen wie Christian Lindner und sie selbst zu wenig Steuern zahlen??
web.de/magazine/unt...
Franca Lehfeldt meldet sich nach Stromausfall mit deutlichen Worten
Ein Brandanschlag hat Teile Berlins lahmgelegt, viele Menschen sind weiterhin ohne Strom. Davon betroffen sind auch Franca Lehfeldt und Christian Lindner. Die Journalistin übte nun auf Instagram schar...
web.de
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Franca Lehfeldt ist vom Stromausfall in Berlin betroffen und beschwert sich warum die Infrastruktur so einfach zugänglich ist...
Vielleicht liegt es auch mit daran, dass Menschen wie Christian Lindner und sie selbst zu wenig Steuern zahlen??
web.de/magazine/unt...
Vielleicht liegt es auch mit daran, dass Menschen wie Christian Lindner und sie selbst zu wenig Steuern zahlen??
web.de/magazine/unt...