Christopher Hervez
@christopher-hervez.bsky.social
"No stone unturned, no pound unearned". Archaeology, human behaviour, philosophy. The Morbihan and the Cotswolds. I'm so unphotogenic that I enhanced my photo with ChatGPT. It's one of the hallucinations that occur with increasing frequency...
Pinned
Jardins d'huitres exposed as low tide. The ria at Port Pénerf, Morbihan. Coffee and fig biscuits while sitting on the wall.
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Sorting through my lead cloth or bale seals, a system used since Medieval times where a two-part, sometimes four-part, stamped & marked lead seal was attached to goods as a means of quality control. A favourite seal is a 19thC one from Riga, Latvia, probably attached to sacks of hemp or flax.
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Sorting through my lead cloth or bale seals, a system used since Medieval times where a two-part, sometimes four-part, stamped & marked lead seal was attached to goods as a means of quality control. A favourite seal is a 19thC one from Riga, Latvia, probably attached to sacks of hemp or flax.
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#FindsFriday
A 7th-century A.D. #gold #necklace with pendants and beads made from glass, semiprecious stones, and #Roman coins was found ina woman's grave in England's East Midlands. #archaeology #England #jewelry
archaeology.org/news
(📷 MOLA/Hugh Gatt) #History #art
A 7th-century A.D. #gold #necklace with pendants and beads made from glass, semiprecious stones, and #Roman coins was found ina woman's grave in England's East Midlands. #archaeology #England #jewelry
archaeology.org/news
(📷 MOLA/Hugh Gatt) #History #art
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
#FindsFriday
A 7th-century A.D. #gold #necklace with pendants and beads made from glass, semiprecious stones, and #Roman coins was found ina woman's grave in England's East Midlands. #archaeology #England #jewelry
archaeology.org/news
(📷 MOLA/Hugh Gatt) #History #art
A 7th-century A.D. #gold #necklace with pendants and beads made from glass, semiprecious stones, and #Roman coins was found ina woman's grave in England's East Midlands. #archaeology #England #jewelry
archaeology.org/news
(📷 MOLA/Hugh Gatt) #History #art
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For #FindsFriday a map of Danish single finds of Carolingian coins from 2016 to 2025, most unpublished. This is for a chapter in a book being edited by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. It shows that Frankish coins were reaching all parts of Denmark, not just trading centres or royal estates.
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
For #FindsFriday a map of Danish single finds of Carolingian coins from 2016 to 2025, most unpublished. This is for a chapter in a book being edited by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. It shows that Frankish coins were reaching all parts of Denmark, not just trading centres or royal estates.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘laid on a bed of oak and yew branches and had a garland of flowers around his neck.’
‘laid on a bed of oak and yew branches and had a garland of flowers around his neck.’
Bronze age
The 4,000-year-old coffin will go on display at Lincoln Museum next year.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘laid on a bed of oak and yew branches and had a garland of flowers around his neck.’
‘laid on a bed of oak and yew branches and had a garland of flowers around his neck.’
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We love a bit of breaking archaeological news here at the farm, so we were delighted to see the headlines about a rare Iron Age hoard unearthed in Thetford, Norfolk!
Check out the Butser blog this week to learn more about carnyces & why they are so rare: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2026/1/...
Check out the Butser blog this week to learn more about carnyces & why they are so rare: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2026/1/...
What Is a Carnyx & Why Are They So Rare? — Butser Ancient Farm
We love a bit of breaking archaeological news here at the farm, so we were delighted to see the headlines this week about a rare Iron Age hoard being unearthed in Thetford, Norfolk. At its heart was...
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
We love a bit of breaking archaeological news here at the farm, so we were delighted to see the headlines about a rare Iron Age hoard unearthed in Thetford, Norfolk!
Check out the Butser blog this week to learn more about carnyces & why they are so rare: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2026/1/...
Check out the Butser blog this week to learn more about carnyces & why they are so rare: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2026/1/...
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A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying plant-based poisons on their weapons, a practice that has continued into modern times in some traditional cultures
Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa
A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying plant-based poisons on their weapons, a practice that has continued into modern times in some traditional cultures
www.newscientist.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying plant-based poisons on their weapons, a practice that has continued into modern times in some traditional cultures
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For today’s #FindsFriday, the Norfolk Carnyx!
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
For today’s #FindsFriday, the Norfolk Carnyx!
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
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What if Paleolithic rock art wasn’t just meant to be seen—but heard?
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
When the Caves Answer Back: Sound, Rock Art, and the Deep History of Listening
When we think about Paleolithic rock art, we tend to think with our eyes.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
What if Paleolithic rock art wasn’t just meant to be seen—but heard?
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
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A new study by @samleggs22.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & Tamsin O'Connell 'Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100'
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
A new study by @samleggs22.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & Tamsin O'Connell 'Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100'
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
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January 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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It's the first #HillfortsWednesday of 2026 !!
Here's a fantastic recreation of the main N gate approach corridor to Tre'r Ceiri #Gwynedd 🤩
© A Smith / @henebtwa.bsky.social
From G Smith *Hillforts and Hut Groups of NW Wales* @intarcheditor.bsky.social 👇👇
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
Here's a fantastic recreation of the main N gate approach corridor to Tre'r Ceiri #Gwynedd 🤩
© A Smith / @henebtwa.bsky.social
From G Smith *Hillforts and Hut Groups of NW Wales* @intarcheditor.bsky.social 👇👇
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
It's the first #HillfortsWednesday of 2026 !!
Here's a fantastic recreation of the main N gate approach corridor to Tre'r Ceiri #Gwynedd 🤩
© A Smith / @henebtwa.bsky.social
From G Smith *Hillforts and Hut Groups of NW Wales* @intarcheditor.bsky.social 👇👇
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
Here's a fantastic recreation of the main N gate approach corridor to Tre'r Ceiri #Gwynedd 🤩
© A Smith / @henebtwa.bsky.social
From G Smith *Hillforts and Hut Groups of NW Wales* @intarcheditor.bsky.social 👇👇
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
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Very proud to review Peter Oborne's book, 'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza' for @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
‘Complicit’: A Forensic Look at How Britain’s ‘Blood-Soaked’ Political-Media Machine Enabled Slaughter in Gaza
Peter Oborne’s recent book on Israel’s war delivers a forcefully argued indictment of Britain’s politicians and their media allies, writes Matt Gallagher
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Very proud to review Peter Oborne's book, 'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza' for @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
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2 things:
1) Joel is right here in that AI is a "restorative" nostalgia (from Svetlana Boym) machine, in that it produces a past that never existed & tries to drag it into the present
2) the crusade imagery is violent white supremacy (see next post)
1) Joel is right here in that AI is a "restorative" nostalgia (from Svetlana Boym) machine, in that it produces a past that never existed & tries to drag it into the present
2) the crusade imagery is violent white supremacy (see next post)
It’s quite telling that so many right-wing dealers in nostalgia are embracing the aesthetics of modern AI-generated art. Can’t actually find real images of the imagined past to which you want us to return? No problem; just generate it with AI.
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
2 things:
1) Joel is right here in that AI is a "restorative" nostalgia (from Svetlana Boym) machine, in that it produces a past that never existed & tries to drag it into the present
2) the crusade imagery is violent white supremacy (see next post)
1) Joel is right here in that AI is a "restorative" nostalgia (from Svetlana Boym) machine, in that it produces a past that never existed & tries to drag it into the present
2) the crusade imagery is violent white supremacy (see next post)
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Back down to earth with a bump...
"Incredibly rare" & yet we'll flog it anyway.
WHY COMMENT FROM AN AUCTIONEER & NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST???
The commercialisation of portable artefacts continues... sob...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Incredibly rare" & yet we'll flog it anyway.
WHY COMMENT FROM AN AUCTIONEER & NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST???
The commercialisation of portable artefacts continues... sob...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Incredibly rare' Celtic gold coin found in East Yorkshire field
The coin was found in Lelley and dates back to around 50-10BC - the Iron Age period.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Back down to earth with a bump...
"Incredibly rare" & yet we'll flog it anyway.
WHY COMMENT FROM AN AUCTIONEER & NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST???
The commercialisation of portable artefacts continues... sob...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Incredibly rare" & yet we'll flog it anyway.
WHY COMMENT FROM AN AUCTIONEER & NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST???
The commercialisation of portable artefacts continues... sob...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I was in Broadway this morning to pick up a book from the independent bookshop. This had been going on a few miles from home. Who knew?
News from Explore the Past that the excavations at Broadway #Worcestershire will be featured in Digging for Britain in episode 3 of the new series on the 21st www.explorethepast.co.uk/2026/01/theb...
A Remarkable Discovery in Broadway featuring on Digging for Britain - Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service
Over the past year, we’ve been sharing lots about the archaeological discoveries from our work at Milestone Ground, Broadway. But one find, until now, has been kept very quiet. Our archaeologists unco...
www.explorethepast.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I was in Broadway this morning to pick up a book from the independent bookshop. This had been going on a few miles from home. Who knew?
It was a morning with great highlights. First, I read this in the Guardian ‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links | Archaeology | The Guardian share.google/wgQpLTZBG2cO...
Then I go to the local bookshop to collect this, by @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Then I go to the local bookshop to collect this, by @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It was a morning with great highlights. First, I read this in the Guardian ‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links | Archaeology | The Guardian share.google/wgQpLTZBG2cO...
Then I go to the local bookshop to collect this, by @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Then I go to the local bookshop to collect this, by @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
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As talk swirls around Greenland again, here's a conversation we had about Arctic geopolitics last spring with Sara Olsvig, head of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. It represents Inuit Canada, Alaska, Chukotka (Russia) and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), where she lives. thenarwhal.ca/arctic-sover...
Arctic sovereignty? Inuit would like a word | The Narwhal
As politicians push military, industry and Arctic sovereignty, Inuit Circumpolar Council head Sara Olsvig says ‘nothing about us without us’
thenarwhal.ca
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
As talk swirls around Greenland again, here's a conversation we had about Arctic geopolitics last spring with Sara Olsvig, head of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. It represents Inuit Canada, Alaska, Chukotka (Russia) and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), where she lives. thenarwhal.ca/arctic-sover...
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The waterlogged, anaerobic environment within prehistoric pile dwellings provided ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials like wood.
This bucket-like vessel made of oak wood and two smaller bowls (maple and ash wood) were found in In Reute Schorrenried.
Dating 3900-3500 BC.
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This bucket-like vessel made of oak wood and two smaller bowls (maple and ash wood) were found in In Reute Schorrenried.
Dating 3900-3500 BC.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The waterlogged, anaerobic environment within prehistoric pile dwellings provided ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials like wood.
This bucket-like vessel made of oak wood and two smaller bowls (maple and ash wood) were found in In Reute Schorrenried.
Dating 3900-3500 BC.
🏺
This bucket-like vessel made of oak wood and two smaller bowls (maple and ash wood) were found in In Reute Schorrenried.
Dating 3900-3500 BC.
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I am excited to launch our latest blog post from the Glencoe Landscape Archaeology and Storytelling Project - by our excavation and finds lab supervisor Amy Hellier on her work in our project archives!
You can find Amy's blog post here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/i...
You can find Amy's blog post here: glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/i...
In the Archive: Finds Auditing
Leap into our artefact catalogues, finds studies and archiving processes with Amy Hellier, excavations and finds lab supervisor. ………….. If you have joined us on excavation o…
glencoeandrannochenvirons.wordpress.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Been hearing rumblings about this one for a while from my brilliant anu colleagues who are co-authors - really glad to see it published!
New research reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the introduction of invasive pig species all over the Asia-Pacific 🐖🐽🐷🧬🌴🏝️🗿region. www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/geno... @gregerlarson.bsky.social Image credit: A Brumm (Griffith Uni) & A Agus Oktaviana (BRIN, Indonesia).
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Been hearing rumblings about this one for a while from my brilliant anu colleagues who are co-authors - really glad to see it published!
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Turning over a new leaf this year?
Our Cambridge and Lancaster offices are looking to hire Archaeologists and Assistant Supervisors
📆 Applications close 18th January
oxfordarchaeology.com/vacancy/archaeologists-and-assistant-supervisors-cambridge-and-lancaster
Our Cambridge and Lancaster offices are looking to hire Archaeologists and Assistant Supervisors
📆 Applications close 18th January
oxfordarchaeology.com/vacancy/archaeologists-and-assistant-supervisors-cambridge-and-lancaster
Archaeologists and Assistant Supervisors - Cambridge and Lancaster
www.oxfordarchaeology.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Turning over a new leaf this year?
Our Cambridge and Lancaster offices are looking to hire Archaeologists and Assistant Supervisors
📆 Applications close 18th January
oxfordarchaeology.com/vacancy/archaeologists-and-assistant-supervisors-cambridge-and-lancaster
Our Cambridge and Lancaster offices are looking to hire Archaeologists and Assistant Supervisors
📆 Applications close 18th January
oxfordarchaeology.com/vacancy/archaeologists-and-assistant-supervisors-cambridge-and-lancaster
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This antler frontlet from Star Carr, Yorkshire raises questions about relationships between humans and stags c.7000 years ago #MesolithicMonday
Prehistoric peoples lived in a much 'wilder' world than us, which limits our ability to envisage the past.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Prehistoric peoples lived in a much 'wilder' world than us, which limits our ability to envisage the past.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This antler frontlet from Star Carr, Yorkshire raises questions about relationships between humans and stags c.7000 years ago #MesolithicMonday
Prehistoric peoples lived in a much 'wilder' world than us, which limits our ability to envisage the past.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Prehistoric peoples lived in a much 'wilder' world than us, which limits our ability to envisage the past.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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The Indigenous Shompen people live on Great Nicobar Island, which could soon be turned into the ‘Hong Kong of India.’ The vast majority of them are uncontacted, and the destruction to their island could wipe them out.
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The Indigenous Shompen people live on Great Nicobar Island, which could soon be turned into the ‘Hong Kong of India.’ The vast majority of them are uncontacted, and the destruction to their island could wipe them out.
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My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
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JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...