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Ellis Perryman
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Field Archaeologist at Headland Archaeology UK. All opinions my own.
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Extraordinary new finds from the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni, Tuscany: extraordinary bronze statues, bronze snakes, jewellery, coins recovered from the mud.

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December 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Astounding helmet of a Celtic military chieftain, c. 250-175 BC.

Iron shell crowned with a bronze bird with outstretched wings attached with hinges, which flapped when the wearer moved. Found amongst a warrior chieftain’s grave goods in a tomb at Ciumești, Romania, in 1961. 📷 by me

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November 27, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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Colin Renfrew has passed away. A hugely influential figure in archaeology throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.
November 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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1/ Being an archaeologist is a wonderful thing, but we should all be paid to reflect the experience, responsibility and expertise we bring. That we are in this position more than 30 yrs after the requirement for archaeological work ahead of development was brought in is an outrage.
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Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
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Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2024
This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 644 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept w…
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November 21, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Nippy early morning starts in North Yorkshire this week #Archaeology
November 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM