Are you an archaeologist working on quarries or rock-cut structures? Please submit a paper proposal at this upcoming conference (Edinburgh, UK, 14-15 May 2026) hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social

More info on the book on www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857220...

Delighted to see our new book on Toraja rock-cut tombs fresh from the press! Many thanks to Julie Gardiner and @oxbowbooks.bsky.social

Just-announced programme for the Highland Archaeology Festival in Inverness next month. I'll be there talking about evidence for the early church in Urquhart, the Aird and Strathglass, drawing on some of my most recent research. Looking forward to meeting and hearing from others!

Some ethnoarchaeological excitement is coming your way! This upcoming volume is the first book dedicated to Toraja rock-cut tombs, providing a detailed overview of and fresh insights into this unique burial tradition. Learn more ➡ bit.ly/3HvRbg9

Three ancient rock-cut chamber tombs of a type known as "Domus de Janas" have been uncovered in Sardinia’s Sant’Andrea Priu archaeological complex.

archaeology.org/news/2025/08/01/ancient-sardinian-tombs-uncovered/

Call for papers!

Conference on the archaeology of quarrying and rock-cut sites, May 2026 in Edinburgh.

You have plenty of time to send your abstract, but don’t leave it too late either!

#archaeology 🏺

hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even...

Today, the unique Neolithic rock-cut tombs of Sardinia (domus de janas) have been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. A much deserved recognition! whc.unesco.org/en/list/1730

Many thanks to Bonorva municipality, Soprintendenza di Sassari, Forestas, and our partners @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @inrap.fr @umr5608traces.bsky.social for another successful season. See you again next year!

End of the 2025 excavations at Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva, Sardinia). This year we explored a Middle Bronze Age cluster of round and rectangular stone houses, representing a later phase of occupation at the site.

Florian Soula and Antonio d’Agostino from @inrap.fr Corsica have just joined the excavation team at the Chalcolithic settlement site of Punta Ferulosu (Bonorva, Sardinia). They will dig with us until the 26th June. Ben tornati (welcome back) Florian and Antonio!

Excavations have resumed this week at the Chalcolithic settlement site of Punta Ferulosu (Sardinia) with archaeology students from @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social

Very excited to read these two new books that have just arrived by the post: Pierre Pétrequin’s final two volumes of the JADE project’s monograph series, and Serge Cassen’s “monumental” monograph on the Gavrinis decorated chambered tomb in Brittany #neolithic