Lawrence Shaw
@lawrence-shaw.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Lead Historic Environment Advisor Forestry England. Presenter of Career in Ruins and Time Team. Landscape, survey & digital archaeology. Views my own.
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Two free workshops at #CAAUK2025 (9 Dec):
📊 Intro to Bayesian Stats (with R)
🏛️ Intro to Arches (heritage data management)
Limited spaces — sign up when you register!
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
#CAAUK #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology #ComputationalArchaeology
📊 Intro to Bayesian Stats (with R)
🏛️ Intro to Arches (heritage data management)
Limited spaces — sign up when you register!
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
#CAAUK #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology #ComputationalArchaeology
CAA UK 2025 Annual Conference
Join us at CAA UK 2025, featuring research & workshops in the application of quantitative methods and computing to archaeology and heritage.
www.eventbrite.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Two free workshops at #CAAUK2025 (9 Dec):
📊 Intro to Bayesian Stats (with R)
🏛️ Intro to Arches (heritage data management)
Limited spaces — sign up when you register!
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
#CAAUK #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology #ComputationalArchaeology
📊 Intro to Bayesian Stats (with R)
🏛️ Intro to Arches (heritage data management)
Limited spaces — sign up when you register!
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
#CAAUK #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology #ComputationalArchaeology
It’s been a pleasure to be the chair for the last six years, but it’s time for a new lead. This is a brilliant group. Do get in touch if you have any questions.
📣 We’re looking for a new #CAAUK Chair!
Join the committee & help shape the future of digital archaeology in the UK!
For details or to express interest, contact:
✉️ [email protected]
#CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology
Join the committee & help shape the future of digital archaeology in the UK!
For details or to express interest, contact:
✉️ [email protected]
#CAAUK2025 #Archaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology
November 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It’s been a pleasure to be the chair for the last six years, but it’s time for a new lead. This is a brilliant group. Do get in touch if you have any questions.
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Registration is open for #CAAUK2025!
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
CAA UK 2025 Annual Conference
Join us at CAA UK 2025, featuring research & workshops in the application of quantitative methods and computing to archaeology and heritage.
www.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Registration is open for #CAAUK2025!
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
Join us in Cambridge, 9–10 Dec, for talks, posters & workshops on digital & quantitative archaeology.
👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! Derek & Lawrence chat with artist-archaeologist Dr. Rose Ferraby about art, storytelling, and community in archaeology. Don’t miss this creative, inspiring conversation! 🎧
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! Derek & Lawrence chat with artist-archaeologist Dr. Rose Ferraby about art, storytelling, and community in archaeology. Don’t miss this creative, inspiring conversation! 🎧
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
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Just back from Devizes and the opening of Rose Ferraby’s new exhibition Dowland at the Wiltshire Museum last night. Still buzzing - it’s such a fantastic show. Thanks to @lesleymcf.bsky.social for being such a great travelling companion
www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk?exhibition=d...
www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk?exhibition=d...
Downland: art and the archaeological imagination in Wiltshire - Wiltshire Museum
Opening in October 2025, this exhibition will feature the landscape and archaeology of Wiltshire, and includes new works by Rose Ferraby. There has long been a hunger to discover the secrets of the Wi...
www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Just back from Devizes and the opening of Rose Ferraby’s new exhibition Dowland at the Wiltshire Museum last night. Still buzzing - it’s such a fantastic show. Thanks to @lesleymcf.bsky.social for being such a great travelling companion
www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk?exhibition=d...
www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk?exhibition=d...
We’re thrilled (and a little bit stunned!) to share that Career in Ruins has been shortlisted for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Archaeology Achievements Awards 2025. We’re also proud just to be alongside such inspiring projects.
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We’re thrilled (and a little bit stunned!) to share that Career in Ruins has been shortlisted for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Archaeology Achievements Awards 2025. We’re also proud just to be alongside such inspiring projects.
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
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🎓 LAST CHANCE – Masters Award!
Present your Masters thesis/dissertation at #CAAUK2025 for a chance to win our £100 prize 🏆
Deadline: Monday 29 Sept
Submit title + 300-word abstract to [email protected] (flag you’d like to be considered)
#CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeology
Present your Masters thesis/dissertation at #CAAUK2025 for a chance to win our £100 prize 🏆
Deadline: Monday 29 Sept
Submit title + 300-word abstract to [email protected] (flag you’d like to be considered)
#CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeology
September 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🎓 LAST CHANCE – Masters Award!
Present your Masters thesis/dissertation at #CAAUK2025 for a chance to win our £100 prize 🏆
Deadline: Monday 29 Sept
Submit title + 300-word abstract to [email protected] (flag you’d like to be considered)
#CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeology
Present your Masters thesis/dissertation at #CAAUK2025 for a chance to win our £100 prize 🏆
Deadline: Monday 29 Sept
Submit title + 300-word abstract to [email protected] (flag you’d like to be considered)
#CAAUK #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeology
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🚨 Deadline Extension! 🚨
The call for papers & posters for the #CAAUK2025 is now open until 29th Sep 2025!
📅 9th-10th Dec 2025
📍 Cambridge
This is a great chance for postgraduate students and early career scholars to present their research.
📧 Submit abstracts to: [email protected]
The call for papers & posters for the #CAAUK2025 is now open until 29th Sep 2025!
📅 9th-10th Dec 2025
📍 Cambridge
This is a great chance for postgraduate students and early career scholars to present their research.
📧 Submit abstracts to: [email protected]
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨 Deadline Extension! 🚨
The call for papers & posters for the #CAAUK2025 is now open until 29th Sep 2025!
📅 9th-10th Dec 2025
📍 Cambridge
This is a great chance for postgraduate students and early career scholars to present their research.
📧 Submit abstracts to: [email protected]
The call for papers & posters for the #CAAUK2025 is now open until 29th Sep 2025!
📅 9th-10th Dec 2025
📍 Cambridge
This is a great chance for postgraduate students and early career scholars to present their research.
📧 Submit abstracts to: [email protected]
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... a fantastic heritage project in my local village. 🚂
Railway cuts in 1960s were a
Rail enthusiasts say sweeping station closures 60 years ago have left villages less well connected.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... a fantastic heritage project in my local village. 🚂
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@lawrence-shaw.bsky.social and I have been working on a little project….. youtu.be/CgE5rCsPG6Y?...
COMING SOON! Career in Ruins are back in the field
YouTube video by Career in Ruins
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
@lawrence-shaw.bsky.social and I have been working on a little project….. youtu.be/CgE5rCsPG6Y?...
Hello Switzerland! 🇨🇭
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Hello Switzerland! 🇨🇭
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🏆 £100 Masters Award - #CAAUK2025
Calling all recent Masters grads — showcase your dissertation research in digital & quantitative #archaeology!
📍 Cambridge | 9–10 Dec 2025
📝 Abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Sept, 12pm to [email protected]
Linktr.ee/caa_uk
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
Calling all recent Masters grads — showcase your dissertation research in digital & quantitative #archaeology!
📍 Cambridge | 9–10 Dec 2025
📝 Abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Sept, 12pm to [email protected]
Linktr.ee/caa_uk
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
September 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🏆 £100 Masters Award - #CAAUK2025
Calling all recent Masters grads — showcase your dissertation research in digital & quantitative #archaeology!
📍 Cambridge | 9–10 Dec 2025
📝 Abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Sept, 12pm to [email protected]
Linktr.ee/caa_uk
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
Calling all recent Masters grads — showcase your dissertation research in digital & quantitative #archaeology!
📍 Cambridge | 9–10 Dec 2025
📝 Abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Sept, 12pm to [email protected]
Linktr.ee/caa_uk
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
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⏳ 2 weeks left to submit for #CAAUK2025!
📝 Abstracts ≤300 words in digital & quantitative archaeology welcome.
£100 Masters Award 🏆 for outstanding dissertations!
🗓️ 9–10 Dec | 📍 @Cambridge_Uni
Due 15 Sept, 12pm |📧 [email protected]
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
📝 Abstracts ≤300 words in digital & quantitative archaeology welcome.
£100 Masters Award 🏆 for outstanding dissertations!
🗓️ 9–10 Dec | 📍 @Cambridge_Uni
Due 15 Sept, 12pm |📧 [email protected]
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
September 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
⏳ 2 weeks left to submit for #CAAUK2025!
📝 Abstracts ≤300 words in digital & quantitative archaeology welcome.
£100 Masters Award 🏆 for outstanding dissertations!
🗓️ 9–10 Dec | 📍 @Cambridge_Uni
Due 15 Sept, 12pm |📧 [email protected]
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
📝 Abstracts ≤300 words in digital & quantitative archaeology welcome.
£100 Masters Award 🏆 for outstanding dissertations!
🗓️ 9–10 Dec | 📍 @Cambridge_Uni
Due 15 Sept, 12pm |📧 [email protected]
#DigitalArchaeology #ECR
The organisers of CAA-UK 2025 would like to invite papers and posters for the 2025 meeting, to be held at the Department of Archaeology and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, on the 9th and 10th of December 2025.
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
CAA-UK 2025 | CAA UK
uk.caa-international.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The organisers of CAA-UK 2025 would like to invite papers and posters for the 2025 meeting, to be held at the Department of Archaeology and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, on the 9th and 10th of December 2025.
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
Great to visit the Cern Abbey excavations today. And an absolute treat to have a mediaeval knife made for me out of recycled mediaeval metal from the spoil heap. Congratulations on another successful season @hugh-willmott.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great to visit the Cern Abbey excavations today. And an absolute treat to have a mediaeval knife made for me out of recycled mediaeval metal from the spoil heap. Congratulations on another successful season @hugh-willmott.bsky.social
A distraction from more interesting things 👀😏
Archaeologists assemble - a good question to ponder over lunch, from Reddit:
If you could solve just one of archaeology's mysteries, what would it be?
#AskAnArchaeologist
If you could solve just one of archaeology's mysteries, what would it be?
#AskAnArchaeologist
July 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A distraction from more interesting things 👀😏
Does anyone know of any figures or reports associated with the increase in known archaeological sites since the establishment of Lidar analysis to map and record features within woodlands?
July 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Does anyone know of any figures or reports associated with the increase in known archaeological sites since the establishment of Lidar analysis to map and record features within woodlands?
Our latest paper is now available, open source!
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere: Democratisation of Digital Documentation and Visualisation in 3D
Rich Potter , Derek Pitman , Lawrence Shaw and Christian Horn
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere: Democratisation of Digital Documentation and Visualisation in 3D
Rich Potter , Derek Pitman , Lawrence Shaw and Christian Horn
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere: Democratisation of Digital Documentation and Visualisation in 3D
Digital technologies have become a core component of archaeological and cultural heritage research and “born digital” data sets are now commonplace within the discipline. Yet, despite significant effo...
www.degruyterbrill.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Our latest paper is now available, open source!
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere: Democratisation of Digital Documentation and Visualisation in 3D
Rich Potter , Derek Pitman , Lawrence Shaw and Christian Horn
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere: Democratisation of Digital Documentation and Visualisation in 3D
Rich Potter , Derek Pitman , Lawrence Shaw and Christian Horn
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Can’t wait to join them again this year
⏳ Counting down the days to the weekend… and the #FestivalOfArchaeology launch! 🎉
Join us on 19 July for a FREE family day exploring Belfast’s incredible Divis and the Black Mountain. With guided walks, talks, pottery making, storytelling, & more! 👉 shorturl.at/k25gd
Join us on 19 July for a FREE family day exploring Belfast’s incredible Divis and the Black Mountain. With guided walks, talks, pottery making, storytelling, & more! 👉 shorturl.at/k25gd
Festival of Archaeology Launch Event 2025
<p>Join us for a FREE fun-filled family day for the launch of this year's CBA Festival of Archaeology on and around Belfast’s spectacular Divis and The Black Mountain! In collaboration with ...
shorturl.at
July 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Can’t wait to join them again this year
This was an awful lot of fun. Catch up on a video this weekend which covers our adventures at the Scottish Crannog Centre with the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social at the launch of last year’s festival of archaeology
youtu.be/lnkFZSr7y2I?...
youtu.be/lnkFZSr7y2I?...
Coming soon! A day in ruins
YouTube video by Career in Ruins
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This was an awful lot of fun. Catch up on a video this weekend which covers our adventures at the Scottish Crannog Centre with the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social at the launch of last year’s festival of archaeology
youtu.be/lnkFZSr7y2I?...
youtu.be/lnkFZSr7y2I?...
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The #Durotriges25 team at the end of the last day's briefing
Thanks to them and everyone else who participated in the Great Durotrigian Dig
We love you guys! 👋
Thanks to them and everyone else who participated in the Great Durotrigian Dig
We love you guys! 👋
July 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The #Durotriges25 team at the end of the last day's briefing
Thanks to them and everyone else who participated in the Great Durotrigian Dig
We love you guys! 👋
Thanks to them and everyone else who participated in the Great Durotrigian Dig
We love you guys! 👋
Great to drop into the @durotrigesdig.bsky.social open day today. Isla’s first dig, and what a high bar it has set. Lots of lovely friendly familiar faces to go along with a fascinating site 👍🙌🏼
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great to drop into the @durotrigesdig.bsky.social open day today. Isla’s first dig, and what a high bar it has set. Lots of lovely friendly familiar faces to go along with a fascinating site 👍🙌🏼
Great to present at the World Archaeological Congress this morning (Theme 10 / Session 4: Digital Applications in Storytelling for Cultural Heritage) with our paper: Rooted in History. Proud to share how digital storytelling supports Forestry England’s Historic Environment Strategy. #WAC #Heritage
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Just over a week left to get your application in for this great job.
🌲 Join Forestry England! 🏛️
We’re hiring a Historic Environment Advisor to protect heritage across our forests.
📍 Location: Any FE office (flexible in England)
📅 Until 31/03/2028 | 💰 £32,724
Help shape landscapes and preserve history. Apply now!
careers.forestryengland.uk/jobs/job/His...
We’re hiring a Historic Environment Advisor to protect heritage across our forests.
📍 Location: Any FE office (flexible in England)
📅 Until 31/03/2028 | 💰 £32,724
Help shape landscapes and preserve history. Apply now!
careers.forestryengland.uk/jobs/job/His...
Historic Environment Advisor | 30 June, 2025 | Jobs and careers with Forestry England
Jobs and careers with Forestry England - We are Forestry England.We live and breathe forests. Job title – Historic Environment Advisor Salary- £32,724 - £32,724Contract type – Fixed-Term Appointment u...
careers.forestryengland.uk
June 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just over a week left to get your application in for this great job.
Just had a fantastic few days excavating with Time Team at Sutton Hoo! 🏺 Thrilled to uncover new finds, learn from experts, and connect with history beneath Suffolk soil. Grateful, inspired and already counting the days until the next dig! #TimeTeam #SuttonHoo #DigLife
June 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just had a fantastic few days excavating with Time Team at Sutton Hoo! 🏺 Thrilled to uncover new finds, learn from experts, and connect with history beneath Suffolk soil. Grateful, inspired and already counting the days until the next dig! #TimeTeam #SuttonHoo #DigLife