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An innovative new bird-tracking project has been launched in Scotland to help demystify the migratory secrets surrounding the familiar Rock Pipit:
Pioneering Rock Pipit study launches in Scotland
The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is now being used in Fife, Scotland, to study Rock Pipit migration. Additionally, the system recently picked up the migratory movements of a Blackbird from Norway.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:16 AM
An innovative new bird-tracking project has been launched in Scotland to help demystify the migratory secrets surrounding the familiar Rock Pipit:
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Last week I visited Duddo Five Stones, aka the Singing Stones, for the first time - wow! Beautiful weathered megaliths crowning the hill, with Northumberland spreading far and wide, and the Cheviots on the horizon. The stones even whistled for us! Very nice indeed #StandingStoneSunday
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Last week I visited Duddo Five Stones, aka the Singing Stones, for the first time - wow! Beautiful weathered megaliths crowning the hill, with Northumberland spreading far and wide, and the Cheviots on the horizon. The stones even whistled for us! Very nice indeed #StandingStoneSunday
Quite superb. Thanks @johnhawks.net
I’m writing up this year’s top discoveries from ancient DNA and it reminded me to circulate a link to last year’s top 10 list. Some amazing stuff there and remarkable how fast this field moves!
www.johnhawks.net/p/top-10-dis...
www.johnhawks.net/p/top-10-dis...
Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2024
New resolution is emerging of some events in ancient human populations, and a clearer view of some parts of the genome.
www.johnhawks.net
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Quite superb. Thanks @johnhawks.net
And a fine reconstruction it is. Recommended to visit.
#HillfortsWednesday
Castell Henllys is an archaeological site near Nevern in north Pembrokeshire, #Wales. The Iron Age hillfort has been the subject of an ongoing excavation since the start of the 21st century, accompanied by an exercise in reconstruction
#Archaeology #History
Castell Henllys is an archaeological site near Nevern in north Pembrokeshire, #Wales. The Iron Age hillfort has been the subject of an ongoing excavation since the start of the 21st century, accompanied by an exercise in reconstruction
#Archaeology #History
September 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
And a fine reconstruction it is. Recommended to visit.
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#RomanSiteSaturday
Lurking in Bay 52 of an underground car park in central #London is one of the best-preserved sections of the Roman city wall. It dates from AD190 - 225 and formed part of the northern circuit, to the immediate east of Cripplegate Fort. #RomanBritain 📸 me
Lurking in Bay 52 of an underground car park in central #London is one of the best-preserved sections of the Roman city wall. It dates from AD190 - 225 and formed part of the northern circuit, to the immediate east of Cripplegate Fort. #RomanBritain 📸 me
August 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday
Lurking in Bay 52 of an underground car park in central #London is one of the best-preserved sections of the Roman city wall. It dates from AD190 - 225 and formed part of the northern circuit, to the immediate east of Cripplegate Fort. #RomanBritain 📸 me
Lurking in Bay 52 of an underground car park in central #London is one of the best-preserved sections of the Roman city wall. It dates from AD190 - 225 and formed part of the northern circuit, to the immediate east of Cripplegate Fort. #RomanBritain 📸 me
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A very interesting and apparently thorough Guardian article
Also see: The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins
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July 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A very interesting and apparently thorough Guardian article
Fabulous place. Impressive structures. Excellently presented.
Finally made it to the Clava Cairns last weekend on the way back from the Highlands! Have meant to drop by many times on the way up or down the A9 and missed the @scarf-scot.bsky.social rock art workshop there in May so made a special stop this time.
#TombTuesday
#TombTuesday
July 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Fabulous place. Impressive structures. Excellently presented.
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www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529452...
"It is one of the largest ancient structures ever found in Scotland – a 35-metre long meeting hall for the earliest Stone Age farmers who tilled the soil 6,000 years ago."
"It is one of the largest ancient structures ever found in Scotland – a 35-metre long meeting hall for the earliest Stone Age farmers who tilled the soil 6,000 years ago."
Dig uncovers 'monumental' timber building older than Stonehenge
The structure may once have been used to ancient rituals - and gigantic feasts
www.heraldscotland.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529452...
"It is one of the largest ancient structures ever found in Scotland – a 35-metre long meeting hall for the earliest Stone Age farmers who tilled the soil 6,000 years ago."
"It is one of the largest ancient structures ever found in Scotland – a 35-metre long meeting hall for the earliest Stone Age farmers who tilled the soil 6,000 years ago."
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Graph of British Rivers
July 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Graph of British Rivers
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We at @cancic.bsky.social can do proper #archaeological pointing and proper being astonished/shocked/amazed 🏺
A great first day of test pits in #Northumberland. First outing for our new cancic.com tshirts and some proper #archaeology pointing. And proper archaeology astonishment.
July 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We at @cancic.bsky.social can do proper #archaeological pointing and proper being astonished/shocked/amazed 🏺
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Looking forward to our second weekend of test pitting in Longframlington. Lovely support from the #community for this project. #Northumberland
July 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Looking forward to our second weekend of test pitting in Longframlington. Lovely support from the #community for this project. #Northumberland
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Summer warmth between 15,500 and 15,000 years ago enabled human repopulation of the northwest European margin www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Summer warmth between 15,500 and 15,000 years ago enabled human repopulation of the northwest European margin - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors use the latest radiocarbon calibration curve and new local palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental records from Britain to show that humans repopulated the northwest European margin between...
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July 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Summer warmth between 15,500 and 15,000 years ago enabled human repopulation of the northwest European margin www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Indiana Jones had his contract reduced to 0.5 FTE, as preventing Nazis from acquiring objects which would give them the power of God was not a REF'able activity 🧐
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Indiana Jones had his contract reduced to 0.5 FTE, as preventing Nazis from acquiring objects which would give them the power of God was not a REF'able activity 🧐
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The remains of one of the Neolithic houses from Skara Brae on Orkney, with its famous dresser. Occupied from around 3100 to 2500 BC, the prehistoric settlement is one of the best preserved in the British Isles. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
July 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The remains of one of the Neolithic houses from Skara Brae on Orkney, with its famous dresser. Occupied from around 3100 to 2500 BC, the prehistoric settlement is one of the best preserved in the British Isles. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
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I'm a public safety diver. I have been to several drowning scenes.
The best time to learn when to swim is when you are a child. The second best time is right now.
The Red Cross can help you find places to learn. Local YMCAs are also great.
www.redcross.org/take-a-class...
The best time to learn when to swim is when you are a child. The second best time is right now.
The Red Cross can help you find places to learn. Local YMCAs are also great.
www.redcross.org/take-a-class...
July 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I'm a public safety diver. I have been to several drowning scenes.
The best time to learn when to swim is when you are a child. The second best time is right now.
The Red Cross can help you find places to learn. Local YMCAs are also great.
www.redcross.org/take-a-class...
The best time to learn when to swim is when you are a child. The second best time is right now.
The Red Cross can help you find places to learn. Local YMCAs are also great.
www.redcross.org/take-a-class...
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Whinny Hill, Northumberland. A possible BA Four Poster almost totally buried in heather. Four stones present in total. Ranging poles mark purported ‘sockets’ of ‘missing’ stones, seems unlikely unless they were very recently removed. A site in much need of scheduling and care. #standingstoneSunday
June 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Whinny Hill, Northumberland. A possible BA Four Poster almost totally buried in heather. Four stones present in total. Ranging poles mark purported ‘sockets’ of ‘missing’ stones, seems unlikely unless they were very recently removed. A site in much need of scheduling and care. #standingstoneSunday
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A long chronology for the British Late Middle Palaeolithic: MIS 5–MIS 3 occupation at Great Pan Farm (Isle of Wight, England) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A long chronology for the British Late Middle Palaeolithic: MIS 5–MIS 3 occupation at Great Pan Farm (Isle of Wight, England)
Human occupation of Britain during the Late Middle Palaeolithic (LMP) has been characterised as spanning a duration of only ten to fifteen thousand ye…
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June 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A long chronology for the British Late Middle Palaeolithic: MIS 5–MIS 3 occupation at Great Pan Farm (Isle of Wight, England) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
May 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
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I don't know how many times we have to say this, but they're "Thieves", not "Nighthawkers". They're not highwaymen, they're looters #ancientbluesky
'Nighthawkers' in illegal dig at historic Devon site
Multiple holes dug by illegal metal detectorists at historic Lydford Castle and Saxon Town.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I don't know how many times we have to say this, but they're "Thieves", not "Nighthawkers". They're not highwaymen, they're looters #ancientbluesky
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New Phil Trans B issue on ‘Unravelling domestication: multi-disciplinary perspectives on human and non-human relationships in the past, present and future’ royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1926
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May 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
New Phil Trans B issue on ‘Unravelling domestication: multi-disciplinary perspectives on human and non-human relationships in the past, present and future’ royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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It’s so exciting when a new archaeological technique is developed - promising to unlock more secrets from the past. PhD student Maddison Crombie has just worked out a way to test ochre (mineral pigment) and find out where it’s come from:
New paper 🧲💡PhD student Maddison Crombie proposes a method to fingerprint ochre with magnetic properties #unimelb #archaeomagnetism
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new method for fingerprinting ochre sources using mineral magnetic measurements
Fingerprinting of iron-rich natural pigments commonly known as ochre, provides the opportunity to trace the cultural movement of these ochres in the a…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It’s so exciting when a new archaeological technique is developed - promising to unlock more secrets from the past. PhD student Maddison Crombie has just worked out a way to test ochre (mineral pigment) and find out where it’s come from:
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I am thrilled to share my paper on statistical training in archaeology. Thank you to @kjkillackey.bsky.social for the incredible illustration in the graphical abstract. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I am thrilled to share my paper on statistical training in archaeology. Thank you to @kjkillackey.bsky.social for the incredible illustration in the graphical abstract. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Petition for TV archaeology programmes to stop calling everything a mystery or a secret. I don't go to the archives thinking 'what mysteries or secrets will I find here?'. Just stop it!
April 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Petition for TV archaeology programmes to stop calling everything a mystery or a secret. I don't go to the archives thinking 'what mysteries or secrets will I find here?'. Just stop it!
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Pope Leo X and Charles V discover environmentalism
April 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Pope Leo X and Charles V discover environmentalism