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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · 2d

We've received some wonderful photos of the Society in the 40s-60s, kindly donated to the Society's archive by David Powell, son of TGE Powell (who was President in the early 70s).

We hope to publish some in PAST soon...

#Archaeology 🏺

Photos of archaeological sites and prehistorians of the mid 20th century.

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9d

I'm just incredibly sad right now. Andy was a brilliant colleague, a kind man, a passionate nerd, a great archaeologist. I'm finding it really hard to believe well never get another beer together.

The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · 9d

Some very sad news from Cornwall. Our thoughts go to Andy’s family and friends.

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · 9d

Some very sad news from Cornwall. Our thoughts go to Andy’s family and friends.

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · 16d

24th Sara Champion Memorial lecture 21st October, 5pm online & in-person.

Dr Barbara Oosterwijk: 'Traces of Touch: From Palaeolithic Embodied Markings to Amazonian Decorated Hands'.

Lecture preceded by awards & drinks reception follows:

www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2025-...

#Archaeology 🏺

Traces of Touch: From Palaeolithic Embodied Markings to Amazonian Decorated Hands | The Prehistoric Society

Lecture abstract coming soon...Order of events:4.30pm Presentation President’s Awards, Peter Clarke Award and the Student Dissertation Prizes.5-5.45pm: Lecture5.45-6.45pm: Wine reception.FREE to atten...

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 23d

I wrote a review of Deborah Hallam's Neolithic Life and Death in the Yorkshire Dale's for the @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social.
www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications...

Neolithic life and death in the Yorkshire Dales | The Prehistoric Society

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · 16d

The work on the stunning Rosemarkie Bronze Age hoard, discovered in Scotland, has been published -

#Archaeology 🏺

www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/GALNews/?p=792

Secrets of Rosemarkie Bronze Age hoard revealed |

www.guard-archaeology.co.uk

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · 25d

Opens today!! We've seen the exhibition and it's definitely well worth a visit!

#Archaeology 🏺

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · Sep 6

🆓 Download free-access articles on #EuropeanArchaeology, for #EAA2025Belgrade: 📲✅ https://cup.org/42bmHqP

Free access (where not already OA) until 30/09/25.

@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
@antiquity.ac.uk
@cam-archaeology.bsky.social
@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
@saa-aap.bsky.social
#EAA2025

Promotional image for Cambridge's presence at EAA 2025 in Cambridge, featuring a scenic view of the Belgrade cityscape with river and boats under autumn leaves.

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · Aug 30

Some real gems in here including Alasdair Whittle laying the smack down on scholars of the Neolithic North Atlantic Archipelago for playing down connections between Britain and Ireland.

The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Aug 29

Four First View papers ready for the weekend, and 3 are open access!

From hafting adze heads and African houses to piggy pannage and Neolithic relations between Britain and Ireland, there's something for everyone...

#Archaeology 🏺

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Aug 29

(Don't forget, access to ALL PPS online papers - back to 1908!!! - and a paper copy of the journal are included in membership. Details here: www.prehistoricsociety.org/join )

Have a great weekend all 😊

Join the Prehistoric Society | The Prehistoric Society

Become a member of the Prehistoric Society! Membership runs from January to January each year.BenefitsPrehistoric Society members receive the following:

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Aug 29

Four First View papers ready for the weekend, and 3 are open access!

From hafting adze heads and African houses to piggy pannage and Neolithic relations between Britain and Ireland, there's something for everyone...

#Archaeology 🏺

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Aug 22

From the Museum of Liverpool:

'Treasure: History Unearthed' will feature largest collection of archaeological treasure ever shown in the region, with finds from the North West & Wales, celebrating archaeology & the work of Portable Antiquities Scheme.

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Treasure History Unearthed

Open from 13 September 2025

Museum of

Liverpool

Pier Head

Liverpool L3 1DG

Book tickets now

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Aug 20

What a fabulous paper to kick off with! Well done Sue, and of course the @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social team! 👏

Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is the first paper I've seen through to completion as editor of @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social journal. It's a fantastic study, showing feasting on pork took place at Newgrange over the winter period in the late Neolithic, when all those timber monuments & henges were being constructed nearby:

UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congrats to UCD Archaeology's Dr Neil Carlin & colleagues on their new Open Access paper: Guiry, E, et al (2025) 'Pigs, pannage, and the solstice: isotopic insights from prehistoric feasting at Newgrange' out this morning in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 1/3 doi.org/10.1017/ppr....

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is the first paper I've seen through to completion as editor of @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social journal. It's a fantastic study, showing feasting on pork took place at Newgrange over the winter period in the late Neolithic, when all those timber monuments & henges were being constructed nearby:

UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congrats to UCD Archaeology's Dr Neil Carlin & colleagues on their new Open Access paper: Guiry, E, et al (2025) 'Pigs, pannage, and the solstice: isotopic insights from prehistoric feasting at Newgrange' out this morning in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 1/3 doi.org/10.1017/ppr....

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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · Aug 13

@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @chrisbstringer.bsky.social Lady Smith Woodward's preface to SW's The Earliest Englishman 1948: "Miss Tassert re-drew the illustrations". These include: "Imaginary portrait of Piltdown Man by John Cooke frontispiece". Any clues to Miss Tassert or the Cooke original?

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Aug 8

Do you have exciting prehistoric research you want to share? Deadline for submission to newsletter PAST (Autumn) is 12th Sept.

Articles c. 800 words (with 1-2 images) or c. 1200 words (with 3-4 images). Please send contributions to [email protected] & we look forward to reading them!

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Aug 4

Feel very privileged to be part of this new dream team of editors for Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. We've got a new editorial board, a more rigorous approval process, and we're working on some exciting papers which will be in a new look, new format journal! @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social

A new editorial team for Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog

We are very excited to have been chosen as the new editors for Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (PPS), the flagship journal of the Prehistoric Society. The journal has a long tradition of publis...

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Jul 31

PAST 110 is now online and free to read: with articles about Ukrainian landscape survey, Mesolithic Gwent, stelae from Morocco, and so much more, it's a really good read!

#Archaeology 🏺

www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications...

PAST 110 - Summer 2025 | The Prehistoric Society

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Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · Jun 24

Who was NG10 and what was the world they lived in? The sister paper to our CAJ paper is now out in Antiquity and the cover image no less! Working on these papers with this group, has been one of the richest academic experiences I have had in my career. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber - Volume 99 Issue 405

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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · Jun 21

@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social Is there any best practise on whether art that can be moved is mobile or portable? I'm seeing both.

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Jun 21

Not sure... will share your post.

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · Jun 14

A newspaper obituary observed that the PSEA already ranked "almost as a National Society, with members in all parts of the country". It took 10 more years for the 'East Anglia' bit to be (unanimously) excised from the name but we wouldn't have today's @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social without W.G.C.

Cutting from the Derby Daily Telegraph, June 15 1925: "WELL-KNOWN NORWICH JOURNALIST. The death took place at Norwich Iate on Sunday night after a short illness, of Mr. W. M. Clarke [sic], F.G.S., a member of the literary staff of the "Eastern Daily Press." Deceased was the founder of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, which now ranks almost as a National Society, with members in all parts of the country. He had also made important botanical and geographical discoveries.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · Jun 8

Check it out @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social!

Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.bsky.social · Jun 8

I forgot just how eminent was the team on Marie-Louise’s 1993 season field-walking/excavating on Als (Denmark).

Look at who undergraduate me was rubbing shoulders with! I recognise at least seven of this motley crew, plus me.

Colour photo of a group of 15 White men and women aged from teens to early 40s, smiling at the camera.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Jun 7

Following the @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social AGM, we have the star of the show, Prof Martin Bell himself, giving the Europa lecture. He is showcasing evidence for prehistoric movement (especially cross-topographic routes) across Severn Estuary, Kennet Valley, Somerset Levels, Uffington, Kent...

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The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social · Jun 7

Congratulations to Prof. Martin Bell and a huge thank you to all our speakers, attendees and organisers...

...and to all those who've been posting online about the #Europa2025Reading conference, for those who couldn't be there.

It's been a wonderful day and we look forward to seeing you in 2026!

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