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@johnschofyork.bsky.social

Contemporary archaeologist, critical heritage scholar, occasional DJ, and gig goer

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Brilliant post! And many congratulations Gabe. Look forward to seeing you at TAG.

01.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records - Volume 3

Our new open access paper: how do we understand plastics as a contemporary archaeological record, and what does this mean for how we mitigate their environmental impacts? πŸ§ͺ 🏺

04.09.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records - Volume 3

New Open Access paper on archaeology and plastics in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics: doi.org/10.1017/plc....

03.09.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The body of a sea turtle with all the plastic found in its stomach laid out on two trays.

The body of a sea turtle with all the plastic found in its stomach laid out on two trays.

Analysis of the stomach contents of a sea turtle recovered from Australia reveals it swallowed large quantities of plastic, including some of the millions of tonnes of PPE used during COVID. #WorldSeaTurtleDay 🐒 🏺

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16.06.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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A few top days of fieldwork in Sydney and Canberra, to get the ARC-funded Nuclear Nation project underway.

14.06.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public Archaeology Special issue: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Editor: Gabriel Moshenska. Volume 22, Issue 2-4 of Public Archaeology

Special issue of Public Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Message me if you want a paper but can't access it www.tandfonline.com/toc/ypua20/2...

08.06.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

Explore @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social's #BookReview of 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' by @johnschofyork.bsky.social in Antiquity:

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03.04.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

πŸ“• #BookReview

@johnschofyork.bsky.social's 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' seeks to answer the question of how #archaeology can tackle global challenges such as climate change, social justice, conflict and more 1/2

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04.03.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜In the moment’: Euphoria as a heritage value This paper explores the heritage value of euphoric experiences, where the meaning and significance of places are often established instantly, β€˜in the moment’. By convention, heritage assets are ass...

Euphoria as a heritage value! doi.org/10.1080/1352...

21.02.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really enjoyed the film Becoming Led Zeppelin - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sizy..., so much so, I immediately headed across the road to buy the first two albums, which the film focuses upon. Hugely enjoyable. Immersive. Recommended! Slightly ashamed I didn't own these records already! πŸ€”

16.02.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fancy a funded PhD on heritage, identity, miltarism, and colonial legacies, with the Royal Air Force Museum London and me, at University of York? Details are below, with a link to the advert.

More details here: wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects...

Please share!

03.02.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice review, but it's not me! πŸ˜‚

06.01.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @johnschofyork.bsky.social for an inspiring talk, emphasing "small wins", specifically in working with communities and the public. Gives me hope about future engagement works #aaa47

05.12.2024 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm transitioning from X to Bluesky. Interested to see how this works out!

28.11.2024 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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