Gavin MacGregor

Blog Post | Glasgow School of Art | ACCORD: Archaeology Community Co-production of Research Data Community-led 3D heritage recording project exploring how digital tools enhance engagement, authenticity and social value. - Dec 11, 2025

Our latest blog post (yes, we have a blog! Just like in the olden days!) we reflect on the ACCORD project - Archaeology Community Co-production of Research Data - sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/accord
@stuartjeffrey.bsky.social @archscot.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @ukri.org

The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂

Booking available here:
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Of Rust and Mold—The Insect Pin as a Token of Transimperial Cooperation Tropical humidity necessitated a quest for rust-proof insect pins, determining which specimens could be preserved, which tools could be used, and ultimately what knowledge could be produced in the Dut...

New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Alina Marktanner! Learn about how tropical humidity necessitated a quest for rust-proof insect pins, determining which specimens could be preserved, which tools could be used, and ultimately what knowledge could be produced in the Dutch East Indies. #envhist #envhum #insects

Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France The 120 metre wall was either a fish-trap or a dyke for protection against rising sea-levels, archeologists believe.

Wow, “French marine archaeologists have discovered a massive undersea wall off the coast of Brittany, dating from around 5,000 BC”.

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Today’s must listen: Kinship, Culture, and Death in Neolithic Ireland.

On the value of integrating aDNA science and archaeology to better understand the nature of prehistoric groups.

Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology

'Despite repeated calls for action from various sources, peatland archaeological sites continue to deteriorate; the passive strategy of preservation in situ is failing'.
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#Holocene #peat #archaeology

Congratulations to @jesswitte.bsky.social for leading our new collaborative paper on 'Generative #AI in Heritage Practice: Improving the Accessibility of Heritage Guidance'!
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Aleppo with tidied-up destruction

A year ago yesterday, everything changed for Syria. This January, Hiba Alkhalaf will speak at Birkbeck about "From Destruction to Recovery: Syrian Heritage, Fourteen Years On".

Two for #TombTuesday

Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn as seen by the birds of Winter and the birds of Summer. (Holmie sheep in formation.

#Papay
#Orkney
#neolithic

Sharing some of The amazing Aisling Tierney handmade archaeology art prints, jewellery, cards, accessories and new colouring in books!

Over 250 history, geology and heritage-themed gift items in stock now tephraarts.etsy.com

Huge stock - plus plenty of items a tenner or less.

If you love #Archaeology #Scotland and see the power of learning and participation by more young people, please consider helping

I know times are tough just now, but donating a pound can help the @archscot.bsky.social appeal as it will be doubled by the @biggive.bsky.social

The latest Scottish AI Playbook webinar is available now! We spoke to @johnfitzg.bsky.social of @scvo.scot about the opportunities and challenges AI poses for Scottish charities and social enterprises.

You can watch the video here 👉
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Thanks Claire , John presented at recent Culture and Business Scotland AI event and shared some great wisdom around the issues.

Empowering Young People Through Archaeology – Big Give We want to offer more opportunities for young people and their communities to participate in archaeology to help bridge the …

We're down to the last few hours! ⏱️

#ChristmasChallenge 🎄 donation window closes tomorrow: 12:00 noon. Tremendous response over the last week 🙏 and the #BigGive means that every £1 generously given is matched to £2.

Any/all kindness makes a huge difference to a young person ✨ tinyurl.com/y96zpbps

A #MiningLandscape for today’s post. The former Orchard pit bing #Crossford South #Lanarkshire. The short lived venture operated from 1883 to1887 #Coal #MiningHeritage

Green Tease: Economies of Care - YTAS Join Culture for Climate Scotland online to explore the commons, what this alternative paradigm is, and the emerging creative practices to sustain and

Culture for Climate Scotland are hosting a Green Tease: Economies of Care online session on Mon 8 Dec 2025 exploring the commons, what this alternative paradigm is and the emerging creative practices to sustain and co-create commons

Drifting North I interviewed Dominic Hinde, author of Drifting North, finding a sustainable future in Scotland’s past (Manchester University Press, 2025). It’s an unusually readable book you’ve …

“It’s about energy and time and capital and how these forces come into our lives and how we work through them.”

@dominicmhinde.bsky.social was interviewed about his new book Drifting North: Finding A Sustainable Future in Scotland's Past, by @bellacaledonia.bsky.social

Heritage for Transformation News on the best uses of Heritage for social and organisational change

Today for #Sarahs60 I'm moving to sharing some things I've done. Specifically my Blog heritagefortransformation.wordpress.com/thoughts-spa... Its a bit dormant, quite eclectic, but heritage focused. Posts aren't properly cited, which I sometimes regret, but they do have links. So, 6 blog posts

Digital Lunch alert! You can register below.
I will be delivering a seminar with Archie Robson and Katina Lillios titled "Exploring #Communities of Practice through the Application of #RTI: The Case of #Iberian #Neolithic and #Copper Age Plaques"
(King's Manor G/60 or online at 1pm on 5th Dec.)

@gavinmacgregor.bsky.social - the new art installation that Steve Driscoll was telling us about. I must try and get to see this next year and the other sites in Steve's excellent Dalrymple lectures.

Thanks Claire, must go and see it too, looks like an interesting #ArtArchaeology project and lovely installation @aproxima.bsky.social

🏺 Many excellent projects shortlisted for Engagement & Participation, but having seen @johnhenryphillips.bsky.social's incredible talk (at @chalkefestival.bsky.social) about The Close, it really felt like a perfect example of the power of archaeology, for both practitioners & wider communities.

The entrance to a sandstone tomb built around 5000 years ago, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Quick check on the Neolithic Tomb of the Eagles today, in 60 mph winds. Extremely proud that this important ancient site is now fully community owned.

#Orkney 🧪🏺💀

Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025 The Discovery Programme's annual Martin Doody Memorial Lecture, delivered this year by Prof Joanna Brück of University College Dublin

NEXT WEEK!

Our Martin Doody memorial lecture is happening next Thursday, 4th December, 7.30pm

"Animal Kin, Animal Others in Early Bronze Age Britain” will be delivered by Prof Joanna Brück of
@ucddublin.bsky.social

FREE, online, everyone welcome
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Uralter Müll zeigt, wie Steinzeitbauern erstmals lernten, mit Abfall zu leben

So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...

Creative Conversations: Kristie de Garis Author and Dry Stone Waller Kristie de Garis in conversation

I will be at Creative Conversations - 1pm at Glasgow Uni on Monday 1st December.

This is a wonderful event in a beautiful venue (the university memorial chapel!) and it's free!

Reserve your place at link below.

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#Scotland #Glasgow #Writing #Reading

In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.

Alex Ross + Heart of Neolithic Orkney + Blomuir + Tom Muir + Ness Squad + WSC...all seemingly filtered through the lens of MR James for the benefit of The New Yorker. What's not to love?
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Sounds like an archaeological conundrum !

Oh can't believe it was published in 2016, flown by !

Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."