Dr Amanda 💀 Markham

Excited that my volume on the Early Bronze Age coffined burial from Tetney is now published open access by @antiquaries.bsky.social! Now everyone can read about this amazing find dated to 2032 BC and containing an amazing array of environmental and artefactual data.
library.oapen.org/viewer/web/v...

Rare deer skull headdress discovered in Germany highlights exchange between hunter-gatherers and Europe’s first farmers...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/deer...

#archaeology #archaeologynews #zooarchaeology #anthropology #neolithic

Lovely to welcome former Osteoarchaeology student Suzanne Gee back to the lab during our RICHeS Open Day!

Now working as a freelance osteoarchaeologist, she visited to refresh her zooarchaeology skills. Always proud to see our alumni thriving. Come back soon, Suzanne!

Graphical abstract

ASU student has solution to common archaeological problem

Mathematical formula will make it easier to identify species from bone fragments

Diaphysis cortical thickness as a predictor of body-size in terrestrial mammals and its application to zooarchaeology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just had the best week of my 30 year work 💀career. For the past year, I've been working on an osteological-heavy archaeological salvage project. This week, worked with two experts, including Gabriel Wrober from Uni Michigan. Such a privelege and a pleasure. Want to say more. Watch this space.

Flyer with photos of archaeological fieldwork. Flyer text: Indigenous Methodology: Southern Oregon University Summer Archaeological Field School SOAN 375, 23 June - 15 July, 2026 Spend the Summer doing the archaeology on the Oregon Coast! This Field School is an intensive four week, 4-credit course (SOAN 375, 4 credits, + $250 fee) where students participate in archaeological investigations on the beautiful Oregon coast. The Field School will introduce students to archaeological method and theory, remote sensing, survey, excavation, GPS use, artifact identification, stratigraphy, and public and Tribal outreach through fieldwork, field trips, and guest speakers. Students will learn about collaborative work, and the use of low-impact and decolonizing methodologies developed and favored by Oregon's Tribal people. Work will take place in Coos and Curry County in two, 10-day sessions on either side of the 4th of July weekend. Students will participate in archaeological test excavations, geophysical survey, and pedestrian survey. For more information, contact: Mark Axel Tveskov, PhD Professor, Sociology and Anthropology Department tveskovm@sou.edu

Flyer text: Additional information: Participants will camp together during the field school. The project will take place in two sessions: June 23-July 2, and July 6-July 15, with a break in between for the 4th of July weekend. Participants will live in tents at a field camp on the rainy Oregon coast, so students should be prepared for inclement, wet, and muddy conditions. Food will be cooked communally and the camp maintained by all participants. Transportation to and from Ashland at the beginning and end of both sessions is provided, but students are welcome to bring their own transportation as well. Students will need to provide their own camping gear and field clothing (including boots), but food and archaeology gear will be provided. The area provides many amazing opportunities for hiking and exploration. All participants must be able to meet the strenuous physical and social demands of archaeological excavation and hiking under rugged field conditions in the rain and mud of the Oregon coast. All participants will be working and living together in close quarters, and the ability to get along with others is essential. The class is open to students of any background, with the only prerequisites being an interest in archaeology and an ability to work hard as part of the team. All participants are expected to understand and follow Southern Oregon University Student Code of Conduct All students must obtain instructor approval to enroll in the class. Enrollment is limited. Students should contact Mark Axel Tveskov at tveskovm@sou.edu for an application The deadline for priority acceptance is May 1, 2026

I'm helping run an archaeological field school on the Oregon Coast this summer! Please share with any interested students! 🏺

Screenshot from the article of text and a picture of Kgasi sitting on an exposed bedrock outcrop, the text reads: "He did clerical work. He tried his hand as an auto mechanic. Then, on a whim, in 2000, he applied for a job as a fossil digger in the Cradle of Humankind. "I just picked it up as a random job," he says. Kgasi was joining the ranks of the numerous Black men who, over the years, dug out fossils for white researchers (some from South Africa and others from overseas) who examined and identified them — and then took credit for them.

Profile of South African paleontologist Lazarus Kgasi. How many Indigenous BC archaeologists have similar untapped potentials? And could advance in the profession parallel to a traditional academic pathway?🏺

www.npr.org/2026/02/04/g...

Cool #zooarchaeology discovery from the Studying History & Archaeology in Lympne site I've been assisting with!

A big thanks to Thomas Vaughn for his pending report and the heads up on this find!

Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS The Middle Pleistocene (MP; ca. 774 to 129 ka) marks a critical period of human evolution, characterized by increasing behavioral complexity and th...

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Glad I'm not the only person that happens to!

About - Comingled Remains I write about Aboriginal archaeology, human osteology, zooarchaeology and bone taphonomy. I'm a Koori (NSW Aboriginal) archaeologist and anthropologist. Also posts about books and reading. Click to re...

My next Substack article is going to talk about one of my research interests: bone weathering. I'll write it in plain English for a general audience, but I'm hoping that archaeologists, zooarchs, vertebrate palaeontologists & forensic anthropologists will enjoy. comingledremains.substack.com/about

Cover of the book: a read background with two skeletons laid out. Title reads 'Killing the dead: vampire epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World'.

From ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, fears of the restless dead coming back to cause mayhem have abounded. 'Killing the Dead' explores the ways bodies were treated around the world to prevent them from coming back 💀

🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Really nice first day of the Mediterranean Zooarchaeology Symposium www.artuklu.edu.tr/medzooarch/a...

From clay balls to charcoal clues — explore how ancient Aboriginal hearths help archaeologists read the past 🔍🔥

open.substack.com/pub/comingle...

I am laughing so hard at certain people now, my abs hurt.

Happy New Year! I hope you've had a good one. Had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, quiet and at home with family. I'm still on leave until next week. Spending the time planning, reading and exercising.

Stuff Squirrels do😄

I was just there. At home now a few km down the road

25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.

A Conversation piece - 25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space theconversation.com/25-years-of-... /em

Barks of different gum trees.

#TreeBark

Conservation conference invites broader sector to join conversations in heritage protection The upcoming conservation conference will consider how to protect Australian art and cultural heritage

The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) "More than materials: collaborative approaches in cultural heritage conservation" conference will be in Brisbane from 12-14 November. Delegates can also attend online.
www.artshub.com.au/news/news/co... /em

I have the pleasure of delivering this year's keynote for the Monty Losowsky Memorial Lecture Competition at
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
Tickets are limited, so early booking is advised. #bioarchaeology #palaeopathology #medicine
www.ticketsource.co.uk/limecpd/mont...

'A State of Things Which Ought Not to be Permitted': Excavation of 19th-century slums (Bull Yard, Horn Yard, Swan Yard and Market Alley) surrounding Bank Street at 'The Charter', Gravesend Nineteenth-century remains in Gravesend (Kent, UK) were revealed by excavation, chiefly comprising buildings, along with wells and cesspits. Historic maps, newspaper archives and other sources have be...

In 2020, Wessex Archaeology excavated the site of a Victorian slum in the maritime town of Gravesend, #Kent, putting a rare spotlight on the neighborhood’s working-class inhabitants and the Dickensian living conditions they were subject to.

Just watching the morning news on the ABC - how do we go from a news story about an indigenous man with dementia being found deceased in a river to being all hunky dory and talking about sport? Why do we move on from tragedy & indigenous deaths so quickly? Why is sport more important?

A long history of being stalked and harassed by a particularly deranged troll

I am very, very wary of who follows me here.

YouTube video by Archaeodeath Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age

Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDg4... @shieldofskuld.bsky.social

Sound UP! When a gang of young male Superb Lyrebirds surround you, often within less than a metre. I zoomed back to 80mm but often had to lean back to get this footage. I've left it largely unedited to capture the mayhem of the moment. #birds #birding #nature #lyrebirds

Inside the ambitious plan to fill void left by Juukan Gorge destruction A full-scale replica of the Juukan Gorge rock shelter, destroyed by mining company Rio Tinto, will be built over the remains of the original in Western Australia's north.

An ambitious engineering project is underway to build a full-size replica of the Juukan Gorge rock shelter www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... /em