Paul Everill

Culmination of our family trip to Bournemouth was Adam Ant at the
BIC. Cracking show!

A lovely family trip to Bournemouth the other day and a long overdue visit to the Russel-Coates Museum

A wonderful day celebrating our students’ achievements today. A real highlight of the year @uniwinchester.bsky.social

Just realised that today is the 36th anniversary of my first day on an archaeological dig - a school work experience fortnight at #Wroxeter 🙂 🪏 ❤️ 🏺

Okay, my friend in Tbilisi says that the memorial stone was placed there soon after the tragedy, and the cube - which represents unity with the holding hands in the corner - was built around it about 20yrs ago. Hope that helps

That’s the monument to the 1989 tragedy when protestors were killed by Soviet troops/ police. Honestly I don’t know the specifics of the elements of it - will see if I can find out

We saw police roadblocks and protestors the two nights we were there at the end of the expedition. Hoping for a positive resolution to the current problems soon ❤️ 🇬🇪

Wasn’t sure how best to post these images, but while I always love seeing Tbilisi, it’s not possible to avoid mentioning the current difficult situation in #Georgia. I was struck by the images of the current protest in close proximity to both the 1956 and 1989 memorials.

Our final night in Nokalakevi tonight, and then back to Tbilisi for sightseeing and our traditional end of season ‘supra’ #Nokalakevi

The final trowel back of Trench F yesterday, ready for drone photography, and then this morning we covered the trench up again ready for next year. It was a shorter season this year but everyone worked really hard and we achieved some good results. #Nokalakevi

On Monday night our colleagues from the University of Milan treated us all to bruschetta and bolognaise, and some wonderful local wine #Nokalakevi #Georgia

Delighted to welcome Gareth Ward, British Ambassador to Georgia, and to show him the results of our Anglo-Georgian collaboration, now in it’s 25th season and still bringing Georgian and British specialists and students together to shed light on this amazing site #Nokalakevi #Anglo-Georgian

On Saturday we enjoyed our day off - a trip to the wonderful museum at Vani, and then on to Bagrati Cathedral and modern Kutaisi #NOK25 #Georgia

On Friday the Federation for Chidaoba held a competition in #Nokalakevi. A great opportunity for the team to enjoy watching Georgian traditional wrestling - named on the UNESCO list of global intangible heritage

The team at work in Trench F

The team at work in Trench F

The team at work in Trench F

The team at work in Trench F

Day 5: still making good progress across the trench, resolving some of the wall lines of the 6th/5th century BC buildings

Students and volunteers working in different areas of the trench. Some are trowelling, some are mattocking, and some are discussing next steps with a supervisor

Day Four: continuing our work to better understand some of the key areas of the trench #Nokalakevi #Georgia

An archaeological trench in the sun. Lines of unmortared limestone blocks run across the trench forming the rectangles of buildings from the 6th century BC to about the 3rd/2nd century BC

Day Three: After a stunning Colchian thunderstorm first thing, we were back on site and excavating #Nokalakevi #Georgia

Students and volunteers beginning to trowel down the slope of Trench F

Students and volunteers beginning to trowel down the slope of Trench F

Day Two: the big ‘trowel back’ of Trench F. The sweet sound of trowel on archaeology! #Nokalakevi #Georgia
#Anglo-GeorgianExpeditionToNokalakevi

I have no idea what that means

Forgot to mention this is #Nokalakevi #Georgia!

Trench F, covered in what’s left of last years plastic sheet and recent plant growth

The team get to work removing the plants and plastic sheet from the trench

The team removing plants and straightening the trench edge

View across the trench after the first full day. With stone walls visible and far fewer plants!

First day on site. Trench F covered in plastic sheet and plants after a year, now looking more like an archaeological trench again!

The eastern fortifications of Nokalakevi illuminated at night. The walls are made of relatively small limestone blocks. The arch of the reconstructed gateway is in the middle, and reconstructed crenellations at the top

The eastern fortification wall seen from the interior of Nokalakevi in bright sunlight. The walls are made of relatively small limestone blocks. The arch of the reconstructed gateway is to the right, and reconstructed crenellations at the top. The remains of the first wall are visible and against it the stone steps to the fighting platform

The river Tekhuri seen from the footbridge at Nokalakevi. The river has cut a steep gorge through the limestone, which is covered in shrubs and trees. The clear water of the river reflects the sky

The team arrived in Nokalakevi yesterday. Today we have a site tour and team briefing, and preparing to start work properly tomorrow

A white polo shirt with the embroidered logo of the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi, featuring the Georgian and British flags in a circle, with the phrase “Friendship and Collaboration” in English and Georgian

Gearing up for our 25th season in #Nokalakevi with some special team shirts

A fast food burger and fries. The burger is still wrapped and on the outside of it the sticker identifies it as ‘Order 66’

This was meant to be a treat for the boys, and now we’re all off to destroy the Jedi order…

Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies

Recently published with @karenburnell.bsky.social: a new study seeking to understand “Wellbeing Archaeology”

Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies
journal-veterans-studies.org/articles/10....

Isn’t it? The whole system is based on the sense that we need them more than they need us, even though academics provide all their content, peer reviews, editorial management, and (largely) their readership - and in the meantime they make a huge profit…

Data quality assurance note: The University of ... have incorrectly returned 470 first year students in 2023/24 with a permanent address of St Barthélemy, just under two thirds are UK students with the rest coming from other countries

Happy HESA student data publication day to those that celebrate. As ever, it’s best to start with the footnotes. A university returned 470 first years as living in St Barts - a volcanic island in the Caribbean with a population less than 10,000.
www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...

My colleague was dismissed from Tbilisi State University after eight years of teaching. The regime is purging critics from the education system.

Or to put it another way - President Putin has said no to the US-led unconditional ceasefire that Ukraine has agreed to

An adaptation of Christina's World (1948) by American painter Andrew Wyeth. The farmhouse in the background is now on fire. Rolling towards Christina are 3 Tesla trucks. Musk is in the lead vehicle (gun and ketamine mounted), Trump’s at the rear as Nero and Hitler’s the outrider.