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Mark Knight πŸ‰

@markknight63.bsky.social

Archaeologist with a Fenland tendency. Happiest in the black, buttery depths seeking old land surfaces. You got them big dreams....

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Reducing speed saves lives, and here’s the proof …

01.03.2026 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo showing the facade of the Museum of the Home. Big red lettering, blue sky and cloud behind.

Photo showing the facade of the Museum of the Home. Big red lettering, blue sky and cloud behind.

Stocked kitchen shelves and the kitchen sink with just washed pots and pans on the drying rack in 2024.

Stocked kitchen shelves and the kitchen sink with just washed pots and pans on the drying rack in 2024.

Counters in jars measuring responses to which room you spend most time in when awake.

Counters in jars measuring responses to which room you spend most time in when awake.

Me and the students in the (17th parlour, which is set up for an evening of games, drinks and snacks.

Me and the students in the (17th parlour, which is set up for an evening of games, drinks and snacks.

@bbkhistorical.bsky.social Archaeology of the Everyday field trip! What makes the everyday and home? People, things, practice and timespace. Key to this module is the question of whose everyday!! Archaeology, it’s important!!!

28.02.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

just as long as no-one's getting carried away, that's the main thing

28.02.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fieldwork Project Officers & Project Managers - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: PO: Β£30,374 to Β£35,996 and PM: Β£39,016 to Β£44,407Closing Date: 20/03/26Location: York

Fieldwork Project Manager and Fieldwork Project Officer: York
AOC Archaeology
Salary: PO: Β£30,374 to Β£35,996 and PM: Β£39,016 to Β£44,407
Closing Date: 20th March, 2026
Location: York
www.bajr.org/job-ad/field...

28.02.2026 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If only!

28.02.2026 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Community Archaeologist - Lost Waterways - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Salary of Β£42,631- Β£43,500 per annum, depending on experienceClosing Date: 12/03/26Location: London Area

Another archaeology and nature job. Looks like a great opportunity www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

28.02.2026 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This one is for archaeologists, curators & mitigators everywhere!

27.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This one is for archaeologists, curators & mitigators everywhere!

27.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even the Daffodils are celebrating! What a great start to a Friday morning - Hope over Hate!

27.02.2026 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#FieldworkFriday. Alongside increasingly high-tech methods we use to study the past....the low-tech tools remain key!

27.02.2026 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are in Gorton & Denton and want to vote for hope rather than hate, this is what you will do tomorrow

25.02.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or Early Neolithic?

25.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Balding man in a blue T-shirt in an archaeological test-pit beside a grass covered round barrow

Balding man in a blue T-shirt in an archaeological test-pit beside a grass covered round barrow

40 years digging holes!
My first excavation 23rd February 1986 (Quay House, Exeter). I've loved every day (rain or shine) and looking forward to the next site (the next hole)...

23.02.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just tree-ring dated this beautiful Pinus cembra log sampled at Mer de Glace in October 2024! πŸ§ŠπŸŒ²πŸ’

Death in -1006 BCE, at the end of the Bronze Age Optimum! πŸ”₯

Scale by @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social πŸ˜‰

22.02.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Where good archaeology starts!

22.02.2026 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

'Discrimination on a metal detector is a vital feature that allows users to identify and ignore unwanted, low-value, or ferrous targets like iron nails and bottle caps, while focusing on valuable items like coins, gold, and jewelry'

22.02.2026 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

No archaeologist would ever dig (punch) a hole the size of the artefact. It's the antithesis of context.

The coins are plunder, pure and simple!

22.02.2026 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Three visible stones. All less the 0.4 metres high. Siblyback Lake just visible in the distance.

Three visible stones. All less the 0.4 metres high. Siblyback Lake just visible in the distance.

A view of more stones, aligned in a row stretching up a gentle moor land slope.

A view of more stones, aligned in a row stretching up a gentle moor land slope.

A small section of the Craddock Moor stone row. 244m long, the stones are tiny so my photos don't really do it justice. Set in a landscape that includes cairns, an embanked avenue and a stone circle, one of my favourite places to explore in St. Cleer. #StandingStoneSunday

22.02.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[An Archaeologist’s Guide to British Species] #106: Cockle, Dog In 2026, I am continuing to blog an A-Z compendium of human interactions with species in the British landscape. A list of references for information used in this series can be foundΒ here. An index …

matthewlaw.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/a...

21.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jenny Holzer - Truism: Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise ...

Jenny Holzer - Truism: Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise ...

#JennyHolzerTruism

19.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This us a brilliant bit of activism

17.02.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 4
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Shadow cabinet!

18.02.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The test pit shows the topsoil, medieval/post-medieval flooding in thick alluvial clays, layers deposited when the area was covered by a late prehistoric lake, a thin band of black organic material from rising groundwater levels and preserved buried soils from the prehistoric land surface.

18.02.2026 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s always satisfying to work with good stratigraphy as this section of deposits, representing a sequence where the landscape is dipping into a hollow, from Needingworth Quarry highlights. Understanding this profile provides vital information that helps to unpick the story of a site and landscape.

18.02.2026 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The delicate grave goods and in particular the arrowheads match the impressive burial of La Motta in Brittany, excavated by Van Giffen in 1939. Here on display @rmoudheden.bsky.social in our Bronze Age exhibition, on loan from the MusΓ©e d’ArchΓ©ologie National Germain-en-Laye.

16.02.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Small red & white boat on a gravel beach

Small red & white boat on a gravel beach

Small boat, Blakeney, Norfolk - Krystle Dawn

17.02.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The golden age of antifreeze!

17.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
North Norfolk coast, mid February sea and a single figure standing forthright against the incoming tide

North Norfolk coast, mid February sea and a single figure standing forthright against the incoming tide

Our Maddy pushing back against the tide....

17.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An incomplete stone circle with a cist burial pit in the middle

An incomplete stone circle with a cist burial pit in the middle

#TombTuesday

A nice cairn (incomplete) circle near Hound Tor, Dartmoor

17.02.2026 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still Life with Tulips and Antifreeze

16.02.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0