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Trans in Natural History Survey 2026

Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

other archaeological finds I enjoyed seeing -
1. Eagel Pin [york minster]
2. Lion head ornament, Key and Wolf Head ornament [york minster]
3. Silver strap end depicting a human figure [yorkshire museum]
4. Silk cap - c900AD - beautifully preserved due to waterlogged soil [Yorkshire Museum]

Second day in York,

1. Visited York minster - beautiful stain glass windows; the finds from excavations in the undercroft.
2. Yorkshire Museum - loved this bone plaque (& other things).
3. Wandered around York Museum gardens
4. Visited the Ghost Merchants and picked a ghost!

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College London at Universi... PhD Project - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College Lond...

We have a 4-year AHRC-funded PhD studentship on 'Rescue curation of space heritage' advertised!

Supervision by me, space scientist Lucie Green (@luciegreen.bsky.social), and curators of space and engineering at the Science Museum, Doug Millard and Ben Russell

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Snaps from my first time (& day) in York! Visited Clifford’s Tower which I heard all about when I was at English Heritage but didn’t have a chance to visit.

Followed by York Castle Museum, what a great interactive museum!

What shall tomorrow hold? Who knows.

Register now for our free online workshop hosted by the #COEXIST project and @archaeoprotein.bsky.social: Maximising data from #Palaeolithic bone. Exciting program on chronology, diet, taphonomy and method advancement:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🦣🧪🏺

Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!

Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.

Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.

sites.google.com/view/unravel...

I think it’s a conversation that has to happen, in the wider field. Unfortunately, from the perspective of funding bodies (from my experience) explicitly asking in interviews ‘how could *you* foresee AI being used in your research*’.

*PhD wise.

My 14 year old daughter, Freya has made and listed some more candles on her Etsy shop, Flicker and Flowers (hosted by me): take a look if you're searching for a last minute Valentine's gift! She's upcycling tea cup candles, to fundraise for the 2027 World Scout Jamboree
flickerandflowers.etsy.com

… and breathe. It’s the weekend, had a difficult morning commute and an interview this afternoon 🤞🏻 - in which I short circuited midway through an answer and my whole answer went out the window. But it’s the weekend!

A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️

A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.

Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.

📷 National Museum in Szczecin

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

Frenchman hospitalized after inserting WWI munition up his rear The shell, unexploded at the time of removal, resulted in the evacuation of the hospital, with an EOD squad called to clear the area.

I really shouldn’t have to say this, but… don’t put archaeological artifacts in your rectum. 🏺🧪

Looking for a volunteering opportunity in museums and heritage?

Bradford Museums & Galleries are currently recruiting for two volunteer roles:
👭 Audience Visitor Research Volunteer
📚 Library Volunteer at Bolling Hall

Find full details on our Volunteer Hub 👉 tinyurl.com/26fs9a92

I always find reaching out to potential PhD supervisors, so anxiety provoking, even if I’ve met them before. In case, the email suddenly has 10,000 mistakes even though I proof read it loads as I’m dyslexic.

Marine Geoarchaeologist Marine Geoarchaeology

Lots of offshore Quaternary talks today, and an inspiring keynote from Professor Becky Briant on the benefits that Quaternary scientists can deliver during ground engineering design: if any of this floats your boat (sic), we're hiring at Wessex Archaeology share.google/MbXadGnfgrLB... #QRA2026ADM

well here she is! my very first solo game and all about Ireland's best deli choice: the Chicken Fillet Roll. free to play in browser.

LMK what roll you decide to make & if you get the feels or a laugh, even better.

this is a roll-driven game. made lovingly in Twine

unaminh.itch.io/chicken-fill...

A message for you all to carry through the year

🏺📜 Next month! I’ll be giving a talk about my recent work with @garstangmuseum.bsky.social at the Society for Museum Archaeology Conference in Liverpool. You can get tickets at the link below.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-fo...

Neandertal Cold Adaptation: Technological, Anatomical, and Physiological Responses to Cold Stress in One of Our Closest Fossil Relatives Neandertals occupied western Eurasia for over 100 000 years, repeatedly enduring climates that ranged from seasonally cold to glacial. This paper reexamines the question of Neandertal cold adaptation...

My new paper (open access) reviewing Neandertal cold adaptation is out in AJHB. Shoutout to my awesome coauthors Cara Ocobock, Libby Cowgill, & Scott Maddux. Great fun working with you all! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Oh my gosh Karen, congrats on Oxford you brainiac! 🏛️. Sorry to hear the rude comments you’ve faced!

Living with the planet LATE Tackle big questions and explore bold ideas about the future of our planet in this season’s British Academy Late. Immerse yourself in the sounds and music of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea; discu...

What have the Ancient Greeks got to do with the environmental crisis? Book your free ticket to come hear from @edithmayhall.bsky.social on this topic at our Late on Thursday 9th Oct. Plus loads more panels, a zine making workshop and exhibits
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.

Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.

kevingdaly.github.io

Announcements | Open Quaternary We are looking to appoint an Editor-in-Chief starting in January 2026 for a period of three years. The new Editor-in-Chief will be working closely with the current Editors-in-Chief during a transition period.

Open Quaternary is looking for a new Editor in Chief!

openquaternary.com/announcements

If you have any questions about OQ, or the role, I am very happy to answer Qs >> v.herridge@sheffield.ac.uk

PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

BTC Call for Action - EAA

EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.

Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France) - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology New excavations at the Abri du Maras have yielded remains of hitherto unknown deposits (layer 6) from the base of the sequence, with a small lithic and faunal series dated to MIS 7. In this paper, we ...

Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

ICYMI, we & friends in Gz launched a giving circle so they could get steady, DIRECT support for their survival needs.

I have hope we can escalate our help despite stagnating for 2 days.

🌹Every dollar helps them eat. Last check, 1502/1700 for the week. tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...

Hadn’t realised the department was on here @archsoton50.bsky.social

Shameless self promotion (I hadn’t realised it had been published). Here is my experience post graduation from archaeology …
www.southampton.ac.uk/study/subjec...

Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance If you are in any way involved in UK Archaeology (in its broadest sense), and you would like to sign this open letter then please fill in GOOGLE FORM LINK. Responses will be manually inputted. The for...

UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...