Kelvin Dixon

100% agree - we were blown away by the variety, depth, and sensitivity of all of our speakers! So excited to see what #storytelling can continue to offer to #archaeology in future #TAG2025

A photograph of the city wall ornamentation at Micklegate, York.

In my hand, I hold a 3D printed replica of a bronze age axe head mould.

I'm holding a tiny, terracotta vase from the 1700s.

A slide that reads: "Bonus scene. Everything's going to be alright." Beneath it, is a meme of a small dog in a bowler hat. He is sitting at a table surrounded by flames. A speech bubble emerges from his happy little face, and reads: "This is fine"

And with that, we're done for the year! 🎄🎅🎁 So long, and thanks for all the fish, @tag2025york.bsky.social

That conference was so many things - challenging, exhausting, funny, inspiring, and exciting. Really exciting.

I can't thank the organisers enough 🙏 Now, excuse me... i'm off to pass out.

they should invent a kind of writing where it doesn't feel physically painful

Ok this storytelling session at #TAG2025 is getting better and better!
Peter Lawson telling stories with a rebec 🎶

Our recent work at Burnswark hillfort was included in @digitscotland.bsky.social top archaeological discoveries in Scotland 2025!! We found a large settlement within the fort, and remodelling of the ramparts after a Roman attack @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk #HillfortsWednesday

Orangutans’ turn to cultural knowledge to learn the foods of the forest. By Dr Elliot Howard-SpinkAdult orangutans eat hundreds of different types of food in the wild, but how do they learn what to eat? In our recently published study, we investigated whether immature oran...

New science demonstrates how orangutans learn what to eat in their rainforest habitat.

Read the latest scientific blog from guest writer Dr Elliot Howard-Spink:

www.orangutanlandtrust.com/post/orangut...

@ehowaspi.bsky.social

https://nodglobal.com/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-bee-part-1/

1/12 Consciousness and attention in honeybees

This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets".

(paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
by @catherinemacri.bsky.social

Four speakers stand at the front of a theatre space. Behind them is a screen reading Power and Politics (our session). One of the speakers is holding a mic and talking.

A dramatic sunrise of bright orange and pink clouds, with chimneys and trees silhouetted against it.

York train station. A large ornate station clock hangs above the stairs leading over the railway tracks.

A picture of a bin. Or York Minster at night with a Christmas tree lit up with white lights.

TAG York has been fab - lots of amazing discussions with lovely people, feeling inspired and exhausted in equal measure. Thanks to the speakers in our session, and thanks so much to the organisers @tag2025york.bsky.social - hope we can match your high standards next year in Exeter!

Graphic depicting a megaphone overlaid onto a river map with the text 'Theory in Action, TAG York 2025'.

It's the final day of @TAG2025_York 😭
It's not all bad news, though, as our collection of Contemporary #Archaeology and Theory is still FREE until the end of the month 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Massive thanks to all the organisers and volunteers for putting together a fantastic event!

Absolute blinder of a session!

Storytelling as Creative Archaeological Practice (session 26) absolutely stupendous presentations! @tag2025york.bsky.social #TAG2025

Nailed it again! 😍😆 These are ace.

Yes! Absolutely grab me if you see me :D

Banging to see this yesterday 💚🙌

CONGRATULATIONS to the @trowelblazers.bsky.social for their incredible contributions to the field.

Praxis baby, praxis

This is so cute! 😍 You did a great job!

Alumnus @theneanderoll.bsky.social presenting to a full room in the Invisible Threads session at #TAG2025: Love Letters from the Oldowan🧡🧡

A photograph of a laptop, open on a presentation intro slide. The text reads: Love Stories from the Oldowan. Emotion and the evolution of human language and culture.

Feeling a bit excited because @tag2025york.bsky.social kicks off tomorrow!

Can't wait to catch up with old friends, give a couple of presentations, and spend a week chatting about all things archaeology.

Sneak peek of my first presentation - Tuesday!

Graphic depicting a megaphone overlaid onto a river map with the text 'Theory in Action, TAG York 2025'.

@tag2025york.bsky.social starts next Monday @york.ac.uk!
We'll be there, so make sure to say hello, get your hands on some coveted #Archaeoswag and learn how you can publish your #archaeology research in Antiquity! 🏺

📢 Registration is now open! 📢

Sign up for in-person attendance before 31 October 2025 to get Early Bird prices.

Waged delegate fee is £110
Unwaged delegate fee is £40

More information and links to register can be found on the TAG York website: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/registrat...

Evolution (abridged)

A collection of ammonites, worked stone, and fossil sea urchins.

Letting the Archaeology side down by also actually liking Palaeontology. Here's my little beach find collection.

An image of two Oldowan tools, side by side, in the shape of a love heart. The titles read: Session- Invisible Threads: RELATIONAL THEORIES and the material. And: Love stories from the Oldowan: emotion and the evolution of human language and culture.

The oldest archaeological assemblages are collections of lightly worked stone and worn bone. Can these simple tools reveal more about the immaterial lives and emotions of their creators; hominin who may not have met our definition of reality.

I'm excited (and nervous) to be presenting at @tag2025york.bsky.social this year!

Can we find signs of ancient emotions hidden among the earliest archaeological assemblages?

Image: Sterkfontein Oldowan tools - 1.7-2.2ma

Sampled from Kuman, K., 1994. doi.org/10.1006/jhev...

#TAG2025

Very pleased to see our paper now out in Communications Biology! 🥳

Apologies for the hiatus. Life got challenging, and I just couldn't face wading through the 1000s of Bot / AI slop accounts that were trying to follow me.

That being said, I quite enjoyed eating matchmakers and slamming the block button like a death metal, double bass drum solo.

me, stepping up to give my intro lectures like

Registration for in-person or online participation for our symposium is still open!

To support those who qualify for the unwaged registration fee. Includes:
Free registration +
£200 to help cover UK travel, accommodation costs, or support caring responsibilities.

Open: early September

Deadline: early October

If you have any questions email tag2025.york@gmail.com

An aurochs bone engraved with what appear to be humans.

This aurochs bone from a ~10,000-year-old wetland 🇩🇰 is engraved with probable human figures.

Wetlands' preservational qualities provide a valuable source of organic material such as bone and wood. However, they are at risk from climate change 🏺

🔗 from 2022 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...