Sam Tipper

Skeletons found in mysterious pit died violent deaths in Anglo-Saxon-era England Anglo-Saxon-era skeletons discovered in England show signs of violent deaths. The pit dates back 120...

Anglo-Saxon-era skeletons discovered in England show signs of violent deaths. The pit dates back 1200 years and may be evidence of battle or execution in 8th/9th century AD. #Archaeology #News

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Osteoarchaeologist Position – AMS Consultancy,Ireland | HigherJobz Apply for a full-time Osteoarchaeologist position at AMS Consultancy, Kilrush, Ireland. Post-graduate degree required. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.

Osteoarchaeologist – AMS Consultancy, Ireland
Full-time post-excavation archaeology role specialising in human skeletal analysis.
Eligibility: Relevant post-graduate degree in archaeology.
Deadline: 30 January 2026
Apply: higherjobz.com/osteoarchaeo...
#ArchaeologyJobs #Osteoarchaeology #IrelandJobs

The Cost of Blue Stone What a crushed spine in the Atacama Desert reveals about danger, labor, and ancient mining

CT scans of a 1,100 year old mummy from Chile reveal death by mine collapse. A rare look at the risks ancient miners faced to extract turquoise traded across the Andes. #Archaeology #Anthropology #Osteoarchaeology #AncientMining #Atacama www.anthropology.net/p/the-cost-o...

BABAO statement on the 10-Minute Rule Bill outlawing the buying and selling of human remains to be introduced in the House of Commons by MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy on Wednesday 4th Feb.

Read here👉https://babao.org.uk/bill-to-stop-barbaric-practice-of-buying-and-selling-human-remains-to-be-introduced/

Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are running a 1 day short course all about teeth 🦷
Come join us on the 14th March at the Cambridge Campus

store.anglia.ac.uk

#archaeology #bones #osteology

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I updated the archaeology 🏺 job sites directory again today and moved it to Zenodo. You can now find it here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Person looking into a stereomicroscope, holding a stone axe under its lens.

Do you want to publish on a fieldwork discovery, innovative use of technology, or ongoing project?

Project Galleries are 1500 words, online only, and free to read, making them perfect for showcasing research of broad relevance 🏺 #Archaeology

Submit one 👇
antiquity.ac.uk/submit

One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.

Scientists managed to extract a high-coverage genome of an extinct woolly rhino from an undigested piece of its flesh found in the stomach of a permafrost-preserved 14kyo wolf pup. 🧪🏺

Bar chart showing percentage prevalence rates of palaeopathological changes, such as dental enamel hypoplasia and bone infections, in non-adult skeletons from southern Britain, separated into three datasets based on whether the skeletons were found in Iron Age, rural Roman or urban Roman contexts.

The health of a mother during pregnancy has a profound effect on their child's health. By examining mother and infant skeletons from Iron Age & Roman Britain, Rebecca Pitt explores the long-term impact of Roman occupation on health #WaybackWednesday

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🏺 #Archaeology

We are running a 1 day short course all about teeth 🦷
Come join us on the 14th March at the Cambridge Campus

store.anglia.ac.uk

#archaeology #bones #osteology

Still in a boot but can start weaning off it and the crutches 🩼(slowly) woohoo🤩

Who doesn't love a talk on infectious diseases 🤩

Infectious Disease Histories - CSMBR In this lecture, Monica Green explores how pathogen palaeogenetics, through ancient microbial genomes, is transforming our understanding of the evolution and global circulation of premodern infectious...

The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories
Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses 13 Jan. 2026 5 PM CET=11 AM EST online lecture @monicamedhist.bsky.social csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social

Non-British ECR interested in working with me on #bioarchaeology, the @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowship scheme will shortly open. V keen on Egyptian bioarchaeology, human evo or #disAbility research 🏺https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/schemes/international-fellowships/

Poster showing a photo of the AG Luftkriegsgeschichte Rhein/Mosel e.V. team in the field, lecture title Recovery and identification of WWII aircraft wreckages - insights into the work of the AG Luftkriegsgeschichte Rhein/Mosel e.V. and place/date of talk, logos of VolkswagenStiftung, BoCAS and Uni Bonn

Our first talk in the new year takes us into WWII archaeology: Jörg Dietsche and Julian Weller present the work of the AG Luftkriegsgeschichte Rhein/Mosel e.V. This Friday, 4PM in HS 2 or get in touch for the Zoom link!

Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Interesting paleoanthropology happening in Morocco -- these 773kyo remains were found in Casablanca and may be the ancestor of humans/Neanderthals/Denisovans. 🏺🧪

Job opportunity at Bradford

jobs.bradford.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Since the #Vráble #skeletons have arrived from Nitra, there has been some progress in the #bone department 💀🦴🧹💧📷📐👀 cleaning routine, #photogrammetry & #3Dmodelling are being established!
#humanosteology #osteoarchaeology #neolithic #LBK #vrableneolithicbodies
@clusterroots.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

Call for papers for a 2025 EAA (Belgrade) session on novel methods of isotope analysis to investigate health and disease.

Passing along this call for papers for EAA2025 in Belgrade. Please share widely with anyone you think might be interested! 🏺💀 #bioarchaeology #isotopes #archaeology #paleopathology #health #disease

14th Century Tooth Reveals Grim Fate of Edinburgh Teen Killed by the Black Death A 14th-century teenager died from the Black Death in Edinburgh. Learn how researchers discovered the pathogen in his teeth, and how this may be the first scientific evidence of the plague in the city.

14th Century Tooth Reveals Grim Fate of Edinburgh Teen Killed by the Black Death #Science #Biology #Microbiology #BlackDeath #Archaeology #Paleopathology

A recent study shows substantial variability in diagnosing maxillary sinusitis. #Anthropology #Paleopathology #BiologicalAnthropology #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Still time to submit an abstract for our free online workshop as part of COEXIST🧪🦣🏺

‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans

This is soooo cool! 🤩🤩🤩
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Massive Roman grave revealed in Penrith A66 excavation Archaeologists have found evidence of 340 Roman graves but say the site could hold more.

Massive Roman grave revealed in Penrith A66 excavation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Check out this second bioarchaeology & Zooarchaeology starter pack 🤩 let me know if you want to be added

go.bsky.app/SNhcVie

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