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Sam Tipper

@sntipper.bsky.social

🦴 Senior lecturer @ARU, Bioarchaeologist, Roman and Medieval periods, Community archaeology, Ancient Nubia, πŸ’€ 🦷 all things bone related 😜 Chair Cifa Osteo group

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2nd day of finds cleaning with our Malandry Project Volunteers 🀩
#archaeology #pottery #community

05.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey evereyone i finally set up my instagram follow me there too 🀩
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01.09.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Follow me on instagram 🀩
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18.08.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeology is one of the best degrees for onward employment. Lots of transferable skills from mapping and geology to ethics and osteology plus team working which employers find important - also we have a huge heritage sector. #Canterbury
#clearing #archaeology
#cccuarchaeology #instagram

12.08.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! My new kids’ book is about the Stone Age β€” it doesn’t do loads on osteology, but we explain human evolution in a fun way

The awesome @profaliceroberts.bsky.social has a children’s book about human anatomy, and her adult book Crypt is all about bones and bodies

14.08.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Funding cuts to U.S. archaeology could imperil field’s future A Science analysis of canceled and curtailed federal grants reveals hits to research, collections, and training

I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good.

#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage

New at @science.org 🏺πŸ§ͺ

18.06.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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19.06.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Roman-Era City Found Beneath France’s Modern Melun - GreekReporter.com Archaeologists uncovered remains of a Roman-era city beneath Melun, France, revealing Roman homes, roads and wells.

Roman-Era City Found Beneath France’s Modern Melun.

🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky πŸ›οΈ

greekreporter.com/2025/06/18/r...

19.06.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨New paper alert!πŸ§ͺ Led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, this paper explores the internal variability of the Protoaurignacian at Riparo Bombrini by analyzing lithic assemblages from layers A2 and A1, and a previously undescribed Early Aurignacian assemblage from layer A0. 1/4 🏺🦣

15.06.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting This article explores how ADS users prefer to be presented with bioarchaeological data and investigates how these preferences can inform the ADS's protocol for the dissemination of digital…

🏺 Interested in dissemination of digital bioarchaeological data?

Read Solange Bohlong's Internet Archaeology article visit: buff.ly/wQ7jqff
Or read her blog post written last year: buff.ly/KwzVKwo

Content warning: This blog post contains images of human remains.

16.06.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Booking page has opened for the next Human Osteology Short Course on the 8th & 9th November 2025. Click the link to book your place. 🀩

store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-...

11.06.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Obverse of a Roman aureus: Bust of Macrinus, laureate, long bearded, draped, cuirassed, right.

Obverse of a Roman aureus: Bust of Macrinus, laureate, long bearded, draped, cuirassed, right.

Reverse of a Roman aureus: Macrinus and Diadumenian, seated left on platform; behind, officer standing; in front; Liberalitas standing left; citizen standing below platform.

Reverse of a Roman aureus: Macrinus and Diadumenian, seated left on platform; behind, officer standing; in front; Liberalitas standing left; citizen standing below platform.

#OnThisDay - 8 June - in AD 218 Elagabalus' forces defeated the incumbent emperor Macrinus at the Battle of Antioch (Dio 79.38-39). The latter fled, in an unsuccessful bid to reach Rome. #AncientHistory 🏺

Image: RIC IV Macrinus 79; ANS 1967.153.174. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

08.06.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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2,800-year-old royal tomb discovered near King Midas' home in Turkey Turkey's minister of culture and tourism announced the discovery of a new tomb in an eighth-century-B.C. city that was the homeland of King Midas.

New tomb excavated at Gordion! 🏺πŸ§ͺ

08.06.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Info on the serial killer!

Info on the serial killer!

Info on the head

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Serial killer!

Serial killer!

Lovely evening at the Uni of Lincoln conservation student exhibition πŸ€©πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ some lovely work! 🏺 πŸΎπŸ’€πŸͺ΅πŸ“°πŸͺ•πŸ‘πŸ‘

30.05.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really looking forward to this tonight! 🀩 πŸΊπŸ‘

30.05.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! Love community excavations 🀩

30.05.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a lovely evening at the Guildhall in Lincoln last night talking about the Malandry project and Leprosy πŸ€©πŸ’€πŸ€“ 🏺

30.05.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My UG student did a project on this and the result showed people were very positive about keeping archaeological remains for study and display as long as treated with respect. She presented it at Babao at Keele 🀩

23.05.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A collection of objects displayed on a dark background, including a decorated iron helmet with gold accents, a long sword with a gold hilt, a glass bowl,  a round shield boss, a large iron axe head, several small gold and metal objects.

A collection of objects displayed on a dark background, including a decorated iron helmet with gold accents, a long sword with a gold hilt, a glass bowl, a round shield boss, a large iron axe head, several small gold and metal objects.

In an early medieval grave at GΓΌltlingen a warrior was buried with a gold hilt spatha (sword) - a status symbol that displays his high rank - and a β€˜Spangenhelmβ€˜. Helmets like this were part of the equipment of the late Roman army. Not only the helmet was...🧡1/2

🏺 #archaeology

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Diagram illustrating sex determination using amelogenin proteins in tooth enamel. The top shows X and Y chromosomally encoded protein isoforms (AMELX in blue, AMELY in red) with their amino acid sequences highlighted.

Diagram illustrating sex determination using amelogenin proteins in tooth enamel. The top shows X and Y chromosomally encoded protein isoforms (AMELX in blue, AMELY in red) with their amino acid sequences highlighted.

A method for sex determination using peptides in enamel

Raman Spectroscopy Dataset of Permanent Human Teeth from a Historical Swiss Medical Collection🏺πŸ§ͺ
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Measurements of permanent teeth from an anonymized medical collection at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine

23.05.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CIfA's Human Osteoarchaeology Special Interest Group 2025 conferenceΒ will take place online on Saturday October 18 2025.

We are inviting proposals for 15 minute papers and also for a student 5 slides in 5 minute session.

The deadline is 17:00 on Thursday 31 July 2025.

forms.office.com/e/rHz7UG8D

20.05.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Registration is now open for the 8th Sudan Studies Conference on June 7th (online) join us for a great day of talks 🀩

dusesg.eventbrite.co.uk

19.05.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some interesting talks this afternoon 🀩

17.05.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk about Osiris @ Sudan archaeologist research society day @ Cambridge University
#archaeology #Sudan

17.05.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
8th Sudan Studies (Summer Series) Research Conference Our 8th Sudan Studies (Summer Series) Research Conference - sharing archaeological research on Sudan & South Sudan (ancient & modern)#DUSESG

Registration is now open for our 1 day conference on June 7th! Come join us online for a great day of talks 🀩

dusesg.eventbrite.co.uk

#archaeology #ancientNubia #Sudan

17.05.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a lovely evening giving a talk on leprosy at the Lincoln Medical Society tonight 🀩

14.05.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Giving a talk on the skeletons from Navenby tonight @ the venue πŸ€©πŸ’€ over 100 people eeeekkkk

09.05.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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