Kayt Hawkins

YouTube video by Royal Archaeological Institute A small town on Hadrian's Wall? I Dr Tony Wilmott

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦
Dr Tony Wilmott will be presenting our next lecture on 'A small town on Hadrian's Wall? - the extramural settlement and bathhouse at Birdoswald’.

At Burlington House and on youtu.be/a87uR2-M3Go

Non-members are welcome - just contact us to join the guest list.

Bury St Edmunds Iron Age coin hoard sells for more than £33,000 Finder Prof Tom Licence plans to use some of his share to fund archaeological work in eastern England.

"It was an honour to see expert collectors taking these coins into their care,"

Really?? REALLY? and there was me thinking you just enjoyed making a fast buck, with at least two of the most important coins now off to the USA...

#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure 🏺

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

Current exhibition | LSE Library Find out about our current exhibition drawing on themes within our collections.

NEW EXHIBITION NOW OPEN ✨
The Women’s Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections.
Join us Thu 12 March to celebrate - meet the curators alongside colleagues from other archives including @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100

As perhaps a 'New Antiquarian' [ditch the awful name, please?] I'm not sure what to make of this.

In #Archaeology, this isn't a recent thing (& it's more complicated), but I do think academia still isn't sure what to do with learned - but non-academia derived - non-standard research outputs.

Newport Roman Villa may close to the public under budget plans Among a list of 47 saving plans totalling over £4m for 2026/27, County Hall’s proposed budget includes a provision to close Newport Roman Villa…

Newport #Roman Villa is under threat of closure to the public (link below) so you better be quick @durotrigesdig.bsky.social if you like the look of that hypocaust! #hyposcaustgate @cbawessex.bsky.social #IsleOfWight
www.countypress.co.uk/news/2588404...

Totally agree with all of this.

Being inside was strange exlerience, looking at it now still makes me feel a bit odd, I honestly don't know how you all did it for so long.

Women in Archaeology. From 'Advances in Archaeological Practice'.

Women in archaeology are frequently undercited. To work towards a more equitable field, @saa-aap.bsky.social brings together many of the papers written by women, femme, and nonbinary authors over the years, free to read (where not already #openaccess) through 31 March:

📚 https://cup.org/4czkNWZ

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Central Asian Caravan Woman Rousing her Camel While Nursing ORIGINAL LANGUAGE TITLE 騎駱駝哺乳婦人俑 CULTURE Chinese DATE 8th century C.E. MEDIUM Earthenware with unfired coloring DIMENSIONS Overall: 16 × 18 × 11 inches (40.64 × 45.72 × 27.94 cm) CREDIT LINE Purchase: the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts--Commerce Bank, Trustee, and Hall Family Foundation Endowment for the Oriental Department OBJECT NUMBER 2002.7 ON VIEW On view GALLERY LOCATION 229 COLLECTIONS East Asian Art TERMS ChineseCeramicsTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)

Good afternoon and major props to this 8th century CE woman breastfeeding as she rides a Bactrian camel along the Silk Roads 🐫 art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/3254...

Another new article! "From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change" in @saa-aap.bsky.social by Samantha Fladd, Sarah Kurnick, and a bunch of other awesome feminist archaeologists! 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

No County Archaeologist for Hamphire?? Hampshire heritage has taken a huge hit, museums personel have gone too. #CIfA Chartered Institute for Archaeologists & @bajr-badger.bsky.social 🏺

The front cover of the book has a cream backgroumd colour with the words All My Worldly Joy written in black, underneath which is an image of a woman in black and lined in gold with gold stars in her body and her hands cradling a line drawing of a baby in utero. The womans head is like a round pink planet with gold planetary rings. Plants and flowers also in line drawn gold are growing behind and around her.

Very excited for @laurarichmond.bsky.social today & the launch of 'All My Worldly Joy', it is such a beautifully written personal exploration of maternal mental health & the system women (in Britain) encounter - honestly can't recommend it enough 🩷

And who is overseeing the taskforce...

Also the taskforce? Who are the taskforce?

Thanks @zenakamash.bsky.social for this. The EAA membership have made their views very clear. What an avoidable mess & stress for so many in finally reaching this point. Lets hope that the promised taskforce do engage fully with the membership going forward.

Association of Archaeologists in Greece withdraws from EAA conference 2026 in Athens

Difficult to see how international archaeologists can now attend given such opposition

Due out today 👀

Not all coarse wares are dull - look at this lovely micaceous fabric, a #Roman example made in Britain, which sparkles beautifully in the light 🏺 A small joy on a grey, rainy day. @sgrp.bsky.social #pottery

That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."

The Statler & Waldorf comment in the thread 😂

European archaeologists:

If you missed it, you can still listen here (skip to about 3:12:00): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Independent FEATURE Meet the mother-of-two transforming the archaeological boys club

However, for Mrs Verrecchia, like many detectorists, most objects found are not classed as treasure, which, rather than being sent to museums, instead fill up home collection drawers. Now, as the hobby continues to grow in popularity, she wants even more women to get involved.

I screamed at this for so many different reasons...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Online (via GoogleMeet) and at Senate House Tuesday 3rd February 2026 5:30 to 7:30pm History Lab and the Migration and Mobility Seminar present the first of three showcases of work by young researchers in 2026. This is a space for postgraduate and early career researchers to share exciting new research in migration and mobility history. We will hear from four speakers, ranging from Viking settlement to 20th century female displaced patriots from Ireland, to South Asian and German academic mobility.

Nilakshi Das - institute of Historical research Gender, academic mobility, and the post colonial scientific lives of Indian women 1950-2000 Sena Yapar - Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz A historical encounter: the exile of German speaking scholars in turkey Emma Louise Thompson - University of Leicester A grave migration: assessing analytical and operational scales of movement through burial evidence in England and Denmark (c 800-1100 CE) Nadzieja Kolodziejski - University of Nottingham Denied and delayed: women's fight for military pensions in post revolutionary Ireland (1918-1950) - emigration, exclusion and the gendered politics of mobility

Next Tuesday @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social and the @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar are hosting a research showcase, highlighting the work of PGRs and ECRs researching migration and mobility history.

Sign up for FREE online or in person tickets here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Shout out for a county archaeology society close to my heart...I just recieved the latest #Surrey #Archaeology e- newsletter, they are all now online too 🏺 several online talks coming up too
www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk

The NPPF defines sustainable development as environmental, *social* and economic sustainability - people have to live, work, walk, be safe and happy in these places. This is so incredibly poor 😫

I am so sad I missed this, sounds like a fascinating day!

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