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This looks good. Due out in December.
'It also provides the first full catalogues of a number of important but poorly understood hacksilver hoards from the UK: Norrie’s Law (Fife), Gaulcross (Aberdeenshire), Tummel Bridge (Perthshire) and Patching (Sussex).' www.scriptbooks.co.uk/archaeology/...

Here's an opportunity to come and work for us at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social as a tutor in archaeology on a part-time (0.6FTE) and permanent basis. We're looking for anyone with a background from late Prehistory to the medieval period. Deadline: 10 November 2025

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I think he is - very calmly if ineffectively - putting out the fire that has broken out in the village well.

Congrats on the article, great stuff!

The link, as I saw it then, was not about cultural continuity, but to do with a similarly creative reaction to figural, imperial imagery in a comparable socio-political context.

Book cover with the title 'Barbaric splendour: the use of image before and after Rome'

Any opportunity to hawk the open-access publication that came out of it 😉: www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

We're delighted to be joined by fantastic colleagues, Jade Whitlam and @helengittos.bsky.social, for our upcoming lecture series for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. Don't miss this chance to explore this fascinating region & period!

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#skystorians #medievalsky #history

Explore some of the themes and speakers featuring in our six-week hybrid lecture series 'Silk Roads: Empire and Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East'...

Starts Monday 13 October. For more information, and to book, visit bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures

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Densely packed crabapples on a branch

A chill in the air and some blushing crabapples are telling me autumn has surely arrived now. Have a great week everyone.

The @oxembi.bsky.social is hosting a special lecture, Long Distance Travel from Early Medieval Britain by Prof @francescatinti.bsky.social & a workshop on Global Britain with Jörg Drauschke, Maria Duggan, @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social, @jk-viking.bsky.social & others. 14 & 15 October. All welcome.

With more detail on context here: landarc.fr/uploads/cahi...

A silver quoit brooch decorated with punched and incised geometric and humanoid motifs

This 5th-century quoit brooch from Rennes was a new one for me. A fascinating object with its best parallels in southern Britain: journals.openedition.org/archeopages/...

It is indeed a new find - but no other fittings sadly

An Anglo-Saxon sword bead made of glass with black and white ornamentation.

An early Anglo-Saxon sword bead is on my desk today, and a beautiful one at that.

Not unless it was a spindle whorl tied to a sword scabbard 😛

An Anglo-Saxon sword bead made of glass with black and white ornamentation.

An early Anglo-Saxon sword bead is on my desk today, and a beautiful one at that.

Are UK universities getting serious about lifelong learning? — Neil Mosley Consulting Discover how lifelong learning is taking shape in UK higher education, with examples of university initiatives, policy drivers, and operational challenges.

Interesting thoughts here on the status of Lifelong Learning in the UK: www.neilmosley.com/blog/are-uk-...

Looking forward to this Nik, well done on getting it going!

The Sussex Archaeological Society Conference - Sūþseaxna: New Research from the Early Medieval Record - Sussex Past The Sussex Archaeological Society's Annual Conference: Sūþseaxna: New Research from the Early Medieval Record on Saturday 8 November at University of Sussex.

Conference Call!
Sūþseaxna: New Research from the Early Medieval Record of the County.
Join @sussexpast.bsky.social for this important new conference on post-Roman Sussex this November
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The Gefrin Trust is now on Bluesky! Follow along as we head back to the field this September, uncovering new finds and charting old trowel-marked features at #Yeavering. #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DurhamArchaeology

Perhaps a note in Medieval Archaeology or the Antiquaries Journal?

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Very exciting opportunity to work with me! Full time permanent post in art of the Global South, specialising in either early modern or modern art and material culture. Please share! #arthistory
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John Blair's long-awaited book on vampires has a cover! Due in November from @princetonupress.bsky.social.
'A riveting history of vampire panics across cultures and down through the millennia—and why killing the dead is better than killing the living.' press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Fantastic! That’s really exciting, there’re so extremely rare. Any idea if accessory vessels or for cremations yet?

Fine and dandy! How about yourself?

The record doesn't record it as bead, though it probably should: finds.org.uk/database/art...

Gold pendant with containing an inlaid blue and white glass bead

Nice new PAS find. A glass bead, probably earlier than the fancy 7th-century gold pendant into which it has been set, usually reserved for much more expensive stuff like garnet, but both likely to be women's possessions. A memento from friend or family? A keepsake from childhood?

Quality from Kent: Preliminary results from the analysis of fifth‐ to seventh‐century silver alloys This paper explores early results from the chemical and lead isotope analysis of 30 silver-alloy objects from southeast England dating between the fifth and seventh centuries CE, presenting limited a...

Our article on 5th- to 7th-century Anglo-Saxon silver alloys is published in @archaeometry.bsky.social. Based on the first substantial dataset of non-surface samples for the period, we argue for the direct involvement of jewellery in a bullion economy in 6th-century Kent: doi.org/10.1111/arcm...

The chemise de Sainte Balthilde springs to mind, but I believe certainly less definitively associated?

Early medieval archaeologist here, working mostly in lifelong education. I expect I shall be mostly posting about early medieval artefacts, with a smattering of my second enthusiasm in digital education.

It just arrived to my office last week and yes, unbelievable! Definitely one of the most thrilling things to pass through my hands (completely obliviously the first time round before conservation…). Trust you’re well?