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Kate Sumnall

@katesumnall.bsky.social

Loves finds, prehistory, archaeology, rivers, landscapes, museums. Curator at London Museum. All views my own.

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The Later Prehistoric Finds Group Promoting the Study of Bronze Age and Iron Age Finds in Britain and Europe

The Later Prehistoric Finds Group (LPFG) have made the leap over to Bluesky!

Follow us if you are interested in Later Prehistoric Finds!

You can find our website here: laterprehistoricfinds.com

#Archaeology #LaterPrehistory @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social

06.06.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Thanks Ben! I loved working with you!

06.06.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Front cover of Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement Vol I - image shows charred & collapsed timbers of a Late Bronze Age roundhouse preserved in the fine grey silts of a former river channel

Front cover of Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement Vol I - image shows charred & collapsed timbers of a Late Bronze Age roundhouse preserved in the fine grey silts of a former river channel

Front cover of Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement Vol II - image shows abstract representation of the collapsed wood mass (in white) against a grey background.

Front cover of Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement Vol II - image shows abstract representation of the collapsed wood mass (in white) against a grey background.

If you liked the Must Farm books? There's still time to vote for them:
archaeology.co.uk/awards/book-...

09.02.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Love this quote! It’s so fitting

20.12.2024 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great news! Congratulations!

24.11.2024 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, I’m an archaeological curator working at London Museum. I help look after all the archaeology collections and I specialise in Thames finds and prehistory.

21.11.2024 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are ex FLOs allowed?

18.11.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely stunning

16.11.2024 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Because, at Potted History, we use the same making methods that would have been employed by the original makers, we are often experiencing the same sights and sounds as in pottery workshops thousands of years ago. Visit potted-history.co.uk and see what we've been making.

16.11.2024 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Starter pack for everything Portable Antiquities Scheme / PAS related, Archaeology, FLOs, Finds and Friends!
Very much under construction, let me know if there's accounts to add, but in meantime please share!
go.bsky.app/JHaYpNe

15.11.2024 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Brilliant, thanks for creating!

16.11.2024 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was going to ask about those!

16.11.2024 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a London Archaeology and Heritage starterpack brilliantly curated by @drchrisc.bsky.social if you are involved in the city's past get in touch 🏺
go.bsky.app/3vH7trY

15.11.2024 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Hello, we’re @NEBARSS. We’re an annual gathering with the primary aim of bringing together and offering a platform from which postgraduates and early career researchers may share aspects of their research pertinent to the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

15.11.2024 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks Nina!

15.11.2024 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking fab!

15.11.2024 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Artwork showing ghostly outlines of London buildings alongside extinct Ice Age animals

Artwork showing ghostly outlines of London buildings alongside extinct Ice Age animals

This Monday I'll be talking in London on Ice Age London alongside as part of @cbalondon.bsky.social 's meeting, @UCLarchaeology, its totally free, but you have to book a place.
#PalaeoLondon 🦣 🏺
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-autumn...
🎨Tabitha Paterson

15.11.2024 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

That’s a great idea!

15.11.2024 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Graham Taylor of Potted History, standing behind two of his replica Roman Amphorae. He is resting his elbow on the rim of the larger of the two which stands at one point two metres  tall,

Graham Taylor of Potted History, standing behind two of his replica Roman Amphorae. He is resting his elbow on the rim of the larger of the two which stands at one point two metres tall,

1/8 I'm often asked "Why do amphorae have pointed bases?" and as a potter who has now made hundreds of them, I have to say that it's something that I have thought about a lot. For a start they'd be a lot easier to make if they had a flat base. As it is you start throwing from..

12.11.2024 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 798    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 49

The Society for Post Medieval Archaeology spring round for research grant applications is now open! Deadline are 1 March, total fund available in each round Β£2000 see spma.org.uk/news for more details. Please repost/send to anyone you think may be interested!

08.02.2024 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Flyer for the event - details in post link

Flyer for the event - details in post link

Europa 2024: Call for papers deadline extended to 12th January 2024. For details see below.

www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2024-...

#Archaeology #Prehistory #IronAge

18.12.2023 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great thread, thank you. It really helps explain the movement and behaviour of water

20.10.2023 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#archink day 3 β€œForms”
@BlackTrowel #Archaeology #inktober πŸ§ͺ🐑🏺

03.10.2023 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they are beautiful and useful as they encourage you to look beyond the technical qualities of the tool to the aesthetic of the worked piece.

09.10.2023 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I really, really, really want to visit this museum

22.09.2023 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wishing you a speedy recovery and hoping the no beer or chips are just temporary.

22.09.2023 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’ πŸΊπŸ—ƒοΈ Q for #archaeology #heritage people - looking for your favourite /most affecting /engaging museum exhibition experiences (can be displays of objects, themes, images, AV/sensory/immersive, interactive... ; playful or serious).
Links or pics gratefully received!

22.09.2023 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Took me long enough!

21.09.2023 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to get all my procrastinating done!

19.09.2023 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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