If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you.
It offers flexible grants for research or research-adjacent activities, such as training, secondments and networking. (1/2)
Wellcome Trust
Webinar: Developing Digital Literacy Through History
Join us on 18 June to explore how historical source analysis can help students develop digital literacy, resilience and critical thinking online.
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Historical Association
🏺A delightful little bear figurine on a jar, originally from Proto-Elamite Iran and now held at the Met. 📜
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This Saturday 13th June 2026 you will find us, along with many other ancient technology specialists, archaeologists and amazingly knowledgeable people, at the Neolithic site of Bryn Celli Ddu, on Anglesey, North Wales. Come along and talk to us, try your hand at some of the crafts. ⚱️🏺
Job alert for Wikimedia UK, with a focus on Scotland!
Part time work, 3 days/week, 2 year fixed term with possible extension.
Applications close 22 June.
If I weren't as disabled as I am, I'd be applying!
wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Program...
Absolutely VITAL work being done by @animalarchaeology.com! I wonder if much of why we love these little guys is also similar to why I love ancient glass beads: they encapsulate so much of humanity in such positively tiny objects.
And they're adorable, let's be real!
Here's my favourite little guy from a Pictish context. Most Pictish stonecarving is elaborate, accurate animals with swirls for joints, but this one looks like someone who is either just doodling or learning how to carve the more elaborate designs! Used as a hearthstone at Old Scatness, Shetland:
Really enjoying playing Anthropeum.com this week - like Wordle, but for objects, and significantly harder!
I do hope they expand to include other museums with open data, and not just The Met 😊🏺
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NEW Teamwork is fundamental to the outcomes of archaeological projects, but information on teams is hard to find in most publications.
The new #AntiquityEditorial investigates how teams form, develop and function in the world of #archaeology research 🏺
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Base of a cauldron from the Melsonby Hoards, depicting a fish set in a ‘Celtic Art’ style pattern of swirling water #InternationalDayofCelticArt
Fish consumption may have been taboo in Iron Age Britain, raising questions as to the vessel's use.
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🏺 #Archaeology
🏺As promised, I've finally written up a little blog post looking at the archaeology of all of those 'little guys' we all seem to love so much online. 📜
animalarchaeology.com/2026/06/08/a...
What is a ‘little guy’? It’s a descriptor often thrown around in Internet parlance, usually as part of a copypasta, like ‘I’m Just a Silly Little Guy”, or used i…
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
