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Join Dr Sara Perry & colleagues online on Friday 28 February, 13.00-14.00 GMT to smell the past! Dr Marieke van Erp will present interdisciplinary methods developed in the Odeuropa project to see, read & organise smells gleaned from historical records. Info ⬇️ www.tetrarchs.org/index.php/20...

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An awesome day @antiquaries.bsky.social with archaeology & heritage colleagues, alumni, students and staff! More to follow about the inaugural ‘Archaeology for Life’ event… Thanks to everyone who made today such a great success! #ArchForLife #LocalAndGlobal

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Excellent talk by Yu Zhuang (@uclarchaeology.bsky.social) at the Petrie Museum today, on archaeological fieldwork, knowledge production and power dynamics in 1920s Egypt & China. A pioneering, systematic approach to the topic & lots of food for thought - excited to see what’s next for this project!

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Join us for our next free evening lecture on Friday 7th March 2025 at the @geolsoc.bsky.social Janet Watson Lecture Theatre in London where @mattpope.bsky.social from @uclarchaeology.bsky.social will deliver the Stopes Medal Lecture: British Palaeolithic Archaeology in 2025: Making way in a headwind

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🚨 Research Fellow in #Archaeobotany Job Klaxon 🚨 All info here on the @ucl.ac.uk jobs page: 📲 bit.ly/ABOTRF25 📆 Deadline 25th February 2025 Applications are now being sought for a Research Fellow to support the ERC-awarded and UKRI-underwritten project DREAM #LocalAndGlobal

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Prof Theano Moussouri @ucl.ac.uk has contributed to a special 10th birthday issue of the Science Museum Group Journal [available here]: 📚 bit.ly/4aN8zHj To mark 10th anniversary, contributors to the Science Museum Group Journal look back at the achievements of the last decade #LocalAndGlobal

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❔Want to find out more about what it is like to study with us as an undergraduate? ❔Can't make an in person open day? Join us: Wed 5th Feb 9am - 11am on Zoom for a virtual open day! 👏 ❔Who? > Current applicants & offer holders > 2026+ Entry (applications for '25 are closed). bit.ly/IoAFeb25

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Today for #MondayMotivation - have you considered an Undergraduate Degree in #Archaeology? The UCAS deadline for applications is Wed 29th January 2025 - so you have a few days left if you are keen! 📲 bit.ly/3KitGp5 We also have more Open Events coming up in Feb - bit.ly/IoAFeb25 #LocalAndGlobal

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ANNOUNCING: the program for ASE’s 50th Anniversary conference! ✨ 5 APR 2025 📅 With talks from leading archaeologists from ASE and beyond, spanning early prehistory to the post-medieval, there’s something for everyone. Full program, tickets & more info: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-... #ASEat50

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We are also excited to announce that we will be part of the @ucl.ac.uk Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences Sutton Trust Summer School For eligibility & how to apply follow this link: 📲 bit.ly/4jrxvbu Our 2024 summer school which focused on the archaeology of food was great fun! Join us!

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Calling Year 12 students, parents & guardians & teachers! We are part of the @ucl.ac.uk Widening Participation Masterclasses for 2025! On Thurs 6th March Dr Borja Legarra Herrero will ask: "Can Archaeology change the world?" To check eligibility & sign up: 📲 bit.ly/42rLqZ8

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Following on from an amazing series of #DiggingForBritain - great work @profaliceroberts.bsky.social & Team! Today we highlight Dr Murray Andrews who was in two episodes of #DFB this year! "Unearthing a Roman crime scene: Roman counterfeit coin moulds" Read More: bit.ly/4h653dz #LocalAndGlobal

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Book your place for our in-person Postgraduate Open Event! Join us on campus to discover where a postgraduate degree with UCL Institute of Archaeology will take you 📚 🗓️ Sat 1 February, 10:00 to 15:00 Book now: bit.ly/4arUJdj #UCLMastersMatter #StudyInLondon #PostgraduateStudy #LocalAndGlobal

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Islamic Archaeology Day 2025 The 9th annual Islamic Archaeology Day, co-organised by @soasuni.bsky.social & @uclofficial.bsky.social will be held at the IoA on Saturday 1 February. Read more & buy tickets here: 📲 bit.ly/41JJE4X #LocalAndGlobal #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology

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As we get planning our 2025 fieldwork we are looking back through the 2024 images, and thinking of those glorious Fieldwork Sunrises!! So today for #FieldworkFriday we present FW Sunrises (& a cheat for the final image...but it's a cracker). What's your best Fieldwork Sunrise? #LocalAndGlobal

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🚨New Open Access Book 🚨 "Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt" Prof @alicestevenson.bsky.social 📚 bit.ly/40z7rDH Read More Here: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/... #LocalAndGlobal

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A new volume by @rachelking.bsky.social Dr Rachel King @ucl.ac.uk IoA entitled "The Neoliberalisation of Heritage in Africa" and published by Cambridge University Press, is now available. More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/... 📚 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #LocalAndGlobal #BookShelf

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To find out more online or in person why not join us at one of our Graduate Study Open Events: Online Thurs 23rd Jan (morning or afternoon) 🎟️ bit.ly/40wq9fe In Person Sat 1st Feb: 🎟️ bit.ly/4aji5lf #LocalAndGlobal

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Have you ever considered undertaking a masters programme in Archaeology, or just want to find out more about the opportunities on offer at the UCL IoA? All Postgraduate Masters Programmes can be found here: 📚 bit.ly/3C8Xyn0 #LocalAndGlobal #MotivationMonday

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Final call! Apply for this funded PhD at University College London. @uclarchaeology.bsky.social on : Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection. Deadline 20th January 5pm Uk time www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...

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Final call !! Apply for this funded PhD at University College London @UCLarchaeology.bsky.social on Establishing limits of Neanderthal presence in Britain. Deadline 20th Jan 5pm Uk time www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/est...

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For the 1st #FieldworkFriday 2025 we finish up our #DiggingForBritain wk w/ photos of our students undertaking Post Excavation work on material from Norton #SuffArch24 both in the @uclofficial.bsky.social IoA and @archsoutheast.bsky.social with Lorna Webb Finds & Environmental Processor

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TONIGHT! Catch ASE on #DiggingForBritain, BBC2 at 8pm! Join us hunting Neanderthal archaeology in Jersey, funded by the brilliant Jersey Heritage. Star finds are discussed in the finds tent with Prof Alice Roberts. ASE’s @mattpope.bsky.social Pope will be watching live and answering Qs on BlueSky!

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Did you catch the @uclofficial.bsky.social IoA team of students & staff on #DiggingForBritain last night? Want to know more about the stunning Roman Horse burial & the process from discovery to excavation & analysis? Look no further! #SuffArch24

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New series of #DiggingForBritain now on iPlayer. Catch us, at Norton, in episode one! Featuring our brilliant students, Prof Kevin MacDonald and Dr Murray Andrews (and of course the Roman Horse of Norton 🐴) bit.ly/DFB12IoA

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Islamic Archaeology Day 2025 The 9th annual Islamic Archaeology Day, co-organised by @soasuni.bsky.social & @uclofficial.bsky.social will be held at the IoA on Saturday 1 February. Read more & buy tickets here: 📲 bit.ly/41JJE4X #LocalAndGlobal #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology

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We would like to wish all @uclofficial.bsky.social Institute of Archaeology & @archsoutheast.bsky.social friends & colleagues, past & current staff and students, Season’s Greetings & all best wishes for 2025. 2024 Newsletter: 📲 bit.ly/IoANL24 🎄 #LocalAndGlobal #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology

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If you are interested in applying for one of the TREES DLA PhDs (see previous posts) please do join them for the following webinar: #LocalAndGlobal #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology

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PHD NEWS! Competitively funded PhD projects [route 1 of the Trees-DLA]. 1. Establishing Limits of late Neanderthal Presence in Britain. @mattpope.bsky.social More info and how to apply: 📲 bit.ly/3BGRMsn

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For #MondayMotivation #MotivationMonday today this great research focussing on Archaeological Ephemera from UCL IoA alum & Petrie Colleague @lisarandisi.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/proj... #LocalAndGlobal

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Great to see @archsoutheast.bsky.social on Bluesky! #FridayFollow for them! 🎉🎉🎉 #LocalAndGlobal

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