Pukaskwa: The Mystery of the Pits in the National Park

Along the rugged Lake Superior coastline of Pukaskwa National Park lie the Pukaskwa Pits. These are mysterious, human-made rock structures, some arranged in patterns on cobblestone beaches. Their exact age and purpose are unknown, though they are culturally significant to local Indigenous peoples and remain an archaeological puzzle. #Canada #Pukaskwa #Archaeology #Ontario 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukaskwa_National_Park

Pukaskwa: The Mystery of the Pits in the National Park

Along the rugged Lake Superior coastline of Pukaskwa National Park lie the Pukaskwa Pits. These are mysterious, human-made rock structures, some arranged in patterns on cobblestone beaches. Their exact age and purpose are unknown, though they are culturally significant to local Indigenous peoples and remain an archaeological puzzle. #Canada #Pukaskwa #Archaeology #Ontario 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukaskwa_National_Park

An Etruscan vessel in the shape of Charun, the demon of death.
Dating around 400 BC.

On display at Antikensammlung München

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🏺 #archaeology

I rather liked this... not the usual type of story we get about things from fields - it's gentle and thoughtful.

Top marks for getting it in Farmer's Weekly too...

It ain't all 'treasure'...

#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/ancient-objects-uncovered-beneath-britains-farming-fields

I rather liked this... not the usual type of story we get about things from fields - it's gentle and thoughtful.

Top marks for getting it in Farmer's Weekly too...

It ain't all 'treasure'...

#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/ancient-objects-uncovered-beneath-britains-farming-fields

About the thesis, basically my PhD research challenges the myth of pristine #wilderness by revealing how England's "natural" #landscapes have been consistently shaped by human activity for 8,000 years. Using archaeological, environmental, and historical evidence, I demonstrate that effective #conservation must abandon fantasies of returning to imagined pristine states and instead work with our contemporary ecological realities. #holocene #archaeology

I've passed my #viva (yay!) and can now share two recent publications:

First, our article on reconstructing prehistoric land cover in the Humberhead Levels is now out in Vegetation History and #Archaeobotany.

We applied the Multiple Scenario Approach to produce spatially-informed quantitative reconstructions across four #prehistoric periods, working through the complexities of #wetland-rich 'blue-green' #landscapes where #freshwater and #marine systems intersect.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00334-026-01087-6

Second, I contributed to the #archaeology chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of #Anarchism (March 2026), which connects #anarchist theory and #history to contemporary political developments.

https://link.springer.com/book/9783031980299

More publications on the way as well and on to what comes next, whatever that might be (pls send me your #postdoc postings 🙏 😅 ).

#geoarchaeology #palaeoecology #gis

About the thesis, basically my PhD research challenges the myth of pristine #wilderness by revealing how England's "natural" #landscapes have been consistently shaped by human activity for 8,000 years. Using archaeological, environmental, and historical evidence, I demonstrate that effective #conservation must abandon fantasies of returning to imagined pristine states and instead work with our contemporary ecological realities. #holocene #archaeology

I've passed my #viva (yay!) and can now share two recent publications:

First, our article on reconstructing prehistoric land cover in the Humberhead Levels is now out in Vegetation History and #Archaeobotany.

We applied the Multiple Scenario Approach to produce spatially-informed quantitative reconstructions across four #prehistoric periods, working through the complexities of #wetland-rich 'blue-green' #landscapes where #freshwater and #marine systems intersect.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00334-026-01087-6

Second, I contributed to the #archaeology chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of #Anarchism (March 2026), which connects #anarchist theory and #history to contemporary political developments.

https://link.springer.com/book/9783031980299

More publications on the way as well and on to what comes next, whatever that might be (pls send me your #postdoc postings 🙏 😅 ).

#geoarchaeology #palaeoecology #gis

For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.

Found near Mainz in the River Rhine. Dating 1st century AD.

On dislpay at Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg

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#archaeology #romansarchaeology

For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.

Found near Mainz in the River Rhine. Dating 1st century AD.

On dislpay at Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg

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#archaeology #romansarchaeology

Museum seeks £150k to buy Bronze Age treasure.
A museum is aiming to raise £150,000 in order to keep a 3,000-year-old dress fastener.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx4d409p2ko #globalmuseum #BronzeAge #archaeology

For #MosaicMonday a #Roman mosaic showing the labyrinth of the Minotaur on Crete. The monster’s head is depicted in the centre. The simple depiction is alluding to the myth of Theseus, in which the Greek hero slays the Minotaur in the labyrinth with the help of Ariadne’s thread.

The mosaic was found in the peristyle of the House of the Fountain in Conimbriga/Portugal, dating 3rd century AD.

#archaeology #romanarchaeology

For #MosaicMonday a #Roman mosaic showing the labyrinth of the Minotaur on Crete. The monster’s head is depicted in the centre. The simple depiction is alluding to the myth of Theseus, in which the Greek hero slays the Minotaur in the labyrinth with the help of Ariadne’s thread.

The mosaic was found in the peristyle of the House of the Fountain in Conimbriga/Portugal, dating 3rd century AD.

#archaeology #romanarchaeology

480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe

Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows..

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/

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#archaeology #archeology #pleistocene #anthropology

480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe

Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows..

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/

@archaeology

#archaeology #archeology #pleistocene #anthropology

"“Pandemics aren’t just biological events, they’re social events. By linking biological evidence from the bodies to the archaeological setting, we can see how disease affected real people within their social and environmental context.
“This helps us understand #pandemics in history as lived human health events, not just outbreaks recorded in text.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic

#archaeology #pest #histodon #pandemic

"“Pandemics aren’t just biological events, they’re social events. By linking biological evidence from the bodies to the archaeological setting, we can see how disease affected real people within their social and environmental context.
“This helps us understand #pandemics in history as lived human health events, not just outbreaks recorded in text.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic

#archaeology #pest #histodon #pandemic

A child’s footprint frozen in time - pressed into a #Roman tile as it dried before firing nearly 1,800 years ago.

A tiny, timeless reminder of everyday life in the ancient world.

📷 https://online.landessammlungen-noe.at/objects/1306843

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology