My first @CurrentArchaeo cover! I'm so, so excited about this one. I've followed @LegoLostAtSea for some time + earlier this year got to visit them in person to hear about their work. It's archaeology; art; science; environment all in one. Read more here:

This is challenging but essential reading. Contributors highlight among other content the forensic analysis of mass graves and how archaeology provides critical evidence in the prosecution of war crimes.

. Themes range from the manipulation of history to the exploitation of nationalist narratives, from the demolition of Soviet era monuments to the looting of sites in the Donbass.

The book is a collection of papers written in response to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It draws on ethnographic data, frontline recording and analysis of the malign and long-term effects of war. .

I'm sharing here on behalf of the wider editorial board of the journal, of which I am one of over a dozen members internationally. The book is a critical contribution to understanding the opportunism of war and exploitation of the historic environment in a time of conflict.

‘𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’ is recently published by @routledgebooks as part of the journal #TheHistoricEnvironmentPolicyandPractice, edited by Michael Dawson.

#SconeSunday and @nationaltrust's blueberry oat #scone is a delicious chunky mouthful packed full of good things that can also easily be made #vegan, it's a top-scone

My latest column in ⁦@CurrentArchaeo⁩ is out and I had *such* fun researching this one on the #channelislands #jersey #guernsey #sark #alderney and the #isleofman. Dig - and dive - in!

Happy #WorldBeardDay one and all

#FindsFriday quiz: where did I spot these series of fine finds on a recent visit. ?

A spectacularly atmospheric wander around #KennallVale Nature Reserve #Ponsanooth (a former gunpowder mill that gets bonus points for having scheduled, listed *and* WHS components) this indescribably wet #IronworkThursday

I spy with my little eye a likely #modernist #architecture gem hiding behind this gate. (and yes I've checked; its not listed)

Never matter what happened to the dinosaurs; just look what they're doing to the koalas these days 😱

First day of school today for a lot of families out there and this seemed appropriate, spotted on the new school run

Outer ditch and embankment of #BarburyCastle #Wiltshire looking south, taken back in March this year for #HillfortsWednesday

#SconeSunday special for some guests today: @nt_scones hot cross scone recipe without, y'know, the cross; to be served with @roddas_cream and honey to welcome in the first day of #autumn

RT @oldenoughtosay: The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the….

Cows standing their ground atop #WalkersHill #PewseyDowns #Wiltshire earlier in the year. Technically this doesn't count for #HillfortsWednesday since it's a long barrow ( not a hillfort, but it's a splendid slice of old, green, interesting place / space

#SconeSunday memory from earlier in the year when I was exceptionally #scone diplomatic on a visit to #Devon

Bees in Spaaaaace! Had to buy this local honey today and thought of @drspacejunk. I'm sure it'll taste out of this world

Colours contours textures.