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The School of Archaeology @UniofOxford. Joined here in 2011, first tweet in 2018 - in archaeological terms, that's fast!
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Joined January 2011
@romanpalace @UCLarchaeology @UCamArchaeology @butserfarm Just used Sky Follower Bridge to find 1385 of you lovely people already on Bluesky. Seems like we were late to the party but hopefully not too late!
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PhD opportunity! #Scholarships
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#archaeology ILESLA funds 4-year PhD studentships, year 1 dedicated to training & short research projects, years 2-4 focus on a longer PhD project. Deadline to apply is only 2 weeks away so be quick!
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Just moving our tweets archive over to BlueSky so we don't lose all the hilarious, profound, moving and yet dazzlingly pithy things we've shared over the years & we can keep the memories there too. You're welcome. @romanpalace @UCLarchaeology @UCamArchaeology @butserfarm you?
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Find members, past and present of the School using #BlueSky with one click on our nifty starter pack
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Curious about doing a PhD? Looking to gain some laboratory experience? Applications are now OPEN for 2025 UNIQ+ postgraduate research internships at Oxford University. Our lab has two fantastic tephra projects available! Deadline is 19 February. https://t.co/SusKCxefgb
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Kicking off the new year, our paper by @leo_speidel et al. is out describing what to me is a breakthrough in ancient genomics. By using genealogies to study ancestry we can get much more resolution to study finer-scale history. We call this method Twigstats.
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We’re filming in our #radiocarbon lab today with the amazing “2Toms”! Our student film stars are learning that a Hollywood life entails a lot of waiting! @OxRadiocarbon
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@RickSchulting @school_of_arch @UniofOxford @TheCrick Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 ‘The darker angels of our nature’: assemblage of butchered Early Bronze Age human remains from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK - Rick J. Schulting et al. 18/18 https://t.co/34O4TG5QRx
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Try as I might, there is no way to make this research story seasonally festive @RickSchulting. Cannibalism in Early Bronze Age England @AntiquityJ #prehistory #archaeology #osteoarchaeology
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A study led by the University of Oxford has uncovered the largest-scale example of interpersonal violence from British prehistory. At least 37 individuals from Early Bronze Age England were found to
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📢 Job opportunity! We're looking for someone passionate, driven, and highly organised to join our small team and help create exceptional visitor experiences and events, from big festivals to intimate fireside storytelling. Read more info & apply: https://t.co/kzuz7lMZ6a
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🚨 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR UNIQ 2025! 🚨 If you're a UK state school student with good grades, apply now to be part of UNIQ! What are you waiting for? Applications close on 23 January at midday. Apply here: https://t.co/GEG4zVoo7l✨
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Good luck to all candidates doing their Oxford interviews over the next couple of weeks 🤞 📷 Instagram | Juncao_Oxford #ApplyingToOxford
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Quite astonishing find of a very late underground pagan shrine at Aphrodisias by my Oxford colleague Ine Jacobs.
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With support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Dr Ine Jacobs is digging into the history of an empire that sat at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa for over a millennium.
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We do love a sunset 🌅 📷 | UmairAtOxford (October, 2024)
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🚨 New Podcast🚨 🛠️ A Lost Anglo-Saxon Estate and the Viking Great Army Uncover an early medieval archaeological site in Northumberland that reveals: 💡 Anglo-Saxon textile & metalworking? ⚔️ Evidence of a Viking Great Army camp?
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'We can confidently estimate that around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.' @school_of_arch's Dr Michael Fradley & Dr Bill Finlayson explain how archaeologists are documenting the damage to Gaza's cultural heritage.
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Bill Finlayson & Michael Fradley of our Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa (@EAMENA123 ) writing in @ConversationUK about how they are documenting the damage to Gaza's heritage
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Around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.
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