📣Applications now open for a fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship at Durham on ‘Corbridge Roman Town: Economy and Society on the Edges of Roman Britain’, in partnership with English Heritage!
📅Deadline for applications: 1st of June 2026.
👉Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#DUresearch
(2/2) This work shows how combining context, ceramic typology, and technology can help reconstruct broader social and economic dynamics in prehistoric societies.
#Archaeometry #Archaeology #CopperAge #Ceramics #ArchaeologicalScience
New paper! Developed from the PhD research of one of our DU team members, it investigates ceramic production and cultural change during the #CopperAge in Southern Italy. (1/2)
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Read the #OpenAccess article here: doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#NewResearch: Dr Qian Gao explores the interaction of heritage conservation and social values at two Buddhism-inspired rock carvings (Dazu and Anyue) in southwest China.
Learn more about this study and 'living heritage' sites: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#Archaeology #Heritage #DUresearch
Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 Vehicles of change: two exceptional deposits of destroyed chariots or wagons from Late Iron Age Britain -
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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@arcdurham.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
Archaeologists excavating in a trench filled with iron objects.
NEW The Melsonby Hoards, one of Britain's largest #IronAge metalwork deposits, made the news last year when their discovery was announced, and now the analysis is published in Antiquity!
Learn how they change our understanding of Iron Age Britain in this #AntiquityThread 1/10 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
A montage of images showing a masonry style medieval painting with flower and stem motif, two people looking at the painting, and a man holding an oyster shell to the camera.
A medieval wall painting hidden for centuries is giving new clues to the grand past of Durham Castle.
The painting, a masonry pattern with central flower and stem motif, was revealed during renovation work and recorded by @arcdurham.bsky.social and @durhamhistory.bsky.social 👉 tinyurl.com/3ewkbjd9
New paper out today from Durham Glaciology member Lauren Gill! Lauren's interdisciplinary PhD is exploring how processes and change in glacial environments impact the preservation and analysis of human remains. ❄️🌡️🦴 @geogdurham.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Meet Professor Chris Gerrard from our @arcdurham.bsky.social. From solving centuries-old mysteries to mentoring the next generation of researchers, find out more about Chris’s career and passion for archaeology 👉https://bit.ly/4rGPHBD
A montage of images showing three people smiling at the camera, holding an award, a close up of the award and the Iron Age hoard being excavated from the ground.
Readers of Current Archaeology Magazine have voted to make the Melsonby Hoard Iron Age find its ‘Rescue Project of the Year’.
The hoard was excavated by @arcdurham.bsky.social, including Archaeological Services, with support from The British Museum and Historic England 👉 tinyurl.com/cjfmauj9
An aerial view of a Bronze Age settlement in the centre of two pictures of artefacts. Text on the image reads "Uncovering a major Bronze Age settlement".
Did you know that @arcdurham.bsky.social researchers, together with @ucl.ac.uk and Toraighyrov University, uncovered a large Bronze Age settlement that changes what we know about life on the Eurasian steppe?⚒️
👉 tinyurl.com/48nesvza
@dl-arch.bsky.social @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
A montage of pictures showing ornate Iron Age metal work and spear heads.
The Melsonby Hoard will go on public display at the Yorkshire Museum later this year. This internationally significant Iron Age find was excavated by @arcdurham.bsky.social, including our Archaeological Services team. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Black-and-white aerial photograph of the garden site, annotated with coloured lines representing features such as walls and water channels.
NEW Utilising Second World War aerial photography, researchers have identified a monumental Persian garden complex on the outskirts of Tabriz, Iran.
One of the largest examples identified, it is also unique in comparison to its contemporaries.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Map of the study are in Northern Mesopotamia, with major sites pinpointed and blue lines representing ancient route systems between them.
NEW How did ancient cities adapt to changes and overcome crises? By applying resilience theory to Northern Mesopotamian urban centres, researchers empirically analyse how settlement networks and connectivity changed over time.
A resilient #AntiquityThread 🧵 1/9
🏺 #Archaeology
A close up photograph of a mask-like human face decorating the shoulder of a lidded vessel or cauldron from the Melsonby hoard, shown upside down as found during excavation.
Our innovative and impactful research transforms lives and makes a difference, globally and locally.
Discover more in our Global Research Newsletter 👉 mailchi.mp/96a54d0bd591...
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A 1941 aerial photograph of the Persian Garden site.
A schematic drawing of the visible features of the Persian Garden site.
📣 📣 Our new paper on the discovery of a 'lost' Persian Garden in #Tabriz #Iran using aerial photographs taken during the Second World War has just been published #OpenAccess in @antiquity.ac.uk. Read it here👇🏻
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@arcdurham.bsky.social
New paper out 🥳
In "#Urban #resilience in Ancient #Mesopotamia: insights into the socioeconomic system of the Bronze and Iron Age Khabur Valley", we are mapping network metrics of urban dynamics onto #Holling's adaptive cycle.
Full open-access paper here: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Hand holding two conjoined partially-finished Roman whetstones. The stones look a bit like a “KitKat”, with clear chisel grooves on both. In the background is a muddy river foreshore.
The project and discovery of the whetstones has been led by Gary Bankhead and the Vedra Hylton Community Association, with support from @arcdurham.bsky.social staff and students. We’re looking forward to seeing where they taking things next!
@durham.ac.uk
Cast your vote to make the Melsonby Hoard @currentarchaeology.bsky.social's Rescue Project of the Year 2026!
Unearthed by our archaeologists, the hoard is one of the UK’s largest and most important Iron Age finds 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
@proftommoore.bsky.social
New #Antiquity blog post co-authored by our Dept's Prof Dan Lawrence @dl-arch.bsky.social! 👇
Photograph from the bottom up of Durham Cathedral, standing against a blue sky dappled with white clouds. There is bright yellow sunlight illuminating the sky in the lower left of the photo, from the sun that is just hidden by one of the cathedral's walls.
📣 New senior academic job opening 📣
We are looking for an outstanding candidate to join us as Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage!
Learn more and apply: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
📅 Closes 31 Jan 2026, 11:59pm GMT
(Left to right) Dan, Miljana and Ilya sat on the back of the field vehicle on site (credit: Peter J. Brown).
The international investigation was led by Dr Viktor Merz and Dr Ilya Merz from Toraighyrov University (Kazakhstan), Dr Miljana Radivojević from
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social and Professor Dan Lawrence (@dl-arch.bsky.social) from @arcdurham.bsky.social 7/14
Drone photograph of the archaeological site of Semiyarka, looking from the south-east to the north-west, taken in July 2018. The outlines of several rectilinear buildings are visible running in a line across a flat grassland (credit: Peter J. Brown)
NEW In the heart of the Eurasian steppe, a #BronzeAge metropolis has been unearthed, showing that the settlements of nomadic steppe societies were just as sophisticated as contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
New paper out! 🥳
We use MCMC-MLE Temporal Exponential Random Graph Models (MTERGMs) to assess which network patterns and social processes explain the formation of the ancient hollow ways.
Read the full open access paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Archaeology #NetworkScience
Fascinating new #research by @nikulinaav.bsky.social, who has recently joined @arcdurham.bsky.social. She used an innovative #AI approach to reveal how #Neanderthals shaped Europe's #landscapes. Read her @plosone.org paper:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#archaeology @unileiden.bsky.social
Our team @arcdurham.bsky.social in Erbil with colleagues from the General Directorate of Heritage & Museums, developing a national heritage database to support the protection & sustainable management of the KRI's rich cultural heritage -they also tested the Amal in Heritage app for site assessment.
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To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we're shining a spotlight on our wonderful range of curated resources. From eBooks to films, there’s plenty to explore 📚💜
Through our Liberate My Library reading list, you can access a selection of books and eBooks suggested by staff and students 🌈
Read the full study here #OpenAccess - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
