The audio only version of @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social's talk on the History and Future of Death and Burial is now available worldwide:
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Thanks for the awesome chat!

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LEGENDS AND LECTURES welcomes back @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social to talk about the history and future of death and burial

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Star Wars Rebels – Series 1 and 2 The Empire has taken over large parts of the galaxy and only a few remnants of the Jedi Order persist who escaped assassination through Order 66. The remainder are being hunted by the Inquisitors o…

Star Wars Rebels – Series 1 and 2 howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/s...

Jorvik Archaeodeath How does the Jorvik Viking Centre mediate mortuary archaeology for the public? Having recently reviewed the representation of the archaeology of death, burial and commemoration at Dublinia, this po…

Jorvik Archaeodeath howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/j...

Screen shot of a comment section on a video about Hadrian's Wall, chatting with MP Chi Onwurah

Nasty people wrapping themselves in holiness in order to be bullies... On a video about Hadrian's Wall no-less!

In The News - Anglo-Saxon Double Burial and Emotional Connections Sometimes an archaeology news story or a new study comes along which has a deep emotional effect.  A story which for me reminds me of what f...

Having read about the Anglo-Saxon double burial uncovered by Time Team and written about by @killgrove.bsky.social for LiveScience which I reposted yesterday I got to thinking about this particular burial and emotional connections in archaeology.
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Offa's Dyke Journal volume 7 for 2025 - out in paperback YouTube video by Archaeodeath

Offa's Dyke Journal volume 7 for 2025 - out in paperback www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzaC...

This lovely chap called Trevor - a former Geography teacher - gatecrashed my Master's field trip around Mold, Flintshire, in the most helpful and kind way. Trevor added lots of additional information about the town's history! Diolch yn fawr, Trevor!

Offa's Dyke Journal 7 for 2025 is now available in paperback from @archaeopress.bsky.social

Viking Death and Burial: Myths and Misconceptions within and beyond the Academy For my latest academic conference, I was honoured to be invited to present the plenary presentation at the Viking Society for Northern Research Student Conference on Saturday 11 April 2026 at the I…

Viking Death and Burial: Myths and Misconceptions within and beyond the Academy howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/v...

That is a wrap on this year’s Viking Society for Northern Research student conference. Superb line up speakers starting of with our plenary Prof Williams pictured with members of Wirhahl Skipfelagr #medievalsky #archaeology #history @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

Paved and Mural Memorials: Cremation Commemoration in a Cheshire Churchyard Each year, I dedicate at least one blog-post to the contemporary archaeology of death focused on the microtopographies of gardens of remembrance and cremation burial plots in English and Welsh chur…

Paved and Mural Memorials: Cremation Commemoration in a Cheshire Churchyard howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/p...

Honoured Hounds: The National Military Working Dogs Memorial Archaeological research continues to reveal the deep-time story of the complex relationship of people an dogs. The latest research has pushed back dog domestication in morphological terms to 14,200…

Honoured Hounds: The National Military Working Dogs Memorial howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/h...

Debunking Pseudoarchaeology with @jcdebunking YouTube video by Archaeodeath

Debunking Pseudoarchaeology with @jcdebunking www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbh...

Star Wars Archaeology with Adrián Maldonado YouTube video by Archaeodeath

Two follow-ups to this post: I recently chatted Star Wars archaeology and the anthropology of Andor with @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

Watch @mrsoup.bsky.social be wrong in real time on this week's Archaeoscoop!

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Hoax-aeology with Michelle Franklin YouTube video by Archaeodeath

Hoax-aeology with @michellefranklin.bsky.social youtu.be/SGf0TP2cBDs

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Bad Batch Archaeodeath The fascist Galactic Empire takes over from the Republic and the mutant clones of Clone Force 99 seek to evade their grasp and fight back. In the storyline and multi-world landscapes of Star Wars: …

Bad Batch Archaeodeath howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/b...

Bad Batch Archaeodeath The fascist Galactic Empire takes over from the Republic and the mutant clones of Clone Force 99 seek to evade their grasp and fight back. In the storyline and multi-world landscapes of Star Wars: …

"Phee emerges as a determined, experienced and intelligent explorer of the galaxy’s past – an almost-archaeologist"

The archaeology of Star Wars: The Bad Batch by @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

The Prehistoric Dead of Catalonia: An Archaeodeath Review of the Museu d’Arquelogia de Catalunya in Barcelona In the UK, public debates on the ethics and cultural significance of displaying and curating human remains in museum contexts rumble on. A recent news story in The Guardian prompts further reflecti…

The Prehistoric Dead of Catalonia: An Archaeodeath Review of the Museu d’Arquelogia de Catalunya in Barcelona howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/t...

Star Wars Archaeology with Adrián Maldonado YouTube video by Archaeodeath

Star Wars Archaeology with Adrián Maldonado www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSe... @archaeonado.bsky.social

King Rakni's Afterlife YouTube video by Archaeodeath

King Rakni's Afterlife www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7ik...

Arty-ology 1 I’m pleased to announce a forthcoming new academic book project. As a co-editor/editor of a substantial number of – 12 to be precise – academic books (and author of one monograph)…

Exciting news from @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social on the forthcoming publication 'Arty-ology: Public Archaeology and Art in Contemporary Society' with @archaeopress.bsky.social howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/a... I'm very much looking forward to seeing how it comes together. And. . .

Arty-ology 1 I’m pleased to announce a forthcoming new academic book project. As a co-editor/editor of a substantial number of – 12 to be precise – academic books (and author of one monograph)…

Arty-ology - howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/a...

As always, great fun recording this! I was busy exploring Google Earth to ascertain how the mound sits in the landscape. I have crazy ideas, but that's for another time!

Scandinavia's largest mound is not a burial, yet the story of its emergence and subsequent interpretations is a truly fascinating one! All about it in this episode of "Mounds & Memory". As usual with @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social #medievalsky #ancientsky
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