Very proud that today (well yesterday…) my first PhD student @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social (co-supervised with Annelou v Gijn), Lasse vd Dikkenberg, successfully defended his PhD ‘Living with Flint’ on the #Neolithic Vlaardingen culture lithic traditions @unileiden.bsky.social! Congrats to the new Dr.!

Ian Penman · I’m just a sound: Back to the Beach Boys In 1983, Brian Wilson told a reporter: ‘I think ultimately I’m just a sound. I don’t know if I’m a human being...

‘How did Brian Wilson jump through the hula hoops of novelty pop to arrive, in the blink of an “I”, at a place where it seemed perfectly natural to come up with the idea of writing a pop music suite embodying the four elements?’

Ian Penman on the Beach Boys.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Congratulations to Dr Claire Cave and Conor McDermott on receiving College of Social Sciences and Law College Principal Awards 2026. We are delighted that our colleagues Assoc. Prof. Meriel McClatchie, School Manager Belinda Whitby and Student Administrator Lisa Rogers also received nominations.

UCD in 1966. On 19 February 1966, a KH-7 GAMBIT CIA reconnaissance satellite passed over Dublin. Its purpose was Cold War espionage against Soviet and Chinese nuclear and missile installations.

Thanks to Rob Buchanan on Facebook

See more at spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Front cover of the Best Practice in Community Management of Heritage-rich Landscapes report - a light green silhouette of a rural landscape against a dark green background

New report comissioned by the @heritagecouncil.ie - Best Practices in Community Management of Heritage-rich Landscapes: www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/file...

Stone Age at Playmobil figures in front of wind turbine at Burgar Hill wind farm

Stone age Playmobil figures in front of wind turbine at Burgar Hill wind farm

Stone Age Playmobil figures in front of wind turbine at Burgar Hill wind farm

An important morning of work at Burgar Hill with some of @britishacademy.bsky.social Prehistoric Policies key interlocutors. Delighted to be collaborating with these guys thanks to @cama-york.bsky.social Camille Little

Imagining ‘Our Ancestors’: Liberal Indigeneity and the Repudiation of Colonialism in Postimperial Britain - Ben Pitcher, 2026 This article examines imaginative connections to an indigenous ancestry in popular British nonfiction writing on nature, landscape, and environment. It coins th...

This article on indigeneity in popular British nature writing is now officially out in the latest issue of @theoryculturesociety.org

There is some great campaiging work being done by the likes of @righttoroam.bsky.social. Here I address the nativism that it has to contend with.

Im Bann der Quarzkristalle - Ein Dokumentarfilm von Irene Marty Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Strahlner in den Schweizer Alpen. Ein Film über Leidenschaft, Natur und die Suche nach den Schätzen der Berge.

"Wenn der Berg sein Innerstes preisgibt, hält die Welt für einen Moment den Atem an. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt aus Stein, Licht und jahrhundertealter Leidenschaft."

"Im Bann der Quarzkristalle"

Dokumentarfilm von Irene Marty: Ein wunderschöner Film, jetzt im Kino!
www.imbannderquarzkristalle.ch

Early Medieval People and Things Project; Instar+ Prof. Aidan O'Sullivan & Dr. Brendan O'Neill will talk on how people in early medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100, made, used and discarded things

Next week: a fascinating talk by Prof. Aidan O'Sullivan & Dr. Brendan O'Neill, who will talk on how people in early medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100, made, used & discarded things. This FREE online event will take place on Mon 27 April at 1930. Make sure to reserve your spot here:

PP is a collaboration between @graemewarren.bsky.social, @alicerudge.bsky.social and Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social – and now Claire!

Full details here: www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeolo...
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Delighted that @drclairenolan.bsky.social has joined @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social as Project Researcher for @britishacademy.bsky.social funded Prehistoric Policies project.

PP examines how deep-time past, is used in environmental policy. Claire is a fabulous addition to the team!

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Currently, Laz is able to make 18 map miles a day. That will put him in San Francisco on May 30th.

The question is whether he can maintain.

Note, Laz is walking with: a blocked femoral artery, a stent in a carotid, Graves Disease, and a herniated disk...

Hooray! Our @britishacademy.bsky.social Prehistoric Policies project now has a website 👇👇👇👇.

PP examines how & why contemporary environmental policy makes claims about the deep time human past, and why that matters!

We bade farewell to our Student Administrator Lisa Rogers today. We are bereft at her leaving, but delighted for her, with her new position as a Senior Executive Assistant elsewhere in UCD. Thank you Lisa, from the bottom of our hearts for all you’ve done for our community over the last three years💐

Hooray! Our @britishacademy.bsky.social Prehistoric Policies project now has a website 👇👇👇👇.

PP examines how & why contemporary environmental policy makes claims about the deep time human past, and why that matters!

a house on stilts with a top hat on top ALT: a house on stilts with a top hat on top

Prehistoric Policies now has its own corner of the internet to call home! Here you can find an overview of the project, information on the researchers involved, and details of our upcoming events. Stand by for a major announcement from us on Monday! www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeolo...

First discovery of an unexploded shell at Culloden Battlefield The shell fired by government troops at Jacobite forces is believed to have landed on boggy ground and its fuse fizzled out.

This was an amazing discovery at Culloden. Very much a team effort from our metal detectorists, archaeology volunteers, NTS Culloden staff, Ramora uk and Conservator - Will Murray. Thanks to everyone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@tonypollard.bsky.social @currentarchaeology.bsky.social

First discovery of an unexploded shell at Culloden Battlefield The shell fired by government troops at Jacobite forces is believed to have landed on boggy ground and its fuse fizzled out.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The shell, the first unexploded item to be found at Culloden, is believed to have landed in boggy ground where its fuse fizzled out.

A group of seven volunteers on the stronsay fieldwalking survey 2026

Four people field walking a ploughed field on Stronsay

Four people walking along a dry stone wall at the edge of a ploughed field

Cup marked stone set in a dry stone wall

Heading home after a very successful 3 days with the Stronsay Fieldwalking Survey! Two fields walked, some intriguing concentrations of lithics found, a storm (mostly) avoided and a lot of fun had. Thanks to Stronsay Development Trust, OIC Archaeology Fund and @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

Hey @irishacw.bsky.social you didn't tell me the British deployed helicopters in the 1916 Rising!

Reminder that the launch for the upcoming special issue on Kinship trouble in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal will be held next Tuesday (see post below for link to sign up). The issue itself will be published open access itself on the 14th before we launch.

Hope you can come and join us!

@martinmoucheron.bsky.social no less!

Congratulations to Dr Martin Moucheron on being awarded a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social as recently announced by @researchireland.ie:

www.researchireland.ie/news/government-of-ireland-pg-postdoc/

people.ucd.ie/martin.mouch...

@ucddublin.bsky.social

I am very happy to be able to let you all know that the volume "Alterity and Human Evolution: Deep-Time and Multispecies Perspectives on Difference and Variation" has now been officially published by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social!

www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Abadia...

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Common Threads - Connections across periods, places and practices Join us in person to explore how different times, places, and traditions are all connected!

It's coming up fast - our #IAI2026Conference is nearly here! Make sure to book your spot here buff.ly/mcSowXv , we've got two days full of fascinating talks and we hope to see everyone there!

Full details and assessment of competencies are available in the policy document:
www.archaeology.ie/collections-...

The Excavation Licence Interview Application Form is available at:
www.archaeology.ie/collections-...

For information on the CPD please see:
www.iai.ie/event/nms-li...

Mysterious Mass Grave in Serbia Solved with Archaeological Science YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble

Great to have to opportunity to discuss our work on the Gomolava massacre and it's wider relevance on Archaeology with Flint Dibble today youtube.com/live/d-vshyn...

Glendalough Conservation Management Plan Survey

This survey is 6 questions, and open to all to provide feedback on the future management and maintenance of the site.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/3HSKHYR

#glendalough #glendaloughconservationmanagementplan #glendaloughnationalpark

‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt

www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing over a thousand years of Indigenous history ancient ruins, sacred sites, and cultural landmarks built by the ancestors of today’s Pueblo peoples.